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I dont think that the 3090 is gonna be a whole bunch quicker than the 3080 - that why there were no nvidia benchmarks in the presentation.

In order of being sensible I would
1) Wait for 3080ti as this is true replacement for ti models but MLID is saying a 20Gb version might not come out
2) Buy 3080 then sell on at some loss for 3080ti -
3) Bite the bullet and buy 3090

Yeah they seem like the option's, I'm betting we won't see the Ti till June next year, seems to be the norm.
 
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Because people keep saying wait for AMD, wait for AMD. I thought I would show the reason I dont want to wait for AMD.

1. Sorry but I just don't think they can compete at the high end. Boy who cried wolf and all that. They have had nearly a decade to prove me wrong. I am still waiting...
2. Ampere prices are good. even if AMD DO compete. I don't think it will change prices across the board very much at all. AMD would come in just slightly under for same Perf and Nvidia would sit tight.
3. I have a Gsync display.

Looking at the computational specs of the Big Navi 21, if true, it would appear to be matching the 3090. Its only in RT that there might be a noticeable gap.

Pricing will be the key.

If AMD launch the Big Navi at £800 to £900 then the 3090 becomes overpriced and Nvidia will launch their £800 to £900 3080ti with 16/20Gb and 95% of the 3090 performance to compete.

It was the same with the pascal Titan. £1250 but then the 1080ti came out and matched it for performance but £300 cheaper.
 
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Hi. is the 3090 going to be twice as fast as a 2080 ti? I have a 2080 ti at the moment and would only upgrade if its twice as fast.

What is the new Power consumption for it?

I think people are vastly over-estimating the performance of the 3090. It's only going to be around 20% faster than a 3080.
 
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IMHO ideally if possible upgrade every two years if required, I'm going to go for the rtx 3080, but it might be worth you considering doing the same for your 4 year upgrade cycle.

I think this is probably the reason they are being stingy with vram.

Im not sure I can stomach paying more than £500 for a video card, even though I can afford it.
 
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So apparently there are not going to be any pre-orders for the FE cards? Are they just going to go live at midnight on Sep 17th or something? They'll be gone in seconds, it'll be like Glasto for tech :(
 
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I think its going to be 20% looking at the specs. Some people (esp for the money difference) wont see that as a lot but at 4k gaming its the difference between running at 50fps and a solid 60fps......................
I would agree that 20% looks sensible - still its worst uplift going from 80 class to ti/ titan class we have seen for some time. Agree for some people that wont matter and they will buy anyway I have no problem with that but for me I would like more like 35%-40% for that premium which would tide you over into the next generation.
 
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I think people are vastly over-estimating the performance of the 3090. It's only going to be around 20% faster than a 3080.
yea i believe so. when has NVIDIA double the performance like for like from previous gen ?

Its always just been 20% faster. at best 30%....

I doubt the 3090 is evey 70% faster let alone 100% faster(double the performance)

I game a 4k and there are some games that dont hit even 40fps with everything in ultra and a 100 percent/double the performance would allow me to hit those 60fps in 4k
 
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It's been a while so forgive me for asking, but who are the best third party card manufacturers besides EVGA? Units have gone live on the webstore but totally spoilt for choice.
 
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