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NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards
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RTX3080ti Founder Edition Engineering Sample Specs:
* Cooler design is very similiar to 2000 series but a 3rd fan has been added
* Simplifies backplates with fewer screws to make it easier to take apart for water blocks
* The card uses 2x8 pins
* The rear I/O has 5 ports: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x Display Port 2.0, 1x USB Type-C
* Interface is PCIE4 x16
* Cuda Core count comes in at 5376 cores
* 1900mhz boost clock (actual clock under load around 2200mhz)
* Memory is 18Gbps, 12GB GDDR6, 384 bit bus. Bandwidth comes in at 864GB/s
* Engineering Tests show the card has massive CPU bottleneck problems at 1440p and 1080p
* Performance - rasterization performance numbers are around 40% above the 2080ti Founders Edition in gaming, although some games have shown up to 70% improvement.
* RT core counts have not changed - the new Ampere RT cores are just 400% faster at doing their job than those found on Turing. Tensor cores have doubled per SM unit, as previously reported. Engineering tests show GA102 producing 4 times higher framerate than Titan RTX in Minecraft with the ray tracing update turned on.
* Again NvCache updated to use your SSD and DDR ram to improve game loading times.
* New memory compression tech: When you run out of VRAM, the tensor cores will start to compress items stored in VRAM to free up space - there is some performance hit when this happens, though optimization is not complete.
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Soldato
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Fair play @Grim5 and shame on me for being a lazy git (in my defence, I posted while I was still watching).
Some of the information he is talking about - those that are using locked down systems won't be able to get even close to that information, those that have that information won't be using locked down systems. nVidia tends to use a lot of software emulation of hardware in development these days.
Like some he doesn't seem to get that 4K adoption or lack of isn't just about cost or framerates.
RT performace is gonna be better by 4x? Hmmm
AMD: 0fps
The 3080 Ti sounds like it'll be a much better card than the very underwhelming 2080 Ti was. A bigger jump in rasterization performance over the previous gen and usable ray tracing without so many compromises elsewhere. Grain of salt and whatever, but frankly it would be a huge disappointment if it doesn't hit the kind of performance levels being talked about there. I don't think +50% performance, better RT cores and an overhaul of Nvidia's dated software package is really too much to ask for. Especially if they plan on charging £1000+ for it again.
7fps might as well be 0fps really - it's unplayable either way. Plus of course we know that RDNA2 with ray tracing support is coming around the same timeframe as Ampere. It'd be quite amusing if AMD swooped in and took the ray tracing performance crown, based on the work they've done for the new consoles.
Good work as always Grim, taking the time to give a management summary. I appreciate that kind of effort and thoughtfulness in big and fast-moving threads like this.
Very interesting to see the line about "massive" (slight exaggeration perhaps) bottleneck problems at 1440p (and 1080p, but few people use that as a desktop card resolution) and I actually consider that a positive thing as it should mean that this gen will scale very well with new CPU's released over the next couple of years... I'm looking at you Zen3 and Zen4! I can't wait to see benchmarks with a Zen2 3900X too.
And yay... HDMI 2.1! I guess the extra cooling fan 'may' mean a quieter solution too.
PS: Watching video now and LOL @ "4k needs to become a mid-range standard". Head in the clouds there methinks.
That's basically implied in 4, but I get your point.
You did fine just posting man, Grim just goes the extra mile for this particular stuff so don't feel bad.
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Caporegime
Just incredible stats if true, It might persuade me to finally connect my PC to my 4K TV, which, just to point out, still needs to be much simpler and streamlined.
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I will try and run a 20m HDMI cable from my bedroom to my living room and see how that works with a wireless mouse/keyboard.
A 4x increase in RT performance, which is a relatively new and rapidly developing technology... why not?
Too late mate your already aboard the hype train.For the record I don't believe any of the rumours, I'm only in it for the memes.
The best part of this video is at 28 mins 43 seconds.
Yeah i'm on both hype trains
. Might as well enjoy the journey to the destination. Choo Choo!!!The best part of this video is at 28 mins 43 seconds.
Yeah i'm on both hype trains
What I'm taking from this is if Nvidia are pushing this hard then AMD must have something decent lined up. Given all the work Sony and Microsoft have been doing with them for years now that isn't too much of a stretch. This is going to be a very interesting battle especially as there is definitely room for prices to come down.
I am amped for Ampere. Glad I skipped the 2000 series
The 3070 sounds like it will be everything I expected. They just need to get the price right.
Soldato
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whoa that was quite some video more so cos everything about feels about right and credible
the early adopters (not mugs, just to clarify for the sensitives) will be salivating like parched salamander after that
the graphics market adjusting back more towards where it should be in short but with limited supplies in the early days, though that's nothing new I guess
the early adopters (not mugs, just to clarify for the sensitives) will be salivating like parched salamander after that
the graphics market adjusting back more towards where it should be in short but with limited supplies in the early days, though that's nothing new I guess
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You're running an AMD 580 with a 4k Gsync screen m8, not sure I'd be taking advice from ya anyhow
Haha. Your go to comment that. As explained before, I had an Titan XP and played all the demanding games I wanted then sold it. Until recently had a Vega 64 also. Currently all the games I am playing run without a problem on my 580. Actually the fans do not even spin on it right now as I am playing Final Fantasy 7You're running an AMD 580 with a 4k Gsync screen m8, not sure I'd be taking advice from ya anyhow
The G-Sync screen is just waiting for the 3070