Confirmed: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 has 24GB memory, RTX 3080 gets 10GB

https://videocardz.com/newz/confirmed-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-has-24gb-memory-rtx-3080-gets-10gb

We have just confirmed the memory specifications for the upcoming Ampere GeForce graphics cards. So far only the RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 have been confirmed. The information has been confirmed through our sources at AIBs. It is based on the product codenames that we received.

First of all, there is no RTX 3080 Ti (at least not yet). NVIDIA is really launching the RTX 3090 instead. This graphics card will feature 24GB of GDDR6X memory, the same capacity as current generation TITAN RTX.

The GeForce RTX 3080 has been confirmed with 10GB GDDR6X memory. This is a lot less than RTX 3090, but what this means is that there is room for RTX 3080 SUPER with 16GB in the future. There is no mention of RTX 3080 20GB yet.

We only have the capacities confirmed, but we can assume that RTX 3090 features a 384-bit bus and RTX 3080 gets 320-bit. The memory speeds for both cards are expected to be at least 19 Gbps.

It's supposed to come out by the end of 2020 which has been confirmed by AMD many times. But it could also be a paper launch.

And yea, 4k is negligible for the 2080 Ti but for the high end 3000 series, could be a different story entirely. If you want no compromises, best to wait a few more months for Zen 3 and then decide. If Zen 3 = i9 10900k performance but you also get the benefit of PCIe 4.0, then you are getting the best of both worlds.

With that being said, if I had to pick one up right now and my power supply was over 1000 watts and going to buy an excellent cooler and I was going for a pure gaming build, I'd pick the i9 10900k.

That would be amazing assuming the price isn't nonsense. But it does beg the question as to whether or not there will be 2 versions of the 3090 as Micron showed 12GB GDDR6X for the 3090 as well.

Nvidia has raised me well believing that $1400 for a 3090 is too low.

Curious. You've typed raised, but I read brainwashed.

The news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Snap the best photo in Horizon Zero Dawn’s Photo Mode and win a custom-built PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/HZDPhotoChallenge/
It’s finally here. PC Gamers just got one of the best games of the PlayStation 4 generation ported to PC: Horizon Zero Dawn. If that alone wasn’t already its own reward, this photo contest comes with the prize of a lifetime.
As you celebrate this awesome news and explore the untamed world of Horizon, challenge yourself to find the most stunning shots using the in-game photo mode. If you manage to snap a photo that would impress gamers and developers alike, you might just win yourself a custom-built PC inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn.

Steam has a new daily deal and 6 Midweek Madness deals:

• The daily deal is the Early Access title GTTOD: Get To The Orange Door, that has a demo and is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/541200/GTTOD_Get_To_The_Orange_Door/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Frogwares celebrates its 20th anniversary with up to 90% discounts and giving away for free the game Magrunner: Dark Pulse. The sale ends tomorrow 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/frogwares
  • Foundation, still in Early Access, is 50% off until Friday 28: https://store.steampowered.com/app/690830/Foundation/
  • Iratus: Lord of the Dead is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/807120/Iratus_Lord_of_the_Dead/
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy gets a 580% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/731490/Crash_Bandicoot_N_Sane_Trilogy/
  • Okami HD gets also a 50% discount until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/587620/Okami_HD/
  • And 11 bit studios has its games up to 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32989971/sale/MidweekMadness

And Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Hard West, 95% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/hard-west
• The new Mystery Vault Bundle 2 brings 8 unknown games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-vault-bundle-2

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Oculus AR and VR divisions have been renamed 'Facebook Reality Labs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-ar-and-vr-divisions-have-been-renamed-facebook-reality-labs/
A week ago, we learned that beginning this October, new Oculus VR headset owners would need a Facebook account if they wanted to use their devices. "Everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account," the company said in an August 18 blog post, while existing Oculus headset owners have until 2023 to merge their Oculus accounts with a Facebook account.
The de-Oculus-ing of Oculus continued today with another announcement, in which Facebook introduced Facebook Reality Labs, the new name for the Oculus AR and VR development teams. Facebook Reality Labs was the name given to the Oculus Research division back in 2018, but now it appears the entirety of Oculus is being rebranded with the same name.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Resident Evil 3 Remake now has a Fall Guys mod, naturally
https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-3-remake-now-has-a-fall-guys-mod-naturally/
The Guys Who Fall, aka Fall Guys, are popping up everywhere: they've been spotted in Skyrim, and now they're stalking the zombie-strewn streets of Raccoon City. Well, kinda: the new Jilly Bean mod turns the game's protagonists Jill and Carlos into something more akin to Fall Guys cosplayers. And it makes a grim kind of sense. If you want warmth and protection in a post-pandemic hellscape, while also bringing some cutesy cheer to proceedings, why not wear a Fall Guys outfit?
The mod is the work of Crazy Potato, who has also performed the civic duty of turning Nemesis into a Fall Guy, too. The video above comes via YouTube channel Benjamin York Gaming, and as you'll see, the mod really takes the edge off an otherwise very serious videogame.

