NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

Smiffy-UK · 10 Dec 2020 at 08:50

Th0nt said:
Wow a bigger leap than @TNA 4080!!

Ah noooo. I'm on my phone. Massive mistype. Oh lord kill me now. Is it too late to edit haha?

Edit. I think I've written that twice now haha. God I should've gone bed and not jumped on CP2000000077

b0rn2sk8 · 10 Dec 2020 at 10:10

I agree, I can’t see why people think technology like DLSS is a bad thing. The way I see it is essential going forward as hardware is never going to keep pace while we are stuck with conventional silicon chips. We need to get away from trying to brute force performance with more transistors and use the transistors we have more effectively and DLSS does exactly that.

Do I wish it was an open standard? Yes of course but something is better than nothing.

michty_me · 13 Dec 2020 at 00:43

Did you see a container of 3090 GPUs has been stolen from MSI worth approx £250,000.

Smiffy-UK · 13 Dec 2020 at 00:45

michty_me said:
Did you see a container of 3090 GPUs has been stolen from MSI worth approx £250,000.

ScalperGeeks have gone gangster.

Zernath · 13 Dec 2020 at 00:48

michty_me said:
Did you see a container of 3090 GPUs has been stolen from MSI worth approx £250,000.

Well, that's an inside job and no mistake. Just like the recent spate of lorry heists is not some random crooks taking a gamble.

michty_me · 13 Dec 2020 at 00:55

That's what they are saying. Inside job and a reward is up for grabs for info.

Zernath · 13 Dec 2020 at 00:57

michty_me said:
That's what they are saying. Inside job and a reward is up for grabs for info.

I don't fancy their chances when caught, if this occurred in China.

michty_me · 13 Dec 2020 at 01:06

Zernath said:
I don't fancy their chances when caught, if this occurred in China.

I believe it was yes, I wouldn't like to be in their shoes either!

Richdog · 13 Dec 2020 at 04:18

Hmm, it's really a shame that AIB's haven't tried any custom designs to double the 3080 memory to 20GB, I thought they may have had a bit of freedom to 'play' with the specs there.

michty_me said:
That's what they are saying. Inside job and a reward is up for grabs for info.

Knowing MSI they probably arranged it and the cards will be in sale in some subsidiary shell company soon.

Grim5 · 13 Dec 2020 at 04:29

Richdog said:
Hmm, it's really a shame that AIB's haven't tried any custom designs to double the 3080 memory to 20GB, I thought they may have had a bit of freedom to 'play' with the specs there.

Knowing MSI they probably arranged it and the cards will be in sale in some subsidiary shell company soon.

Nvidia has locked AIB down to FE specs on the last few generations - it sucks, it was fun when AIB could change the memory as they want

Richdog · 13 Dec 2020 at 07:01

Hmm, price of the 3080's for pre-order seem to be coming down at the moment... my local store (non-EU) now has Gigabyte Eagles for £670. I guess (hope) this lowering of prices towards MSRP levels is in anticipation of an increase in stock early next year.

ljt · 13 Dec 2020 at 09:42

Richdog said:
Hmm, price of the 3080's for pre-order seem to be coming down at the moment... my local store (non-EU) now has Gigabyte Eagles for £670. I guess (hope) this lowering of prices towards MSRP levels is in anticipation of an increase in stock early next year.

Its a shame that isn't translated over to the UK!

Richdog · 13 Dec 2020 at 09:46

ljt said:
Its a shame that isn't translated over to the UK!

While UK prices won't ever be as low, it's a very likely that this lowering of price will happen in the UK too next year when cards start arriving in greater quantities.

ljt · 13 Dec 2020 at 10:09

Richdog said:
While UK prices won't ever be as low, it's a very likely that this lowering of price will happen in the UK too next year when cards start arriving in greater quantities.

I like your optimism

With the way our ports are backlogged, the ones arriving on our shores today won't get to the shops until Easter

gpuerrilla · 13 Dec 2020 at 10:39

Yeah and with a no deal brexit can only increase if anything.

Zernath · 13 Dec 2020 at 11:07

Th0nt said:
Yeah and with a no deal brexit can only increase if anything.

We've always been more expensive. Being an EU member did not make anything cheaper, not for consumers at any rate. Maybe everyone else has been living it up, but consumers have been paying through the nose for decades.

gpuerrilla · 13 Dec 2020 at 11:40

Zernath said:
We've always been more expensive. Being an EU member did not make anything cheaper, not for consumers at any rate. Maybe everyone else has been living it up, but consumers have been paying through the nose for decades.

If you monitor the pound, it only worsens when talk of no deals or most things to be fair.. I know one day it will have a lift, but unless it rises against the other currencies your imports and not getting any cheaper. In fact all I hear is the naysayers saying everything will only be more expensive, so happy to listen on your comments of bending over an thats just the way its always been?

b0rn2sk8 · 13 Dec 2020 at 11:45

Zernath said:
We've always been more expensive. Being an EU member did not make anything cheaper, not for consumers at any rate. Maybe everyone else has been living it up, but consumers have been paying through the nose for decades.

Not compared to the rest of the EU we don’t and differences are mainly down to taxation currency fluctuations. If you actually compare to the EU, generally the U.K. has lower taxes during normal non-reduced VAT times. That does come at a price though.

Once you add in the fact the £ dived since the brexit vote and never recovered....

If your comparing to the US, they list their prices EX-tax as it differs by location and their tax rates are generally lower. However, I’d rather I’d rather be in the U.K./EU with our higher standards and health care

Zernath · 13 Dec 2020 at 13:18

Th0nt said:
If you monitor the pound, it only worsens when talk of no deals or most things to be fair.. I know one day it will have a lift, but unless it rises against the other currencies your imports and not getting any cheaper. In fact all I hear is the naysayers saying everything will only be more expensive, so happy to listen on your comments of bending over an thats just the way its always been?

It worsens because traders always **** themselves unnecessarily.

sprite- · 13 Dec 2020 at 13:19

Finally. 3080 Vision OC in!