Nvidia 3000 Series Tonight

[Lucas Ayde]

The power requirements of the top end 40xx are fierce (rumoured 600W for a future 4090Ti level card).

It will be interesting to see how much electrical power it takes to match 3080 level performance on RT40xx whenever they release that level of card. A ~250W card would be an appealing upgrade for me (currently on 3070, would be quite happy with 3080 level grunt and a similar wattage/heat to my 3070).

[FourWheelDrift]

I have an 850w PSU the recommended for a 4090 but with power spikes I have no doubt an 850w will not cut it. 1000w minimum.

[Jinx]

FourWheelDrift said:

I have an 850w PSU the recommended for a 4090 but with power spikes I have no doubt an 850w will not cut it. 1000w minimum.

The only part of my current build that is capable of supporting the 4090 is my PSU (1500W Gold) - my CPU will probably bottle neck the 4090 to a degree as will my 2666 DDR4 memory - I remember when 2666 was fast

[130R]

FourWheelDrift said:

I have an 850w PSU the recommended for a 4090 but with power spikes I have no doubt an 850w will not cut it. 1000w minimum.

1000W is definitely minimum if you plan to overclock a 4090. On the Asus website they have 1000W as recommended for the Strix OC edition out of the box.

[FourWheelDrift]

Download the Nvidia 522.25 drivers, they weren't kidding about improvements.

Cyberpunk, 1440p, maxed settings, ultra RTX everything on went from benchmark average 58fps to 64fps (not huge in this but it's the smallest gain)

Horizon Zero Dawn, 1440p, maxed settings favour quality etc.. went from 115fps to 129fps.

This is with my 3080 and it's DX12 games only.

https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-gpu-dr...

[FourWheelDrift]

I was just about to test Assassins Creed Valhalla as that's improved too but as usual whenever I try there's a huge update, 26GB this time.

Tested, went from 94-96 to 101 average on the benchmark.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 15th October 19:14

[FourWheelDrift]

"Graphics cards! Graphics Cards! Come get your graphics cards, must go today, buy 1 for 199 or 2 for 250...wife, 4 children and a crypto wallet to support"



There's a video on here - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/ygg...

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 29th October 19:32

[robbiekhan]

Have to say, whilst I was late to the party getting a 3080 Ti FE (start of this year), but because it was at MSRP, I was happy, and sold my 2070 Super for £460 so quids in really.

I am able to play pretty much every single game at a locked 120fps. My refresh rate is 144Hz on QD-OLED but because at ~144fps the frametime line quivers as the frames sometimes drop to around 120 etc when unlocked, so I prefer a super flat frametime graph and a locked 120fps via RTSS.

This has offered a completely new gaming experience. The only game that doesn't run at 120fps is Cyberpunk, but then again I am running everything maxed with Psycho lighting and Psycho RT too so have to make do with around 75fps.

Still, ultra-wide gaming at 3440x1440 was made for this GPU and until I upgrade monitor to a bigger ultrawide QD-OLED, I am set for the foreseeable future I reckon until DIrectX 13 comes out with some new tech that current GPUs can't handle etc. I care very little about DLSS3 given how good DLSS 2 is, unless it's in an id Tech powered game in which case you can max out everything to Ultra Nightmare with RT enabled and still pull over 120fps without turning on DLSS at all lol - Super efficient coding and optimisation from Carmack's guys.

[Steven_RW]

robbiekhan said:

Have to say, whilst I was late to the party getting a 3080 Ti FE (start of this year), but because it was at MSRP, I was happy, and sold my 2070 Super for £460 so quids in really.

I am able to play pretty much every single game at a locked 120fps. My refresh rate is 144Hz on QD-OLED but because at ~144fps the frametime line quivers as the frames sometimes drop to around 120 etc when unlocked, so I prefer a super flat frametime graph and a locked 120fps via RTSS.

This has offered a completely new gaming experience. The only game that doesn't run at 120fps is Cyberpunk, but then again I am running everything maxed with Psycho lighting and Psycho RT too so have to make do with around 75fps.

