** NVIDIA RTX 30 SERIES (3090 / 3080 / 3070) NOW ONLINE AT OcUK **

strocky said:
At the very least they should be transparent with those that parted with their hard earned and allow the consumer choice rather than binding them an invisible queue
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Well, top marks to OC - as it seems that they are attempting to do just that :

"We are at present working on a queue position updater for customers as we know this is something you all wish to know and we are working on a solution as fast as possible."

I shall now graciously 'wind my neck in'. 10 points to OC.
 
steverebo said:
Still debating TUF or STRIX for my watercooling loop, will the difference be that big????
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TUF is very well reviewed, I seriously doubt Strix can top that off by a meaningful amount that justifies the price difference, especially as you'll be watercooling so the cooler differences won't matter.
 
There is an 'RTX 3080 Flounders Edition' on eBay - properly made me lmao!

His description says "RTX 3080 Flounders Edition. Caught on the coast of Ireland. OC Waterproof edition."

:D:D:D
 
I'm wondering what is best option now, as in how long a queue is, and whether to ait to see what AMD do. I am going after latest gen Ryzen as am on a X570 mobo £700 is my limit on a GPU to allow fr a new CPU, RAM etc is sufficient, so was a boit disappointed when all sold out and prices went up in baskets from pre order to checkout. Might just wait now see what develops. Scalpers deserve all the crap coming their way.
 
bemaniac said:
Absolutely you are 100% correct. I'm thinking more of an upgrade for a 2080ti owner with money burning a hole in their pocket.
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Since the 20GB version got mentioned I've been looking around a bit and been seeing quite a back and forth between folks saying 10GB is fine, and others saying some games require 8GB atm (that's actually using, not just allotted) and so if you're not the type to upgrade often then you should wait for the 20GB ones as in the years to come you may need more than 10 and so then the performance would go to hell, or you'd have to play on low textures (like there was tweets from ID's lead tech engine guy saying 8GB will become the absolute minimum you'll need soon, and I pay a bit more attention to that kind of source)... but others saying that only few people will be over 10GB so games probably won't cater to that much so it'll be fine (or can use DLSS to avoid the issue if it's an option and maybe RTX I/O will be available in games to fill the cache faster by the time 10GB isn't enough)... there was threads on here about it too...

But, am I wrong in thinking that's just if you're gaming at 4K? So say you wanted to play at 3440x1440 @144Hz ... that's about 60% of the pixels of 4K, right ... so the 10GB vs 20GB concerns are much less, as you'd be using less VRAM for textures?... or am I totally missing something... the more I read all those back and forth arguments the more my brain got fried well and I didn't nearly make it through all 46 pages of it.

A 3080 I thought might already be overkill for that but I saw some comments saying a 3070 might not cut it as it is more than 1440p especially if you wanted high frame rates (though I thought that was more of a CPU thing), maybe a 16GB 3070(super or whatever) would be a better buy... I wonder when the chunkier ones would be out and how much more they'll cost, I guess maybe nVidia is waiting to see what AMD does... still need benchmarks for the regular 3070 when it's out so I'm getting quite a bit ahead of myself.
 
Martin James said:
I’m happy with my 3080 10Gb pre order card. The reviews say it’s good, and I can just about afford it. I can’t afford/justify £1000 for a small increase in performance. I don’t own a 4K monitor nor do I plan on getting one and my 1440P is great, and so the vanilla 3080 is overkill for 1440 anyway so I don’t regret ordering the 10Gb version.
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Exactly same view as me, I am happy to wait it out, no rush (doesn't mean you can put me to the end of the que!!! I mean happy to wait my turn!), I can use a 2080 Super in the meantime. I don't really have any interest in a 4k monitor even if I could afford one.
 
I'm guessing or maybe clutching at straws here but the 3080 20Gb version or the 3090 may the best option for VR. My 1080 doesn't quite cut it on Elite Dangerous using VR, well it does yes, but when you play on a monitor and you get all that eyecandy goodness and then go into VR and its not that sharp then the extra vram (i'm bloody well hoping) would help to ramp up the detail somewhat.

Obviously if anyone can correct me on this then go ahead.
 
@Nabeshogun CPU is less important the higher the resolution, which is why most reviews show similar figures at 1080P for most top end cards, at 1080p, an Intel with higher clock is going to perform better than AMD evens out more on 1440p
 
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