Or worse still for their competitors, they might become synonymous with a Nvidia GPU price check, stock check, purchase.
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Or worse still for their competitors, they might become synonymous with a Nvidia GPU price check, stock check, purchase.
Really? In terms of that particular retailer, they are literally the only place to get a 3000 series card for MRSP. That's the point I'm making.
I couldn't agree more.
1 example isn't evidence of lower quality control standards. The percentages mean that there will be many more cards like that out of the hundreds of thousands manufactured.
Does anyone know the longest cable length (Display Port) that I could use with my 3080 and Dell S2721DGF to ensure I get no issues with full 165Hz?
I don't have any experience with Ampere, nor high refresh, but I do have quite a lot of experience in commercial installations for digital signage.
Based on that, 5m on (decent quality) copper cables is usually the reliable limit, but anything over that I'd look at fibre-optic based cables.
Just had a look on a well known online purveyor of everything and you can get a 10m for £85, 20m for £90 - reviews on that indicate 1440p@144Hz (so I can't see why 165Hz would be a problem) works fine (on the 20m).
If you have trouble with those, shouldn't be too much hassle to return it!
Hope that helps
That's very helpful, I didn't think about fibre options. Thanks very much for the info and thanks also @Rroff
Cable length is unlikely to be a factor, the reason the aftermarket cables fail is mainly down to the cable not being thick enough (cross sectional area) and to a lesser extent the connections not being crimped properly.
Your first sentence covers volts drop, and as we have both said the cable lengths in this situation is unlikely to produce significant volts drop that would make a difference in increased current.
Your second sentence isn't entirely accurate, because the PSU cable thickness isn't the standard to aim for when talking about component cable length - the PSU cable thickness is determined by its own length and the rated current it is designed to take. If we had to introduce a component to the system, in this case a GPU, and we attached a cable that was so long that we required an unusually thick cable, then that could easily lead to a situation where the PSU cable isn't thick enough either because it would have become the bottleneck as it would be smaller (thinner) than the components cable.
Anyway, I agree that cable length is very unlikely to be a factor.
I've got a 3060ti in a second system that I built for my daughter to play her Lego games but she hasn't switched it on in months. I've also got a 970 lying in the garage gathering dust.
I'd sell it tomorrow if eBay wasn't so full of scammers. The only place I sell tech is the MM.
If your selling that 3060ti Fe let me
I meant I'd sell for the eBay price; MM price is maximum MRSP.
I just managed to pick up a PS5 so CEX will likely have one more 3060ti to sell if they're offering me £680 for it. I've actually recovered my original outlay from the card via mining Eth and now selling for double that again. What a strange time this is.
Yea, I'm sure Jensen is subscribed to the thread with instant email alerts.
That's nonsense, after witnessing the 'bot feeding frenzy last September/October they teamed up with a local retailer in each region to ensure the cards are sold in the fairest manner possible. They're the only company I can think of that is putting that level of effort into how the product is being distributed for sale.
What are you talking about. They initially sold the cards from their own website via Digital River and the site ground to a halt every time as 'bots scooped them all up in seconds in order to scalp them on eBay. NV then outsourced to an OcUK rival as their sole retailer in the UK with the strict instructions to sell at MRSP. One card per customer etc.
What do you expect them to do, request your home address and have Jensen turn up in a French maid outfit? The fact a LHR version even exists tells you all you need to know.
My 3080 regularly exceeds 100C and functions perfectly. Just because we don't like the look of something it doesn't mean it's a basis for RMA - the likelihood is that the card would just be returned to you stating that it's working as intended.
This is why I have no intention of changing pads because that would just risk a rejected RMA in future.
The operating limits are clearly defined, I'm not contesting that. What I'm saying is that my card reports 100+ and functions perfectly fine. I pay no attention to it because not only does it function fine, I can't even be sure that it's even hitting that temperature because I'm reliant on 3rd party software to tell me.
I wouldn't consider thermal pads or RMA unless I was experiencing actual performance issues.
In which case, personally it makes no difference to me.
Honestly, why do people do this? That's clearly not what I said