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kieran_read said:
Honestly the thing for me is how will the 5080 compare to the 4080 & 7900xtx. Because if AMD release the 8800 whatever they call (4080/7900xtx performance) it at say a 600-800 price range and the 5080 is only 20% better than the 4080 I'm curious on how the 5080 looks in terms of "Ridiculousness" 20% better than a 8800 (4080 level) but double the price.
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i don’t think Nvidia cares if the 5080 looks ridiculous, it’s job will be to make the 5090 appear as good value while AMDs job will be to make the 5080 look like good value.
 
Stu999 said:
Alternative headline: "It's exactly what everyone expected."
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Yeah, as soon as AMD said “we’re out” it was obviously going to bump the price up. I was expecting £2000 as the low end price. There are people out there who paid close to that for a 4090 because the MSRP has been a joke that is rarely met.

But hey, anyone paying that is down to them. At least they are future proofing themselves until the 6090 comes out. ;)
 
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Joxeon said:
i don’t think Nvidia cares if the 5080 looks ridiculous, it’s job will be to make the 5090 appear as good value while AMDs job will be to make the 5080 look like good value.
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Unfortunately, if the leaked specs and rumoured prices are anything to go by... the 5080 will be doing a damned good job at making the 5090 look value.
~£2k for the full fat 5090, ~£1.2k for the 50% cut down 5080 (50% cut of the top model is historically the xx70 class, so nVidia already up to their old name-manipulation shenanigans). The lower tier cards are meant to provide better value with the halo product providing diminishing returns... but I guess "**** gamers" is nVidia's new motto since they moved to AI acceleration

But... this is all from rumour/leaks. Who knows, maybe nVidia will drop the 5080 at £650 and 5090 at £1400 (mirroring 3000 prices, which were still high but HUGE value reset compared to what we've had these last 8-10 years)
 
ICDP said:
But hey, anyone paying that is down to them. At least they are future proofing themselves until the 6090 comes out. ;)
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The future proofing bit always make me laugh :) It didn't even occur to me when getting 4090 - it was more of a "I've not had xx90 series of GPU before" :) But it paid for itself, so I don't feel bad about it at all and it's still a very strong GPU for games. Still, I don't think I'll repeat that in the future, one time is enough, and I would likely be fine with xx70 series considering most new AAA games have looks but not the soul to bother. I find much more fun in indie titles these days, which also have much less system requirements.
 
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Tinek said:
The future proofing bit always make me laugh :) It didn't even occur to me when getting 4090 - it was more of a "I've not had xx90 series of GPU before" :) But it paid for itself, so I don't feel bad about it at all and it's still a very strong GPU for games. Still, I don't think I'll repeat that in the future, one time is enough, and I would likely be fine with xx70 series considering most new AAA games have looks but not the soul to bother. I find much more fun in indie titles these days, which also have much less system requirements.
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Me at Xmas 2023 addicted to Lethal Company wondering why I bought a 4090 at the time :D:cry:
 
cyclonus10 said:
How many 3000 series users skipped the 4000 series altogether?
Can they afford to skip again?
Although, prices may mean they can't afford them either.
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I'm still on a 1080ti there's plenty of us that skipped multiple series of cards.

I feel if anything there will be an increasing number of people who skip 2 or more series if the trend continues, tbh I was planning to drop £1000 on this gen, but when the 7900xtx and the 4080 both came out at 1000+ I said no.

The thing is, I would be happy with a 7900xtx or 4080 level of performance so for me it's going to be how much it costs me next gen for that tier.
 
cyclonus10 said:
How many 3000 series users skipped the 4000 series altogether?
Can they afford to skip again?
Although, prices may mean they can't afford them either.
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Depends but honestly imo unless you’re vram starved anything from a 3080 10gb will still do extremely well - Especially the 3090 and 3090 Ti which the latter isn’t far off a 4080…
 
cyclonus10 said:
How many 3000 series users skipped the 4000 series altogether?
Can they afford to skip again?
Although, prices may mean they can't afford them either.
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Currently on 3080 since release, play at 1440p , also rarely play games so that helps but when I do still performs well for me

I'll see how much 4080/7900xtx type of performance for next gen gets you and decide that's the minimum kind of jump I want from 3080
 
kieran_read said:
I'm still on a 1080ti there's plenty of us that skipped multiple series of cards.
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I went from a 4790k, DDR3 RAM and 1080ti to Legion Pro 4080 laptop. Wasn't paying another £650 for the 4090 version. If it was an actual 4090 then I might have.

Sold off my old system piece by piece to C3x along with my Xbox One X, PS4 Pro, PS Vita, a load of games for all three machines. Took a fair chunk off the near £2500 I paid for my Legion.

Had a Series X from day one, was going to get a PS5 Pro until I saw the ridiculous price.

Guess my Legion is my PS5 Pro, although takes a few years for the PC to get PS games though.
 
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