graphics-cards

[heady turtle]

Idk where you're finding new 280$ 3060s lol

[lone pond]

nah i meant 3060 should cost 280$ to be price competitive with 6600 in anyway

[heady turtle]

Ah right well 6600 is a bit worse

Would say about 350

[hasty sphinx]

Where can I find older nvidia drivers?

[tropic remnant]

On the Nvidia site

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

[hasty sphinx]

dang the newest* older one is from sept 2021

[modest stump]

Someone bought my 2080super for $600 on eBay

[keen nacelle]

what

bro ripped themself off

[tropic remnant]

The question is did they pay for it already?

[modest stump]

No they didn’t but that’s the offer they put

Guess I’ll accept it and see what happens

Says they have 494 reviews

100% positive

[magic wing]

which model?

[modest stump]

Asus strix OC 2080super

[magic wing]

white strix?

[modest stump]

No

[magic wing]

💀

[modest stump]

Hey man I’m not complaining especially if they pay

[modest stump]

He has 494 good reviews but his account is on private so you can’t read them

[velvet grail]

Are Nvidia titan V worth? They seem to cost thousands and are almost the same as a 3070, do they have something special?

[heady turtle]

[velvet grail]

Wow
What a useless card, you don't find them anywhere but if you manage to you have to pay like 3/4k
And you get worse performance compared to 3070 that costs just ⅐ of the price

[lone pond]

its like a 3060ti i remember right

[heady turtle]

Not useless

Titan v is basically 1080 ti with better pro focus on drivers iirc

[modest stump]

That guy was a scammer

Tried to change shipping addresses then told me to put gift cards in the package and blah blah

Yeah no

Lol

[heady turtle]

Lmao that's new

[modest stump]

Yeah and made me text his phone

[rustic pulsar]

Yeah you made the right call

[modest stump]

Yeah was fine up until that last text

Lol

[rustic pulsar]

One guy bricked the gpu I sold him and then wanted a refund (around 1k) lol

[modest stump]

Ha

Did you keep your money

[rustic pulsar]

Yeah

[modest stump]

Good

Scammer made me excited tho

Woke up and saw a purchase 😦

[rustic pulsar]

@modest stump look are this lol

[modest stump]

Ha

Good thing you were firm

[heady turtle]

That's not bricked if it's showing up in gpu z

Prolly didn't install drivers or something also a 1k gpu should have dual bios anyway

[rustic pulsar]

Yep it did

[lone pond]

Could be during gpu shortage

[heady turtle]

even then

[modest stump]

Should I do a auction

For my gpu

[heady turtle]

I would

You can always set min target anyway

[rustic pulsar]

I never set a minimum target, I set my starting bid to the lowest I am want for it

[heady turtle]

That works too imo tho if they see it closer to 2/3 normal price even with few days left more likely to see it and possibly bid

[lavish fable]

what is a good price in buying a 6900xt with the prices rn?

[keen nacelle]

$820 you can get one new

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GpvdnQ/msi-radeon-rx-6900-xt-16-gb-gaming-z-trio-video-card-rx-6900-xt-gaming-z-trio-16g

$800 gets you the best air cooled 3080 12gb https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gW7G3C/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-12gb-lhr-12-gb-rog-strix-gaming-oc-video-card-rog-strix-rtx3080-o12g-gaming

[lavish fable]

used?

[keen nacelle]

new

oh

i see

[lavish fable]

no like buying used

[keen nacelle]

i wouldnt pay more than 650 for either used

[lavish fable]

would I trust them though?

bc on ebay, it's around 700

to 800

[keen nacelle]

maybe 700 for one of the best models (rog strix, gaming z trio, asrock oc formula)

[lavish fable]

ah

[keen nacelle]

id just buy new at that point

[lavish fable]

ok

[keen nacelle]

or wait for another b stock drop and get a $650 3080 10gb

[lavish fable]

ngl... I'm going just for the number :p

[keen nacelle]

wdym

[lavish fable]

6900

[keen nacelle]

:P

[lavish fable]

anyways

700 new 650 used?

[keen nacelle]

800 new

check out the gpus i linked above

[lavish fable]

ok

alr

Thanks dude

[keen nacelle]

one of the best model 6900xt for $820 new

[lavish fable]

or ma'am

them.

I'm stupid sry.

[keen nacelle]

youre good lol

idc about dude and stuff like that

[lavish fable]

oki

[keen nacelle]

thanks though

[lavish fable]

lol nps

[keen nacelle]

i appreciate the effort

[lavish fable]

:3

[fading glacier]

fml i was sleeping at that time

415 was a steal 😮 dont care for any scratches or no shroud at that price 😛

[rustic pulsar]

How's the MSI ventus on the 6600XT, fine or avoid at all cost?

[keen nacelle]

Imo, mech 2x is fine for 6600 if it's on sale. Not 6600xt atm

[rustic pulsar]

how bad, I recommended it to someone instead of them buying a $340 1660, they got a mech2x 6600xt for $330

310 after rebate

I meant like temp wise, this review says its fine https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9896/msi-radeon-rx-6600-xt-gaming/index.html

[sonic mural]

that looks like a gaming x =/= mech 2x

[rustic pulsar]

poop yes ur right lol

[sonic mural]

basically msi 6000 cards are like mech 2x (oc) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< gaming x

[keen nacelle]

I mean, mech 2x 6600xt might not throttle, but it'll def get around there

Just don't put it in an h510

[rustic pulsar]

he has this https://www.amazon.com/Apevia-Genesis-PK-Gaming-Tempered-USB3-0/dp/B08DL9S57M/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=genesis%2Bmid%2Btower&qid=1658244789&sr=8-2&th=1

prolly fine

[hasty sphinx]

I'm thinking of just nabbing this instead of a 3080 12gb now.

https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-11317-04-20g/p/N82E16814202418

[ivory herald]

$800 6900 xt https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6800-xt-rx6900xt-pgd-16g/p/N82E16814930052

[hasty sphinx]

I know model over brand, but is that a good brand? lol

[vital oriole]

yes

[hasty sphinx]

I ask because this is the one I had my eye on for the last 5 months before I decided to go nvidia

https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-6900-xt-11308-03-20g/p/N82E16814202403

[ivory herald]

Sapphire is 1 of the top amd brands. That $850 after coupon gpu is a solid choice if you don't want to wait for strix to come back.

[hasty sphinx]

Which one would you go for if price was taken out of the topic?

[ivory herald]

Oh definitely not the $1100 one since it's basically an OC'd 6900 afaik.

[hasty sphinx]

oh, I mean out of the strix or saphire.

but I just realized you are a strix shill

😄

[hasty sphinx]

I keep looking at the gpu chart though and it looks like 6950xt way better performance than the 6900xt

I'll prob just go for strix. Wish they had a white one though

[ivory herald]

Perhaps I'll glance at 6950 reviews, but yea that moderate $300 increase is quite a bit. Even if I was better off w/ money. All the fastest cards per gen have a much worse bang for buck than the 2nd or 3rd fastest.
--- as for 30 series, indeed strix is an even pick in this case. Ftw3 heatsink is not great.

