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Hekotat

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I think these scalpers are getting desperate in my area, I don't think anyone is buying them, lol.
 
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So essentially it would be easier to start a career in acting, work your way to the top and say you love gaming to get a new Nvidia card than to try and buy one from newegg?
Got a black friend? Get them to complain on twitter about how Nvidia doesn't value African-American content creators. Problem solved.
 
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a_skeleton_05

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I wish that worked...
It's working for some when it comes to Sony and the PS5. Tweet at them, telling them that you're a visually impaired black man that needs the extra graphics horsepower to design a video game that celebrates both the disabled and BLM. It'll be a triple whammy.
 
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Hekotat

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Snagged a 3070 today for a reasonable price, my frames doubled in Cyberpunk, lol.
 
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ASUS Confirms GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB & GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB ROG STRIX Custom Graphics Cards

ASUS has confirmed two upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & the GeForce RTX 3060.

Both of these graphics cards are scheduled for launch in early '21 but ASUS has already listed them under their supports and services page.

Both graphics cards were spotted by HXL (@9550pro) within ASUS's support and services page for graphics cards. The list includes the GeForce RTX 30 series ROG STRIX variants and also mentions the unreleased GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards which we talked about in previous leaks.

The leak confirms that ASUS is working on both overclocked and non-overclocked variants for their ROG STRIX series.

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will feature 20 GB of GDDR6X memory and the GeForce RTX 3060 will come equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory.

Since both of these cards are custom variants, they will be making use of the brand new ROG STRIX cooling solution that we have seen on the existing GeForce RTX 30 ROG STRIX lineup si expect top of the line cooling performance and a beefy custom PCB design.

Details from Kopite7kimi suggest that the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FE (Founders Edition) graphics card will feature the PG133-SKU15 PCB design and the GA102-250-KD-A1 graphics core. The GA102-250 GPU has also changed since the last time we saw them and is now exactly the same as the GeForce RTX 3090 at 10496 FP32 CUDA cores.

As for memory, the card will feature 20 GB of GDDR6X memory. Unlike the 19.5 Gbps speeds of the RTX 3090, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is said to retain the same memory speeds as the RTX 3080 at 19 Gbps. Since we are getting a 20 GB bus interface, NVIDIA will be using a 320-bit bus interface which equals a total bandwidth of 760 GB/s. TGP for the card is set to be the same as the RTX 3080 at 320 Watts. That's definitely needed to feed the extra cores so NVIDIA might have to optimize the clocks a bit here.

NVIDIA could undercut the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT which is a $999 US graphics card with the RTX 3080 Ti though we have to see just how much of a difference the Ti variant makes as it will end up being sandwiched between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. There are reports that the RTX 3080 Ti may end up faster than the RTX 3090 due to its higher clock speeds while the RTX 3090 could remain a Titan class product serving the enthusiast and content creation market with its higher VRAM buffer.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is suggested to feature the GA106-400 GPU which is expected to feature 3840 FP32 cores in a total of 30 SM units. The graphics card will make use of the PG190 SKU by board partners which are both GA104 and GA106 pin-compatible. The graphics card has seen a range of memory specs update starting with 6 GB (14 Gbps) and now listed at 12 GB (16 Gbps).

It is rumored that the card will feature a massive 12 GB memory buffer which is larger than that of the RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, and even the RTX 3080. This is not confirmed yet but the reason could be that NVIDIA wants to really tackle AMD in the mainstream segment. Again, we saw rumors of 20 GB and 16 GB for the RTX 3080 & RTX 3070 too which didn't end up being true as they were early designs that were later on canceled.

The card will feature a 192-bit bus interface and at 16 Gbps, delivering bandwidth of up to 384 GB/s. The GeForce RTX 3060 could end up being priced at $299 US which will make it a formidable graphics card.
 
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Nvidia manipulated the hell out of the market with the 3090. In any normal year, almost nobody would have bought a 3090 had a 20GB 3080 TI been widely available, so every chip has gotten Nvidia an extra $500. If AMD had been as shrewd (shady?), they would have released some brand new SKU, Radeon 6 Ultra or something with a matching 24GB at $1400 or something, they would have sold like hot cakes no matter what.
 

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I bought a 2080 super last year, and I feel like I went overboard on that (probably could have got something with almost comparable performance for cheaper). I didn't go all out, but /shrug.

I probably wont even consider getting a new card until this one dies, or games get to be too much for it. With this Nvidia nonsense being a large part of that.
 
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I bought a 2080 super last year, and I feel like I went overboard on that (probably could have got something with almost comparable performance for cheaper). I didn't go all out, but /shrug.

I probably wont even consider getting a new card until this one dies, or games get to be too much for it. With this Nvidia nonsense being a large part of that.
I have a 2080, and my intent coming into this release was to get whatever the top card was. Then with the huge price on the 3090, and non existent stock, I said it's not even worth it. I'll think about it next gen.
 
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ronne

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I went from a 1080 > 3090, and even that still isn't really worth it. 1500$ for a graphics card is just absurd, but the fuck else do I have to spend my money on while the world is closed.

At least I get all the fancy Cyberpunk pixels?
 
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As a proud owner of the Asus R9 380 4gb, I really feel for you poor 2080 sobs.
 
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