NVIDIA 4000 Series

[Richdog]

I think we need a which one are you buying thread poll with the options

3080 12GB
3080 16GB
4090
None as I have functioning brain cells and a conscience

I said the same thing about the last generation until the COVID GPU shortage hit and the only thing I could buy was literally a 3090. The choice was either a) no gaming or b) pay £1400. Upon reflection the choice was pretty damn easy because not being able to enjoy gaming during lockdown was pretty damn frustrating even taking into account my other hobbies. PC gaming scratches an itch that nothing else can replace.

However the RTX4090 is an even tougher sell than the 3090, with it being a 20-30% price hike and ideally needing a new ATX 3.0 PSU which also costs around £150+. I will be interested to see what the prices are like in my non-EU country where PC hardware is usually a bit cheaper than elsewhere.

Still, I guess if you take the re-sale value into account then if you spend £1600 on a GPU at the beginning of a launch and can sell it for £600-£800 2 years later then it means it has cost £400-£500 per year of gaming over the course of the generation which isn't the worst value for a hobby you enjoy.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Enjoy your ironing boards, punks!

Also RGB anti sag poles?

I love Steve.

 

[DanF]

this gen seems like get the FE unless you're a bit mental

 

[deuse]

For the zotac amp

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO | ZOTAC

<p>Inspired by aerodynamic concepts, the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO utilizes an AIR-Optimized design to bring out the best in the world’s most advanced gaming GPU powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and DLSS 3. For gamers and enthusiasts who desire the ultimate...

www.zotac.com

"4x 8-pin-to-12VHPWR cable (Limited service life with up to 30 connect / disconnects)
Manual"

And they say the cables are getting to hot and they melt.
wtf!

 

[Glanza]

For the zotac amp

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO | ZOTAC

<p>Inspired by aerodynamic concepts, the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO utilizes an AIR-Optimized design to bring out the best in the world’s most advanced gaming GPU powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and DLSS 3. For gamers and enthusiasts who desire the ultimate...

www.zotac.com

"4x 8-pin-to-12VHPWR cable (Limited service life with up to 30 connect / disconnects)
Manual"

wtf!

Wonder how many people don't read that and end up damaging their PSU or GPU. That seems bizarre in 2022.

 

[Greebo]

What is shocking me is the size of the cards, with the technology we have you would think that GPU's would be getting smaller not bigger.

Next thing we will need to do is build a pc case out of Cement or weld metal brackets that can hold 10kg

When you see the card without the cooler they are very small IMO. The new gen are really screaming out to be water cooled.

 

[deuse]

Wonder how many people don't read that and end up damaging their PSU or GPU. That seems bizarre in 2022.

I am looking for a PS that have the new 16 pin cables.
But it's not looking good

 

[cHk4]

Still, I guess if you take the re-sale value into account then if you spend £1600 on a GPU at the beginning of a launch and can sell it for £600-£800 2 years later then it means it has cost £400-£500 per year of gaming over the course of the generation which isn't the worst value for a hobby you enjoy.

I like justifying purchase as I get mad buyers remorse but this is one of the ways I look at it, if I get a few thousand hours of entertainment out of it over a few years it's great value. It's why I always try to get stuff as close to launch as I can because in my mind I'm getting better value.

 

[jwilliamson47]

Think my Palit GameRock 3080Ti can reach up to 400W so not surprised the Palit cards this gen use a lot of power.

 

[Greebo]

To be fair I think anybody thinking of getting a 4090 overclocked version card will be buying a new psu as well.

 

[cHk4]

To be fair I think anybody thinking of getting a 4090 overclocked version card will be buying a new psu as well.

I've currently got Super Flower Leadex Gold 1600W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" in my PC but I'm prob going to sell my PC as a whole P or use it at my streaming PC rather than gut it, not sure yet.

If I got a new PSU would the ASUS ROG 1200w be ok for these or are you thinking they might need to go even higher?

 

[Purgatory]

Think my Palit GameRock 3080Ti can reach up to 400W so not surprised the Palit cards this gen use a lot of power.

Yup GameRocks can be set very high, My 3090 oc GameRocks are 420w on the oc vbios but can be set all way up to 470w and stock VBIOS starts at 375w.


Your 3080ti with the oc bios can actually do 440w if you up the limit in an oc tool.

GPU Device Id: 0x10DE 0x2208 Version: 94.02.71.00.33 GeForce RTX3080Ti VGA BIOS Copyright (C) 1996-2021 NVIDIA Corp. BIOS-P/N@N13961 Connectors 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort Board power limit Target: 400.0 W Limit: 440.0 W Adj. Range: -75%, +10% Thermal Limits Rated: 83.0C Max: 91.0C Memory Support GDDR6X, Micron Boost Clock: 1725 MHz

Palit RTX 3080 Ti VBIOS

12 GB GDDR6X, 1365 MHz GPU, 1188 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Gibbo]

BOE again messes up, only 2.25%, needed to be 2.50% minimum to try and help the pound, because of course the US went up by 0.75%, pound already weakening.

BOE/GOV has like 2-3 weeks to try and sort this out otherwise its just.

 

[TNA]

BOE again messes up, only 2.25%, needed to be 2.50% minimum to try and help the pound, because of course the US went up by 0.75%, pound already weakening.

BOE/GOV has like 2-3 weeks to try and sort this out otherwise its just.

I do wonder what they are playing at to be honest. Maybe they want 1:1 parity

 

[Grim5]

Somehow I don't think European reserve banks have it on their agenda to quickly raise interest rates so graphics cards became cheaper to buy for gamers

 

[Gibbo]

I do wonder what they are playing at to be honest. Maybe they want 1:1 parity

It seems total chaos, talking to suppliers this morning saying they absolutely have to do a minimum of 0.75 to bring us upto 2.50% and they still cannot do that, the sooner it hits 3% the sooner the pound might actually regain some ground, the weaker it gets, the more expensive these cards become. Crazy to think that a year ago at some points the pound was nearly at 1.40 at certain times. Anyway it could be worse, we could be in the euro.

 

[chroniclard]

Why "launch" these so long before actual release....

 

[D.P.]

I'm still curious how Nvidia convinced so many people that faking lighting is bad but faking entire frames is good.

by using objective evidence that real RT lighting is superior to fake, and there is no perceptible visual difference between DL super resolution images and native. Hardly rocket science.

 

[HACO]

Why "launch" these so long before actual release....

To convince you to buy overpriced 30 series right now.

 

[Murphy]

BOE again messes up, only 2.25%, needed to be 2.50% minimum to try and help the pound, because of course the US went up by 0.75%, pound already weakening.

BOE/GOV has like 2-3 weeks to try and sort this out otherwise its just.

You're not wrong but the flip side is a bigger recession (i think they've already said they're expecting a fall in GDP) along with the potential increase in unemployment and the fall in sales from that.

(Speaking from a business perspective and not going to take this further because that would take the thread way OT. )