This is ftw3. Look at that 3/8" crap or however thick it is, then the sides to make it appear way better. 🤣

[odd siren]

How much is the ocf? That's usually a cheap xtxh and basically a 6950 without the tax

[hasty sphinx]

jeeeze

[odd siren]

Yea have a look at this https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6900-xt-rx6900xt-ocf-16g/p/N82E16814930057

[hasty sphinx]

well the refund just hit my bank account so I have a total of $2k to work with for a good GPU

[odd siren]

If you're thinking of 6950, ocf will do just as well and won't cost as much

[hasty sphinx]

ocf?

oh I see link now

[odd siren]

Ye it's the best 6900 XT pcb

[hasty sphinx]

ah

I was looking at the Sapphire nitro + se though

that's the one I had my eye on for about 5 months before I decided to grab nvidia

[hasty sphinx]

.

[odd siren]

Nitro + se I can't remember but I think is XTX so you'll have less oc headroom

[hasty sphinx]

but it looks soo beautiful.

[odd siren]

OCF is overkill, and the 6950 version is overkill to overkill

Ya but your money's worth lol

Either go cheapest 6900 or go ocf imo

[ivory herald]

If you don't care about going crazy w/ an OC, personally I'd maybe pick the sapphire. Longtime amd and ati company. Tough choices.

[hasty sphinx]

yeah tough as heck

like.. I don't really need to OC a card this powerful already yeah?

[vital oriole]

My choice is ez

[hasty sphinx]

and OC doesn't really give a whole lot more performance?

[vital oriole]

The AssRock

[odd siren]

I'm only suggesting ocf cos you picked a 6950 lol

[vital oriole]

It does actually

For gpus

[hasty sphinx]

I'm also working with only a 1kw a tier psu

[vital oriole]

You can get some gains with it

[odd siren]

6900XT's get a lot of OC gain actually

[vital oriole]

^

[hasty sphinx]

I see ok

[odd siren]

If you get a good chip, a lot

[ivory herald]

Well for the ocf maybe a 10% OC at least, but I haven't read up on em

[modest stump]

All of the strix 3080 12gb are gone already

[odd siren]

OCF's should at a minimum hit 24K

[modest stump]

Now it’s 1130

[odd siren]

On TS

[modest stump]

Was 799

[hasty sphinx]

That asrock looks so ugly though

[vital oriole]

just look into pcpp

[odd siren]

Nothing a can of paint can't change lol

[vital oriole]

im sure there's 12gb 3080 for around 800

but imo it ain't worth it

10gb 3080 is cheaper

[hasty sphinx]

the blocky nature of it is buttugly too though

[odd siren]

There's the gaming z iirc also xtxh https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GpvdnQ/msi-radeon-rx-6900-xt-16-gb-gaming-z-trio-video-card-rx-6900-xt-gaming-z-trio-16g

But won't do as well as ocf

Be as good as sapphire tho probably

[vital oriole]

gaming z is decent

[hasty sphinx]

I have to have a best buy membership though?

[odd siren]

Oh that's a thing for GPUs isn't it

Rip

Sorry I forgot cos australian

[hasty sphinx]

I like MSI, but the sapphire is really callin my name..

[odd siren]

There's nothing wrong with that sapphire btw, I just wouldn't pay the price when ocf is there

It's a good cooler, GN actually loved it to pieces

[hasty sphinx]

They are same price?

[vital oriole]

best buy is ass now

for buying gpus

i hate how they require membership

that is paid

why does that need to exist

[ivory herald]

No for that gaming Z just make a nornal best buy account if you need to. It It doesn't need total tech. Although I only buy from BB to pickup in person or something.

[odd siren]

Oh I didn't see this one my b

I only saw the 6950 link lol

[vital oriole]

pog

[hasty sphinx]

ah 😛

[odd siren]

Ooo idk

I think I'd even do 800 strix over sapphire

[hasty sphinx]

I'm thinking I'll wait a couple more days and see if Strix comes back in stock.. or if I can get that one from bhphoto or whatever when they open their checkout in 20 hours

[odd siren]

I would probably do that

[hasty sphinx]

just finding it hard to not grab the 6900xt now though considering it's only $50 more and looks like it's more powerful.

[odd siren]

Raw gaming? Not by much

If it was ocf tho

[hasty sphinx]

lol

Like... I would totally grab the ocf, but man I can't get past the fugly

[odd siren]

[ivory herald]

Not sure I'd be happy w/ an assrock gpu in my pc.

[odd siren]

Then gaming z in the corner

[hasty sphinx]

I almost thought about a red devil

[muted perch]

yo yo

was good

whats good

[muted slate]

I personally really like the aesthetics of the red devil model. That's one of the main reasons why I got one actually lol.

[hasty sphinx]

yeah is nice. but pretty spendy

but perfect for custom loop

[muted slate]

I got it on sale around 3 months ago so I was kinda lucky but yeah
Some people who have it like to water cool it as well

but I just have mine as is

[hasty sphinx]

it's a great OC card with a custom loop

[muted slate]

yeeee

[hasty sphinx]

at least that's what I keep reading

[muted slate]

it's a big card though so you might have to check for clearance if you have a below-average mid tower sized case or smaller

unless you water cool it ofc

[hasty sphinx]

I'm not going to get it. I'm most likely going to grab a 3080 12gb strix or sapphire + SE 6900xt.

but yeah my case is pretty big.

[muted slate]

those are both good too

oh ok

[wheat crag]

I wouldn’t be happy if anything was assrock in my pc lol

[solemn panther]

👀

[livid idol]

They make decent GPUs

[ivory herald]

They make (some) decent "cards"*

[heady turtle]

Yeah who wants a z690 auqa anyway pfft

[drifting pebble]

Is the fire pro s10000 a good graphics for engineering ?

I want to buy another graphics card for gaming but ....... I dont seem to know where to get an affordable one

[heady turtle]

They're pretty affordable now, what's your budget and what country?

[wheat crag]

Fr the strix one is better

Maximus extreme z690

[odd siren]

Wut

[drifting pebble]

I have about $1000 and I am in Ghana

[heady turtle]

Strix isn't, apex, sure

[wheat crag]

Yea I got the name wrong

[heady turtle]

That's a lot, you should be able to get something like a rtx 3080/rx 6800xt or at least a rtx 3060 ti/3070/rtx 3070 ti/rx 6700xt/rx 6750xt/rx 6800

[heady turtle]

Like falcie said tho, they probably make the best high end amd gpus

Oc formula 6950xt

https://tenor.com/view/credit-card-smacking-credit-card-on-table-gif-21340324

[wheat crag]

True

[hasty sphinx]

stahp. you gonna make me spend money

[odd siren]

OCF is bae. Strongest rdna 2 pcb

[wheat crag]

I like some of their products

Was just joking around calling it assrock

[heady turtle]

:)

[odd siren]

I think the only two I'd take over an ocf are strix top or toxic extreme if they were cheap

Cos water

[wheat crag]

I’d take a red devil and toxic over ocf

I think there slightly better

[odd siren]

Red devil ultimate competes with ocf but not on price

Liquid devil tho

[hasty sphinx]

they don't have the liquid one on newegg?

