NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

LoadsaMoney · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:28

chaparral said:
Read the label on the box in the picture you quoted

N19h7m4r3 · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:30

HACO said:
Seems like my HX1200i is going to have a chance to stretch its legs!

My EVGA Supernova 1000W as well! Not since SLI days!

Although the ole CPU might be an issue going forward

Jimmy Weirdarms · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:31

ALXAndy said:
I have not played Ark. I have, however, played Control. I had to right? best looking RT game out there etc. And it is, in ways. Some of it really is amazing. However, you enter a room and a big black swirl flies about and stuff starts flying and then some boss thing comes out and you see it.. Grit. Grain. And it is really, really distracting.

Yeah so you might not want to use ARK as an example of RT looking bad - it was announced that they would have DLSS but from what I can find, they never delivered on that and never had RT even planned. The ARK devs are notorious over-promisers and under-deliverers. So if you're seeing RT "graininess" on ARK or ARK screenshots, it's something else.

Control I got about half an hour into and then just decided "Meh", so I have little idea what it looks like. I did play Wolfenstein Youngblood with RT and DLSS activated. Can't say I noticed any grainy weirdness there. Either way I'm not sure it's right to dismiss RTX as "grainy" on the strength of one game.

XeNoNF50 · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:33

HACO said:
The problem with pre-orders is that you're taking a big chance, there's no way to know which ones are coming into stock first. Some might take weeks/months until they arrive, others might come a lot quicker. Unless you just buy Founders directly from Nvidia.

From past releases it's usually the 'middle' models like EVGA Ultra Gaming, windforce etc that come quicker and if you put pre order in for FTW3, any Hybrid, amp extreme, lightning z, Aorus etc you best be willing to wait a bit, but you can catch it at its best price pre ordering straight away at the listing.

HACO · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:37

XeNoNF50 said:
From past releases it's usually the 'middle' models like EVGA Ultra Gaming, windforce etc that come quicker and if you put pre order in for FTW3, any Hybrid, amp extreme, lightning z, Aorus etc you best be willing to wait a bit, but you can catch it at its best price pre ordering straight away at the listing.

I was thinking of getting an AIO version this time since I expect normal designs are going to struggle to keep quiet.

five8five · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:50

opethdisciple said:
Oh dear. Still I have an 850w PSU, should be ok. There is not extras in the PC. Just mobo/cpu/ram and an nvme drive.

These things are gonna run hot! Must mean they packing some mean performance.

It's rumoured that its for the FE cards only, not the custom cards.

XeNoNF50 · 23 Aug 2020 at 12:51

HACO said:
I was thinking of getting an AIO version this time since I expect normal designs are going to struggle to keep quiet.

I am very pleased with my 1080ti EVGA FTW3 Hybrid. The thing is powerful and stays coooooooool.

LoadsaMoney · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:02

five8five said:
It's rumoured that its for the FE cards only, not the custom cards.

Customs are probably going to be 3x 8-Pin.

gpuerrilla · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:03

Satchfanuk said:
In keeping with Nvidia's theme, there will only be 21 of each model available at launch, so you'd better be quick or willing to wait

PMSL.

LoadsaMoney · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:08

Got updated.

gpuerrilla · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:14

Here is the PSU you need for the 12P:

Cooper · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:14

If it says 850w on the box then you can guarantee they are just being ultra cautious to cover themselves and I bet lower rated, high quality gold PSU's (650w & 750w) will be fine.

gpuerrilla · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:16

Cooper said:
If it says 850w on the box then you can guarantee they are just being ultra cautious to cover themselves and I bet lower rated, high quality gold PSU's (650w & 750w) will be fine.

Was the same for the Vega's mate. It wont need it if you know how to control your power delivery.

LoadsaMoney · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:20

Th0nt said:
Was the same for the Vega's mate. It wont need it if you know how to control your power delivery.

Yeah 1000w recommended for those, but people were runnnig them on 550w.

Vertigo · 23 Aug 2020 at 13:24

LoadsaMoney said:
Customs are probably going to be 3x 8-Pin.

It does seem the 12-pin will be reserved for the FE cards and OEM models, all other manufacturers will stick with 8-pin.

At least I damn well hope so!

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 Aug 2020 at 14:05

Th0nt said:
Here is the PSU you need for the 12P:

N19h7m4r3 · 23 Aug 2020 at 14:06

As excited as I am, I can't help but feel this is another Fermi event.

Pushing the core to the limits on what the process can handle, and beefing up the cooler as much as possible.

I excitedly want an upgrade to play with, but might wait and see what AMD also releases. I'm not really in much of a hurry, other than my upgrade itch.

IT Troll · 23 Aug 2020 at 15:00

What is the point of this connector vs the existing 2 x 6/8-pin design?
If it was a new more compact design I could understand it.

wookiee87 · 23 Aug 2020 at 15:08

IT Troll said:
What is the point of this connector vs the existing 2 x 6/8-pin design?
If it was a new more compact design I could understand it.

i think the idea behind the new 12 pin connector is to provide the juice the new card's are rumered to pull (390w) and to make builds look a bit tidier rather than using 3 8 pin cables, although some leaked aib cards are using 3 8 pin plugs, one things for sure a excellent 750w psu will be the absolute minimum needed for 3080ti / 3090 or whatever they are named

Perfect_Chaos · 23 Aug 2020 at 15:22

So what's the 3080 likely to need? Guess my 650w PSU might not cut it.. annoying time to have to buy a new PSU if that's the case, since all the ones I've seen have gone above their usual price