Nvidia 40 series thoughts

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[Kioku]

Pricing is a bit much. The 2080ti launched at around $1200 (iirc), the 3080 launched at $700 and ripped it to shreds. Now we finally have the next gen and Nvidia is being weird. Two 4080s? Why not make the 12GB model the 4070? It's bad enough we had different 3080 models for laptops, now they're doing it for the flagship desktop line? Performance might be amazing, can't say for sure as we don't know what the real world performance is. More interested in RDNA3 at this point. Still salty about the EVGA ordeal.

 

[subcon959]

The 4090 looks amazing.. and for only 100 more than the 3090 at launch so not a ridiculous markup considering the reported 20% hike from TSMC (remains to be seen if it's actually available at that price though).

Everything else is/will be a rip off so best to go AMD for the majority of people.

 

[mituzora]

Eh, it's too early to tell.

I'm mostly indifferent here. I think the cost is too high, but that's to be expected with the rising price of tech over the last few years.

I want to see some benchmarks or some real-world tests before I make any full judgements on the 40 series cards. I think like pretty much any other release they're hyping this card up to destroy other cards in bencharks and synthetic tests, which I'm sure it will do just fine, but in terms of real-world benefits, especially at the moment, are they going to be night and day from the 30 series cards or the RX 6000 cards? I doubt it.

For someone with 10 series card or earlier, I bet it will be a huge jump, but for someone who just invested in a 30 series card, they should pass, at least until later.