[odd siren]

Toxic extreme?

[hasty sphinx]

red devil

[odd siren]

Liquid devil is for water loops

[hasty sphinx]

oh

yeah I knew that

I thought you were saying there was a aio one

[odd siren]

Unfortunately not

[hasty sphinx]

the only thing I worry about a aio gpu is the pump failing

[wheat crag]

It’ll prob take a while for a pump to fail

[hasty sphinx]

yeah, but it could happen right away

[wheat crag]

But I heard their toxic pumps whine a lot

Not sure if they fixed it

[heady turtle]

Only the water cooled versions afaik

[odd siren]

Ye liquid devil is nice

The backplate design on it is gorgeous too

[hasty sphinx]

now yall got me contemplating getting the toxic -.-

[odd siren]

Toxic is the good sapphire card lol

But again, ocf, nice and cheap, gaming z as well

[drifting pebble]

the shipping costs are outrageous

[hasty sphinx]

money is eh when it comes to making my pc look good.

[drifting pebble]

I will be looking out for a cheaper logistics company

[hasty sphinx]

I'd rather know how stuff performs rather than the cost in most cases

[wheat crag]

Putting a water block on a 6900 xt prob best lol

[drifting pebble]

I already do know what I want I was looking for a way to reduce the logistics

[hasty sphinx]

I was not talking to you.

[drifting pebble]

oh lol

sorry

[heady turtle]

Can you not buy in your country?

[hasty sphinx]

you're good lol

[heady turtle]

Watterblocking cards is too expensive imo even on the high end

[wheat crag]

Yea it’ll prob cost around 500 for a soft loop

Or around 400

[heady turtle]

Yeah 400

[wheat crag]

I was thinking of an old list I made with a case that cost 500

Case was like 130

[hasty sphinx]

So I should get the sapphire toxic 6950xt?

I don't get how a 3080 12gb is only a few % less performance than a 6900xt when the core clocks on the 6900xt are 2.3k+ and the 3080 12gb are sub 2k

[wheat crag]

More mhz doesn’t always mean more performance

Laughs in intel lol

[hasty sphinx]

lol

[heady turtle]

Nah

[wheat crag]

Just get a 6900 xt or a 3090

[heady turtle]

3080 12gb

[wheat crag]

Or 3080

[odd siren]

[wheat crag]

But but it’s so quiet and cold

[hasty sphinx]

why though? because price?

[wheat crag]

Ye

Good performance too

[heady turtle]

Yee also not that much better, also 3080 will have better resell probably plus if you want more just get 40/7000 series

[hasty sphinx]

ugh. I don't wanna wait another 6 months for a 40 series

I already waited for it to just get pushed back

[wheat crag]

Off topic but asus is doing a giveaway rn

[heady turtle]

Use 3080 til then

[wheat crag]

With 3090s n stuff

[heady turtle]

Ohh fancy

[wheat crag]

If y’all win something gimme that evagellion psu or something

[heady turtle]

Lol

[odd siren]

Nothing I want/need

[heady turtle]

Is the giveaway to do with their oc streaming thing they're doing atm?

[wheat crag]

Idk

It’s just a bunch of rvagrllion x rog

Saw it on their asus us tik tok page

[hasty sphinx]

well.. idk how well the cooling in my case would be with a toxic anyways.

since I already have a 360 rad in my case

[wheat crag]

U could always rock no glass

And temps shouldn’t be that bad

I would try a push pull with the front rad

[hasty sphinx]

my cpu is push/pull at top. I wouldn't be able to do push pull front or side as that would make it where either my front or side fans would be blocked.

[wheat crag]

Wdym front fans?

Wouldn’t the aio replace them

[hasty sphinx]

with a push/pull config, it would stick out really far in front of either set of fans

blocking the airflow from those fans

[wheat crag]

With that type of case there should be decent af with 2 rads

No need for push pull

[hasty sphinx]

I'd want push/pull for the looks.

gotta be able to see the rgb from the front and the inside.

[wheat crag]

Not like u stare at your pc when u game

[hasty sphinx]

I actually stare at my pc a lot

I put a lot of hard work into building this PC and I admire it daily.

[wheat crag]

Well a aio from the side can keep the look ig

[hasty sphinx]

I'd be doing push/pull there too XD

[wheat crag]

Do it then

Enough room prob

[hasty sphinx]

which raises the same issue of blocking the other set of fans

mm

idk tbh

I believe my top rad would block a push/pull

either front or side

actually even without push/pull, it's looking like it would be a very tight fit.

I'd have to have a thin rad

[wheat crag]

If it fits it fits

[hasty sphinx]

that's a pretty small gap

[wheat crag]

Check out this gap

[hasty sphinx]

plenty of room still in there though

[wheat crag]

Around the same as your gap

[hasty sphinx]

uhh

no way

[wheat crag]

Well from rad to case

Not hose to fan

And the toxic aio is much slimmer

Wouldn’t a rad in they side work?

Get an air cooled card if your concerned about rad spacing

[hasty sphinx]

it looks like it might fit. Possibly even a push/pull config

well maybe not with push/pull because of the bottom cutout piece

would still block fans.

[hasty sphinx]

I'm only entertaining the idea of a watercooled card.

I pretty well knew it wouldn't work with the way I would want it setup

[wheat crag]

If u could loop

Prob cost around 500 for cpu and gpu loop

But an air cooled gpu would be good enough

[hasty sphinx]

I do plan on looping in the future.

but first I think I'm going to grab all new argb fans.

these ones.. the white only lasted for a couple months before most of the leds turned yellow

[wheat crag]

My Corsair fans haven’t lost any performance in a year

Could just get some Corsair ones

[hasty sphinx]

I'm not sure what I'll go with. It'll be a while. I don't feel like dealing with the cable management of fans anytime soon lol

[wheat crag]

No one sees the back lol

Just shove them

[hasty sphinx]

I do.

I can't sit here knowing my cables are a mess

would drive me absolutely bonkers

[wheat crag]

Cable ties

[hasty sphinx]

easier said than done lol

I have 3 controllers

[wheat crag]

True lol

[wheat crag]

I mean like an hr in the back and a couple mints if shoving things in the shroud would work

[hasty sphinx]

The last time I did my fans, it took me about 2 hours.

[odd siren]

P12 pst argb

[hasty sphinx]

I had to get them perfect.

[odd siren]

Ez daisy chain life

[hasty sphinx]

aye. that is what I was thinking

[odd siren]

And good air

[hasty sphinx]

well

you see...

I have 3 controllers..

daisy chained

[odd siren]

Oh I remember something like this

[hasty sphinx]

yeah lol

[odd siren]

I'm only using 2 total fan headers now from 6 with my old fans

They only use like 0.08A too the regular ones

[hasty sphinx]

I'm using 1 argb header for 12 fans.

