Go on mate, just get the 3090... its fate you're meant to get one.
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30xx Series Founders Edition
- Thread starter Dirk Diggler
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3090 and 3080 share the same core, so make sense for the 3090 to get the core if all else equal given higher margin and provided the card will sell out (which they have been, abit more slowly now). If as we have seen from AIB's complaining, the 3080FE is hitting such a low point in effect being a loss leader, may explain why AIB's are getting 3080 chips now rather then Nvidia. 3070 is on a entirely different core GA104 core so think it sits apart from the 3080 / 3090.
Gut feel is we will still see the 3080FE model if only so Nvidia can crow about it in marketing, but quantities will be too small to ever fill demand of those wanting one. More so now with the performance of the 6800XT being shown which while good is not curb stomping the 3080 or anything.
Either way be interesting to see how the market goes now with perf numbers out from both side, suspect for now it will be whoever can even fill demand
That makes sense, if they share the same core it makes sense to put it into the card that has a much higher price tag and like you said as we've seen it still sells out. I do wish the 3090 had abit more init to push its performance above the 3080 maybe closer to the 30% mark but we'll see with future driver updates.3090 and 3080 share the same core, so make sense for the 3090 to get the core if all else equal given higher margin and provided the card will sell out (which they have been, abit more slowly now). If as we have seen from AIB's complaining, the 3080FE is hitting such a low point in effect being a loss leader, may explain why AIB's are getting 3080 chips now rather then Nvidia. 3070 is on a entirely different core GA104 core so think it sits apart from the 3080 / 3090.
Gut feel is we will still see the 3080FE model if only so Nvidia can crow about it in marketing, but quantities will be too small to ever fill demand of those wanting one. More so now with the performance of the 6800XT being shown which while good is not curb stomping the 3080 or anything.
Either way be interesting to see how the market goes now with perf numbers out from both side, suspect for now it will be whoever can even fill demand
3090 and 3080 share the same core, so make sense for the 3090 to get the core if all else equal given higher margin and provided the card will sell out (which they have been, abit more slowly now). If as we have seen from AIB's complaining, the 3080FE is hitting such a low point in effect being a loss leader, may explain why AIB's are getting 3080 chips now rather then Nvidia. 3070 is on a entirely different core GA104 core so think it sits apart from the 3080 / 3090.
Gut feel is we will still see the 3080FE model if only so Nvidia can crow about it in marketing, but quantities will be too small to ever fill demand of those wanting one. More so now with the performance of the 6800XT being shown which while good is not curb stomping the 3080 or anything.
Either way be interesting to see how the market goes now with perf numbers out from both side, suspect for now it will be whoever can even fill demand
I agree. I suspect there's a lot of people who will buy whichever becomes available first out of the 6800XT and the 3080. And even though its slightly dearer, paying the extra for a 6800 over a 3070 looks a no-brainer (unless you're already stretching your budget and/or you can get the FE).
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Would love one, tempted every time I see it available.
It still is available lol, its tempting isn't it...Would love one, tempted every time I see it available.
If i didn't have my 3090 already i would have jumped on it.
I had a Palit 3070 in basket for £549 and before i clicked "pay" checked for FE and the very second the drop happened. Lol. Managed to get 1
I hovered over that Palit but just wasn't feeling it for some reason then refreshed the nVidia site and the FE drop came up.
I was in need of a GPU as my MSI RTX 2070 just died. Sent it to the retailer for RMA and they told me to either wait for 2-3 months to get a replacement/upgrade or refund. My gaming pc was not operational for a month now. Now lets hope that this one is not doa. Luck is not on my side this year
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Had a 3070FE in my basket, by the time I had entered my Paypal 2FA code, it was out of stock and removed from the basket 
My trusty 1070 will have to keep doing is job for a bit longer yet....
My trusty 1070 will have to keep doing is job for a bit longer yet....
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That's the annoying the about the new paypal system, having to enter a code.Had a 3070FE in my basket, by the time I had entered my Paypal 2FA code, it was out of stock and removed from the basket
My trusty 1070 will have to keep doing is job for a bit longer yet....
Makes fast purchasing much slower.
Yea, not worth it. I'm coming from a 980ti that was second hand in 2016, and has 2x Noctua 120mm fans strapped to it with cable ties and needs bi yearly thermal paste re-application - so a pretty big upgrade for me.
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Frustrated that once in your basket it isn't 'reserved' for at least 5 minutes. It wasn't as though I was hanging about!
Yeah - I know there have to be practical limits to prevent abuse and so on but adding an item to your basket really should reserve it for a reasonable amount of time.
Payment taken on my order but still awaiting picking so not sure mine went through in time :s probably due to messing around with the ridiculous captcha thing.
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Am I right that Nvidia are using a well known UK computer parts seller as their fulfilment partner?
Still feel OcUK are losing a lot of goodwill by charging so much more than their competitors for 30xx series cards. I've been using OcUK since getting my first Athlon CPU and joining the gold pads together to clock it. I'm really disappointed in them over this. I hope they don't end up losing more money in people going elsewhere in the future than they make by scalping over these new GPUs.
Still feel OcUK are losing a lot of goodwill by charging so much more than their competitors for 30xx series cards. I've been using OcUK since getting my first Athlon CPU and joining the gold pads together to clock it. I'm really disappointed in them over this. I hope they don't end up losing more money in people going elsewhere in the future than they make by scalping over these new GPUs.