errlloyd wrote: » Yeah. I am pretty brand oblivious at this stage, is there anything I should be looking out for?
heffo9 wrote: » The best advice on this thread so far
JoyPad wrote: » As many influencers keep saying, buying at launch is a gamble. Paying more for something that will be exceeded soon after, just for the bragging rights.
Cordell wrote: » What you have to do depends on what you want to do. If you want to enjoy PC games as the PC games are meant to be enjoyed, a 900 series card is completely outdated. If you're willing to compromise and dial back the resolution and options, then I suppose you don't have to upgrade for at least another 6 years.
Squidgy Black wrote: » Amazon UK seem to be putting up stock today, just narrowly missed out on a Palit OC there
errlloyd wrote: » Just had a gigabyte one up there too.
Squidgy Black wrote: » Stupidly stopped to check the length of the palit when there was 7 left in stock and by the time I realised it was short enough for my case they were gone. Should've just bought it and cancelled if it was too long.
one armed dwarf wrote: » Nvidia had restocks around this time last week and the week before (wednesday/thursday) so maybe we'll see some FEs today as well
tazzzZ wrote: » what are the odds of them dropping some cards at exactly 5pm when the amd cpu announcement start???
K.O.Kiki wrote: » Zero; they don't need the mindshare. More likely to do it near AMD's Navi event in 2 weeks.
Wonda-Boy wrote: » Anyopne else see the article on videocardz that the 3080s are dropping in December with 20GB Vram...?https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-20gb-to-launch-in-december
L wrote: » I'm not so sure "as PC games are meant to be enjoyed" is meaningful here. By design PC games have graphics settings because they're intended to be playable on a range of hardware. Very very few games are primarily designed to be played on bleeding edge hardware because the market for that is absolutely tiny. It's worth being clear eyed on this - steam hardware surveys repeatedly show most gamers are using the equivalent of a 970 or worse. We're very much the outliers.
Fitz II wrote: » Well looks like Big Navi is a load of crap from the Zen 3 launch figures.
Metric Tensor wrote: » Is it somehow referred to in the benchmarks? Don't have time to watch or investigate this evening - would love a TLDR
Fitz II wrote: » the benchmarks are a way behind 3080. 4k CODMW - 83 FPS while the 3080 is 121, shows a tie in boarderlands 3 if that means anything. No way a big complex card will be cheap, maybe it will fit into some budget/performance category well, but it certainly does not seem to be the great white hope that everyone was holding out for, which is disappointing. It unlikely from the figures to compete with the 3080 so its the same old story where its trying to get share in the 3060 maybe 3070 space. I was hoping for some competition in the enthusiast space this cycle. On a plus note the Zen 3 processors look good, although price hikes on the lower bins. Not the result this much hyped launch was supposed to deliver, good...but not great.
BloodBath wrote: » We'll have to wait for real benchmarks but it looks to be a lot faster than the 2080ti which put's it at the very least in the 3070 space. Probably between the 3070 and 3080 at around €600.