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Ranayna:
One thing that speaks for the Founders Edition: They now also shut down the fans when the card is idle. Before now, that was a thing that only third party designs did.
On the other hand, similar to you, I bought a ASUS 970 back in the day, with the hopes that it would be silent. Yes, it was silent while idle, since the fans were off, but under load that thing was terribly loud.
If I get a 3080, I will reduce the power target a bit. It will still be a beast, about double as fast as my current card, but then with a comparable power requirement under load, and maybe then even a bit more silent.
And the idle power with a dual monitor system has been significantly reduced as well, which I see as a big plus.

Though, since I want to wait for the new AMD Processors anyway, maybe a 3070 will be a better match, we will see...

paulca:
I hope the water cooling AIO brackets from NZXT fit it.  A 240mm radiator with 2 fans under tight control is what I currently have cooling a 1070Ti and the PC is nearly completely silent for desktop use.  Sounds like a rack server on full tilt though, but I get <60*C GPU temp and full boost clock from that.  The 3070 is probably where I'm aiming, a double generation jump and hopefully by the time the 3070 is released things will have calmed down a bit.

Doing a double gen jump on the CPU might be nice, but would need to wait on all the rush and high release pricing before they are viable.

tszaboo:

--- Quote from: paulca on September 06, 2020, 09:19:10 am ---So any gamers out there - here's a napkin, wipe up your drool - will know the 3000 series is launched and set to go on sale September 17th.

There are many sources out there with full specs, but it can be summed up that the entry level base card 3070 will out perform the latest flagship 2080Ti and costs £450.  The 3090 is double the performance of the 2080Ti.  There will be a LOT of very, very sad 2080Ti purchasers and a LOT of S/H GPU traders screaming in pain in a few weeks.

My present PC is only nearly 3 years old, but I have that itch again.  But then it starts...

The new GPU actually makes good use of the PCI-e V4 bus, so I need a new Motherboard.  The new Motherboard will support the latest 3rd gen Ryzen 3800X, so I need a new CPU.  The new CPU will support faster RAM and I'll need more anyway for DCS World and FS2020.. so I need new RAM 32Gb.

When I tried to make a "hand me down" deal with my brother, his case won't handle my stuff, now will his PSU and I was hoping to keep my cooling systems.  However it looking like for that deal go to through I'll end up handing down the case and PSU and maybe the cooling systems too.

So that's a whole new PC, except for drives and I'm sorely tempted to go for a 1Tb MVeM2 drive anyway.

I'm off to go window shopping, wish me luck.

That said, what is unfortunately likely to happen is... 3080 goes on sale at £650 and immediately sells out.  All the websites put their price up to £950 and they all sell out, then it will settle at £1400 for months before falling again.

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Yes, the first FE tests arrived, and it is a beast. I have a GTX 1080, the 3080 is twice the speed. But you pretty much need a new PC. Intel 109895X (or whatever it is called) is 10% faster, according to techpowerup, but it is such an ancient technology. I really dont feel like investing into 14nm++++. So I probably just wait till zen3 comes out.
But then I need a brand new PC, and I probably want a VR headset. Steam Index. And then we are talking about spending about 3000 EUR on a computer, the only thing staying is the monitor. It might be the same for others, now you can game in 4K, but then you need a high refrsh rate 4K monitor. It starts at 800 EUR. And the card is 800 EUR.
In any case, this is going to be an expensive few month.


--- Quote from: paulca on September 17, 2020, 08:27:03 am ---Doing a double gen jump on the CPU might be nice, but would need to wait on all the rush and high release pricing before they are viable.

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Oh, imagine,  I would be switching from a 4th gen intel i5 4570.

paulca:
Don't benchmark it... take it apart!
https://youtu.be/OX9Eh_NaC5c

That's some dense PCB shit.  So many unpopulated solder blobs.

Sal Ammoniac:

--- Quote from: paulca on September 06, 2020, 09:19:10 am ---So any gamers out there - here's a napkin, wipe up your drool - will know the 3000 series is launched and set to go on sale September 17th.
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You should hold out for the 3090.

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