Nvidia RTX 3050, 3060 (Ti), 3070 (Ti), 3080 (Ti) & 3090 (Ti) HAVE ARRIVED (INFO AND BENCHMARKS)

[RuneSR2]

It seems like we'll get:

The new Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3000 series cards will reportedly offer more VRAM on all cards, so we could see: 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 12GB 
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 12GB 
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti - 16GB.

Maybe reduced power consumption due to 7nm. And maybe the best - if it's true:

NVIDIA is reportedly set to offer its next-gen GeForce RTX 3000 serieds at cheaper prices than the current-gen GeForce RTX 2000 series, which would be interesting. NVIDIA faced considerable backlash with the pricing on its GeForce RTX 2000 series, even though they still sold like hotcakes a price reduction is always welcome.

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/68455/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-more-vram-way-faster-cheaper/index.h...

Expected - maybe - in the first half of 2020:

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-next-generation-ampere-7nm-graphics-cards-landing-1h-2020/ 

Some shots of RTX 3090s:

[PhoenixSpyder]

Yup, saw this also on wccftech Oct 29. 7nm is what I've been waiting for to upgrade my 1080ti. It has been a very faithful card and will still be even after the upgrade. Looking forward to 2nd gen Nvidia tech...

[Anonymous]

Oh bugger. Just when I was planning to pay around a grand off my credit card debt.

Oh well, it's only money 😄

[RuneSR2]

PhoenixSpyder said:

Yup, saw this also on wccftech Oct 29. 7nm is what I've been waiting for to upgrade my 1080ti. It has been a very faithful card and will still be even after the upgrade. Looking forward to 2nd gen Nvidia tech...

Agreed, my oc'ed GTX 1080 is still working great - even Asgard's Wrath is fully playable using epic + ss 1.8 on CV1 (ASW2.0 is my friend). Still GTX 3080 Ti is my biggest hope for a card that'll be 100% faster than GTX 1080 - and hopefully won't consume a lot more power. GTX 1080 was rated at only 180w, 2080 Ti is easily 250-270w. I'm not fond of video cards using 250+ w of power and requiring extra cooling.

Or maybe I should give up my project of building the smallest high-performing rig and go back to the full-size cases, lol.

[TomCgcmfc]

RuneSR2 said:

PhoenixSpyder said:

Yup, saw this also on wccftech Oct 29. 7nm is what I've been waiting for to upgrade my 1080ti. It has been a very faithful card and will still be even after the upgrade. Looking forward to 2nd gen Nvidia tech...

Agreed, my oc'ed GTX 1080 is still working great - even Asgard's Wrath is fully playable using epic + ss 1.8 on CV1 (ASW2.0 is my friend). Still GTX 3080 Ti is my biggest hope for a card that'll be 100% faster than GTX 1080 - and hopefully won't consume a lot more power. GTX 1080 was rated at only 180w, 2080 Ti is easily 250-270w. I'm not fond of video cards using 250+ w of power and requiring extra cooling.

Or maybe I should give up my project of building the smallest high-performing rig and go back to the full-size cases, lol.

Ya, just make sure you have a good enough PC power supply.  Probably at least 750W, preferably 1000w.  Plus water cooled everything of course, lol!

[RuneSR2]

TomCgcmfc said:

RuneSR2 said:

PhoenixSpyder said:

Yup, saw this also on wccftech Oct 29. 7nm is what I've been waiting for to upgrade my 1080ti. It has been a very faithful card and will still be even after the upgrade. Looking forward to 2nd gen Nvidia tech...

Agreed, my oc'ed GTX 1080 is still working great - even Asgard's Wrath is fully playable using epic + ss 1.8 on CV1 (ASW2.0 is my friend). Still GTX 3080 Ti is my biggest hope for a card that'll be 100% faster than GTX 1080 - and hopefully won't consume a lot more power. GTX 1080 was rated at only 180w, 2080 Ti is easily 250-270w. I'm not fond of video cards using 250+ w of power and requiring extra cooling.

Or maybe I should give up my project of building the smallest high-performing rig and go back to the full-size cases, lol.

Ya, just make sure you have a good enough PC power supply.  Probably at least 750W, preferably 1000w.  Plus water cooled everything of course, lol!

My 550W high-performance Corsair psu is enough for everyone, lol - but my i7 7700K doesn't use more than 100w, and my oc'ed MSI 1080 with the larger cooler has been measured to 250w, so I might be able to use another 250w video card. I greatly dislike having to mess with all the cables, because it's a great hassle when using a mini-ITX case and mainboard. Would be awesome to get a 3080 Ti in my good ol' Fractal Design Core 500, lol:

https://youtu.be/Z9B0TJJBJ2s

My GTX 1080 is extremely cool, as it draws in air directly from the outside and pushes the air out in the back - such an airflow is more complicated to achieve if the video card is placed in the center of a large case. Fun thing - I had the rig built at a local shop to support them, and they had to order and test 3 different mini-itx compatible cases before they found one able to support the MSI 1080 Gaming X. Not sure I dare to ask them to find another mini-ITX case if 3080 Ti doesn't fit my current case... 😉  

[DaftnDirect]

A while ago I tried to find out what the spec for ATX PSUs are regarding power output and I'm sure spec 2.2 called for overcurrent protection to kick in if the load on an individual rail exceed 240W. So either PSU manufacturers been building their units to exceed this spec to allow for modern graphics cards or we're reducing the life of our PSUs with some of these beasts plugged in. I wonder whether some of the early instabilities with the RTX cards were power supply related.

Well, anyway, I'm hoping these new cards are below that threshold not least because I think we should all be moving in that direction plus I'm way overdue for a GPU upgrade.

[RuneSR2]

DaftnDirect said:

A while ago I tried to find out what the spec for ATX PSUs are regarding power output and I'm sure spec 2.2 called for overcurrent protection to kick in if the load on an individual rail exceed 240W. So either PSU manufacturers been building their units to exceed this spec to allow for modern graphics cards or we're reducing the life of our PSUs with some of these beasts plugged in. I wonder whether some of the early instabilities with the RTX cards were power supply related.

Well, anyway, I'm hoping these new cards are below that threshold not least because I think we should all be moving in that direction plus I'm way overdue for a GPU upgrade.

My Sony 85" TV is rated at 233w - it does put the power consumption of modern high-end gpus into some perspective, lol.

[nalex66]

A lower price would be welcome—hopefully they get back down towards the 9xx series pricing. My 1080 was $200 more than my 980, and the 2080 was another $200 higher than the 1080 at release. The cheapest 2080 Super is currently sitting at $100 above what I paid for the 1080, but it’s still more than I’m willing to spend on a GPU upgrade. 

The 1080 is still serving me well, but by next year it would be nice to get onboard the RTX train. We’ll see what happens—right now there are no games on my radar that really demand an upgrade. 

[DaftnDirect]

nalex66 said:

A lower price would be welcome—hopefully they get back down towards the 9xx series pricing. My 1080 was $200 more than my 980, and the 2080 was another $200 higher than the 1080 at release. The cheapest 2080 Super is currently sitting at $100 above what I paid for the 1080, but it’s still more than I’m willing to spend on a GPU upgrade. 

The 1080 is still serving me well, but by next year it would be nice to get onboard the RTX train. We’ll see what happens—right now there are no games on my radar that really demand an upgrade. 

Yeah, I'll go for a 3080ti but I think it'll have to be in the £800 area or below otherwise it'll be more waiting for me.