NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

NirK · 13 Sep 2020 at 13:15

P.B said:
Ill be tring this later with the club 120hz 4k adapter

Nice one, please let me know if you can get EARC lossless audio / atmos etc. Also not sure if would need an active adapter or if a passive cable would be ok for the EARC? I am planning to use one DP port for just audio, so DP++ > HDMI > AVR / Surround speakers.

After doing some research it looks like this should be ok, just want to check with someone who has done it, because a lot more choice if not worried about 2 x HDMI.

hyperseven · 13 Sep 2020 at 13:20

Perfect_Chaos said:
If some people already have these cards and are not under NDA how come we haven't seen benchmarks which don't seem like BS?

3080 talk is all over the place, either slightly better than 2080Ti or a decent bit faster

No drivers, only the reviewers get a download link and wouldn't surprise me if these are watermarked in some way.

imginy · 13 Sep 2020 at 13:27

NirK said:
Nice one, please let me know if you can get EARC lossless audio / atmos etc. Also not sure if would need an active adapter or if a passive cable would be ok for the EARC? I am planning to use one DP port for just audio, so DP++ > HDMI > AVR / Surround speakers.

After doing some research it looks like this should be ok, just want to check with someone who has done it, because a lot more choice if not worried about 2 x HDMI.

I also want to know if atmos would work through an adapter.

I was thinking of going with the gigabyte auros just to make sure everything will work later down the line by having 2x hdmi's.

Shaz12 · 13 Sep 2020 at 13:46

Corsair is recommending at least 850W from their PSU lineup for RTX 3090 (not 750w). I really hate the power requirements of these cards

hyperseven · 13 Sep 2020 at 13:52

Shaz12 said:
Corsair is recommending at least 850W from their PSU lineup for RTX 3090 (not 750w). I really hate the power requirements of these cards

A PSU supplier recommending that you need a more expensive PSU, go figure

chaparral · 13 Sep 2020 at 13:54

Shaz12 said:
Corsair is recommending at least 850W from their PSU lineup for RTX 3090 (not 750w). I really hate the power requirements of these cards

I would have expected any very high end system build to of had at lest a 850watt psu

Like who the hell would build a system with flagship components and then save money by using something like say a cheap low power 600watt PSU to run it :confused:

Twinz · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:13

chaparral said:
I would have expected any very high end system build to of had at lest a 850watt psu

Like who the hell would build a system with flagship components and then save money by using something like say a cheap low power 600watt PSU to run it

A lot of recent progress has been performance per watt. The 3700X is only a 65w part. The price/performance of the 3000 series seems like it's back on track but the performance per what stagnated this generation.

(With Nvidia at least)

Adrian1976 · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:14

chaparral said:
I would have expected any very high end system build to of had at lest a 850watt psu

Like who the hell would build a system with flagship components and then save money by using something like say a cheap low power 600watt PSU to run it

You'd be surprised power contentious AMD ryzen users, at least 2 of my brothers with 650w PSUs, I knew there'd be a day this seasonic 850w would come in and stretch it legs a bit lol.

Shaz12 · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:22

chaparral said:
I would have expected any very high end system build to of had at lest a 850watt psu

Like who the hell would build a system with flagship components and then save money by using something like say a cheap low power 600watt PSU to run it

My Seasonic 650W Gold is 7 years old. 850W was considered overkill at that time. The RTX 2000 series had min. power requirements of 550W. No one expected power efficiency to worsen to the point we need 300W more over just 1 generation

Colonel_Klinck · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:23

GamersNexus saying reviews pushed back to the 16th due to some reviewers not receiving their cards due to covid. Boooooo! Was looking for ward to hitting Youtube hard tomorrow.

Twinz · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:25

Now that I think about it, Nvidia's decision to run Ampere beyond its effeciency sweet spot may have served more than one purpose.

Not only are they trying to wring out all the performance they can get to keep the performance crown, but they may also be creating some pressure on AMD's "performance per watt" promise.

Now that Nvidia has turned it up to 11, just how important is keeping that performance per watt promise vs possibly just outperforming Nvidia free and clear?

Jay85 · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:29

Colonel_Klinck said:
GamersNexus saying reviews pushed back to the 16th due to some reviewers not receiving their cards due to covid. Boooooo! Was looking for ward to hitting Youtube hard tomorrow.

well thats just some lame excuse, why would it matter who got the cards yet or not. Reviews will be coming out throughout the week anyway as more reviewers receive the cards. I feel its more tactics than anything else.

VincentHanna · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:32

Jay85 said:
well thats just some lame excuse, why would it matter who got the cards yet or not. Reviews will be coming out throughout the week anyway as more reviewers receive the cards. I feel its more tactics than anything else.

It matters a lot, because if the reviewers can all release their content at the same time, it's fairer for them in terms of click revenue/Youtube views.

If they are 3 days later than everyone else, they won't get as much traffic.

Jay85 · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:33

VincentHanna said:
It matters a lot, because if the reviewers can all release their content at the same time, it's fairer for them in terms of click revenue/Youtube views.

If they are 3 days later than everyone else, they won't get as much traffic.

Just crap for us, i want it now, NOW!

Bazippy · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:37

Devrij said:
If true, that means that a 3080 would be triple my 980ti performance, which makes my nutsack tingle.

I'm glad I've finally seen a card I want to upgrade to from. My 980ti, yay. Thanks for highlighting how much I need an upgrade.

chaparral · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:49

Shaz12 said:
My Seasonic 650W Gold is 7 years old. 850W was considered overkill at that time. The RTX 2000 series had min. power requirements of 550W. No one expected power efficiency to worsen to the point we need 300W more over just 1 generation

about 7 years ago i needed a 800+ watt PSU as i had SLI 780ti

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 2-way SLI - On your average system the cards require you to have a 800 Watt power supply unit as minimum

LOL i just looked at a SLI 580 review below

With 2-way SLI we noticed our power consumption for the cards peaked to roughly 719 Watts,

Measured power consumption

System in IDLE = 237W

System Wattage with GPUs in FULL Stress = 719W

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-580-sli-review,14.html

Greebo · 13 Sep 2020 at 14:59

Yep and then work on that ideally you only want to running your psu at 60-70% capacity and thats why loads of us had 1000W+ PSU.

I cant remember the last build i did where I had less than a 1000W psu. Its a lot of years ago now.

no_1_dave · 13 Sep 2020 at 15:08

650W has been fine for me since selling my SLI'd 470s back in the day.
I am confident 650W will still suffice with the 3080 when I get it. It's not a cheapo one so should be fine

benjii · 13 Sep 2020 at 15:10

no_1_dave said:
650W has been fine for me since selling my SLI'd 470s back in the day.
I am confident 650W will still suffice with the 3080 when I get it. It's not a cheapo one so should be fine

Gamers Nexus did a video on PSUs recently. A 10900k and a 2080 Ti, under a heavy artificial load, maxed out at 540W.

Greebo · 13 Sep 2020 at 15:39

benjii said:
Gamers Nexus did a video on PSUs recently. A 10900k and a 2080 Ti, under a heavy artificial load, maxed out at 540W.

Thats a wierd result. My cpu when stressed is 627W in my system. Just one of my overlocked 2080ti pulls 370W.