Nvidia's 3000 Series RTX GPU [3090s with different memory capacity]

[Man from Atlantis]

1000 CAD for 1 of these custom cards -- ahh decisions decisions. More memory isn't really going to solve things right?certainly will increase the price further I suspect.

Are people waiting for the super?

If Big Navi is at 3080 level while having 16GB VRAM, IMO it's good chance that nvidia will release 3080 20GB version or 16GB 3070Ti/Super.

 

[A1xLLcqAgt0qc2RyMz0y]

I really liked the ASUS TUF, I was expecting it to be lackluster like previous TUF products but it seems to be even better than MSI Trio X. And it's selling at MSRP prices. Who needs the Strix if TUF is that good.

Review mistake on price. Note that the price of the card reviewed is $50 over MSRP ($749.99) for the reviewed card and not the $699.99 price stated in the review.

It's not MSRP. It's $749.99 USD, the TUF non OC is MSRP.

THIS IS THE TUF GAMING OC AND IS NOT PRICED @ MSRP (that's the standard TUF Gaming card)

Reviewed Card $749.99: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 TUF-RTX3080-O10G-GAMING 10GB 320-Bit GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 x16 Video Card
https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce...814126452?Item=N82E16814126452&quicklink=true

Card at $699.99
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 DirectX 12 TUF-RTX3080-10G-GAMING 10GB 320-Bit GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 HDCP Ready Video Card
https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce...814126453?Item=N82E16814126453&quicklink=true

 

[Scott_Arm]

How many 3080 owners care about 1080p, and those that do, you're already in the hundreds of fps anyway so 10% is largely irrelevant?

Lots. Pretty much anyone into esports or competitive gaming on pc.

there’s a reason 1080p 360Hz screens are coming out.

 

[Jawed]

Well, I can thoroughly eat my words on the efficacy of the FE cooler. That TUF in the Hardware Unboxed review is very impressive. It even gives me warm fuzzies about ASUS - it's been well over 5 years since I had any of those.

 

[Davros]

Lots. Pretty much anyone into esports or competitive gaming on pc.

And people with 1080p monitors

 

[Scott_Arm]

And people with 1080p monitors

Yep. I'm one of those people. I have a 1080p144 screen I'm not ready to replace. It's not a good fit for the 3080. I'll either get a 1080p360 or a 1440p240 down the line. Not sure which.

 

[manux]

This morning we saw unprecedented demand for the GeForce RTX 3080 at global retailers, including the NVIDIA online store. At 6 a.m. pacific we attempted to push the NVIDIA store live. Despite preparation, the NVIDIA store was inundated with traffic and encountered an error. We were able to resolve the issues and sales began registering normally.

To stop bots and scalpers on the NVIDIA store, we’re doing everything humanly possible, including manually reviewing orders, to get these cards in the hands of legitimate customers.

Over 50 major global retailers had inventory at 6 a.m. pacific. Our NVIDIA team and partners are shipping more RTX 3080 cards every day to retailers.
We apologize to our customers for this morning's experience.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc.../5/398186/rtx-3080-nvidia-store-availability/

 

[Scott_Arm]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc.../5/398186/rtx-3080-nvidia-store-availability/

The way the release was handled is pure dumb. They probably should start doing pre-orders with bot mitigation.

 

[manux]

The way the release was handled is pure dumb. They probably should start doing pre-orders with bot mitigation.

That sounds like a great idea, but how would we enforce that on bestbuy, amazon and a ton of the smaller stores? They could do that for their own store though.

 

[BRiT]

The way the release was handled is pure dumb. They probably should start doing pre-orders with bot mitigation.

It could have been far worse...

 

[eastmen]

did any even go up on amazon ? i couldn't find any

 

[manux]

did any even go up on amazon ? i couldn't find any

I don't know. I only tried newegg and bestbuy. Both failed me.

 

[Scott_Arm]

did any even go up on amazon ? i couldn't find any

I saw two go up, sell out immediately and then get de-listed.

 

[Scott_Arm]

That sounds like a great idea, but how would we enforce that on bestbuy, amazon and a ton of the smaller stores? They could do that for their own store though.

I think they should use something like one of those re-captcha verification check boxes as you place your order.

The whole thing was pretty bad. The nvidia site went from "notify me" to "sold out" almost instantly. Most people never even saw an option to place an order. Same basically happened for newegg, bestbuy. Quantities were so low they just went straight to out of stock from "coming soon."

For the people who waited and line and didn't get one, I honestly think it's just dumb to wait in line, especially if you don't know if the item will even be available. Stores should basically discourage that behaviour and tell people that if they wait in line overnight they won't be served the next day. Or just start processing reservations the day before during business hours.

 

[Davros]

If you think thats bad I pre-ordered a hotas and the due date got changed 5 times and on each occasion they only told me the date had changed on the day I was expecting delivery
I was originally told I would get it on the 28th April just checked the website and it says due 7th Oct

 

[Deleted member 2197]

Review mistake on price. Note that the price of the card reviewed is $50 over MSRP ($749.99) for the reviewed card and not the $699.99 price stated in the review.

Even the non OC Asus TUF base version performs very well in reviews. Low temps, quiet and performance above the Founders Edition at the same MSRP ($699.99).

 

[A1xLLcqAgt0qc2RyMz0y]

Even the non OC Asus TUF base version performs very well in reviews. Low temps, quiet and performance above the Founders Edition at the same MSRP ($699.99).

The problem I see with the Hardware Unboxed review is that they tested in an open frame system. I would like to see apples to apples temperature testing of the third party 3080's and Nvidia's 3080 Founders Edition in a closed case.

 

[Deleted member 2197]

The problem I see with the Hardware Unboxed review is that they tested in an open frame system. I would like to see apples to apples temperature testing of the third party 3080's and Nvidia's 3080 Founders Edition in a closed case.

The non-OC Asus TUF review I linked above did their tests in a closed case with extremely good results.

The cards were placed in a housing that received three 120 mm fans. This configuration provides a measurement environment similar to the conditions under which the hardware runs on typical computers. Moreover, overclocking the GPU and VRAM does not cause a noticeable increase in temperature, only the fans have slightly accelerated.

 

[manux]

That's a ton of traffic. Who knew expensive gpu's are this popular. And they claim orders were made by human, bot protection was on

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306692141385527299

 

[Malo]

I assume Anandtech are releasing a review eventually with a deep dive?