Darkmaigle

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Oct 25, 2017
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My 980 has served me so well for so long, i think its time to finally make the leap. Anyone got recommendations on monitors to pair up with this bad boy?
 

ragingbegal

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Oct 27, 2017
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I'm still rocking an i5 6600K overclocked to 4.5 ghz. If I wanted to upgrade from a GTX 1060 to a RTX 3080 this fall with the understanding that I would update my processor and motherboard in late 2021 when Intel 10 nm chips are out, would that still make sense for the next year?

I'm playing on a 21:9 monitor for now and my setup is starting to feel long in the tooth. Most new stuff I have to play at medium or low.
 

zyxwvu4321

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Oct 25, 2017
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Wish I could have sold my 2080 a couple of weeks ago, but I promised it to my girlfriend if/when I upgraded.
 

Keywork

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Oct 25, 2017
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Ugh so I am debating on whether to crack open my EVGA 2060 I just got, use it, and wait for the 3080 (laughable chance at that) or the 3070 to show up on Step-Up Program, or if I should just return it and wait to fight with others and bots on release day. The card isn't even here yet, so I'm right at the start of the 90 days. Any recommendations?
 

Dan L

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Oct 28, 2017
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Noob question. The rtx 3080 can do ffxv 4k 60fps max settings (or Witcher 3/Crysis 3)?
Witcher 3 for sure I can on my 2080ti.
FFXV I get around the 50s with max settings at 4k on my 2080ti - DLSS get's me a locked 60 but DLSS in that game is 1.0 and a pretty bad implementation. I think with a 3080 you'll have no problem hitting 4k60 though the engine can have stutters so it may not be perfectly smooth.

3080 will be ~40-70% better performance than a 2080ti I expect.
 

nullref

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Oct 27, 2017
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But how much is lost compared to using 4.0?

People can correct me if I'm wrong as I'm far from an expert, but I wouldn't expect some general across-the-board performance advantage from using PCIe 4.0. It's up to individual games to take advantage of that extra bandwidth, and I don't think current games are bandwidth-constrained on PCIe 3.0 as-is. (This could change as games start to be designed for the new console architectures.)
 

Chimpzy

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Dec 5, 2018
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That 3080 is mighty attractive, but current build won't be able to take full advantage. Hmmm, me thinks I' going to have to build a new PC. Sometime next year perhaps.
 

Slackbladder

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Nov 24, 2017
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Kent
Ahh...so the 3080 out performs the 2080ti? Like to see some side by side comparisons but yeah, new card time (well later next year).
 

JigglesBunny

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Oct 27, 2017
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As someone with an RTX 2080, that 3080 sounds mighty tempting. Not going to bite though, not with two big console purchases coming up.
 

Kane1345

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Oct 27, 2017
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Can anyone tell me if my R5 3600 will bottleneck a RTX 3080 badly?
 

Nif

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Oct 25, 2017
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I've never bought a GPU at launch before. Is Nvidia going to link to an amazon product page or something on Sept 17?
 

Raiden

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Nov 6, 2017
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I bought a 2080S last year and man the jump is pretty huge? I'm going for that 3090 goodness. Man I bought a LG CX 65 Oled, that screen is screaming for this gpu!
 

H.Cornerstone

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Oct 27, 2017
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People can correct me if I'm wrong as I'm far from an expert, but I wouldn't expect some general across-the-board performance advantage from using PCIe 4.0. It's up to individual games to take advantage of that extra bandwidth, and I don't think current games are bandwidth-constrained on PCIe 3.0 as-is. (This could change as games start to be designed for the new console architectures.)
I was talking to my buddy, and he was saying PCI x8 was starting to be a bottleneck on the 2080ti, but PCI 3x16 should be more than enough.
 

Darktalon

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Oct 27, 2017
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Can I just say, how fucking amazing it is that the Founder's Edition is at MSRP? They are actually selling us a 3080 FE at $700. I still can't believe how great this is.
 

Rainer516

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Oct 29, 2017
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The question now is if my Lenovo C370 chasis will be able to house the 3090. I currently have a 2080 in there and would love to simply swap the cards if possible.

Does anyone have any insight into the chassis constraints? Or will anything that can fit a 2080 also find success with a 3090?
 

IgnotumCL

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Oct 29, 2017
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Reiterating: we have a ton of extended information our GeForce.com. Many of the questions on these pages will be answered by them.


You can also check out the new GPU product pages for even more info the GeForce RTX 30 Series:



If you have a question that isn't answered by the articles above, we have a panel of NVIDIA's top minds on hand to answer questions asked in a Q&A.

This must be in front page
 

Shadow2222

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
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Okay, so I was freaking out lol, but it seems that my PCI 3.0 x16 slot will still be enough for a 3080 without a crazy amount of bottlenecking?
 

uzipukki

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Oct 25, 2017
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If it's 1499€ in Finland i'll definitely go with the 3090.