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With Chinese New Year coming to an end this Monday, should I place a preorder for a 3090 or am I better off waiting for stock to be loaded directly to the site?
 
Sarge2255 said:
You are better getting a 3080 (costs £750).

The 3090 is literally 2-3% better in gaming and costs £1,900.
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Please do not talk nonsense while abusing the word literally. The RTX 3090 is indeed awful value, but in performance terms it is on average between 10-15% faster than an RTX 3080, as reading the MANY reviews out there will show.

Also, where can you currently get an RTX3080 for £750? :confused:
 
Richdog said:
Please do not talk nonsense while abusing the word literally. The RTX 3090 is indeed awful value, but in performance terms it is on average between 10-15% faster than an RTX 3080, as reading the MANY reviews out there will show.

Also, where can you currently get an RTX3080 for £750? :confused:
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And regardless I’m not looking to purchase one for gaming anyways.
 
So Chinese New Year finishes tomorrow (16:00 will be 00:00 in China). So production should hopefully start back up and maybe by the end of the week or early start of the following Monday, we shall see GPU’s among other products start flowing again.
 
Richdog said:
Please do not talk nonsense while abusing the word literally. The RTX 3090 is indeed awful value, but in performance terms it is on average between 10-15% faster than an RTX 3080, as reading the MANY reviews out there will show.

Also, where can you currently get an RTX3080 for £750? :confused:
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In most games it's 3-5% and that's at 4k (We are talking like 5-8fps difference here). At 1080p it's neck and neck performance like 1-3% (like 1-4 fps). At 8k it pulls away more (like 10fps, but at less than 30fps in games, whats the point? And an 8k monitor! Really! Where? 30k?) The card is a poor buy for gaming, it's unfortunate but true. It's literally a 3080 with 5% more power but costs twice the price lol.
 
Sarge2255 said:
In most games it's 3-5% and that's at 4k. At 1080p it's neck and neck performance like 1-3%. At 8k it pulls away more (but at less than 30fps in games, whats the point and 8k monitor! Really! Where) The card is a poor buy for gaming, it's unfortunate but true. It's literally a 3080 with 5% more power but costs twice the price lool.
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Not everyone is buying for gaining tho, if I was buying for gaming then certainly I’d go with a 3080 if I could find one
 
Sarge2255 said:
In most games it's 3-5% and that's at 4k (We are talking like 5-8fps difference here). At 1080p it's neck and neck performance like 1-3% (like 1-4 fps). At 8k it pulls away more (like 10fps, but at less than 30fps in games, whats the point? And an 8k monitor! Really! Where? 30k?) The card is a poor buy for gaming, it's unfortunate but true. It's literally a 3080 with 5% more power but costs twice the price lol.
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Again, no it isn't on average 3-5% faster at 4k. It is on average between 10-15% faster at 4k, this is the conclusion of every professional review I have read so far that has directly compared them. Please show me some reviews that methodically tested a suite of modern games that support your figures.

Everyone knows the 3090 is bad value for gaming vs the 3080, but at least get your facts right regarding the performance.

EDIT - 10-20% faster dependong on the game https://youtu.be/s2Gf6fi3rlk?t=284

10% on average https://youtu.be/PTs1gHqvcjs?t=743

Reddit meta analysis of ALL reviews https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/j16cb6/geforce_rtx_3080_3090_meta_analysis_4k_raytracing/
 
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Yes, the power draw is insanely inaccurate at times from the card causing it to black screen,if the exact power is used, so I read a greater rated PSU is needed to solve this power draw issue.
 
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Gibbo on the 30xx thread: "We have no more delivery updates on 3080 at the moment, only 3090's and 3070's are incoming at present."

I wonder if any 3090s will be put directly on site and if I'll be able to grab one without having a preorder
 
YM2021 said:
Gibbo on the 30xx thread: "We have no more delivery updates on 3080 at the moment, only 3090's and 3070's are incoming at present."

I wonder if any 3090s will be put directly on site and if I'll be able to grab one without having a preorder
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Ocuk had like 20 pcs in early January then, you could have snapped one up then for £1,900
 
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