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What will happen when the 4080Ti comes out?

TresterVoll

TresterVoll

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Hi,

I'm in real need of a new rig... and I'm at the time of my life where I want to go relatively BIG. Not 4090 big... i'm still human, but I was considering the 4080.

However, everywhere I read it sounds like it's known to be 'a bad deal' even though it seems to be a great card. Lots of advice seems to say "Wait for the 4080Ti". But what does that actually mean for me?
  • Does it mean that when the 4080Ti comes out, it will be a better card for the same price? (surely it will still cost more)
  • Does it mean that the 4080 (regular) will reduce in price? (so I can then get a bit more affordability)
  • Does it mean that I should just skip the 4080 and the Ti version, and just save for a 4090, switch to AMD, or drop down to a different card?
I'm a total noob with this stuff and in complete analysis paralysis at the moment. Would hate to let my impatience result in buyer's regret.

Thanks everyone!
 
I don’t think we will see a 4080Ti anytime soon but who knows. The 3080Ti released 9 months after the 3080, and the 4080 was released in November. So possibly towards the end of the year.

It all depends if you are willing to wait or not, but keep in mind the 4080Ti (if there is one) will likely be priced higher than the current 4080. In which case, you really aren’t that far off a 4090 anyway…

What processor and resolution are you looking to pair this all with?
 
rare said:
I don’t think we will see a 4080Ti anytime soon but who knows. The 3080Ti released 9 months after the 3080, and the 4080 was released in November. So possibly towards the end of the year.

It all depends if you are willing to wait or not, but keep in mind the 4080Ti (if there is one) will likely be priced higher than the current 4080. In which case, you really aren’t that far off a 4090 anyway…

What processor and resolution are you looking to pair this all with?
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I guess that's where I'm maybe hoping the 4080 would come down... so then be more affordable :)

Was going to go for the Intel Core i9 12900K. For resolution... as high as I can go :D Lemme check my monitor, I suppose that's a restriction... 1920 x 1080 Pixels is what my monitors say.
 
If you don’t plan on upgrading your monitor anytime soon then a 4090 or even a 4080 at that resolution is pretty much a total waste, unless you specifically have a very high refresh rate panel?
 
I've got 144hz. If that isn't high enough for there to be a difference, that's super useful to know! I wanted to go big because of future proofing, but I don't see myself investing in mega monitors any time soon.
 
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AMD hasn't even released their full range yet,let alone Nvidia. Maybe wait a few months and see what changes happen after both ranges are fully released? Its quite clear dGPU sales overall are not great,as the RTX4070 already started to get discounts a week after launch. We have yet to even see how the RX7800XT pans out either.
 
Often the ti parts slot in at a higher price. Realistically the 4080 ti is unlikely to be much slower than the 4090 so they'll probably price it close as well. When they did "super" cards, they came in at the same MSRP as the non-super counterparts and forced the price of the non-supers down a bit.

But it all depends on how the market plays out.
 
A 1080p monitor is not a limit in any way. You can use virtual super resolution from your drivers and basically do old style anti aliasing via super sampling. I do it on my 32" 1080p monitor and enjoy the extra sharpness.
 
wunkley said:
1080p monitor? Are you from the past!? Upgrade or get out ;)
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When I started playing VGA 320X200 was the high end but more often than not games were still EGA 16 colors.
While I can notice some jagged edges in my large 1080p monitor at native I can fix it with VSR and TBH I'd rather have HDR than 4k for the money.
 
rare said:
I don’t think we will see a 4080Ti anytime soon but who knows. The 3080Ti released 9 months after the 3080, and the 4080 was released in November. So possibly towards the end of the year.

It all depends if you are willing to wait or not, but keep in mind the 4080Ti (if there is one) will likely be priced higher than the current 4080. In which case, you really aren’t that far off a 4090 anyway…

What processor and resolution are you looking to pair this all with?
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Exactly this. Pointless waiting. If you have that in mind just get a 4090 now and be done with it.

Only worth it if you are upgrading to a 4K monitor or something. Otherwise grab a 4070 or maybe even a 6950XT if you can find it on a deal like some are mentioning.
 
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I had a 4090 FE running with a 1440P monitor and found it slightly over kill if that's a thing

I changed to a 4080 FE which saved me some money and worked better in my SFF build and draws much less watt

The 4080 FE with 1440P is perfect, you can turn everything up to MAX/EPIC and still get 165+ FPS, I would say 4K with a 4080 is fine but will have reduced FPS
 
wunkley said:
1080p monitor? Are you from the past!? Upgrade or get out ;)
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I only upgraded to 1080p recently 'cos the power cable kept falling out of my old monitor :p

TresterVoll said:
  • Does it mean that I should just skip the 4080 and the Ti version, and just save for a 4090, switch to AMD, or drop down to a different card?
I'm a total noob with this stuff and in complete analysis paralysis at the moment. Would hate to let my impatience result in buyer's regret.
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Do you do anything that specifically benefits from an nvidia card (like workstation apps or VR), or do you only game?

TresterVoll said:
I've got 144hz. If that isn't high enough for there to be a difference, that's super useful to know! I wanted to go big because of future proofing, but I don't see myself investing in mega monitors any time soon.
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Realistically, I'm not sure that any of these cards are going to offer reliable future proofing, e.g. where you can say that spending £1200 is going to get you 10 years of gaming.

For example, everything on the market (including the 4090) is still arguably borderline with max details + ray tracing at their intended resolution and we don't really know where this technology is going to go, since many games just use it for effects right now.

If I were you, if you're playing at 1080p, just get something that can smash this resolution right now (maximum of RTX 4070 or RX 6800, < £600, TPU says a 4070 has average fps of 168 fps @ 1080p) and accept that in say... 3-5 years time you'll want a new card.
 
Seems to me the consumer GPUs aren't selling well and AMD aren't competing so they may well be reserving the more complete ADA dies for the professional market.
 
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