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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Winckle » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:03 pm

Albear wrote:Any good recommendations for places to pick up a 3080 on Thursday?

Have you filled in Nvidia's "notify me" email form? They say they'll email you when it's available.

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Victor Mildew » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:05 pm

If i was to get a 3080, would keeping my i5-6600k make that pointless? Currently using a strix 1070

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Albert » Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:37 pm

Winckle wrote:
Albear wrote:Any good recommendations for places to pick up a 3080 on Thursday?

Have you filled in Nvidia's "notify me" email form? They say they'll email you when it's available.


I have, but wasn't putting too much stock (lol) in it being of any real use. Am fully prepped to be F5ing my way across multiple sites at 2pm Thursday :x

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Tafdolphin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:40 pm

Albear wrote:
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Albear wrote:Any good recommendations for places to pick up a 3080 on Thursday?

Have you filled in Nvidia's "notify me" email form? They say they'll email you when it's available.


I have, but wasn't putting too much stock (lol) in it being of any real use. Am fully prepped to be F5ing my way across multiple sites at 2pm Thursday :x


Apparently all sales are prohibited worldwide until 3pm CET on Thursday (so 2pm GMT). I'm fully expecting to miss out, but I'll be F5ing the Nvidia site from then onwards.

Victor Mildew wrote:If i was to get a 3080, would keeping my i5-6600k make that pointless? Currently using a strix 1070


It'd be a bottleneck (according to a couple of compatibility checkers I used it's technically a bottleneck for the 1070!) but I wouldn't say it was pointless. You can upgrade later after all.

EDIT: Well look at that



tl;dw Yeah it's going to be a massive bottleneck

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Xeno » Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:57 pm

As much as I would like to F5 nvidia, scan and overclockers in to oblivion I will wait till November/December time.

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:01 pm

Xeno wrote:As much as I would like to F5 nvidia, scan and overclockers in to oblivion I will wait till November/December time.


The only thing really stopping me from waiting is the rumours that the next batch of cards will release in the new year due to shortages. That and the inevitable price rise once the crypto-dicks drive up demand again.

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Xeno » Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:39 pm

By all accounts Samsung and Nvidia are getting decent yields on the chips. I think the main issues is the popularity of these cards. There is so much hype right now I think they could have 1 million units and sell them all.

I do agree that getting one asap is probably better to avoid the gouging though.

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Cuttooth » Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:48 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:
Xeno wrote:As much as I would like to F5 nvidia, scan and overclockers in to oblivion I will wait till November/December time.


The only thing really stopping me from waiting is the rumours that the next batch of cards will release in the new year due to shortages. That and the inevitable price rise once the crypto-dicks drive up demand again.

There's also supposedly a 3080 20GB releasing around then too.

Which I guess would cost about a grand. :dread:

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Meep » Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:51 pm

I made the mistake of not upgrading right away with the 1000 series last time and the prices barely fell at all over time. This only really happens significantly when a new generation of hardware is released, so you are better buying this year than next. I still would not pre-order anything until there is more reviewer information available though.

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Xeno » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:12 pm

Well tomorrow afternoon at 2pm UTC is the embargo time for the founders cards and 17th for the AIB cards.

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:14 pm

Cuttooth wrote:
Tafdolphin wrote:
Xeno wrote:As much as I would like to F5 nvidia, scan and overclockers in to oblivion I will wait till November/December time.


The only thing really stopping me from waiting is the rumours that the next batch of cards will release in the new year due to shortages. That and the inevitable price rise once the crypto-dicks drive up demand again.

There's also supposedly a 3080 20GB releasing around then too.

Which I guess would cost about a grand. :dread:



Christ. How much power do people need? I fully anticipate my new Zen 3/3080 system lasting a good 4 years, perhaps more at 1440p. If you're going to waste your money just get a 3090 :|

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Albert » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:28 pm

Xeno wrote:Well tomorrow afternoon at 2pm UTC is the embargo time for the founders cards and 17th for the AIB cards.


Does that mean founders cards are available to buy from tomorrow 2pm? Or just reviews are available

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by Albert » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:30 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:
Tafdolphin wrote:
Xeno wrote:As much as I would like to F5 nvidia, scan and overclockers in to oblivion I will wait till November/December time.


The only thing really stopping me from waiting is the rumours that the next batch of cards will release in the new year due to shortages. That and the inevitable price rise once the crypto-dicks drive up demand again.

There's also supposedly a 3080 20GB releasing around then too.

Which I guess would cost about a grand. :dread:



Christ. How much power do people need?


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by Tafdolphin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:34 pm

Albear wrote:
Xeno wrote:Well tomorrow afternoon at 2pm UTC is the embargo time for the founders cards and 17th for the AIB cards.


Does that mean founders cards are available to buy from tomorrow 2pm? Or just reviews are available


Nope. 2pm on the 17th, it's just the reviews for the FE cards tomorrow

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Xeno » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:34 pm

Albear wrote:
Xeno wrote:Well tomorrow afternoon at 2pm UTC is the embargo time for the founders cards and 17th for the AIB cards.


Does that mean founders cards are available to buy from tomorrow 2pm? Or just reviews are available


Reviews I'm afraid. There was an issue with some reviewers not getting cards in time so it was pushed back from Monday.

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Albert » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:39 pm

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:51 pm

No idea if anyone needs this, but here's a list of 3080 dimensions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comment ... /?sort=new

My case can't take anything over 30cm so I'm pretty much stuck with the FE regardless of reviews

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Xeno » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:04 pm

Reviews of the FE are coming out. Looking good.

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by Tafdolphin » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:20 pm

Take-aways from the reviews I've seen:

20-30% faster than 2080Ti on average (not double, as NVidia initially claimed)
Cooling system much improved and works well
Power draw is high: 325-350w

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PostRe: (PCGT VI) Jiggles Reviews CKIII - "What’s complex about it? Get the cousins to strawberry float. 10/10"
by Xeno » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:23 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:Take-aways from the reviews I've seen:

20-30% faster than 2080Ti on average (not double, as NVidia initially claimed)


In LTT review they were informed that it was specifically in Quake 2 RTX and Minecraft RTX.

They also were able to get 41fps on ultra at 4k in FS2020.

There are going to be a lot of sad Pandas out there having to get a new PSU.


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