Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

[kristmace]

Nice one on the 3060! My gtx1070 was on its knees once I got a 4K monitor... it would play BF4, but thats like a 2014 game? Game at 1080p and there us absolutely no need to join the ampere/navi circus.

I agree. My GTX780 was absolutely fine at 1080p - maxing out almost every game. As soon as I upgraded my monitor to 1440p I got the upgrade bug.

 

[Eurofighter]

So glad I built my PC at the start of last year now. Had to pay a bit over the odds for the monitor but it was worth it.

My 5700XT powers my LG 1440 monitor well enough. I would like to go HDMI 2.1 at some point but I will buy an Oled TV and AV reciever before a new GPU. And obviously I need a gaming laptop and xbox. Haha.

 

[mikehhhhhhh]

I had a 1080FE for 5 years and had absolutely no problem with it, especially in FPS titles.

It was only really getting a Valve Index for sim racing that had me thinking about upgrading, then going 1440p triple mointors for sim racing had me thinking that my 1080 wasn't going to cut it.

I started getting tempted by an overpriced 3080 on eBay at this point, but I thought I'd rather spend a couple of hundred more on a 3090 than line some scalpers' pocket.

Interestingly, I was looking at some 3090 benchmarks around the time I was buying it and I was shocked to find things like Fortnite at 1440p Epic only achieving 30fps on a 3090 - this just proves that developers are building presets that are beyond even the best card you can buy today. You have to wonder whether that's intentional.

 

[Guest2]

Interestingly, I was looking at some 3090 benchmarks around the time I was buying it and I was shocked to find things like Fortnite at 1440p Epic only achieving 30fps on a 3090 - this just proves that developers are building presets that are beyond even the best card you can buy today. You have to wonder whether that's intentional.

Hasnt this been happening for years? Unreal 1 is a game that comes to mind. Without a good 3d card it ran at about 10fps. It was only really playable years later with a Voodoo 2.

Maybe I was just late getting cards back then

 

[TheRealDeal]

I have given up for now. Had the money sitting there for a 6800xt and now blown it on a new boxing bag and rowing machine. Will make do with Vega 64 until things settle down. If things don't settle down until mid year then i will wait on RDNA 3.

 

[rallyslag]

The rtx3070 seems to be the only card available in any numbers at bearable prices. But i have a freesync2 monitor so cant go down that route. It has a firmware issue that Benq won't fix. This means my Cpu upgrade is on hold as well. My 3600x is not the bottleneck until i get rid of my vega64!

 

[welshrat]

Not giving up and will sit it out for a 6800 or 6800XT for reasonable money, keep getting the chance for a 3070 or 3060ti but with freesync issues with nvidia and my monitor (Omen 32) and only 8gb Ram I won't bite.

 

[turbot1984]

Hasnt this been happening for years? Unreal 1 is a game that comes to mind. Without a good 3d card it ran at about 10fps. It was only really playable years later with a Voodoo 2.

Maybe I was just late getting cards back then

Unreal was 1998, i played it on a 6Mb Voodoo Rush with a Cyrix cpu.... easily the least stable machine I have owned and absolute garbage.

 

[Guest2]

Unreal was 1998, i played it on a 6Mb Voodoo Rush with a Cyrix cpu.... easily the least stable machine I have owned and absolute garbage.

I played Unreal using a Matrox mystique 220. It was horrible. Thankfully I played it years later on a Voodoo 2

 

[dpbadger]

I managed to get a 360 ti at none scalping prices it took a few days of monitoring different sites. I wanted a 6800xt but I don't think I'll ever get one of those.

 

[michty_me]

I'm still tempted to get a 3070 but unsure if it will be enough for 1440P high fps. Most people on here recommend the 3080 due to the 8GB VRAM but speaking to others elsewhere, They say that's balls.

 

[Adrianr]

I'm still tempted to get a 3070 but unsure if it will be enough for 1440P high fps. Most people on here recommend the 3080 due to the 8GB VRAM but speaking to others elsewhere, They say that's balls.

