Nvidia GeForce Ampere graphics card countdown begins – 21 days

[Ttaskmaster]

So who are they gonna sell them to... no one has any money after Covid-19...

I have money.
Maybe not enough to buy a card like this, but a lot of people earn more than me and there are plenty of people who haven't been furloughed.

21 days to detox enough to to increase the value of a spare kidney to sell...

Selling organs to fund the purchases of tech?
How very... Cyberpunk of you.... which is rather pertinent, given the impending release!

Sprinkling some glitter into the card would be evil, as soon as the fans spun it'd get everywhere in your case

My builds are all watercooled. No fans.
Also, I air-dust my PC components, so any glitter will be thoroughly dispatched well before installation!

[ik9000]

Also, I air-dust my PC components, so any glitter will be thoroughly dispatched well before installation!

what if they rig the box huh?

[Ttaskmaster]

what if they rig the box huh?

1/. The glitter gets vacuumed up and everything gets a thorough air dusting.

2/. They get a package sent back, containing two weeks' worth of poop from three dogs... plus whatever other animal leavings I can find from out here in the countryside near several farms.... plus whatever we happen to drag out of the sewers that week. I'll also be rigging that parcel with something a bit more forceful than a motorised sprinkle-cup mechanism, to ensure maximum blast radius.

[[GSV]Trig]

I remember getting the retail GeForce 256 DDR when that came out, think that was £200..
Since then I’ve bought an R9-270x, GTX670 and an RX580 8gb, think that was the priciest card I’ve ever bought, I really can’t see myself ever spending the £1k plus that top tier cards are these days, at best I’ll see how the secondhand market is just after Christmas, and see what RX5700’s or 2000 series super cards are at...

[Phage]

Time for some predictions again!

3080Ti = $1199 MRRP @ 40- 45% perf. increase over 2080Ti, raw compute, and 100% increase with full raytracing options enabled.
3080 = $849 MRRP @ 40- 45% perf. increase over 2080, in raw compute, and 100% increase with full raytracing options enabled. ~ 10% above 2080 Ti without raytracing
3070 = $649 MRRP @ 35-40% perf. increase over 2070 in raw compute, and 50-100% increase with full raytracing options enabled.
3060 = $449 MRRP @ 35-40% perf. increase over 2060 in raw compute, and 50-100% increase with full raytracing options enabled.

I think you may be optimistic ?

3080Ti = $1500 MRRP @ 25 - 30% perf. increase over 2080Ti,
3080 = $1000 MRRP @ 25 - 30% perf. increase over 2080,
3070 = $750 MRRP @ 25 - 30% perf. increase over 2070
3060 = $600 MRRP @ 25 - 30% perf. increase over 2060

[ik9000]

my 10p prediction? 10-15% boost in performance, 2GB extra RAM, 30-50% price increase up the range.

[OOSeven]

They normalised the 1000 quid graphics card, so I'm really curious how they are going to shaft us this time. I hope they at least include glitter to make it pretty.

Gotta be honest, current GPU prices are actually not bad. It's just the RTX 2080 and 2080 TI that are extremely expensive because of Ray-tracing.

Much like 3D, SLI, VR, PhysX and other Nvidia crap in between, RTX will die off in the next generation. How do I know RTX will die off? PC games follow console tech, and since console tech doesn't have RTX, very few games will have proper RTX implementation, which makes it not worth the investment.

I for one am waiting on the new mid-high ranger (RTX 3700-3800 and RX6700 XT) so I can switch to 1440p 144hz.

Did you intentionally a load gibberish that makes no sense or did you take the time to think it up?

[Ttaskmaster]

Did you intentionally a load gibberish that makes no sense or did you take the time to think it up?

Did you intentionally just post an unsubstantiated insult, or were you writing a full and constructive argument explaining why you disagree with the poster's opinion, and accidentally forgot to include it?

For example, I fully comprehend everything the fella said. I might disagree, but it's certainly far too comprehensible to be considered 'gibberish'!

Rule 1 - Don't be mean.
We don't have to be mean.... because, remember - No matter where you go, there you are.

[adidan]

No matter where you go, there you are.

No matter where I go, i'm here, not there.

I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere.

Edit: So is it the 21** series now? Not that it makes much difference unless they start the pricing with those figures too.

[Ttaskmaster]

No matter where I go, i'm here, not there.

That is not possible.
You might come here, but you always go there.

[adidan]

That is not possible.
You might come here, but you always go there.

* Looks around "

Nope, i'm definitely here.

[kalniel]

my 10p prediction?

Bloody price inflation. Who do predictions think they are? It seems only yesterday I was putting up 2p, or 2d even. What is the world coming to?

[ik9000]

Bloody price inflation. Who do predictions think they are? It seems only yesterday I was putting up 2p, or 2d even. What is the world coming to?

well when we sell ourselves to the US we'll all be on the dollar, so it'll become my 10cents, just normalising things now given approximate £ $ parity

[Ttaskmaster]

* Looks around "
Nope, i'm definitely here.

How can you be sure? Did you take the red pill or the blue pill?

well when we sell ourselves to the US we'll all be on the dollar, so it'll become my 10cents, just normalising things now given approximate £ $ parity

You forgot to add the Sales Tax...

[ik9000]

How can you be sure? Did you take the red pill or the blue pill?


You forgot to add the Sales Tax...

I'm not buying my own advice FFS!

[ik9000]

anyone know if the GTX3000 series will get win7/8 driver support?