Should i get a 3080?

wiserommer · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:20

I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 but the gfx upgrade will purely before cyberpunk 2077 and future proofing.

Just undecided at the moment.

TrM · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:24

its not so much if you sould go for one.

Its if you can get one intime stock shortages everywhare atm

Screenbeat · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:26

Shaolin Chicken · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:30

It will be a nice upgrade for you, but you will have to wait in a queue for who knows how long, possibly until the new year at least.

Wrinkly · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:31

Got a 3080 TUF OC on order and can't decide whether to go with it or cancel. I want new tech so RT is important. This is where Nvidia privide the best performance. Now it looks as though AMD have the same or better rasterization performance and this may very well force Nvidia to abandon the 30 series early.

It's a bad time to buy a GPU.

himself000 · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:34

Personally I would never upgrade to only the next generation its not worth it especially with the pricing on cards as it is recently. I like making my card last a few years, feels like a waste otherwise. Sounds hypocritical as am in the que for a 3080 but its to upgrade my 6 year old 970 so i think ive done alright. Still should have waited to see what big navi is showing on the 28th Oct.

TrM · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:37

Wrinkly said:
Got a 3080 TUF OC on order and can't decide whether to go with it or cancel. I want new tech so RT is important. This is where Nvidia privide the best performance. Now it looks as though AMD have the same or better rasterization performance and this may very well force Nvidia to abandon the 30 series early.

It's a bad time to buy a GPU.

i think its a good time to buy a gpu 3080 at this price is really good and amd are fianlly going to bring out a comperable top end card.

were all really looking at leaks and stuff atm we dont know what amd cards are like and what nvidia plans are yet

koooowweeee · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:40

Might as well wait for a 4080, they will be available at the same time

Cooper · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:58

koooowweeee said:
Might as well wait for a 4080, they will be available at the same time

Unfortunately as someone who was always going to skip the 30xx cards and wait for the 40xx series, this debacle of a launch has probably pushed back their release until 2023 :mad:

wiserommer · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:06

Apricate the feedback guys thanks.

himself000 · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:12

Feel like a 2070 even a non-super one is great for another 2-3 years as long as your not pushing too hard for ray tracing or a 4k resolution. Should be able to smash 1440p fine for a while yet. What are the other parts in your PC? Hoping by the end of next year I can stick some new DDR5 RAM and a 12 core CPU in my machine for bigger gains

wiserommer · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:16

himself000 said:
Feel like a 2070 even a non-super one is great for another 2-3 years as long as your not pushing too hard for ray tracing or a 4k resolution. Should be able to smash 1440p fine for a while yet. What are the other parts in your PC? Hoping by the end of next year I can stick some new DDR5 RAM and a 12 core CPU in my machine for bigger gains

My specs as follows;

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
64GB ram 2400mhz
B450 AORUS ELITE motherboard
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB

himself000 · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:24

Bro you have the same setup as me, except I have 16gb of 3200mhz RAM. Apparantly the new Zen 3 CPU's are giving a 25% performance increase in games over the previous generation so a CPU upgrade for us would be as good as a new graphics card in a way soon

Peter75 · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:36

Wait to see what AMD''s offering is like in 5 days time and then make a decision. You'll be in the best position to make an educated choice then on what to pull the trigger on.

wiserommer · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:41

himself000 said:
Bro you have the same setup as me, except I have 16gb of 3200mhz RAM. Apparantly the new Zen 3 CPU's are giving a 25% performance increase in games over the previous generation so a CPU upgrade for us would be as good as a new graphics card in a way soon

Ah I'm aware of the CPU upgrade will do that in time

- 64GB ram is for video/graphic editing also streaming. Wanted to play is safe

ShakeNBake · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:41

should you get one?
yes
can you get one?
lolno

wiserommer · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:44

ShakeNBake said:
should you get one?
yes
can you get one?
lolno

haha! least your honest

koooowweeee · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:47

Cooper said:
Unfortunately as someone who was always going to skip the 30xx cards and wait for the 40xx series, this debacle of a launch has probably pushed back their release until 2023

Right after the Ti or the super land hahaha

I'm still rolling with my 1080ti will do for another 6 months or so

himself000 · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:47

Peter75 said:
Wait to see what AMD''s offering is like in 5 days time and then make a decision. You'll be in the best position to make an educated choice then on what to pull the trigger on.

Definitely this. You can wait a week right

AMD are gonna shake the market up a treat. Seeing as I am still 130 something in the que for a 3080 I have NO problem cancelling still and going for the Navi if its worth it.

Slam62 · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:49

Yeah, amd must at least be in the game if not the best nvidia have been such a bunch of losers

himself000 · 23 Oct 2020 at 17:50

Holy moly Overclockers just this moment emailing me saying ive jumped in the que from 138 to 133, monumental. Yeah 3080's are still basically non-existent.