Am yet to find something my 3070FE won't happily chew through at 1440p. Would love to know which games/settings are using more than 8gb but less than 10gb that can't be easily tweaked down with little noticeable loss in quality.

 

[michty_me]

Am yet to find something my 3070FE won't happily chew through at 1440p. Would love to know which games/settings are using more than 8gb but less than 10gb that can't be easily tweaked down with little noticeable loss in quality.

I'm unsure to be honest, Just going by what everyones recommendations are in the big thread about the 8GB VRAM. I believe they said that Cyberpunk is pretty much hitting 8gb with RT on but again, I'm yet to play or use a 3070.

 

[Harnser]

Which ones are the most difficult to get then

All of them? Even the lower end - the 1650 Super is out of stock everywhere, and that's not even a decent gaming card. 1660 Super there's a few more of, but the prices are inflated.

I'm running on Intel HD 460 graphics since my card died, so replaying games from the early 2000s... Fun, but I am ready to get a GPU back in.

 

[g67575]

Maybe get the cheapest 3070 you can find, turn on dlss where possible and upgrade again in a generation or 2. Lots of ppl fretting about not having a rtx 3080 or rx 6800xt, why worry when you can just sell and upgrade again, as needed?

The thing that bothers me is, I still can't find a rtx 3070 aib for £500 or lower. I refuse to believe manufacturers couldn't make a reasonable profit at this price, especially since the ga104 die (used for the 3070 and 3060 ti) is much smaller and has 'just' 17.4 billion transistors, compared to the high end die used for the rtx 3080/3090. The gddr6 vram is also cheaper to produce than the 3080/3090's vram.

The absence of high end Ti cards makes me think super variants are planned for 2021 q3/q4, probably using the samsung 8nm fab process, as this deal was renewed.

 

[michty_me]

Sod it, I'll keep my Vega 56 a while longer, Just going to buy myself an electric desk instead to go with the new chair.

 

[Adrianr]

Maybe get the cheapest 3070 you can find, turn on dlss where possible and upgrade again in a generation or 2. Lots of ppl fretting about not having a rtx 3080 or rx 6800xt, why worry when you can just sell and upgrade again, as needed?

The thing that bothers me is, I still can't find a rtx 3070 aib for £500 or lower. I refuse to believe manufacturers couldn't make a reasonable profit at this price, especially since the ga104 die (used for the 3070 and 3060 ti) is much smaller and has 'just' 17.4 billion transistors, compared to the high end die used for the rtx 3080/3090. The gddr6 vram is also cheaper to produce than the 3080/3090's vram.

The absence of high end Ti cards makes me think super variants are planned for 2021 q3/q4, probably using the samsung 8nm fab process, as this deal was renewed.

Have you seen any at even £500? Most common I've been seeing is £600/£650, for a £480 MSRP card. Absurd. Fully agree about needless fretting for a 3080/6800xt.

 

[Fluffybob]

I've got over 100 quids worth of OC vouchers here to put towards a Sapphire 6800 Nitro+........ Just waiting on Gibbo to drop the bomb on his secret stash

 

[Donka]

New on the forum but used OC a few times in the past. I ended up picking up a 3070 as a stop gap for MSFS2020 @ 3440x1440 and it runs great. Will still be looking for a 3080 or a 6800 series if they ever become available, mostly for the increased vram and thinking about MSFS2020 switching to DX12 in the summer. Also ordered a 5800X from OC over the weekend as there are still occasions where I am cpu bound with my 3600. Any word on when any 6800 series cards will be available?

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

Mate, just seen somewhere with two drops today. 6800 reference at 700 quid and a 6800XT AIB at 900. 900! That's 50% more than the reference card!

I've been holding out for this OCUK drop for weeks now, but if what I've seen today is a sign of what's to come, my current card will have to be my best friend for the foreseeable.