What does this mean for my 3090?

[Zeebedy]

hey guys, I have been having some minor stuttering issues on PUBG and thought I would try some gaming benchmarks..so i have tried Shadow Of The Tomb Raider.

It is at 2560x1080..im using a 5700X3d chip. 32gb 3200MHz RAM..

Spoiler: SOTTR Bench

 

[Zeebedy]

Use RivaTuner to cap your FPS to the refresh of your monitor and see if the stutter continues. Dropping from 400 + to 200 is going to feel awkward.

thanks for the reply..

just to clarify, its only PUBG that has had the minor stuttering, the SOTTR benchmark was smooth all the way through..and the only other games i have tried is CS2 and RE2, all no stuttering?

 

[Zeebedy]

i have an option to get a 4070ti for an extra £30...would that be a worthy upgrade? the only thing bothering me is the 12gbVRAM??

Also the power draw is concerning me on the 3090 at up to 380W !!

 

[Zeebedy]

Learn how to undervolt your 3090 and hang onto it. 12GB Vram is just not good enough these days for 'enthusiast' games and gamers (high res, ray tracing et etc).

With an undervolt my 3090 rarely uses more than ~270W these days, even in games like Cyberpunk with path tracing on. Makes a huge difference to temps and noise for no performance loss....

can you give me some wisdom to how you went about your settings to get the results you do? cheers.

 

[Zeebedy]

@Tetras could RAM be a factor? I only have 32GB atm and wondering if 64 would help aswell as looking at power limits on the 3090?

 

[Zeebedy]

thanks guys for all the input on this. i will look into it a bit more.

 

[Zeebedy]

hmm....i see what you guys mean about the VRAM. I installed RE : Village to have a play at settings and it runs great (without any DLSS or what have you) and getting good results..

but when in the settings for graphics where it lets you know your VRAM usage, it was almost 13GB at default!!

Now im seeing where the extra VRAM is coming in handy..

 

[Zeebedy]

Thanks mate. I will give that a watch, appreciate the input man.

 

[Zeebedy]

You'd be a fool to swap a 3090 for a 4070Ti. 12GB VRAM is just not enough now for enthusiast gamers and high settings, and certainly won't be going forward. Nicely confirmed by this recent HWUB vid below.

Much as I like Nivida GPUs and have had them for years now, they suck balls with regards to VRAM vs AMD cards. If the 5000 series has the same VRam specs as the 4000 series (which solid early leaks suggest) that is so ******* tight and stupid of Nvidia.

How Much VRAM Do Gamers Need? 8GB, 12GB, 16GB or MORE?

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yeah, like i said above, firing up res evil 8 it was using 13gb VRAM in settings as default! before i changed anything!

 

[Zeebedy]

Well, I just played Dead Space (2023) there, and on my old rig i had a few (4070, 4070 Super) and they had a lot of micro stutters..and this one today, none i could see! plus ran really cool on the GPU and CPU!

My only issue is I cant tell me FPS on that damn EA app, but it was looking sweet at High settings, DLSS set to Balanced.

 

[Zeebedy]

Hmm.. my mates didn’t have the issue though? Surely they would be experiencing the same if it was the server?

 

[Zeebedy]

Having issues with my gpu screen. So considering returning it.

Question though, if I went for a gpu with the new 16 pin connection.. can I plug the Corsair 2x8 pin to 16pin directly from psu to the card? Or do I need to have 2x8 pin from psu, then go into the 16pin, then into gpu?