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NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

PrincessFrosty said:
Well you can get a good minimum estimate by looking at the per Gb cost of GDDR6x and simply adding that value on, there will be other costs associated, possibly with a slight redesign of the PCB and the fact you'll need changes to manufacturing process for all these things. An extra 10Gb of GDDR6 is about $117 and more expensive again for 6x I'd reckon, I can't find prices for that. I think £150 for just the extra vRAM is a good bet.

Are people going to buy that when the only examples we have of games going over 10Gb usage are also examples where the frame rates are unplayable? I dunno. I'd be interested to find out, I personally wouldn't waste 150 quid or more on vRAM I can't use.
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So, now you are telling us that games will be 'unplayable' with a 3080 when they use more than 10GB VRAM?
 
Microsoft just announced a next gen console (not the top of the line) at 300 bucks, 250 quid. We'll get pricing for the proper consoles soon, does that explain the lower prices this time around from nvidia?

Depending on the prices for the consoles, this 30 series might actually seem poor value when you weigh everything up.
 
4k4uNuNu said:
Microsoft just announced a next gen console (not the top of the line) at 300 bucks, 250 quid. We'll get pricing for the proper consoles soon, does that explain the lower prices this time around from nvidia?

Depending on the prices for the consoles, this 30 series might actually seem poor value when you weigh everything up.
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No, they will not seem poor value because they will be in a different performance bracket vs the consoles.
 
Grim5 said:
3080 10gb owners rejoice!

The Xbox Series S only has 10gb of memory - you know what that means right, next gen games will once again be hamstrung by memory.

DirectStorage is going to be super important next gen as games will be developed for the transfer of data, not the storage of data.
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Fixed.
 
JediFragger said:
Do you know if this is the 'short board' with the triangular cutout?
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Only nvidia have the triangular cut out.
Nvidia has a custom board.
Nvidia also made a reference pcb that they sell the design of to aibs. This is not the same as they're cutout one.
Aibs can either use this reference board or make their own
 
JohnG7 said:
Not really as I have not and never will own a console.
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Your loss, I'm afraid.

I bought a 2080ti and PS4 Pro/Switch almost at the same time (first console(s) I've owned in years, I'm a PC Gamer primarily right back to the Duke Nukem 3D/Quake days) and hand on heart I've probably had my best gaming experiences on the consoles, despite getting some great 4k experiences on my PC.

I remember at the time (it was about the time Fallout 76 was coming out *vomits*), I looked at the main PC games, a bunch of live service crap and Fortnite, then I looked at Spider-Man, God of War, Persona 5, Bloodborne, Breath of the Wild and other amazing console exclusive titles. If the consoles ever offered full support for a mouse and keyboard, I'm not even sure I'd own a gaming PC anymore, that's how far behind the PC sphere has fallen.

But anyway, consoles are relevant to Nvidia, no doubt about it.
 
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