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Buy a 3080 or waste your money get a 3070, anything else is a waste of money and time that’s all that needs to be said.
Can’t believe I gave in :francis:

AMD and Nvidia :unimpressed:

you not happy with the 3090, I heard it eliminates the stuttering in badly optimized games because of the vram and extra speed
 

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PC heads, could you use a VPN set it to new zealand to be able to access the game early? Or would it know based on you buying the US version?
Different regions have different access based on location, so I don’t think it will work. Also, Steam could ban you for that. Probably not going to happen, but not worth the risk in my opinion
 

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you not happy with the 3090, I heard it eliminates the stuttering in badly optimized games because of the vram and extra speed
I bought it solely because (cyberpunk and 8K TV for XSX/PS5) I paid very close to sticker once you factor in taxes than going through a flipper with a 3080. In my local FB marketplace 3090 were going for 1700-2100, 3080 1100-1300.
After some provided testing going off the 6800xt, the 6900xt would not be a good option for 8K tv gaming because 16GB is limiting at that resolution.

My biggest gripe with 3090 is it’s compute power is terrible unless you are a 3D artist. The 3080 is so close in performance because this isn’t a titan card. 3090 workstation drivers are very bad. In most cases for workstation test it’s behind by 10-15% which makes the additional 14gb of vram useless; where the RTX Titan used 24gb vram to it’s advantage compared to the 2080ti. Same goes with the 6800XT/6900XT, buy the 6800XT if you have a free sync only display that’s the only other case here. 6900XT is a waste. For everyone else get the 3080 or 3070. If you own a 2080ti, don’t even bother upgrading.

The 3080 is the 1080ti all over again.
 
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I bought it solely because (cyberpunk and 8K TV for XSX/PS5) I paid very close to sticker once you factor in taxes than going through a flipper with a 3080. In my local FB marketplace 3090 were going for 1700-2100, 3080 1100-1300.
After some provided testing going off the 6800xt, the 6900xt would not be a good option for 8K tv gaming because 16GB is limiting at that resolution.

My biggest gripe with 3090 is it’s compute power is terrible unless you are a 3D artist. The 3080 is so close in performance because this isn’t a titan card. 3090 workstation drivers are very bad. In most cases for workstation test it’s behind by 10-15% which makes the additional 14gb of vram useless; where the RTX Titan used 24gb vram to it’s advantage compared to the 2080ti. Same goes with the 6800XT/6900XT, buy the 6800XT if you have a free sync only display that’s the only other case here. 6900XT is a waste. For everyone else get the 3080 or 3070. If you own a 2080ti, don’t even bother upgrading.

The 3080 is the 1080ti all over again.

I feel I was bout to gave get a 3090, the gigabyte gaming OC was going for 1700 I guess the scalpers having a hard time moving them, and someone by had a the founder edition they wanted 1900, but I was like fukk that, I sold my 3080 I brought from a scalper because reality kicked I paid 300-400 more, I sold the shyt and got my money back, and was just going wait to the MSRP price, because I wasn't even gaming like that anyway, the 3080ti suppose to release next month for 999.99 I already got me a best buy bot I'ma see I can get one of those
 

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I feel I was bout to gave get a 3090, the gigabyte gaming OC was going for 1700 I guess the scalpers having a hard time moving them, and someone by had a the founder edition they wanted 1900, but I was like fukk that, I sold my 3080 I brought from a scalper because reality kicked I paid 300-400 more, I sold the shyt and got my money back, and was just going wait to the MSRP price, because I wasn't even gaming like that anyway, the 3080ti suppose to release next month for 999.99 I already got me a best buy bot I'ma see I can get one of those
I have a hard time believing nvidia will release a 3090 level of performance 3080 a few months later. But this is nvidia they have done everything you wouldn't believe a company would do.
 
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I have a hard time believing nvidia will release a 3090 level of performance 3080 a few months later. But this is nvidia they have done everything you wouldn't believe a company would do.

i mean the 3080 and the 3090 are already the same level of performance , the 3080ti will lack the NVLINK connector, only draw 320 wats like 3080, and have the 320 bit memory bus instead of the 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti to launch in January 2021 - VideoCardz.com
 
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Even at 1000, it's not worth paying over 700 (3080).

if you can find one at 700, how much do you value your time

I'm kind made I sold my 3080 now, I figured stock with have got better but its gotten worst, I might just buy from a scalper again as long as they have receipt, use my bot to fish until i get one from msrp and then sell it for a scalper price to basically have it pay for itself

I almost caved and got the 3090 but glad I didn't because 700 difference in price is still 700 whether its the base price or scalped
 
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I need to buy a bigger desk because I cant even appreciate my case, its under the desk:mjcry:

Since I mostly play on the OLED anyway, I just put my shyt next to the PS5. When I go back to one bigger monitor I'll probably move it back to the desk, but it makes for a nice view of the entertainment center for the time being:ehh:
 
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