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30xx Series Founders Edition

Received my 4080FE on sunday, must say im happy with the performance its giving me i was getting 50-60fps depending on game scenarios on screen with Division 2 and now 111-117fps with the same ultra settings 3840x2160 all be it an older game, callisto protocol was another i tried without RT its sat at the cap of 119fps for the C2 screen i use with full RT HDR on im seeing anywhere late 50's to 72fps again depending on game load with FSR switched on its well over 100fps, resident evil village with RT on its sat at around the cap to. Other things im happy about are 1 the fans dont sound like a jet engine inside my rig and secondly the power draw is ridiculously low in comparison to the 3080FE and lastly the red and white company that sounds similar to sex are offering £438 for the 3080FE so i personally think the uplift and reduction in power draw was worth the difference i paid after selling the 3080.
 
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Joxeon said:
A 47% fps increase and a 15% power decrease for an 85% price increase, sounds like a good deal to me.
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neeb said:
Received my 4080FE on sunday,.......
Enjoy ;)
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If the 4080FE was priced better, it wouldn't be such a bad upgrade, although still not the best. A 4090 is way better.

At current prices, sorry neeb but that's a terrible upgrade in my opinion. That said, it's not worth my money, what people do with theirs is up to them. But I drew a line this time, while I could easily afford a 4080 or 4090, I am not giving them the satisfaction of paying those prices.
 
I think given the price of the 3090 and up at launch, and for ages after, the £1600 for a 4090 is a bit of a bargain, but we all knew this anyway. It is this gen's halo card with no card that comes even close to it, so its price is warranted, whereas a 3080 Ti got could to within a few % of a 3090 series out of the box making the ludicrous 3090 price puzzling during those times. Nvidia learned a lesson from then lol and now we see what we are seeing.

Nobody will poke fun at a 4090 purchase because of this, it has no equal, but what will be the case in a year when the Tis are out and 50 series are about to launch I wonder. The 3090 and above didn't really shift much on pricing even up to 40 series launch :/

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With all that said, and all this discussion, I may as well just buy a 4090, get it on the books too so no VAT, and get 2% cashback. I guess there is no reason not to at this rate...
 
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Quit with the man maths and stop justifying it. If you can afford it and can write off some due to business then its hard to complain because the 4080 is not worth it. Lower in the stack is a sidegrade for you..
 
mrk said:
With all that said, and all this discussion, I may as well just buy a 4090, get it on the books too so no VAT, and get 2% cashback. I guess there is no reason not to at this rate...
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No VAT and 2% cash back and you STILL haven’t ordered one?
 
Zotac Trinity. I care nothing for RGB etc but it seemed to suit the aesthetics of my case interior so just went for that. I could not get a Founders Edition because I once ordered then quickly cancelled a 4080 ages ago when I realised what a mistake it was and now Nvidia won't allow another order to be done for a 40 series FE!
 
mrk said:
I could not get a Founders Edition because I once ordered then quickly cancelled a 4080 ages ago when I realised what a mistake it was and now Nvidia won't allow another order to be done for a 40 series FE!
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Ah yeah I remember reading you did that. It’s a silly rule they’ve got in place now. One per SKU perhaps makes more sense, but one card for an entire generation per person doesn’t make a lot of sense anymore.

The Zotac should be a great card!
 
rare said:
Ah yeah I remember reading you did that. It’s a silly rule they’ve got in place now. One per SKU perhaps makes more sense, but one card for an entire generation per person doesn’t make a lot of sense anymore.

The Zotac should be a great card!
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Seems a silly one to me - preventing people hoovering up stock sure but it should reset after awhile.
 
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mrk said:
Zotac Trinity. I care nothing for RGB etc but it seemed to suit the aesthetics of my case interior so just went for that. I could not get a Founders Edition because I once ordered then quickly cancelled a 4080 ages ago when I realised what a mistake it was and now Nvidia won't allow another order to be done for a 40 series FE!
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Might be worth shooting an email to their 'UK Sales Arm' and see if something can be done? Mention you're a reviewer, can't hurt ;)
 
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