[odd siren]

So you could potentially daisy chain a lot of them

[hasty sphinx]

however, my fans argb power is supplied through sata

[odd siren]

Ah rgb woes

[hasty sphinx]

I have each controller on it's own pwm header, but they are also supplied power through the sata

[odd siren]

Honestly it made my day so much easier with the basic P12s instead

Goodbye corsairs

No more icue

[odd siren]

Sounds complicated lol

[hasty sphinx]

not to bad really

2 of the antec controllers are being used for pwm/argb while the 3rd is only for argb. the corsair one that came with case is being used for pwm as it doesn't have argb

corsair has 6 headers so that knocks out my aio push/pull. then I use 2 of the other controllers (1 for side fans + rear exhaust and 1 for the front fans)

[odd siren]

This is probably where unifans would probably be a good idea

[hasty sphinx]

unifans?

[odd siren]

Tho tbh I'm not really a fan of them, limited rpm range and not great airflow

Heh, fan

[hasty sphinx]

I wanted to be able to control each set of fans independently

[hasty sphinx]

the "onlyfan"

[odd siren]

[hasty sphinx]

oh, so I waaaas gonna flash new vbios today, but...

in that vid it said to make sure pcb layout was the same as the card you were getting vbios from..

I couldn't find the pcb of my card so I didn't do it.

techpower didn't have a pic of it like the zotac

[wheat crag]

im getting really good temps rn

[hasty sphinx]

red devil right?

[wheat crag]

i think im going to run a higher oc since its cold

[wheat crag]

nividia lol

[hasty sphinx]

oh

[wheat crag]

3090 fe

[hasty sphinx]

oh nice

I'm averaging 64ish under load

but I'm hitting 370w

[wheat crag]

its normally like 65c with this oc but its kinda cold rn

[odd siren]

I've cross-flashed a couple GA102's and didn't die

I haven't tried zotac on my tuf tho

[wheat crag]

Why would u want a zotac bios on a tug card lol

[hasty sphinx]

having issues with my tuf

fans don't read rpms correctly and don't want to turn on below 50%

even with a fan curve

and when fans are set to 50% they are reading 855rpm

the fans are 3000rpm lol

[wheat crag]

Dang

Why not just reinstall tug bios

[hasty sphinx]

from where? techpower only has unverified versions and I'm not willing to trust that. Also.. I just got a refund a few hours ago for it. Gotta have it at the UPS store by August 22nd so no reason for me to try to figure it out anymore.

That's why I'm on the hunt for another GPU. Gotta get one asap so I can get it in before I send this one off.

[wheat crag]

Idk tbh

If zotac works then zotac works

[hasty sphinx]

haven't tried it. Washed my hands of that mess.

Shouldn't have to do something like that on brand new card

So.. hopefully Strix or Sapphire soon

[wheat crag]

Exchange it?

[hasty sphinx]

I tried. They don't have any more in stock so they issued me an instant refund and initiated return process.

[wheat crag]

A 3090 would be a tad bit nice in a loop imo

[hasty sphinx]

but that's ok with me because, honestly with this experience.. I don't want another TUF card

[hasty sphinx]

I would love a 3090. Thought about getting one, but at the same time.. It has no real advantage over the 3080 for gaming

at least 3080 ti or 12gb

[wheat crag]

True

A 3080 ti would be a nice build

[hasty sphinx]

yeah, and they have a white strix in the 3080ti

they don't for the 3080 12gb

[wheat crag]

i am dogging on these kids

[hasty sphinx]

Do you know if a MSI Suprim is any good?

[wheat crag]

Those r really good

[cerulean rover]

too expensive

[wheat crag]

True

But it looks fancy

[hasty sphinx]

1k doesn't seem to bad to me for the looks if it's a good card

[wheat crag]

A 3080 ti?

[hasty sphinx]

https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-suprim-x-12g/p/N82E16814137660

[wheat crag]

U can buy a 3090 bstock for those prices

Or around

[cerulean rover]

If you really want to splurge, it's your money to spend, but you could get better performance from like a 3090 or 6900xtxh for a similar price

[hasty sphinx]

I'm gonna shy away from bstock

[hasty sphinx]

oh yeah, we've had extensive convo the last few hours

I'm just kinda probing to see what is good and what isn't. I'd really like a white strix 3080ti

but doesn't seem like there is one

[cerulean rover]

Then, it's your money to spend, it's good, just expensive.

[hasty sphinx]

I mean, I'm willing to spend 1300 on a sapphire toxic, so in comparison this would be cheaper.

[wheat crag]

Get a 3090 for 1300

[odd siren]

Exploring power limits lol

[cerulean rover]

I mean you can just straight up get a 6950xt
https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-11317-02-20g/p/N82E16814202419

[hasty sphinx]

was a 6950xt for 1300

[wheat crag]

A 3090 ti is better for around that price too

[hasty sphinx]

yeah, I was looking at that

[cerulean rover]

pretty sure the pure is just the white variant so this review should apply
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-6950-xt-nitro-pure/

[hasty sphinx]

oh yeah, that's the one I was looking at

[cerulean rover]

aight, then you have the information you need to make a decision, my job is done

[wheat crag]

everybody sucks in cod lol

@hasty sphinx i can help u shop for a mint

[cerulean rover]

have you ever heard of the expression "seal clubbing"

[hasty sphinx]

so.. I'm willing to spend.. $1400 after tax.

[hasty sphinx]

I was shown that the trios don't have good cooling. that their heatsinks are quite small

[wheat crag]

well the ftw3 is really nice

[hasty sphinx]

and.. I already have 2 ftw3 gpus lol

they are nice yeah

[wheat crag]

almost all the 3090s on bstock r gone

[hasty sphinx]

I would like to stay away from bstock

[wheat crag]

the older series?

[hasty sphinx]

1650 super OC and a 2070 super OC both off bstock lol

[hasty sphinx]

for that price, I'd rather just wait for strix 3080 12gb

[wheat crag]

its stockx tho

[hasty sphinx]

now we are getting into downgrade territory 😄

[wheat crag]

idk how reliable they are

[hasty sphinx]

I'm thinking 6900xt and up or 3080 12gb and up

[wheat crag]

ignore the xc3

[hasty sphinx]

to bad the strix is MC

[wheat crag]

bad prices imo

[cerulean rover]

Too lazy rn but doesn't seem that way, 3090 gaming x trio reviewed fine, and 3090ti gaming x trio supposedly has a beefier heatsink

[wheat crag]

well not bad but just alright

[hasty sphinx]

way better than they were when I first built my PC so to me these prices are way good.

so I'm more than willing to spend.. I was going to spend a lot more. I'm lucky my taxes got held up or I'd have overspent

[wheat crag]

theres a white one if u care about the color

[hasty sphinx]

ayoo

[wheat crag]

ik theres an evangellion one

i dont think there selling it anymore tho for msrp at least

[cerulean rover]

Shinji got in the GPU

[hasty sphinx]

meh. That white strix be looking

[wheat crag]

lol

[wheat crag]

sure?

isnt 4000 series like around the corner

[hasty sphinx]

it got pushed out

and I've already been waiting. I don't want to wait any more

I have games I want to play.

I can't be arsed to be bored any longer.

