Why don't you guys just....wait a bit?

[diamount]

Except that in very real and practical terms, Nvidia haven't dropped their pricing. You will never be able to get a Founders Edition, and any AIB model close to MSRP will be junk dies with cheap coolers. Those AIB models with decent dies and decent coolers will be a couple hundred quid above MSRP.

It's a great play by Nvidia, the loyalists and the stupid have fallen for the panic buying tactic once again, all because the 3080 is such "great value". It's beyond retarded.

Except the majority of people have not been able to get one, MSRP or otherwise so how can someone fall for something not even in-stock?

 

[PitchWhite]

Would would NVIDIA release 20GB 3080 cards within a couple of months? Surely that is commercial suicide as people would lose complete and utter faith in NVIDIA's releases?

They'll have to back 3080 10GB of VRAM for at least 8-12 months.

Why - if it costs £250 more for the 20Gb version and in nearly all benchmarks it will get identical fps - lots of people would still want the normal 10Gb version for cheaper.

 

[Xyclops]

Why - if it costs £250 more for the 20Gb version and in nearly all benchmarks it will get identical fps - lots of people would still want the normal 10Gb version for cheaper.

Exactly

 

[otester]

Why - if it costs £250 more for the 20Gb version and in nearly all benchmarks it will get identical fps - lots of people would still want the normal 10Gb version for cheaper.

But will it cost £250 more though if the 16GB Navi is below/near the 3080 10GB pricing?

 

[Nooblet]

But will it cost £250 more though if the 16GB Navi is nearer the 3080 10GB pricing?

Navi is not using GDDR6X from what we know.
10GB of GDDR6X will most assuredly add 250 on top of existing price...it'd also allow it to sit comfortably between 3080 and 3090 price wise despite not having much difference in performance.

 

[otester]

Navi is not using GDDR6X from what we know.
10GB of GDDR6X will most assuredly add 250 on top of existing price...it'd also allow it to sit comfortably between 3080 and 3090 price wise despite not having much difference in performance.

Question is whether to get a 10GB now or wait for 20GB and pay £250 + lost value of not selling 1080Ti now.

 

[Nooblet]

Question is whether to get a 10GB now or wait for 20GB and pay £250 + lost value of not selling 1080Ti now.

I am of belief that by the time we really need more than 10GB of GDDR6X for general gaming, the 3080 will be outdated anyway even the 20GB version.

 

[otester]

I am of belief that by the time we really need more than 10GB of GDDR6X for general gaming, the 3080 will be outdated anyway even the 20GB version.

I have 32GB ram, the 1080Ti has 11GB, according to taskmanager I have 16GB shared VRAM, that makes me think that even the handful of titles that use slightly over 11GB, would be perfectly fine at least for now.

 

[Xyclops]

I am of belief that by the time we really need more than 10GB of GDDR6X for general gaming, the 3080 will be outdated anyway even the 20GB version.

Agreed. If 10gb isn't enough then pretty much every GPU in mainstream use currently will not be able to play the game either. The 3090 has 24gb and it can barely reach 60fps on games that require over 10gb