NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

Wrinkly · 9 Dec 2020 at 13:02

HRL said:
Wondering if Nvidia have stopped producing the 3090FE now that a 3080Ti has been all but confirmed.

The speculation points to the 3080Ti being a cut down 3090. So no, they won't stop producing the halo product.

gpuerrilla · 9 Dec 2020 at 14:01

TNA said:
£649 and came with Call of Duty and GeForce Now codes
It only has 10GB of VRAM though.

Most of the AMD cards are over the 3080FE, if you can source one. Personally its a bit rich coming from AMD that. A regular 6800XT should be no more than £699 and the 6800 £589 when basing them off the reference launch prices (non scalping). Improved AIB models can creep up not bothered about that but both brands are laughable when it comes to the RRP and nowhere selling them for that. I think the AIB's are being told from them now but its too late.

Richdog · 9 Dec 2020 at 14:33

Th0nt said:
Most of the AMD cards are over the 3080FE, if you can source one. Personally its a bit rich coming from AMD that. A regular 6800XT should be no more than £699 and the 6800 £589 when basing them off the reference launch prices (non scalping). Improved AIB models can creep up not bothered about that but both brands are laughable when it comes to the RRP and nowhere selling them for that. I think the AIB's are being told from them now but its too late.

Yup, crazy pricing. I've just bunged a Gigabyte RTX3080 Eagle on pre-order for £670 and an ASUS TUF RTX3080 for £695... god knows when the delivery date would be but whichever comes first I will take and just hope I don't run into any VRAM issues in 2021/2022.

By the time I get one of them the bugs in CP2077 should be fixed anyway.

michty_me · 9 Dec 2020 at 14:42

Richdog said:
Yup, crazy pricing. I've just bunged a Gigabyte RTX3080 Eagle on pre-order for £670 and an ASUS TUF RTX3080 for £695... god knows when the delivery date would be but whichever comes first I will take and just hope I don't run into any VRAM issues in 2021/2022.

By the time I get one of them the bugs in CP2077 should be fixed anyway.

Did you just order from here?

gpuerrilla · 9 Dec 2020 at 14:53

Richdog said:
Yup, crazy pricing. I've just bunged a Gigabyte RTX3080 Eagle on pre-order for £670 and an ASUS TUF RTX3080 for £695... god knows when the delivery date would be but whichever comes first I will take and just hope I don't run into any VRAM issues in 2021/2022.

By the time I get one of them the bugs in CP2077 should be fixed anyway.

Yeah you see that's a palatable fee as you know its not much over the FE prices. I waited for the XT and glad I didn't wait any longer. All the cards are impressive and most people wont be disappointed whichever one they get, but queuing around and paying huge markups is not welcome even after all excuses are thrown into the mix.

TNA · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:34

Th0nt said:
Yeah you see that's a palatable fee as you know its not much over the FE prices. I waited for the XT and glad I didn't wait any longer. All the cards are impressive and most people wont be disappointed whichever one they get, but queuing around and paying huge markups is not welcome even after all excuses are thrown into the mix.

Lol. So now that is two people who went on and on about 10gb on a 3080 who have bought one now. Ahahahahahahaha

Shaolin Chicken · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:36

TNA said:
Lol. So now that is two people who went on and on about 10gb on a 3080 who have bought one now. Ahahahahahahaha

gpuerrilla · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:38

TNA said:
Lol. So now that is two people who went on and on about 10gb on a 3080 who have bought one now. Ahahahahahahaha

Who's the other one? My memory is like a goldfish lately

TNA · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:39

Th0nt said:
Who's the other one? My memory is like a goldfish lately

Dave. Lol

gpuerrilla · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:39

TNA said:
Dave. Lol

More than one Dave on here mate.. :rolleyes:

TNA · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:43

Th0nt said:
More than one Dave on here mate..

I don’t remember his full handle. He disappeared after he sold his 16gb Radeon VII and bought a 10gb 3080

Just go look at the 10gb is not enough thread and look for the top posters, one is Dave

Edit, I just did that, it is Dave2150.

gpuerrilla · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:44

Its name and shame on here no? At least I thought that was policy these days!!

@Richdog @Richdog

TNA · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:45

Th0nt said:
Its name and shame on here no? At least I thought that was policy these days!!

@Richdog @Richdog

All a part of the fun

Josey Wales · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:10

TNA said:
Lol. So now that is two people who went on and on about 10gb on a 3080 who have bought one now. Ahahahahahahaha

10gb will not be enough for average console ports with 24 months from now

Chuk_Chuk · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:17

Josey Wales said:
10gb will not be enough for average console ports with 24 months from now

He knows, that's why he plans swapping to the next graphics card at that point. Essentially playing into Nvidia's hand.

Wrinkly · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:22

Chuk_Chuk said:
He knows, that's why he plans swapping to the next graphics card at that point. Essentially playing into Nvidia's hand.

I'm ditching my 3080 when the next gen arrives. Not due to VRAM, but due to the GPU itself. We need more RT perf!

Zernath · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:27

Wrinkly said:
I'm ditching my 3080 when the next gen arrives. Not due to VRAM, but due to the GPU itself. We need more RT perf!

Which will require a £1000 deposit, a contract signed in the buyer's blood, and hostages.

Chuk_Chuk · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:29

Wrinkly said:
I'm ditching my 3080 when the next gen arrives. Not due to VRAM, but due to the GPU itself. We need more RT perf!

I am unsure if RT will be a selling feature in 2022 (assuming that is when the next gen comes out) while we will have more games using RT, the consoles are going to set the lead and PC will follow.

The RT performance for the GPUs of 2024 will be the important one IMO. They will define whether or not we will get full path tracing games on the consoles that will come after (probably 2026).

Wrinkly · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:30

Zernath said:
Which will require a £1000 deposit, a contract signed in the buyer's blood, and hostages.

Wrinkly · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:36

Chuk_Chuk said:
I am unsure if RT will be a selling feature in 2022 (assuming that is when the next gen comes out) while we will have more games using RT, the consoles are going to set the lead and PC will follow.

The RT performance for the GPUs of 2024 will be the important one IMO. They will define whether or not we will get full path tracing games on the consoles that will come after (probably 2026).

I have 2,585 titles on Steam and a few hundred old games on GOG. I don't think I'm going to be restricted too much by consoles. AMD, Intel and Nvidia will all be vying for my business.