Nvidia reveals its RTX 3090, RTX3080 and RTX 3070 graphics cards with incredible pric

[AlienALX]

You may want to go watch Digital Foundries overview video as they have an actual 3080 to test, The 3080 is showing to be around 80% faster than a 2080, In some cases 100%, So that would be roughly around 40-50% faster than a 2080 Ti, You have to remember this is a proper generational performance improvement that we were used to getting every gen, Kepler>Maxwell>Pascal and with the 2080 we saw a generational performance improvement that was genuinely not worth it and very disappointing.

This is the first time since the 1000 series launch that we have gone back to getting real generational leaps in performance.

Until the reviews come out you could well have fallen for a load of BS.

Borderlands 3 runs like crap. That was never a secret. It's why I got it on Xbox.

The rest? smoke and mirrors.

He clearly states these are chosen tests by Nvidia, and could not show you the actual performance. Which, given the 2080s performance in Borderlands doesn't come as a shock.

See? abysmal. Pray tell, why would any one want to spend tons of money on a game that is a year old? I finished it 10 months ago, and that was taking it slowly.

Look, I am not saying these cards are going to be fast. However, let's use a game that actually looked as good as it was yeah?

https://www.kitguru.net/components/...-of-the-tomb-raider-rtx-and-dlss-benchmarked/

Noting, with DLSS on it has an average of 60 odd FPS. Which the last time I checked was more than good enough for any one.

It just amazes me how much crap Jen can talk, and people all fall for it.

The only game this year you may need one of these for is Cyberpunk. COD BLOPS Cold War will no doubt use exactly the same engine and methods as MW. Which already flies along on a modest rig.

 

[grec]

Well, going from the only independent testing we've got so far, things are looking on track for what we'd expect out of a node transition:

 

[TheF34RChannel]

1080 -> 3080. Yes, finally something worthwhile.

Long silence! Studying gets in the way of the finer things of life

 

[Warchild]

Prices released for me, in Norway

3090 - 20290kroners = £1719...

I might be wealthy but im not that wealthy.

Asus 3080 = 900quid

 

[AlienALX]

Prices released for me, in Norway

3090 - 20290kroners = £1719...

I might be wealthy but im not that wealthy.

Asus 3080 = 900quid

Wow. We've not had a price for the 3090 yet AFAIK but man, that is nuts. Time you add a block you are looking at about two grand

 

[Warchild]

Wow. We've not had a price for the 3090 yet AFAIK but man, that is nuts. Time you add a block you are looking at about two grand

That wasnt even the ASUS 3090. That one was 1800

 

[AlienALX]

That wasnt even the ASUS 3090. That one was 1800

lol that does not surprise me. Sounds about right with the 2080Ti. IIRC the Strix was over £1700 at launch. It was still £1500 when I bought my KP.

It was even funnier back in the Maxwell days when they used to put a small sticker on the shoulder of the card (the stock card made by Manli, the Nvidia one) and then Asus would charge £250 more than any one else. LOL, for what? it was the exact same card ffs.

I wouldn't even mind but their warranty is turd. Total turd.

 

[Dicehunter]

Wow. We've not had a price for the 3090 yet AFAIK but man, that is nuts. Time you add a block you are looking at about two grand

We got it yesterday, It's up on Nvidia's site, The Founders Edition is £1399 with AIB versions like the Strix etc... going for £1569.

 

[AlienALX]

We got it yesterday, It's up on Nvidia's site, The Founders Edition is £1399 with AIB versions like the Strix etc... going for £1569.

And they are going to be in severely limited supply. Remember, these are failed Quadros.

This always happens. Nvidia tease you with their lovely looking cards (and they are that) and then poof, within ten minutes they are gone and you are back on OCUK getting gouged by Gibbo's spoon.

That FE cooler is pretty much all alu. The 3070 one in particular is gorgeous. Even better looking than the others. Yet, all of the super plastic craptastic cards are at least £50 more on OCUK. And they really are plastic tat.

TBH? I think the 3090 is so ridiculous that no one will even need it. Well, not until the 10gb frame buffer on the 3080 runs out of course.

I think I chose very wisely. £475 for a blocked 2080Ti. That is pretty nuts. And I get it now, no wait, and don't have to play the PCB lottery which has annoyed me so much with the 20 series and water blocks.

