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*** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

Question, how much my old rusty i7 6700k OCd to 4.4 ghz will bottleneck rtx 3080? I dont feel like upgrading my cpu right now. Will I get like 85% of true rtx 3080 performance? Also because nvidia does not produce dvi inputs on their cards my 2nd 144hz monitor will have to be connected through hdmi or dp which means that I wont get more than 60hz, 2nd monitor is 1080p only, I have read that rtx 3080 is not doing too well in 1080p, will I even get 60 fps I will be restricted by cable on my oldie? Thanks
 
LordOfBeyond said:
OC will cancel this. One card per customer brah.
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@Jxy98
You wanna call and cancel the large queue number one asap. I've seen people on these forums say they had two orders and OCUK will cancel one of them. And they canceled the one that was less popular for them.
If your not needing 2 or scalping I would hurry and cancel the big queue one now before ocuk cancel the low queue one
 
LordOfBeyond said:
Question, how much my old rusty i7 6700k OCd to 4.4 ghz will bottleneck rtx 3080? I dont feel like upgrading my cpu right now. Will I get like 85% of true rtx 3080 performance? Also because nvidia does not produce dvi inputs on their cards my 2nd 144hz monitor will have to be connected through hdmi or dp which means that I wont get more than 60hz, 2nd monitor is 1080p only, I have read that rtx 3080 is not doing too well in 1080p, will I even get 60 fps I will be restricted by cable on my oldie? Thanks
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Not sure where you get the information from, but Display port 1.4 will do 4K at 120Hz, and 10 colour HDMI 2.1 will give 4K at 120Hz and 8K at 60 Hz with a maximum of 10K possible. Dvi went out years ago, superceded by dual dvi which has also been obsolete for some time. Maybe time to sell the old monitor and buy a newer one?
 
GRUExylo said:
First time poster and first time builder here, please be patient with me!

I've got a non-OC Strix order in at 340 in queue, which is pretty much the last thing I was waiting on to finish my new computer (except a drive or two and an OS); the dying laptop it replaces apparently runs on a GTX 1050.

I am starting to think it might be more desirable (as the laptop is deteriorating and has been in for repair three times now) to cancel this, as Strix 3080s in general don't seem to be in a hurry, get something like a 2070 SUPER, then next year when the queues and competition starts to clear out on the 3080 / Big Navi equivalent, look at one of these nice new cards then?

I would assume if my games run well enough on a GTX 1050, then a 2070 SUPER in a desktop with a substantially better CPU and more memory would be noticeably better performing either way.

(Not to derail too much, but also if a 2070 SUPER would be worthwhile, any recommendations which one from OCUK I should pick?)
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XeNoNF50 said:
What monitor are you using? Is it 1080p? 1440p? 4k?60hz? 144hz?

All depends on what monitor you are using. If playing at 1080p a 2070 super is more than overkill probably. But whatever you do, if you buy a non 3000 series card right now, definitely buy second hand otherwise you will regret it.
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I would air on the side of caution to build for today 100% as you will never not upgrade your monitor. You should be looking at least 30% to the future. What I mean is if you buy a 2070 Super (which is a mighty fine GPU- but the 3070 will be a lot better and cheaper so your 3080 will be mega) and then upgrade your monitor to an IPS 1440 144hz + later, you may find your not getting the most from it visually or FPS from hardware.

I would try to hold your nerve and stick to your 3080 from OcUK as I am confident that stock is going to emerge (and this picture will build in the next week or 2).
 
LordOfBeyond said:
Question, how much my old rusty i7 6700k OCd to 4.4 ghz will bottleneck rtx 3080? I dont feel like upgrading my cpu right now. Will I get like 85% of true rtx 3080 performance? Also because nvidia does not produce dvi inputs on their cards my 2nd 144hz monitor will have to be connected through hdmi or dp which means that I wont get more than 60hz, 2nd monitor is 1080p only, I have read that rtx 3080 is not doing too well in 1080p, will I even get 60 fps I will be restricted by cable on my oldie? Thanks
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About 20% bottleneck at 1080p, less than 10% at 1440p, and about 5% at 4K.
 
Flake87 said:
Not sure where you get the information from, but Display port 1.4 will do 4K at 120Hz, and 10 colour HDMI 2.1 will give 4K at 120Hz and 8K at 60 Hz with a maximum of 10K possible. Dvi went out years ago, superceded by dual dvi which has also been obsolete for some time. Maybe time to sell the old monitor and buy a newer one?
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My iiyama pro lite gb2773hs will only support 144hz through dual active dvi cable or something. It defaults to 60hz when I connect it through hdmi. Converter costs like £ 100 - £ 120 pounds so too expensive. I need new monitor but it needs to be 27 inch at least and these are outside my price range, after dropping £ 700 on a new GPU and £ 450 for ps5 I am skinned till next year.
 
peds said:
I would air on the side of caution to build for today 100% as you will never not upgrade your monitor. You should be looking at least 30% to the future. What I mean is if you buy a 2070 Super (which is a mighty fine GPU- but the 3070 will be a lot better and cheaper so your 3080 will be mega) and then upgrade your monitor to an IPS 1440 144hz + later, you may find your not getting the most from it visually or FPS from hardware.

I would try to hold your nerve and stick to your 3080 from OcUK as I am confident that stock is going to emerge (and this picture will build in the next week or 2).
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I was feeling this, but my laptop is really on the way down - I was going to hold on building a computer entirely for all the new stuff coming out but I want to be sure I've gotten myself across to my new machine before it dies.

I was also thinking that I'm not averse to getting a cheaper 2070 super, sticking the leftover money aside, playing my games that I already have on the 1080/60 display (nothing spectacular or AAA from this year or last, these were on my console) and then getting the 3080 and a monitor together in April - June when all this mess will hopefully have quietened down a fair bit.

That said, it would be nice if stock turned up earlier than expected... I will have to have a good think about it, thanks for the recommendation.
 
LordOfBeyond said:
My iiyama pro lite gb2773hs will only support 144hz through dual active dvi cable or something. It defaults to 60hz when I connect it through hdmi. Converter costs like £ 100 - £ 120 pounds so too expensive. I need new monitor but it needs to be 27 inch at least and these are outside my price range, after dropping £ 700 on a new GPU and £ 450 for ps5 I am skinned till next year.
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Not sure where you have gotten that info from.

What card are you currently using as both HDMI and Display Port will give 144Hz on that monitor. However will only work if your current display device/card has HDMI 1.3 or later. Also, make sure your PC refresh rate is set to 144Hz if using HDMI
 
Yes correct. Position 195 at 15:09. Was actually refreshing basket from 14:15. Kept crashing. Can't wait for gigabytes container to the UK. Should be here any day now. Hopefully more than 30 eagles at a time as stock for these has been pitiful lately.
 
Mykolas said:
How often OCUK sends emails with queue position? Is it once a week or something?
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According to the email, they will update once a week if there have been deliveries of your particular card.

Just have to wait a week to see it in action as of course cancellations could have change queue positions even if no deliveries...
 
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