yeah thanks, me too. No email today. I did get an email last week stating It'd be sent out on the 5th. Then sent a link stating they'd have stock early on the 2nd. We shall see.
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Who's waiting for the 3090 and which brand are you getting?
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and some models they stopped before they even took 500 orders. They basically stopped when they got to the end of November for their know orders and numbers. Now for some models that might have been 500, for others it might have been 100.
I don’t see with such a small amount that they might be half way through their pre orders is such a thing to be proud of. They still won’t have stock for sale,until,November no matter how few their pre orders were.
if ocuk had stopped their orders as low as some of theirs, they might have cleared their pre orders of some models by now and then there would be another round of f5 frenzy. What’s the point? I prefer a pre order, I know where I a. In a queue.
and as for cores it all depends on the fail ration for 3080s. No since the on,y guide we can go on is that ocuk had 40-50 3090s in stock at
Launch and around 400-500 3080s. That to me means that 9out of 10 cores fail the test for a 3090 and gets turned into a 3089.
so again, would you rather be 170th for.a 3090 or 17000th for a 3080? I know which I would rather be
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Hehe - some people don't bother buying food that is on offer. They spend £30+ a month on mobile phone contracts or lease the car they drive. Others buy expensive shoes or branded clothes. God forbid anyone pays 1500 for a graphics card even though they are probably the same people that spend 5+ hours on their computer a day! And they'll even probably get half the money back selling it when they upgrade - so really they only spend about £750 to give themselves the smoothest framerates and fastest render times for 2/3 years.
Yeah ..they must be the ones that are crazy...
Yeah ..they must be the ones that are crazy...
Anyone who loses grey hair over other people's purchases has serious mental health issues.
Worry about yourself mate, be happy.
The 3090 is not for gaming its a work station card ie content creators, graphic designers, game designers etc
3080 is for gaming 3090 is not, but if you have the money then why not but it is aimed at a niche market.
Not on this forum its not.
They want those extra 6 frames per second. Its life or death on here.
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If you take in to account what we all spend on phone contracts , broadband , Cars and other financial services a year then 3090 is a pretty good deal when most people that will buy one will be spending around 5 hours a day on it........
Not to mention the 24GB of VRAM. Of course we don't need anywhere near this for gaming, but at 4K it's likely we will need more than 10GB, especially with newer games with higher texture options.
Besides, spending £850+ on a good 3080, and then worrying about how long 10GB will last you at 4K, is not good sense to me. I want to be completely happy with my purchase, knowing it's fully capable for the 4k games to be released over it's 2 year lifespan.
Also, sometimes you get a surprise in life. I bought my current Radeon VII for £630 on release day from OCUK. When I sell it, I'll actually make £100-200 profit, as the card is pretty much a MI50 - so they are highly desired on the bay and other places. Doubt that will happen with the 3090, but you never know.
The FX's of the world are likely on 720P monitors, and can't fathom why someone would need more than 10GB. Bless.
Im running 3840x1600 175hz.
You are the one running a 5 year old CPU and 16GB of slow ram.
As usual you are utterly clueless about how VRAM works. The typical 2 year lifespan of these GPU's will not see any major leaps forward in textures. Not only do they not use anywhere near 10GB right now. Despite the clueless claims of the idiots on this thread who cannot simply google before they make wild claims of Vram usage they also dont understand that just because a game allocates the Vram it doesnt mean its in use.
I know it might be a bit complicated for some of you on here to understand but you cannot just keep making textures larger without putting more pressure on the GPU Core. The core is simply not powerful enough to run games at decent frame rates with 12-14GB of textures at 4K. Why do you think games top out at 8GB ALLOCATED right now? Why do you think they are now relying on Ray tracing instead of higher texture fidelity? Laws of diminishing returns thats why.
VRAM was important back when SLI give you 2 cores which could only use 1 cards VRAM. A single GPU is never powerful enough to make use of anywhere near 24GB of VRAM in 4k gaming. In the next 2 years you likely wont ever see 10GB being used of the 3080 either. Since its got more powerful compression and uses less memory than previous generations.
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I agree with fx1 with regard to the memory.
As for whether it is worth it to pay more for a bit better performance (10-20%) - I think this applies to pretty much every part in my computer. There is always diminishing returns when you buy the best of any item. Does it suck, yes. Would I prefer a 3080ti version that has lower memory but more cores, yes. Do I think I should have got a 3080 instead? No - for me the lack of wait time in addition to that extra 10-20% is a luxury I can afford to take, to get a better VR experience where 10fps/more consistent frame rates is noticeable.
As for whether it is worth it to pay more for a bit better performance (10-20%) - I think this applies to pretty much every part in my computer. There is always diminishing returns when you buy the best of any item. Does it suck, yes. Would I prefer a 3080ti version that has lower memory but more cores, yes. Do I think I should have got a 3080 instead? No - for me the lack of wait time in addition to that extra 10-20% is a luxury I can afford to take, to get a better VR experience where 10fps/more consistent frame rates is noticeable.
Couldn't agree more!
No difference then the massive jump in cost of £1000 plus from 34 inches to 37.5 inches monitor or 27 to 49 inches.
I would gladly pay that money to have those extra inches but many would disagree. I have always said this its amazing how many people have top end GPUs and low end monitors.
I would agree in part, BUT I also only have a 34 inch 3440x1440 ultra wide. However I do love VR and have a G2 on order! If it wasn't for the G2 for DCS and Flight sim, then I'd have waited until all the crazy calmed down and bought a 3080.
Ahh I have all 3 types to play with monitor wise.
43 4k Asus
49 120 hz Samsung
34 UW Alienware
Its amazing how different the gaming experience is on all of them. Also some games are better on one type then others.
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Pros - Great for Adventure games and console Ports and single Player RPGS.
Cons - Bad ( Personal Opinion ) for FPS like COD MW and Battlefield 5. In fact after lots of game time I can not play any FPS on this.
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Pros - Good for all types of games as PC games nearly all support this UW resolution.
Cons - Hard to play after playing a UW 49 ( if the 49 is supported )
49 UW - Pros - If the game supports it then its amazing. This is my Monitor of choice for COD and also BF5 and Destiny 2 and Flight Sim.
Cons - Many games and ports do not support 49 properly. ( Stretched screens or missing height - PUBG for example ) If you play Pubg a lot do not buy this monitor.
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I was hoping for 20% improvement but there isnt. 20% average uplift i could maybe see myself buying one but 25% id expect at a minimum for the cost.
The issue is the fact the reviews are not showing real world results because they compare the 3090 OC to the 3080 FE. At best ive seen 18% for the most expensive 3090 Strix OC versus the 3080FE. You can almost buy 3 3080 FE for the price of 1 3090 Strix OC.
The frame differences are 5-6 FPS at 4k on the settings people claim they will be running at. The difference is imperceivable. I bet many people on here dont even have a Gsync Module in their monitor. So they cant even Gsync below 48FPS! Id love to see how they plan on running a 3090 at max 4K below 48 FPS. Even average of 60 FPS there are plenty of times in games where frames drop below 48FPS and will run like crap.
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