I must be like, Nostradamus or something. Check this out....

Edit. That Strix was more yesterday. I bet someone else has posted their prices now.

 

[KingNosser]

tbh the founders cards look the best of all of them really, but I don't mind something more simple and plain like the Ventus or Gigabyte cards.

It'll be nice once we have reviews and in depth benchmarks out to really know these cards better, but I'd expect it to be as stated in the announcment stream, sure wouldn't buy one on blind faith.

As for prices the AIB's are doing the norm putting there bit on top some higher than others but with the founders tbh being cheaper and pretty well designed it doesn't make AIB's as tempting to me as normal.

Pretty sure 16gb 3070's and 20gb 3080's are going to be a thing but idk about the price but for me at my res even the 3070 base version is overkill so hopefully it would last.

Sure do hope we get some Navi news soon thou really would like to know something lol

 

[AlienALX]

tbh the founders cards look the best of all of them really, but I don't mind something more simple and plain like the Ventus or Gigabyte cards.

It'll be nice once we have reviews and in depth benchmarks out to really know these cards better, but I'd expect it to be as stated in the announcment stream, sure wouldn't buy one on blind faith.

As for prices the AIB's are doing the norm putting there bit on top some higher than others but with the founders tbh being cheaper and pretty well designed it doesn't make AIB's as tempting to me as normal.

Pretty sure 16gb 3070's and 20gb 3080's are going to be a thing but idk about the price but for me at my res even the 3070 base version is overkill so hopefully it would last.

Sure do hope we get some Navi news soon thou really would like to know something lol

My fave so far. Ed. Of the AIBs

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/evg...b-gddr6x-ray-tracing-graphics-card-10496-core

I like that one. But yeah, I do love the look of these new Founder's coolers. And TBH I would be loathe to pay out that sort of money for a friggin spread eagle plastic turd like this.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gig...agle-oc-24gb-gddr6x-ray-tracing-graphics-card

I actually find that quite offensive. At least the EVGA looks like it's alu or something.

Oh and the new Kingpin is pure drool. That one won't be cheap

 

[KingNosser]

Yea the over the top rgb cards you pay £100 extra for I'm not intrested in the higher up the gpu stack the more they charge for basically the same cooler it's a bit scummy tbh.

I do like the MSI Ventus version on the 3070 thou nice and simple but i'd still more likely try to get a FE edition this time around, but I think they are all going to sell fast when they launch.

As much as I could save a short while longer for a 3080 it just makes no sense for my build and the vram isn't needed as much at my resolution but if they give details on a 16gb 3070 and the price was right I could be persuaded to get one.

 

[AlienALX]

Again be careful. The 3070 does not have the new VRAM. It's just GDDR6 which we have had for two years.

How much that will affect it? no one knows. All we have is a little dot, ever so slightly below the 2080Ti on their map. And it is, I stared at it for ages. But, that map indicates absolutely nothing. Could be it RT performance? or DLSS performance? or what? no one knows.

I hope for the sake of every one it is everything it is cracked up to be, because PC gaming needs it. Well, its saving grace could literally be holding back AMD from trying to get silly money for big Navi like they did with Vega. And particularly Vega 7. Card was a friggin horror show yet they still wanted north of 700 quid for it. Jokers.

I'm not best pleased at RTG at the moment either. The 5600XT debacle was appalling.

Personally? I would save for the 3080. I really would. The 3070 is going to be much more of a snack card, and by the time new gen games start to come along that 8gb VRAM is going to creak. I also think there is going to be a big chasm between the 3070 and 3080, as it's the 3080 Jen wants you to buy.

Still, at least early adopters won't get buggered in the bum like Turing owners did. Well, they inevitably will, but just way less hard from the sound of it.

 

[KingNosser]

I agree it'll keep amd prices down, but a super and ti with 16gb and gddr6x imho is highly likely the issue is at what cost.

I think the 3070 will be pretty much on par with a 2080ti or at least trade blows some better than others kinda thing.

Even like a 12gb super gddr6 and 16gb ti gddr6x or other specs around the same theme, all these dies will have been speed binned same go's for the 3080 could see similar specs with a 1k card 1200 card ect.

