Soldato
Maybe so, my impression was that it would probably be Q4 2022 for the 'Ampere Next' cards. Not much reason to release them earlier than then (presumably in time for RDNA 3).
Correct I agree.
I suppose the other factor, is that the RTX 3080 will probably keep it's value for longer than the RTX 3070.
Disagree. Unless it gets postponed, if the talk of the supers materialises, nvidia do release supers (or same cards with more VRAM) I would say shuffling to these would be the longer term play should more games start shipping with large texture packs etc. As with the previous point, we could be very near christmas before the stampede to secure a unicorn 40 series begins and we still dont know what the asking price Jenson will stuff us with...