• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

Richdog said:
Wow... 3060Ti prices locally to me range from £360 (MSI Ventus) to £525 (ASUS ROG Strix). That is an insane difference and the high-end is way too close to a 3080.
Click to expand...

Look at it from another perspective though and you'll see why there selling at those prices... there as fast or faster than a 2080super which a top end model would have you paying between 600-800 for but a few months ago. Still more for less. I couldn't justify it either like yourself but not all think alike.
 
Tom Morgan said:
No point getting a 3060ti, it’s slower
Click to expand...
It's around 10% or so slower for 25% or more less money.

MasterOC said:
Look at it from another perspective though and you'll see why there selling at those prices... there as fast or faster than a 2080super which a top end model would have you paying between 600-800 for but a few months ago. Still more for less. I couldn't justify it either like yourself but not all think alike.
Click to expand...

It's a new generation... ideally it should always be more performance in the lower range for less money than the previous higher range.
 
 
Last edited:
Harlequin said:
WHats this mining story thats keeps popping up? No evidence just blaming Nv ?
Click to expand...

Each site and e-journalist regurgitates the stories for about a week after the first breakout. I was getting PS5 missing in rainforest parcels for days and days after the story was known, seems a copy pasta for people to churn news out, maybe its bots and not people publishing the stories - must have moar content..
 
Purgatory said:
Smells excuses soon for more expensive 3000 series cards. From not enough wafers, to shortage of components and now micron that makes their memory for the cards has a an outage that will cause prices to rise.:rolleyes:
Click to expand...

They'll do absolutely anything to push up prices, it stinks of a desperate greed which has to be fed in increasingly inventive ways.
 
Has anyone encountered an issue where the monitor will lose signal mid game and the GPU fans spin up to max (only seems to be certain games)? You can hear stuff continuing in the background but can only recover by powering off. I've seen it mentioned historically with older GPU's but can't find anything on Ampere. PSU is a relatively new AX1000. Tried different cabling to PSU configurations to no avail. No overheating apparent on Afterburner.
 
Purgatory said:
NVIDIA: RTX 30-series Shortages Partly Caused by Insufficient Wafer, Substrate and Component Supply

https://www.techpowerup.com/275530/...fficient-wafer-substrate-and-component-supply

1 Hour Power Outage at Micron Manufacturing Plant Could Mean Increased DRAM Prices Throughout 2021

https://www.techpowerup.com/275573/...ld-mean-increased-dram-prices-throughout-2021



Smells excuses soon for more expensive 3000 series cards. From not enough wafers, to shortage of components and now micron that makes their memory for the cards has a an outage that will cause prices to rise.:rolleyes:
Click to expand...
Once 3080 Ti launches, things would get even worse as that's one more SKU to devote resources to at the top-end.
 
Zernath said:
Wow! You can build an entire system for that much! :rolleyes:
Click to expand...
You do know Ampere has been £750+ for a couple of months now, right?

If you were talking about the ridiculous 3090 at £1500 then yes I could understand your comment that you could build a good gaming PC for that price, but the ASUS ROG Strix 3080 isn't exactly a giant leap over other highly priced 3080's or 6800XT's at the moment.
 
Last edited:
Grim5 said:
crappy system but sure why not, technically you could build a system for nearly half that
Click to expand...
I wouldn't say "crappy". Just from a quick look I could manage a 10400F, MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, 16GB 3600MHz DDR4, RTX 3060 Ti FE, 1TB PNY CS900 SSD, Corsair TXM 650W Gold PSU and Phanteks P400A case for £920. Lots of room to move downwards from there too, since that's far from picking the cheapest options. Would make an excellent 1440p gaming system, faster than what was considered high end just a couple of months ago.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom