NVIDIA 4000 Series

ExcitableBoyUK · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:09

I’m not actually sure genuine demand for these cards is that high to be honest. The amount of people that will drop £2000 for one pc component is obviously very small. The big problem today was there was so little FE inventory. Clearly a deliberate ploy on Nvidia’s part to drive up demand and the price. How many FE do we reckon were available in the uk? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was around 100 units.

8 Pack · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:09

Monkey Puzzle said:
Do you know when the alphacool 4090 water blocks compatible with the inno3d are likely to be in stock at ocuk? Showing as 'pre-order' - from alphacool's site they say around 5-6 days.

I have no visability on that stock so no idea.... Didn't test one either so can't comment on performance.

Captain · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:11

hobib_ali said:
im refering to 3090ti vs 4090 @4k

the 4090 eats the 3090ti for lunch at 4k, the margin is to great for me to disregard the 4090 and stick with the 3090ti

The 3090Ti still handles 4k absolutely fine.

How do I know? Because I use a 3090Ti on a 32” 4K 144Hz monitor and the gameplay is great. Absolutely no need to change.

What do you play that the 3090Ti can’t handle?

Grim5 · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:13

Nvidia just dropped a huge new driver that improves performance in a bunch of games.

For example AC Valhalla is now up to 24% faster

Couldn't they have done this a week ago? Thanks Nvidia now reviewers have to redo reviews

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TNA · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:14

Captain said:
The 3090Ti still handles 4k absolutely fine.

How do I know? Because I use a 3090Ti on a 32” 4K 144Hz monitor and the gameplay is great. Absolutely no need to change.

What do you play that the 3090Ti can’t handle?

Has more to do with epeen

TNA · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:15

Grim5 said:
Nvidia just dropped a huge new driver that improves performance in a bunch of games.

For example AC Valhalla is now up to 24% faster

Couldn't they have done this a week ago? Thanks Nvidia now reviewers have to redo reviews

NVIDIA's new driver enables "substantial" DirectX12 performance improvements for GeForce RTX GPUs - VideoCardz.com

NVIDIA updates DirectX12 driver, up to 24% better performance in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Today NVIDIA released a new Game Ready driver for GeForce RTX 4090. It brings much more than just support for the newest architecture, though. The company has been working on improving performance for...

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They did that on purpose obviously…

Harlequin · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:15

Ebay scalpers selling cards @£4000!

Twinz · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:18

I was watching youtube reviews on AIB cards and also watching stock on one of the US sites. I even added a Tuf to my cart just to make sure the button actually worked, however I didn't pull the trigger because I had not yet seen a review on it. I still don't know the power limit on that card after watching two reviews and Asus own live stream today. (They bragged about the 600w limit on the Strix but didn't mention the power limit on the Tuf)

I never had the chance to "add to cart" with the Ampere launch.

Darujhistan · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:21

ExcitableBoyUK said:
I’m not actually sure genuine demand for these cards is that high to be honest. The amount of people that will drop £2000 for one pc component is obviously very small. The big problem today was there was so little FE inventory. Clearly a deliberate ploy on Nvidia’s part to drive up demand and the price. How many FE do we reckon were available in the uk? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was around 100 units.

Jenson even told us beforehand what he was planning.

Neutral · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:21

I want, no need, to see a Strix 4090 in o11 air mini.

Stu999 · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:21

Doesn’t seem like the AIB cards reviewed so far are much to shout about. Guess it’s only if you like the look of a particular card.

TNA · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:23

Twinz said:
I was watching youtube reviews on AIB cards and also watching stock on one of the US sites. I even added a Tuf to my cart just to make sure the button actually worked, however I didn't pull the trigger because I had not yet seen a review on it. I still don't know the power limit on that card after watching two reviews and Asus own live stream today. (They bragged about the 600w limit on the Strix but didn't mention the power limit on the Tuf)

I never had the chance to "add to cart" with the Ampere launch.

Don’t worry. Give it a month or two and there will be plenty in stock. Only so many people buying those without mining to pay for it

Neutral · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:25

hobib_ali said:
i am absolutely gobsmacked

many ppl on this forum:

oh dont worry, mining over, there will be plenty 4090 cards to buy

The system has been WIPED clean of all 4090 GPU's

As I was monitoring top 5 websites, they were out within 60 mins

The asus strix I had in my basket as a few places wiped in the 1st 10 mins, @ 2400 quid

Im sorry but this is another 30 series poor release, NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND

Now check auction, 10+ ppl watching 3k listings, ppl making 500 quid that quick n easy

As terrible as it is, I think if the manufacturers had enough then this madness would not happen.

Thats all folks.

Jesus the Strix is 2400? Lmfao that's doa when availability levels

Darujhistan · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:27

Greebo said:
Nope I didnt manage to get one. No way am I paying inflated prices esp for AIB cards. Very quickly prices rose on several websites as stock disappeared. Even MSI was scalping again selling direct from them at £2250 for a Suprim X.

It's all planned in advance, the scalp from NV and the scalp from retailers before the cards on sale, and then again scalping from retailers as so many are sold and suddenly the same card has gone up £200 in a minute, all pre-planned and pre-programmed.

It's basically a FOMO auction, not a new product simply going on sale.

Kirby Wurm · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:27

Tinek said:
Some games and/or engines have hard cap on FPS irrelevant of the CPU (FC6 seems to be such game) - for whatever reason devs had to do that (physics sync etc.).

The Halo Infinite results are strange though, outside the variance of a CPU limit and well behind some older cards. I know Nvidia have a bigger driver overhead than AMD but even so.

Having said that I've not seen another example outside of TPU's review so there could be something up with their testbed/methodology.

Twinz · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:28

TNA said:
Don’t worry. Give it a month or two and there will be plenty in stock. Only so many people buying those without mining to pay for it

I'm fine waiting this time. I certainly felt no compulsion to buy blind today. I'll get a 4090, or one of AMD's competing offerings, at some point. -No rush.

Choimaloy75 · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:29

Darujhistan said:
It's all planned in advance, the scalp from NV and the scalp from retailers before the cards on sale, and then again scalping from retailers as so many are sold and suddenly the same card has gone up £200 in a minute, all pre-planned and pre-programmed.

It's basically a FOMO auction, not a new product simply going on sale.

totally agree, and I'm not a conspiracy theorist.

Twinz · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:30

Kirby Wurm said:
The Halo Infinite results are strange though, outside the variance of a CPU limit and well behind some older cards. I know Nvidia have a bigger driver overhead than AMD but even so.

Having said that I've not seen another example outside of TPU's review so there could be something up with their testbed/methodology.

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gpuerrilla · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:31

Grim5 said:
Nvidia just dropped a huge new driver that improves performance in a bunch of games.

For example AC Valhalla is now up to 24% faster

Couldn't they have done this a week ago? Thanks Nvidia now reviewers have to redo reviews

NVIDIA's new driver enables "substantial" DirectX12 performance improvements for GeForce RTX GPUs - VideoCardz.com

NVIDIA updates DirectX12 driver, up to 24% better performance in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Today NVIDIA released a new Game Ready driver for GeForce RTX 4090. It brings much more than just support for the newest architecture, though. The company has been working on improving performance for...

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Just tested and I would say I'm getting around 10% more fps. Not complaining.

Mikeey · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:39

What an absolute farce today was. As a matter of principle I will no longer be purchasing a 4090 and will keep using my 3070 until this madness subsides. Disgusted by the retailers blatant supply vs demand exploitation