They'll just get their distributors to etch a 7 over the 8 with a knife and knock off a few hundred, problems solved.
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NVIDIA 4000 Series
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I'd be really ****** if I were an Nvidia partner right now. All those 4080 12GB GPUs would need to be reflashed and rebranded, with new packaging design and pricing is all screwed up. Imagine designing a PCB/cooler for a GPU thinking it's a $1000 one and now having to sell it for maybe $600.
just installed the 4090
its eaten up 2 of my needed PCIe slots (lame)
Had to remove my wifi 6 adaptor, cant put it in the PCIe slot 4 as thats disabled because im using sata 5 and 6 to connect a couple of 4tb mechanical drives
Ive got a 48 lane CPU so all my slots should be active, but its the motherboard. Asus x299 strix (lame)
No decent 48 lane CPU to replace my 10940 as all the other latest i9s have a low number of pcie lanes
Took the back plastic wrapper off and the message "high electricity consumption" has tatooed the back plate like its printed with broken paint,
The big fat x4 8pin connectors thats bang in the middle of the card, looks ugly, and I cant tuck it away, and it covers the nice rgb lights
oh and theres a RGB strip extender so u can sync the gpu rgb to a strip, in order to connect that extender you have to take the back plate off
so far no gaming no benches, but not overall impressed
At least i can now rma my 3090ti
now I have to remove my drives to activate that last pcie slot for my wifi6 adaptor
would have got a nas drive but they no good for gaming, only storage.
its eaten up 2 of my needed PCIe slots (lame)
Had to remove my wifi 6 adaptor, cant put it in the PCIe slot 4 as thats disabled because im using sata 5 and 6 to connect a couple of 4tb mechanical drives
Ive got a 48 lane CPU so all my slots should be active, but its the motherboard. Asus x299 strix (lame)
No decent 48 lane CPU to replace my 10940 as all the other latest i9s have a low number of pcie lanes
Took the back plastic wrapper off and the message "high electricity consumption" has tatooed the back plate like its printed with broken paint,
The big fat x4 8pin connectors thats bang in the middle of the card, looks ugly, and I cant tuck it away, and it covers the nice rgb lights
oh and theres a RGB strip extender so u can sync the gpu rgb to a strip, in order to connect that extender you have to take the back plate off
so far no gaming no benches, but not overall impressed
At least i can now rma my 3090ti
now I have to remove my drives to activate that last pcie slot for my wifi6 adaptor
would have got a nas drive but they no good for gaming, only storage.
Thanks for the link Sparx. Card ordered and shippedI’ve just had the email from NVIDIA to buy a 4090 FE. Like thanks it’s such a privilege you’re letting me buy your horrendously overpriced GPU.
Not even interested in buying the crazy priced 4090, I’m happy with my 3080
I meant it went down from 100% power and then up as the power increased
Think the cards are voltage locked, not sure if this also means it can’t be changed with a custom BIOS flashed.
Damn shame, upping the voltage is where the real performance would come from given the cooler sizes and general efficiency.
I've had a bit of time with my Inno3D X3 OC now. One point to note that caused me a bit of worry - the Inno3D website states an 850W PSU as the minimum, but the box states 1000W. Given I'd limited myself to cards with a stated 850W requirement, that didn't delight me. That said, I've stress tested the hell out of the thing (including 15 mins of a full OCCT power test) and it's seemed ok. Got a 1000W PSU arriving tomorrow, and I'll be happier when that's fitted.
Beyond that, my god this is impressive. It's incredibly quiet (can't hear any coil whine at all and the fans are decently quiet under load), doesn't run too hot and the performance boosts per game compared with a 3090 range from "decent" (Mechwarrior 5) to "jaw dropping" (Forza Horizon 5, Cyberpunk). As per the Eurogamer review, it feels like 4k gaming is "solved" now.
Beyond that, my god this is impressive. It's incredibly quiet (can't hear any coil whine at all and the fans are decently quiet under load), doesn't run too hot and the performance boosts per game compared with a 3090 range from "decent" (Mechwarrior 5) to "jaw dropping" (Forza Horizon 5, Cyberpunk). As per the Eurogamer review, it feels like 4k gaming is "solved" now.
You can't increase voltage, Nvidia doesn't want you running your 4090 at 3.5ghz because then it would threaten the 4090ti
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Scummy behaviour, once you tarnish your brand name its very hard to rebuild. Nvidia is slowly doing this to themselves.
Lucky manThanks for the link Sparx. Card ordered and shipped
Would still like an FE myself so if you get a code ( or anyone else ) feel free to fire it over I have a Zotac Trinity OC ( installing tomorrow) and the only reason i would swap is because the block is out next month for the FE and after speaking with EK today they confirmed they are making a block for Zotac but wont be here till early next year 
What card you got ? i noticed on Jay2cents video that his FE had the voltage bar greyed out in msi afterburner but have also seen a few aib being able to adjust it from 1.05v to 1.1v but still leaves the card voltage limited
Anyone who got the 3080 for msrp at release got a bargain, Even now I'd still take a 4080 10g that was only 10-15% off a 4090 performance for £650 rather than the 40% slower 16gb version for £1300.the early 3080 customers who got stitched up with the low vram
They made that mistake last gen , they wont be making it again no matter how much it upsets their customer base
Probably not now it's been cancelled.
Nvidia has already renamed the 4080 12gb
Say hello to the RTX 4050
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Say hello to the RTX 4050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Graphics Card Box Allegedly Spotted Sitting At GALAX's RTX 40 Launch Event
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card package has been spotted sitting underneath a table at GALAX's RTX 40 launch event.
wccftech.com
Ah just installed MSI Afterburner 4.6.5 (Beta2) (Was on final series). Now voltage is unlocked and got a nice bump. Approaching 3100 MHz core at 133% power target and my cards running 60C in Superposition. This Gigabyte Gaming OC is turning out to be a pretty sweet card. And quite quiet too.