Finally got my hands on it. I should get time for some testing/benching tomorrow. 
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- Thread starter Dirk Diggler
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I hate to rub it in, but having done some early testing I can say this 3080 is a stunner. It's a proper 4k card - games like Shadow of The Tomb Raider & Senua's Sacrifice are rocking 4k 60 with all the bells & whistles including HDR 10 bit 4:4:4 and the GPU usage is sitting around 75%.
Really impressed.
Really impressed.
HDMI 2.1 spec is a big improvement, too.
Congrats to all who bagged one today. And to answer the question in the quote, Thursday order seems to be Tuesday delivery.
Parcelforce for me, too.
I did some benching with my 1080ti-FE for comparison, prior to installing the 3080-FE.
Both cards at stock settings.
Both cards at stock settings.
Is anyone getting a black screen when the monitor resumes from sleep? I need to either switch on the second screen or restart the PC. I can't work out whether it's my new Dell S2721DGF or the 3080-FE/driver.
Thanks, will give that a try.
Some more benchmarks comparing my 1080ti to the new 3080. It's clear that the 3080 excels at 4k, and although the CPU restriction at higher FPS is a factor, I'm not sure it's the only factor?
I was fortunate enough to have randomly noticed stock available during the first drop so it had taken most by surprise, which gave me enough time to get in and grab one. Now, everyone is pointed at it awaiting a supply drop.
The fact is, these just aren't being produced in large volumes yet. It's strange because they could print money with these cards, so why not throw every resource at the manufacture process?
The fact is, these just aren't being produced in large volumes yet. It's strange because they could print money with these cards, so why not throw every resource at the manufacture process?
Maybe they are but there's no more capacity.
Would love to see the stats of how many sold, and notably how many sold at this stage of the release vs previous generations. I think it's probably huge and just maybe they've actually got enough out there than before just that the demand is much more than they thought.
Regarding the EU being dealt a bad hand - better hope American's don't complain to Trump otherwise NV will be banned from selling GPU's to gamers abroad until every American who wants one has one in their hands.
Doesn't make sense because not only are they constantly out of stock, there's very few people that actually own one.
Dumb question - if all they do is change the the memory, and you aren't memory-bound in a game, I assume it will perform near-identical to the 10GB version? for primarily 1440p folks like myself, I think the 10GB version will be fine for the next 2 years at least. Can then go for a higher GB version in the 4000 series
The "20GB version" is a figment of the imagination until Nvidia actually confirm its existence. They haven't even properly released the 10GB version yet.
To answer your question, yes it would perform exactly the same which is why it won't actually exist.
None of that is official is it?
The point I'm getting at is that there won't be a 20GB version of the 3080. Of course, there will be other GPUs released that have more power, memory etc.. as is always the case. I highly doubt that we'll see any new GPU to rival the 3080 within 6 months of the 3080 release, let alone within 6 weeks as a lot of people seem to be expecting.
Good to see some more cards in the wild,
not so good to see a competitor selected for UK distribution but I suppose the insistence on MSRP would rule OcUK out.
Anyone buying at eBay prices needs their head examined.
not so good to see a competitor selected for UK distribution but I suppose the insistence on MSRP would rule OcUK out.
Anyone buying at eBay prices needs their head examined.
I think you probably are, to be fair.
Nvidia and AMD are 2 completely separate companies.
Buy now button showing for me.
Is Nvidia dumping the last of the stock an hour before we get the AMD announcement? I wonder if the red team really are pulling a couple of rabbits out the hat this time. 
So glad I've got my card sorted as this shenanigans isn't good for the stress levels, honestly the process of buying this GPU is more exciting than any game you'll get to play on it.
So glad I've got my card sorted as this shenanigans isn't good for the stress levels, honestly the process of buying this GPU is more exciting than any game you'll get to play on it.
I think the product stack requires a summary after the AMD news.
3080 - still toe to toe with the competition, but only at FE MRSP prices.
3090 -
3070 - DOA (8GB memory =)
I hope anyone who bought a 3090 made the purchase in the last 2 weeks... Get that refund processed.
3080 - still toe to toe with the competition, but only at FE MRSP prices.
3090 -
3070 - DOA (8GB memory =
)I hope anyone who bought a 3090 made the purchase in the last 2 weeks... Get that refund processed.