[wheat crag]

a 3080 ti would be enough but ig u could splurge out on a 3090

basically same performance tho

wont even notice it

[hasty sphinx]

if they have a 3080ti white strix then yeah

[wheat crag]

yea i keep on seeing 3000 cards prices slightly going up and then back down

[hasty sphinx]

I've only seen the 3080 + go down

especially since they are trying to get rid of stock. They have to much. that's why 4000 series is pushed back

[wheat crag]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6900-xt-rx6900xt-ocf-16g/p/N82E16814930057?item=N82E16814930057&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-_-video cards - amd%2Fati-_-asrock-_-14930057&source=region

u could get an asrock

[hasty sphinx]

omg

You must not have been here for that talk lol

[wheat crag]

the assrock jokes?

[hasty sphinx]

.

was a bit earlier that it was suggested

looks wise... that is not going into my PC

[wheat crag]

well get a 3080 ti or 3090 then

a 3090 is only really needed for 8k gaming tho lol

[hasty sphinx]

yeah I'm not going to get a 3090

[ivory herald]

A few people have shown a stockish 3090 beat by a 3x8pin 3080 (Ti/12).

[hasty sphinx]

it's a tossup for me atm for 80ti 80 12gb or 6950xt/6900xt

[wheat crag]

yea in timesky n stuff

6950 kinda useless imo

[hasty sphinx]

I'm starting to lean towards the Suprim

[tropic remnant]

How so?

[grizzled nimbus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/973504427543633980/1000342463409561630/unknown.png

obtained

[wheat crag]

Just like 4 -6 percent better then a 6900 xt

Noting is also really different

i love how my founders card overclockded

[velvet grail]

That's a pretty good temperature for 350w

https://youtu.be/9eFnUQFFcXo
Should I follow this guide? Are the settings he uses good? Except for NIS, I'm probably not going to use that

[wheat crag]

Idk

But u can experiment with it

[hasty sphinx]

alright. I was reallllly looking into the suprim x 3080 ti, but I think I'm gonna go with the strix 3080 12gb when it comes back in stock

I'd get a suprim x 3080 12gb, but it's more expensive than the TI version lol

[wheat crag]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1684873-REG/asus_rog_strix_rtx3080_o12g_gaming_rog_strix_geforce_rtx.html?ap=y&smp=y&srsltid=AdGWZVQcgUtPZW8YedULKdfQPhjZVbtQRuqkG02l2KQVdrLGyy3KWFT3FRU

it is in stock

[hasty sphinx]

it's not available for checkout for another 15 hours

I've been watching that one

[tropic remnant]

6800 XT gives you 3 free games 😛

[hasty sphinx]

so do all the 3080 + series atm

Which I already have so it's not a deal to me

[tropic remnant]

It gives you 2 games and 2 DLC for doom

[hasty sphinx]

2 games?

[tropic remnant]

3080 bundle

[hasty sphinx]

oh right yeah

[tropic remnant]

RX 6000 bundle

[hasty sphinx]

sniper elite 5 you can redeem now, but the other 2 haven't been released yet.

[tropic remnant]

Saints Row is next month

[fading glacier]

doom is a nice one, hours of replayability trying to get the un skin

still no luck

[tropic remnant]

Doom tends to go on sale often though

Trust me id rather buy a 6700 XT resell it for 50$ less and get 2 games in exchange

https://tenor.com/view/feel-me-think-about-it-meme-gif-7715402

lose 50$ but get 120$ worth of games

[wheat crag]

Do u just need the gpu to claim it?

[hasty sphinx]

orr.. buy a 3080 12gb. get $120 worth of games.. then return said 3080 12gb

[tropic remnant]

They just send you the codes for it

[hasty sphinx]

I think depends.

[fading glacier]

yueah, you need the gpu

[wheat crag]

I think they didn’t do the bundle when I bought mine from bb

[hasty sphinx]

you have to have it installed and redeem codes through geforce for nvidis gpu

[wheat crag]

Bought in person like a year ago

[fading glacier]

you need to register the gpu to clkaim the codes

[fading glacier]

bundles with gpu one year ago? you were lucky to have the gpu in the first place xD

[tropic remnant]

You actually don't need to slap in a GPU to redeem games

[fading glacier]

thse bundles are meant to get rid of the cards before 40 series

[hasty sphinx]

you have to with these nvidia bundles

[grizzled nimbus]

i think im going to challenge myself

once i get my GTX 645

im going to daily it for at least 2 weeks

[hasty sphinx]

the promo code only works through geforce and the code is linked to the gpu you buy

[fading glacier]

yeah you need to do a process with the nvidia drivers to claim the codes on nvidia webpage.... you see its an nvidia promo, not a brand promo

[wheat crag]

Man is gonna experience ultra hd 24k looking outside his house now jk

[fading glacier]

damn a 645.... i feel challenged myself on my 750ti... cant imagine something lower

[wheat crag]

I think a 750 ti can run the Fortnite’s

[grizzled nimbus]

poor 1080 is gonna sit outside the rig for upwards of a month

[fading glacier]

yeah 750i could run virtually anything on low-med settings at 1080p

[tropic remnant]

Overall the AMD promo is better because as mentioned Doom tends to go on sale often

Newer titles would be better to have since they wouldn't go on sale that quick

And Forspoken is coming out the start of next year

[velvet grail]

@mighty island i made a timespy benchmark on the 1070 and it's looking good (CPU score is good too)
Now I'll connect the 2080 and give you the results in a few hours

[hasty sphinx]

@heady turtle What resource do you use to determine just how much difference in performance there is between models of GPUs?

[heady turtle]

Timespy avg score is a decent shout

Apart from that GN reviews

Ow HW unboxed

[hasty sphinx]

Alright thank you.

I can't decide if I want to go 3080ti Suprim X or if I want to go 6950xt Sapphire Nitro+ Pure

The Sapphire looks so amazing, but it's AMD and idk if I'll regret not being able to use RT/DLSS

Mainly just DLSS

[heady turtle]

Just go with your 3080 12gb and upgrade for 40 series

[hasty sphinx]

I dislike you for making me see reason.

[heady turtle]

:)

[hasty sphinx]

I have the strix in my cart on bhphoto for when they open their checkout

hopefully it won't oos instantly

[heady turtle]

Noice

[modest stump]

I’m having second guesses

Should I get the strix 3080 12gb now or wait for 4000 series

Lol

I have a strix 2080 super rn

[hasty sphinx]

Can you handle playing the games you play now with your current GPU? If yes, then I'd wait. The only reason I'm getting a new one NOW is because I'm impatient and have money.

inb4 Pato calls me Mr. Moneybags

[modest stump]

yeah i mean it runs everything well

but i want MORE

but i can wait probably

[heady turtle]

Wait

[modest stump]

ok

do you think my 850w psu is okay for a 4080

wish that question was ridiculous but im genuinely not sure

[hasty sphinx]

depends on what PSU you have.. There is also going to be new specced PSU's released to accomadate the new 40 series and beyond.