As much as I want amd to do well these cards if all is true are going to be hard to beat mainly in terms of software and drivers, ive owned amd cards plenty of times years ago and i had my fair share of annoying issues with them and tbh that is there biggest issue they need to get right this time it's key cause nvidia are being really aggressive price wise for the first time in what 10 years.

These are 2nd gen cards on new tech i.e DXR it was expected to be better in that field, but the node shrink is a big boost so these cards should be as stated on paper tbh that or something is really wrong.

but I have no plans to move from 1080p myself happy enough on my screens so the 3080 is overkill and i don't mind that, but not 100% on which i'll get atm too early to say really, the main issue i think i have with the 3080 is i'll need 3 8pins and I have 2 6pins and 2 8pins so i'd have to get a PSU maybe as well but we'll see

I'm going to be real picky either way cause I wait 3 generations before buying a new card these days so my 970's have done there job it's time they went into the boxes as emergancy cards doesn't seem worth selling them tbh they are not going to get much of a price even thou they are still fairly strong in a lot of games.

So my upgrade will need to last me a fair few years really.

 

[AlienALX]

I think the 3070 will be pretty much on par with a 2080ti or at least trade blows some better than others kinda thing.

This is where I am sticking my neck out and saying I don't think that. I genuinely don't.

For that it would need the same amount of VRAM, and it doesn't have that. I can categorically promise you that at 4k 8gb is going to be laughed at.

Time will tell I guess. That is why I literally spent the entire day fishing, making sure I didn't spend any more than a 3070 will cost you (the ones you can actually get) on the 2080Ti I bought. However, I will have a clear advantage and that is water.

I am also pretty confused as to why the 2070 has the 12 pin.

Checking it? the 3070? it has a 256gb memory interface. The 2080Ti has a 352 bit memory interface running the same memory only 3gb more of it.

Seriously, take it from someone who knows. When you run out of VRAM? you are finished. Absolutely finished. It doesn't matter how good that VRAM is, how wide the bus is and so on. Your performance will literally collapse.

When the head coder at ID tells you 8gb will soon be the minimum and 6gb cards are going to die? that's serious. Mostly because ID generally make very well coded games. And what does he mean by that? 1080p? it wouldn't surprise me.

So there is less VRAM, the bus is narrower (which is really important for high res gaming) and so on.

I predict that maybe, just maybe it may be better at RT. And possibly DLSS. However, I just don't think that even with both of those enabled and the 3070 having a huge lead (because of the new Tensor and RT cores) that in anything else it will stand a chance.

I still don't think it will be much good at 4k. And if it is? it won't be for long.

 

[Damien c]

Let's face it, people are going to buy what they want regardless of what the price is or how it performs.


Personally I am waiting to see what AMD have to offer, I do not think it's going to be close to the 3080 or 3090 if I am being honest, but I hope it does and I hope it comes in cheaper.

I honestly think nVidia are just waiting to see what AMD have to offer before they reveal the "Ti/Super" card's.


Personally if I was going to buy any of them now, it would be a pre-blocked 3090 and then go full custom loop cooling, but I have a little more sense than money at the moment so I am going to sit back and wait and see what happens over the next few months.

 

[Tolemac]

I'm looking at getting the 3080 but i'm going to hold out for a little while as there are no designs of it that I have seen which I really like.

 

[Warchild]

So interesting thing with the Norwegian pricing. They got removed again today.

Either they revealed them too soon, or they were incorrect. Could possibly be that they got a backlash at the sheer price.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I'm looking at getting the 3080 but i'm going to hold out for a little while as there are no designs of it that I have seen which I really like.

Smart. For now, at least to me, the Nvidia version looks the best and likely the cheapest (EVGA it's xc will be much more). I'm fine with 10GB @ 1440p. 4K I don't know though.

 

[Avet]

I am eyeballing 3080 models. Preferably with single slot outputs (in case water cooling happens) and higher TBP than FE.

For now only Strix OC has 400W TBP, but dual slot connectors. That is probably my last resort option. I don't want to pay ASUS tax.

MSI 3080 Gaming X Trio has single slot outputs, and they mentioned in the description: "This legendary item has extra power unlocked through the Custom PCB." And it is affordable for 3080. So i hold fingers crossed for this one.