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  1. SniperSmithy

    AMD graphics cards and 3d modelling.

    I'm using windows 10. The PC I want a card for is my secondary PC, I have an older (much more costly) rig for day to day work use. I would just like to use this on occasion when I'm tied down by a lengthy render. It'd mainly just the pc I use for gaming and entertainment use, so the 3090 is a...
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    AMD graphics cards and 3d modelling.

    Hi all, very excited to see that so far it looks as if AMD have pulled off a good coup. I've previously used NVidia cards for a mixture of gaming and 3d modelling and wondered if the AMD cards are good in this respect, since they won't support things like CUDA and OptiX. I think there are open...
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    AMD Radeon 'Navi' 6900XT vs Nvidia 3080?

    Hopefully so, I hadn't heard of this but it sounds promising. It's also an example of why Microsoft having a console benefits PC gamers too. Cool!
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    They aren't going to air dirty laundry in public. Nvidia said they were investigating and so did EVGA. Expect lawyers in the background.
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    In that case, yeah that's a pretty ****** business practice!
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    AMD Radeon 'Navi' 6900XT vs Nvidia 3080?

    This, but there would probably be some considerable value in having a 'halo' model which would elevate the brand. The real money seems to be around 5500XT/1650/1660 range, looking at how popular cards in this price range are on Steam.
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    :D I think this is what we need a bit of a laugh to lift some spirits. None of us are going to die of a lack of a 3080.
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    System integrators buy bulk stock for use in PC builds. These cards are boxless and are usually sold with the legal understanding that they are only to be sold as part of a fully built PC. In other words it's a different queue.
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    There's a tribe in the Amazon who have a language that has no words for numbers and they have no concept of amounts. Maybe OCUK procurement have been getting their shipping information from them!
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    Anyone still needing to know what small average and ok are can just ask their wife and post what she says. Should liven up the thread a bit!
  11. SniperSmithy

    AMD Radeon 'Navi' 6900XT vs Nvidia 3080?

    Unless AMD are coming to the market with an alternative to DLSS, being slightly more powerful won't be good enough, since DLSS 3.0 is reported to be generically trained and therefore capable of increasing frame rates by 40%+ in basically any game. Not to mention the unknown that is raytracing...
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    Will they do any more GTX cards?

    Yeah, they could possibly do a 'refreshed' 20 series lineup for the budget market, providing they can get costs down enough. But with the Turing RTX cards having been so expensive in the first place they might be better off doing new budget cards within Ampere maybe 3050s or even a 3040 SKU, or...
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    Will they do any more GTX cards?

    I got to thinking about how popular the 16 series were for Nvidia and wondered if Nvidia might return for more. The thing is the 16 series only really existed because the R in RTX was so expensive, but with the 30 series prices are looking more in line with the older generations and there might...
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    Stay GTX or go RTX?

    Well... Yeah, that's why they start at twice the price... It's not a codename its the actual design of the core...
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    Stay GTX or go RTX?

    Easily proved just Google it...
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    Stay GTX or go RTX?

    Technically your 1080ti can do raytracing, just don't expect much more than 10fps :rolleyes:. They enabled it at drivers, but the actual raytracing cores are not part of the architecture. I've not had raytracing in real time (RTX) but I've used it extensively for 3d rendering and it looks so...
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    Stay GTX or go RTX?

    You're missing something. 16 series cards are Turing, same architecture as the 20 series, except the 16 series don't feature Raytracing hardware. Some of the 16 series are newer than the 20 series. It will be interesting to see if Nvidia offer a 26 series or some such to compete at the budget...
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    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    You do realise that most system integrators buy the cards in bulk for system builds. Meaning these cards are without boxes, any kind of manuals etc. They are not for retail and are likely sold cheaper but without permission to sell as an individual part. Those cards that were getting shipped in...
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    Using Mobo video outputs powered/driven by Graphics card not integrated ?

    You need 1.4 or higher HDMI for over 60hz even at 1080p check the cable AND adaptor is 1.4 or better and the card supports 1.4 HDMI or greater. Run out of posts for today, just check your drivers too then, weird that your DVI cable was outputting 1080p at 75 on IGPU but not on DGPU.
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