[modest stump]

i have a rm850

[fading glacier]

sounds fine

thats a tier A, it will work fine

corsair rm and rmx series are tier A psus

but if the 4080 ends as a 450w gpu then ill have my doubts, better to wait for the release specs

[lone pond]

Lol he can probably skip next 1 or 2 gen with a 2080super and still be fine

[quaint carbon]

Hey i want to know something : for now i have a gtx 1080 and i want to upgrade
I have 2 gpus i want to chose from :
1: XFX Speedster MERC319 Radeon RX 6900XT (939 euros)
2: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING 10g version (899 euros)
Witch gpu should i chose?
I have a 1440p 180hz monitor and a oculus quest 2 for vr gaming.
I want to play games and maybe, and maybe go intro 3d modeling.
or should i wait for the next generation of gpu?

[lone pond]

6900xt

[quaint carbon]

i never had a amd card , does it work good ?

i build my pc and when i upgrade my gpu i want to make it watercooled

[merry glacier]

Hey guys I need some help with my new build. First time using a discrete graphics card.

The consists of : Gigabyte B550 Aorus pro v2 AMD 6600xt R5 3600x The problem is that when I enlarge a video, like going to full screen on youtube everything is very fuzzy for a few seconds and it's bugging the crap out of me. I've watched some tutorials on how to set up the gpu but this problem persists. Any ideas?

[heady turtle]

We will have to see but probably

[heady turtle]

Depends what kind of perf they want also, waiting 5yrs for a gpu upgrade is pretty long for most

[lone pond]

People with their 980ti are still surviving

Money is hard to earn

[fading glacier]

yeah but the decision will fall on the user itself, a 2080s could work fine for 10 years if you plan to play something like doom for the next 10 years, if he have the "itch" for aaa modern games (like in 4 years) then he will have the urge to upgrade in 4 years, but i digress

speaking of course max settings xD, on low/med setting that 2080s could withstand 10 years without major issues (i guess)

[normal hawk]

What would be the recommended upgrade for a 5700 XT @ 1440p gaming.

[heady turtle]

budget?

[modest stump]

ill definitly be upgrading sometime in the 4000 series life cycle

[heady turtle]

Yeah i would probably wait actually

[fading glacier]

man im literally enraged by the last jayz video... like wth man

"i have inside info about a delay on 40 series a whole year... buy now!" lawl

[heady turtle]

Jayz 2 cents is basically your average joe

[heady turtle]

Not gonna happen

[fading glacier]

it was fun to watch, but now its like he is working for nvidia to help them dump the excess cards

yeah, not going to happen, that's just misinformation to spread doubt and trigger the buy now thing on the viewers, helping nvidia on the process

[normal hawk]

I'm more of wondering at what point is an upgrade worth it 3060 is basically a 2070 super so thats not really worth it. 3060 ti is getting better. but still a 3070 is probably what they'd want to aim for ya? 6700 XT for lower budget wouldn't be bad would it?

[rustic valley]

6700 xt is good indeed but dlss and the rtx performance is better for Nvidia cards mostly I prefer Nvidia I curently have a 3060 ti

[heady turtle]

Imo 3080 but like I'd just wait at thos stage personally

[heady turtle]

Fsr 2.0 is just as good

[hasty sphinx]

it is?

why you gotta say that?

[rustic valley]

Indeed it is in this case the 6700 xt is a better choice if the price is lower

[hasty sphinx]

makin my think about that sapphire again...

[fading glacier]

benchmarks already proved that

fsr is almost at dlss level

thats why 6900xt is the better value

nvidia only selling point now is rt and a better codec

[hasty sphinx]

the codec is for.. streaming right?

[livid idol]

Ray tracing is garbage anyway

[rustic valley]

True I expected more

[livid idol]

That's what most people use it for

[fading glacier]

and rt is already a gimmick... so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hasty sphinx]

that's it. I'm getting the 6950 that I want.

[fading glacier]

yeah the nvec codec

[rustic valley]

6950 is indd a good deal if the price is close to msrp

[hasty sphinx]

yeah the one I want is at msrp

[rustic valley]

Than u should get that

[ivory herald]

If I wanted to try ray tracing I'd just startup Half Life 2 Lost Coast again. edit: no, that was mainly abour HDR. Nevermind.

[fading glacier]

thing is amd and nvidia are almost tied by now, at this point you should choose the cheapest one

[hasty sphinx]

yeah, at this point I'm looking at aestetics too

[fading glacier]

the real battle will be 7000/40 series

[rustic valley]

Yeap

[hasty sphinx]

Pato isn't here to make me see reason >:)

[livid idol]

The differences between 40 and 7k will be very interesting to see, with Nvidia going all in with a massive power hungry die and AMD going for a new MCM using less power

[rustic valley]

Good point

[fading glacier]

unless nvidia crush amd with raytracing above 200fps, amd will win by power consumption alone

[hasty sphinx]

if I get the 6950, one of 2 things... 1. I will wait until 8000/50 series, or 2. I will upgrade this next gen and just build my girlfriend a beast pc.

[livid idol]

Cost per frame and power draw per frame will be very interesting metrics

[rustic valley]

True I am wondering where all that power will be going too

[fading glacier]

you cant just justify 800w power hungry gpus with s**t raytracing

[livid idol]

Let me be clear, ray tracing alone has a lot of potential but almost every game implementing it has done so poorly

[fading glacier]

maybe i was a bit harsh... what i meant was 800w but turning on rt and cutting in half my fps will be a no no for so much power draw

better to have a 300-400w amd card with the same raster performance

[livid idol]

That comes down to two factors, hardware and software. They could have epic hardware but if the software doesn't use it right...

[fading glacier]

oh, now i get it.. yes you are right on that part

much like not many games have dlss implemented yet

[ivory herald]

Look at sli. RT is just like it, too dependent on software

[livid idol]

Great example, glad that's going away lol

[rustic valley]

That died real quick tho

[livid idol]

There's still new games once in a while that support sli/cfx

[rustic valley]

Never knew that

[livid idol]

Here's a laugh for you:
GTAV supports it

[normal hawk]

We had a Pc with crossfire 290x's

At the QA office

[livid idol]

Probably does more harm than good in that game

[heady turtle]

Ye

[normal hawk]

Don't think it's still there, haven't been to the office in a while

Overwatch supports crossfire. With 2 580 8gbs you will see some performance increase, but it's not worth the price.

[heady turtle]

Except in the bad version of Minecraft ☺️

[fading glacier]

shame on you pato

[ivory herald]

Sli is pretty old. Also peep these 2 pics showing the good old days. -- sli bridge itself only because pcie slot at the time didn't give enough badwidth.

[normal hawk]

Control and Minecraft have the best raytracing.

Forza 5 is pretty good too.

[hasty sphinx]

wow those cards are right up against each other.

don't they overheat?

[fading glacier]

back to those days cards werent that power hungry

[normal hawk]

Unlike other racing games since Forza let's you enjoy the view

[ivory herald]

those blower designs were made for that setup, and sub-250w each.

