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I doubt a 3080 will drop to £200 considering that is around the price point of the 6500XT which in turn is no faster than cards that were released at similar price points 5 years ago so you can bet that a 4050 or 7500XT isn't coming close to 3080 performance.
3070 matches/beats a 2080ti.
Even during the no competition days of Turing and the jump from TSMC 16-12 the lacklustre 2070 managed to beat a 1080 so if a 4070 is only as fast as a 3080 despite nvidia moving from Samsung 8 to TSMC 5 then nvidia would have failed hard and most likely be well behind AMD.
nvidia are the ones running hot this gen (and probably next) aren't they? Also thought the AMD drivers were alright now. Fundamentally it's going to boil down to ray tracing and how much you care about it, pricing, raster and heat (from NV) this gen I think. Nobody wants a 350w "midrange" card, it's a space heater.
I don't think Nvidias power draw is much different to AMD aside from the 3080ti and 3090. The 3080 is 320w vs the 6800XT 300w, if you built a 3080 with just GDDR6 it would probably pull quite a bit less power than the 6800XT given the difference between a 3070 220w and the GDDR6X 3070ti at 290w.
My 3080 undervolted to around 180w still beats a 2080ti so a 7600X and 4080 with a large undervolt should see it under 1/2 the power but you'll probably need to wait another gen to see it down to 1/4.
That 175hz qd-oled screen is wasted on you!The trick is to undervolt or/and FPS cap. I am playing Final Fantasy 7 remake with a ps5 controller at the moment and set it to 60fps even though I can easily run it at 120fps locked.
Power usage is way down at 60fps and you don't even hear the fans on the GPU. As I recall the whole pc including monitor uses less than 200w playing it like this. Feels perfectly smooth to me. Certainly much better than the 30fps I played it on the PS4 Pro some years ago anyway.
Way I see it is in most games 60fps I am happy with, so the newer gpu's will run at even lower voltage than what I have now to hit 60fps. Then when I play games that need the extra grunt like Cyberpunk the performance will be available.
I recon the 4080 will be able to play every single game in my Steam library with ease at 60fps. Right now my 3070 already does with 99% or more anyways. But new tech is always nice and I always like to get the latest gen
That 175hz qd-oled screen is wasted on you!
I'd flog the 3090 Ti, use the money in a couple of months to buy a 4080 and keep the change. Should be around 40-50% faster than a 3090 Ti and more power efficient. Skipping a generation with a massive leap in performance doesn't make much sense, that 3090 Ti with loads of memory won't look nearly as appealing when it's getting demolished by new GPU's and electricity prices are through the roof.Well I'll be skipping 4000 series as all being well I'll be getting a 3090 Ti soon from an old work mate selling off everything for roughly a quarter what they were new as he's moving country and has a baby on the way so PC gaming is EOL for him.
I don't mind being 1 gen behind especially as it means I get that gens fully unlocked chip with a ton of memory, I'll be limiting everything to 60 anyway, Final Fantasy 14 should run smooth
That 175hz qd-oled screen is wasted on you!
