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FINALLY A DEAL ON GPU'S - IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG (NVIDIA 3060 & 3060Ti) !!
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Enlarge eh! If you want to tag him use the @
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Well this will be my first ever 'gaming' nVidia card after owning ATi/AMD for so long. The AMD stock/price situation has been dire as I've been using a RX580 (was £280 new) for over three years from a whole new Ryzen 2700x build.
I wasn't impressed by the 5700XT or Vega so wanted to wait for the 6X00 era. That worked out well.
I don't usually upgrade but X470 has given me good reason too. Now with a 5800X already installed and a new 3060Ti incoming.
GFX history: 9600XT / 9700 AIW Pro - HIS X1900XT - Sapphire HD4830/HD4870 - Sapphire Nitro RX580
I still have two of those later cards in my spares along with an EVGA GeForce 260 (nice looking card) from an old family build
Thanks OCUK - its been a long wait.
I wasn't impressed by the 5700XT or Vega so wanted to wait for the 6X00 era. That worked out well.
I don't usually upgrade but X470 has given me good reason too. Now with a 5800X already installed and a new 3060Ti incoming.
GFX history: 9600XT / 9700 AIW Pro - HIS X1900XT - Sapphire HD4830/HD4870 - Sapphire Nitro RX580
I still have two of those later cards in my spares along with an EVGA GeForce 260 (nice looking card) from an old family build
Thanks OCUK - its been a long wait.
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same. Been using an R9 290X 8GB for a long time but not used anything nVidia since my Voodoo 2, donkeys' years ago, and me not forgiving them for killing 3DFX.
In fairness I would still soooner have purchased a 6800 XT, but AMD GPU prices and availability are ludicrous, so I'm looking forward to decent frame rates on Monday with a 3060 Ti.
In fairness I would still soooner have purchased a 6800 XT, but AMD GPU prices and availability are ludicrous, so I'm looking forward to decent frame rates on Monday with a 3060 Ti.
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I wanted a 6800XT reference originally. In fact if I could have got hold of an AIO model might have pushed the boat out but apart from the obvious lack of availability, the price of these units is poor. nVidia win this round, lets see what RDNA3 can offer..
@Gibbo would it not be a good idea to offer first refusal on the FE 3080’s to those in the 3080 queue.
I missed yesterday’s buying frenzy due to the forum link issue but surely the low MSRP on FE cards makes this the best option OC as well.
I am ASUS queue (81) and this would have been a very appealing option given the 3080ti is of no interest.
Maybe the drop was not big enough but surely a missed opportunity.
I missed yesterday’s buying frenzy due to the forum link issue but surely the low MSRP on FE cards makes this the best option OC as well.
I am ASUS queue (81) and this would have been a very appealing option given the 3080ti is of no interest.
Maybe the drop was not big enough but surely a missed opportunity.
FE drops have nothing to do with OCUK
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Received my zotac 3060ti oc today. Luckily it wasn't stolen as dpd driver left it on my doorstep at 8 o'clock this morning, nobody was home as we were staying at the inlaws. Card is working fine, bit noisy and high temp out the box. I have just undervolt and overclocked it slightly and now running cooler and quieter. Still tinkering to fine tune.
To expand on that for the poster who asked the question - the FE cards are exclusive to another retailer and OCUK receive none for sale.
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went for the Zotac OC model too, but going from an R9 290X it's bound to be significantly quieter, even on default settings. Run a game on my R9 and it sounds like a jet engine about to take off, and that's normal behaviour.
It's amazing what you can put up with when you get used to it. I don't even 'hear' it any more - but maybe that's just hearing loss haha
It's amazing what you can put up with when you get used to it. I don't even 'hear' it any more - but maybe that's just hearing loss haha
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Do those ****ers still hit 91c with ease? I had 290X's in Crossfire for about 3 days before 'ejecting' them
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@aethandor I am running the card in a lian li tu150 itx case so my cards always run a little hotter than normal but really pleased with it now that I've adjusted the voltage clocks and fan curve, highly recommend using msi afterburner and tweaking this card.
Thanks
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@JediFragger when I first got it, the R9 would sometimes frighten me by getting to around 91'c. A few months ago I re-pasted it with some Noctua NT-H1 I had handy and now it almost never goes above 75'c and is a lot quieter.
A real beast of a card in its heyday and still slightly quicker than a 1060 (with the 8GB version).
A real beast of a card in its heyday and still slightly quicker than a 1060 (with the 8GB version).
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I remember when hard gaming the thing used to drown out the room with the noise! lol
I then got it under an AIO and it was strong - lasted me for years, great card just crap original cooler on it.
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@Th0nt yup - it was crazy sticking a single fan cooler on something that gets that hot.
Thay was pretty much the thing back them though. The r9 290x only got like 5c hotter than nvidia cards with similar coolers but it was made huge by people that only ever reviewed the stock cooler.
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Let's wheel it out for old times sake boys!!!
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