[fading glacier]

one blow to the other and so on

and dont think about it... just... dont

[livid idol]

Those were the days of plastic side panels with massive fans to blow over the GPUs also

[hasty sphinx]

oh ok

[ivory herald]

Sli at the driver lvl could be so good, but oh well. Nvidia could easily design a modern "gtx 690", but of course now the xx90 name is already used.

[hasty sphinx]

Why does the Strix have to be so ugly compared to the sapphire

[fading glacier]

maybe its ugly to you, but beauty for others 😛

but have to agree on the saphire beauty as well, its a gorgeous looking card, but the strix style is not that bad

[hasty sphinx]

I mean, I'm really contemplating spending $300 extra for the sapphire pure

just for the looks

[fading glacier]

from the purely cosmetic perspective i could agree, if its in your budget then go for it

it will stare at you everyday you sit on your desk

[hasty sphinx]

and I think I will love it.

[fading glacier]

still the yeston 3080 was miles ahead of the saphire... because UwU

cant beat the uwu

[hasty sphinx]

I do like the uwu

So....

I ordered it. I also paid for it to be here in 3 days.

So we will see if that happens

[heady turtle]

https://tenor.com/view/robert-downey-jr-tony-stark-iron-man-avengers-the-avengers-gif-5740839

[hasty sphinx]

I know

I'm just gonna wait until 50 series.

or upgrade.

either way it's oh well

Spending money is what makes me happy ok!

[heady turtle]

Lol

So you bought the weeb card?

[fading glacier]

nah he bought the sapphire

disappointment indeed, the weeb gods are angry

[hasty sphinx]

I fell in love at first sight. I couldn't resist. I will be very happy with my purchase.

https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-11317-04-20g/p/N82E16814202418

I just need new fans though.

[sonic mural]

Spendy spendy for that but it's a nice card yeah

[heady turtle]

Ohh you got the nitro plus

[hasty sphinx]

yeah

even with that.. the PC has only cost me $3.7k

[fading glacier]

well, at least it was "only"

what a relief

😛

[hasty sphinx]

idk, coulda been 5k I suppose, but I thought 4k was a good budget

[fading glacier]

and here i am trying to fit intoa 2k budget

hahaha

[hasty sphinx]

it would be a lot more, but I got most my parts while they were on whatI call "super sale"

well maybe not A LOT more, but at least a few hundred was saved

[sonic mural]

And then imma probs sell my PC soon because it wouldn't make sense to keep

[hasty sphinx]

hm?

I will never sell this thing. This is my pride and joy

[sonic mural]

Never ever?

[hasty sphinx]

most likely not

[sonic mural]

What about in 10 years?

[hasty sphinx]

this is my first build and I'm pretty sentimental about things like that

[sonic mural]

Hm

[hasty sphinx]

I'm sure I won't sell this lol

I literally ogle it every day.

at least an hour of my day is ogling my pc lol

and I've had it for 4 or 5 months now

I worked reallly hard to get this put together. and that includes a lot of internet time on a phone to find the right stuff

Also..

I'm not Kenzie

[sonic mural]

💀

Had to take that shot

[hasty sphinx]

of course 😄

[grizzled nimbus]

the w gpu

[fading glacier]

have to give credit to reo, im down the same path, once i put together my raptor pc i will ogle it at least 1 hour a day... so much effort put into my savings for that day :#

just 3 more months hopefully

[lone pond]

seems like some 90s stuff

[grizzled nimbus]

wut does

[lone pond]

w gpu

[grizzled nimbus]

that is far from the 90s 💀

thats 2012 bro

[fading glacier]

90's gpus were ISA right? not even agp if my memory serves me well

hell cant remember any 90's gpu

[grizzled nimbus]

think so

at least early 90s

[ivory herald]

Yes, checkout this neat thing called wikipedia. (Sometimes it's wrong, but still)

[fading glacier]

ok, ISA then, damn those were the times 😄

good times

man i even miss those eproms with the tiny window

[cerulean rover]

This is nicer :p
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/

[fading glacier]

is this some kind of dark sorcery?

[cerulean rover]

It's the dark side

It has more information

[cerulean rover]

It's like
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/WikiChip

[fading glacier]

going to check that one 😮

[ivory herald]

Technically it didn't since on that page no mention of wheb agp came about. 🤣 that wikichip site is neat.

[cerulean rover]

Wikipedia doesn't give you a nice sortable list of GPUs

And don't have a lot of the info like specific dies boards cores frequency and such

[ivory herald]

W/e

[toxic sparrow]

Which 3090 gpu is the best

[cerulean rover]

Actually best? Kinpin or hof

Or kudan

[toxic sparrow]

How much are those running

[cerulean rover]

Way too much

[lone pond]

2k for a kingpin 3090ti

[vital oriole]

Kudan is limited production

And is mostly asia exclusive

[wheat crag]

i think my card isnt meant for 1080p lmao

imma get a 4k or 1440p monitor one day

[rustic pulsar]

what card?

[wheat crag]

A 3090

[livid idol]

You can always use DSR to upscale and still output 1080p, then you'll use the GPU a bit more.

And it'll look smoother too

[ivory herald]

Nice UV there, 925mV

[random zinc]

im on a 5700g and rx 6650xt and its not available for me?????????

[livid idol]

Chipset drivers installed?
Resizeable bar enabled in bios?

[wheat crag]

The temps makes me wanna run a useless oc that consumes like 80 more watts lol

For the exact same fps

[rotund sparrow]

PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT or MSI RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio better?

[wheat crag]

6800 xt

i think the saphire is currently a better deal tho

[rotund sparrow]

ahh gotcha, would you happen to have a link for the sapphire?

also anyone have a list of the watts that gpu's take?

[wheat crag]

should say the tdp on the card info

google is a really good tool

https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-6800-xt-11304-03-20g/p/N82E16814202405?

copied the link wrong

[heady turtle]

This one's best deal atm
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/R4tKHx/powercolor-radeon-rx-6800-xt-16-gb-red-dragon-oc-video-card-axrx-6800xt-16gbd6-3dhroc

[rotund sparrow]

Alright ty all!

[wheat crag]

@rotund sparrow yo theres a red devil card for that price

insane

makes me wanna sell my card to get one

[rotund sparrow]

yeah that's true haha

[velvet grail]

@mighty island sorry if I took forever to give you results for my 2080, share your 5700xt results

Got this result with slight OC and UV

Gpu never go over 64C while benchmarking

77C hotspot max.

[mighty island]

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/25998233

[mighty island]

close

[velvet grail]

Like...how? How did you get such a high score?
Is it because of the high clock?
I saw that the score should be ~9500
Also nice temps for such a high clock speed

Maybe it beats the 2080 here in timespy but I've saw benchmarks where the 5700xt gets killed by the 2080 in game

[odd siren]

It's sips

Lol

[velvet grail]

Huh?

