Nvidia Ampere Discussion [2020-05-14]

[iroboto]

So two FP32 instructions per clock. What are the implications of that, in terms of being able to actually utilize it effectively?

scratch

 

[chris1515]

But why does he said 3080 is two times more powerful than 2080, this is 3 times more Tflops, very strange.

 

[Voxilla]

Very impressive, aside the power consumption.
From the die photo, it looks like 7 GPCs x 12 SMs = 84 SMs
No word on TMUs, but rumors are 8 per SM.

 

[Man from Atlantis]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3080/

 

[Jawed]

$1500 after two years for a 2080Ti replacement. Who's buying one?

 

[iroboto]

But why does he said 3080 is two times more powerful than 2080, this is 3 times more Tflops, very strange.

front end could be a limiter here.
Benchmarks using UE5 is ideal candidate imo.

 

[BRiT]

$1500 after two years for a 2080Ti replacement. Who's buying one?

Why only one?

 

[Deleted member 13524]

I'm quite puzzled that none of the cards come with virtual link by default. Any chance OEMs could launch cards with it? I don't want to dive into PC VR without it

AFAIK there were zero headsets coming out with VirtualLink since the standard was published 2 years ago. Several headsets were released in the meantime but none bothered with the new interface.

Maybe they figured the future is wireless so there's little reason to invest in a new wired solution.

 

[Voxilla]

$1500 after two years for a 2080Ti replacement. Who's buying one?

Tempting as a replacement for my Titan XP.
For my research 24 GB would be nice to have.

 

[Deleted member 13524]

Prices actually went down, the prices listed in the presentation were FE prices.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/

RTX 3080 FE $699
RTX 2080 FE was $799

RTX 3070 FE $499
RTX 2070 FE was $599

Is nvidia anticipating stronger competition this time?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Is nvidia anticipating stronger competition this time?

Hope so.

 

[SimBy]

Is nvidia anticipating stronger competition this time?

Here's the in-depth analysis: they seem to be pretty confident in 3090 and not so much in everything below that.

 

[Pressure]

I like that the 3080 is only $699

Yeah, “only”.

 

[Man from Atlantis]

 

[Scott_Arm]

$1500 after two years for a 2080Ti replacement. Who's buying one?

The 3080 is the 2080ti replacement. The 3090 is a Titan replacement.

 

[BRiT]

Any pics of the cards with RTX Off so we can read the chip markings?

 

[Pressure]

So the 8K gaming were really 4K with DLSS?

 

[BRiT]

*Ahem* Can we please keep baseless tweets out of the thread? There should be plenty of solid technical information to keep everyone busy discussing.

 

[DavidGraham]

 

[Digidi]

These specs are confusing. Are the die pictures accurate at nvidia homepage? Then we will see 7 gpc and rasterizer. not much for this sm count.