Still, ultra-wide gaming at 3440x1440 was made for this GPU and until I upgrade monitor to a bigger ultrawide QD-OLED, I am set for the foreseeable future I reckon until DIrectX 13 comes out with some new tech that current GPUs can't handle etc. I care very little about DLSS3 given how good DLSS 2 is, unless it's in an id Tech powered game in which case you can max out everything to Ultra Nightmare with RT enabled and still pull over 120fps without turning on DLSS at all lol - Super efficient coding and optimisation from Carmack's guys.

My understanding is Carmack resigned from ID soft in 2013.

In terms of everything you said above, I hear you. I had a 3090Fe on 3440 x 1440 x 120hz. I then upgraded to 3840 x 1600 x144hz and through sheer desire for better tech sold the 3090 to my mate for a song and bought a 4090. The gaming experience with a 3080ti or 3090 is everything you need and more. 4090 is just nuts mind you too, But a huge hole in the wallet.

[FourWheelDrift]

Scan offering the 3090 Ti FE in open sales (not behind the hidden listings) first time I've seen that with the FE.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/nvidia-geforce-rtx...

[808 Estate]

Seems like 30xx cards are out of stock again, Scan has loads listed as Discontinued, which seems strange.

[HM-2]

808 Estate said:

Seems like 30xx cards are out of stock again, Scan has loads listed as Discontinued, which seems strange.

3090Ti seems to be available. Rest are NLA presumably as currently available stock has been exhausted. The 3090Ti is cheaper than the cheapest 4080 which is nuts, though. I'd hoped that the 4080 prices would take a bit of a bath in response to the 7900XTX but they don't seem to have. I'll probably still pick one up, though. Just waiting for water block availability to sort itself out.

[FourWheelDrift]

808 Estate said:

Seems like 30xx cards are out of stock again, Scan has loads listed as Discontinued, which seems strange.

Have a look on here - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c...

[_dobbo_]

I tried to spec a machine with a 3080ti just before christmas and nobody would sell one - every other 30xx card was available. I think they are just running down stock now.

Once upon a time you could buy an xx0ti and know it would be the best card available for a couple of years. Nowadays it's been superseded in under 12 months, so for me waiting for the next card is a thing of the past, I'll settle with what I can get at the time and buy another some time down the road.

[808 Estate]

Seems strange the 3000 series dissappeared so quickly. For ages there were almost none available, and now discontinued.

[_dobbo_]

FourWheelDrift said:

Have a look on here - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c...

FWD are you still doing any racing online?

I still think fondly about our rfactor and GPL games, but not so much me leaving a race 40 minutes in because my SLI GFX cards overheated due to a waterleak in the pump and it running dry. Watercooling in 2006 was fun!

[FourWheelDrift]

_dobbo_ said:

FWD are you still doing any racing online?

I still think fondly about our rfactor and GPL games, but not so much me leaving a race 40 minutes in because my SLI GFX cards overheated due to a waterleak in the pump and it running dry. Watercooling in 2006 was fun!

Not online, if I do race it's offline with Assetto Corsa or Competizione but haven't for a while.

I still have results data from GPL, GTR and rFactor here.

[_dobbo_]

I bought a posh(ish) wheel then almost immediately stopped too, but then I was never very good at it and losing is no fun!

I also play AC a bit. Occasionally with VR, but not very often for either.

I was scrolling through some old photos and found a load of screeenshots of our 80's touring car league the other day, which is why I asked!

Anyway, apologies to all for the OT posts

[DT1975]

I went red with a Asrock 6900XT Formula so up with a 3090 performance wise.

Absolutely amazing card that has taken my VR to the next level after rocking a 1070 and just waiting forever.

[_dobbo_]

That's what I was getting at - buy what you can and enjoy it, don't wait for the next thing to eventually show up. I did VR with a 5700XT and had a wonderful time, nothing decent has come out since so I can't enjoy my 3080ti in that format, but so what?