[odd siren]

Nvm

[velvet grail]

Sips = orange fungus

[fading glacier]

maybe he got a better silicon on his chip

he smoked your 2080 😛

also the benchmarks probably were made with stock settings

damn, orange have a very high frequency on that saphire

no wonder why he smoked your 2080

[lone pond]

the Asus 3080 tuf is basically at MSRP again, its at $799 and its msrp was $699

[fading glacier]

wait for the strix, top tier 3080 at the same price

its restocked every few days

[velvet grail]

I guess the freq gives him all those points

I have 2070MHz with undervolt, I don't think they're using undervolt since you'll probably not achieve such a high freq with less than 1000mV

However his temps are perfect

Just 65c

[lone pond]

strix white still at $1089 rn
if the strix white price drops down to that price, i will literally get fireworks and celebrate like a war just ended

[fading glacier]

im a simple man, i slot a card and play... benchmarking aint for me, nor for my silicon

[fading glacier]

the normal strix black 12gigs is at 799 as well, its restocked every few days, thats the one i was talking about... i would get that instead of the tuf one

1 grand for the white tax? no thx

i mean, why oc my card? ill save for a a better one instead 😛 at least thats my mentality 😛

but i respect those who enjoy doing that

[lone pond]

current strix black price at $974
strix is at sub 1k, the dark ages are fading away

[fading glacier]

yeah cause you are seeing third party sellers, the one at 799 at egg is out of stock, but every few days a new stock arrive

probably tomorrow or tuesday

[jaunty mango]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334505907302?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=LcP2n1ZZTxq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=QpOcI3HqRP2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I was looking at an rtx 3060 is this a good deal/listing?

[wheat crag]

2080 and 5700 xt r basically the same card

Both equal a 2070 super

[keen nacelle]

No...

[keen nacelle]

If sellers legit, sure

[wheat crag]

They are

A 2070 super was suppose to match a 2080

[keen nacelle]

2080 is not equal to a 2070 super

Idk where you got that from

2080 has more bandwidth, cores, it's all around just better

[wheat crag]

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/7835346

Basically the same card

A 2080 is prob 1-2% faster

This 2080 was stock

[fading glacier]

wait

a 2080 stock scored better than the oc version of fabio?

[velvet grail]

This is my result

[fading glacier]

you have work to do man, you need to improve that score xD

[wheat crag]

Ig

Saw it on Reddit

[velvet grail]

Maybe CPU helps the score, too. I have a 3600x

[fading glacier]

yeah most likely

[wheat crag]

Yea it’s an overall score

[fading glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/tried-at-least-you-tried-bart-the-simpsons-gif-13836199

[wheat crag]

That’s prob stopping u ig

Speaking of this makes me wanna oc my cpu for a higher timespy score lol

[heady turtle]

Comparing overall score in timespy when talking about just gpus tho doesn't really make sense

[wheat crag]

@heady turtle do u know if time spy prefers treads!

[wheat crag]

Looking at graphics scores he did out perform the stock 2080

[velvet grail]

Btw 2070s ≈ 2080
https://youtu.be/kMtON6qocug

[heady turtle]

It does

[velvet grail]

@wheat crag show Ur gpu-z specs

[wheat crag]

?

[wheat crag]

Oh

I’m on my phone rn

U can just google 3090 fe gpuz

[sonic mural]

*AliExpress 3090 Fe gpuz

xD

[lone pond]

i was seeing the 10gb price, 12gb price i see at $799

[sonic mural]

Unreadable moment

[wheat crag]

Fresh off the web

[velvet grail]

Ah sorry, I thought this was one of your systems... (2070s) btw this result is 69% better than other 2070super's
My score is about average, slightly above average

[velvet grail]

Btw is everything ok with my 2080?

[wheat crag]

Well I only own 1 card lol

[wheat crag]

Yea

Seems to be performing like it should

[velvet grail]

Because I don't get 2080 results if I Google gpuZ 2080 specs

8x PCIe 3.0

[wheat crag]

There’s really no difference between pcie 3 n 4

[velvet grail]

No, it's 8x instead of 16x you should use

Not 3.0 or 4.0

Btw 2080 runs on 3.0

Btw everything it's ok with my 2080
Fortunately

It was a good deal
380 used 2080

[fading glacier]

easily 6 years

next upgrade, 60 series

👍

more price cuts on videocardz xD way to go

80tis reaching 900usd

couple more weeks and the 3090 will be below 1k... i can smell it

[livid idol]

It's not getting much lower than it is now. Nvidia's next play isn't lowering prices further, it's waiting until the warehouses are sufficiently empty before launching 40 series.

[fading glacier]

a man can dream

if the 90 end at 900, ill insta buy

[livid idol]

Latest leaks point at January for the 4090 only and up to a year from now for the rest

[fading glacier]

i dont think nvdia will miss the holydays, and let amd and intel run rampant

[livid idol]

AMD is still on track for October

[fading glacier]

i mean, they will miss the most important sale window of the year

while intel is preparing to storm the low-mid range market

with the arc gpus

[livid idol]

They don't have much choice but to delay, since there's no warehouse space for new gen GPUs and they can't sell what they can't stock.

[fading glacier]

then i have the small hope to see 3090s below 1k soon, or to get a 7000 series below 1k that outclass the 3090... who knows

sad to see 40 series being delayed that much

btw in case that scenario unfolds... do you think an 850w could support the 3090+12700f on 1440p

[fading glacier]

hmm reading a lot on reddit... 850 will trip with a transient from that beast... ill stick to 3080 xD

[velvet grail]

I guess my CPU will need to be changed before my GPU considering its just 6cores, games may star to become even more demanding

[livid idol]

I trip protections occasionally with a 3080 ti FE at stock and a 5800X on my RM850x so I imagine a 3090 would be worse.

[fading glacier]

auch

ill stick to 3080 at 1440p for my 850w psu

now i feel bad for cheaping out on the psu and not getting a 1k psu

spikes hit the same regardless of the resolution or lower resolutions end on lower spikes?

[velvet grail]

Power spikes? Lower res could help you get lower spikes because you're stressing the GPU less but don't expect enormous differences

[livid idol]

It depends more on the games played. If they're heavily hitting both the GPU and CPU it's more likely to trigger.

Frame rate limiting and lowering detail can help too

[sonic mural]

Yup ^ hence the reason Nvidia slashed 3080 12gb production, because people weren't buying the 10gb and ti as much

[wheat crag]

I don’t think I ever tripped my psu with a 3090 fe and a 10700k

I haven’t turn anything crazy tho like running prime 95 and furmark at the same time

My cou would consume like 320w and gpu 400w

I use a 850w rog psu

[livid idol]

See, running stress tests like that won't trip it usually. It's transient loads when gaming usually.

And again it depends on the games you play

I seriously doubt you're using the full 300W on CPU while gaming

[wheat crag]

Yea

It does in prime95

But it’s been a while since I’ve used that thing

[livid idol]

Sure but that's a worst case scenario, unrealistic load

[wheat crag]

It’s around 100w gaming

[livid idol]

That sounds about right

[fading glacier]

so lets say something like doom eternal, zero dawn and warzone, all of them 1440p... could 12700+3090 withstand with the 850g6?

[livid idol]

Warzone is iffy, that hits the CPU pretty good and at higher detail the GPU will be working a lot too

[fading glacier]

according to psu calculators, 750 is the minimum, but those calclulators dont account for 1ms spikes

hmmm

worse of all, the psu is already flying