GAMING NEWS

New screenshots and co-op gameplay trailer released for Outriders
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-and-co-op-gameplay-trailer-released-for-outriders/
Square Enix released today some new screenshots and a co-op gameplay trailer for its upcoming RPG-Shooter, Outriders. These new screenshots showcase the Technomancer class. The new trailer also showcases Technomancer’s abilities during one of the many challenging battles players will experience in the game.

Here are the official PC system requirements for Hitman 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-official-pc-system-requirements-for-hitman-3/
IO Interactive has revealed the official PC system requirements for Hitman 3. According to the team, PC gamers will at least need an Intel CPU Core i5-2500K or AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940 with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7870 graphics card.

New trailers for Godfall, Project Haven, Dark Fracture, King’s Bounty 2 and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailers-for-godfall-project-haven-dark-fracture-kings-bounty-2-and-more/
Gamescom 2020 begins tomorrow and there are already some new trailers for a number of games. As such, you can find below new trailers for Godfall, Project Haven, Dark Fracture, King’s Bounty 2 and more.

First-person open-world investigation game, Paradise Killer, is coming to the PC on September 4th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-person-open-world-investigation-game-paradise-killer-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-september-4th/
Fellow Traveller has announced that its first-person open-world investigation game, Paradise Killer, will release on the PC on September 4th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Squad-based RPG, Battle Hunters, is coming to the PC in October 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/squad-based-rpg-battle-hunters-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-october-2020/
Phase Two has announced that their squad-based RPG, Battle Hunters, will be available on the PC via Steam this October. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has released a new trailer that you can find below.

Here is a direct comparison video between DCS World and Microsoft Flight Simulator
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-a-direct-comparison-video-between-dcs-world-and-microsoft-flight-simulator/
YouTube’s ‘SimulatedAviation’ has released a direct comparison video between DCS World and Microsoft Flight Simulator. This video compares the airports that are featured in both of these games, giving us a glimpse at their graphical and tech differences.

Warframe Heart of Deimos is now available for download on the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warframe-heart-of-deimos-is-now-available-for-download-on-the-pc/
Digital Extremes has announced that the third open-world expansion for Warframe, Heart of Deimos, is now available for download on the PC. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released two new trailers that you can find below.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 August 26th Update released, fixes exploits & issues affecting heroes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-battlefront-2-august-26th-update-released-fixes-exploits-issues-affecting-heroes/
DICE has released a brand new update for Star Wars Battlefront 2. According to the team, this patch packs a small number of fixes for several exploits and issues that were affecting heroes.

The news, the sequel:

Ring of Pain is a weird dungeon crawler card game coming later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/ring-of-pain-is-a-dungeon-crawler-card-game-set-in-the-darkest-recesses-of-your-mind/
Ring of Pain is a roguelike dungeon crawler card game that's set to come out this fall, and if you think that sounds like an odd but potentially interesting mashup of genres, I have good news: Publisher Humble Games has launched a demo that you can play right now on Steam.

Fall Guys will start booting cheaters before they finish their game
https://www.pcgamer.com/fall-guys-will-start-booting-cheaters-before-they-finish-their-game/
There's a unique frustration to encountering a cheater in a game like Fall Guys—where the chaotic randomness introduced both by the environment and your fellow players should, in theory, put everyone on something of a level playing field; or, as the case may be, on the same wildly uneven seesaw.(...)
In the three weeks since the game's release, a number of issues have been identified and patched, with combating cheaters high on the Mediatonic's to-do list. Yesterday it was announced via the official Fall Guys Twitter account that cheaters will soon be seeing more immediate repercussions for their actions.

Airplane Mode is a real-time flight simulator—but you're not the pilot
https://www.pcgamer.com/airplane-mode-is-a-real-time-flight-simulatorbut-youre-not-the-pilot/
For Hosni Auji, the developer behind upcoming flight simulation game Airplane Mode, the gruelling realism of Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise was apparently not mundane enough. There's a chance something exciting might happen if you're a pilot, so Airplane Mode looks instead to the unsung heroes of aviation: passengers stuck in economy for six hours.

Guild Wars 2 is coming to Steam, and a new expansion is coming next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2-is-coming-to-steam-and-a-new-expansion-is-coming-next-year/
Eight years after its initial release, Guild Wars 2, with all "Living World" content including The Icebrood Saga, is finally coming to Steam in November. The Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire expansions will also be available for purchase on Steam at their regular prices.

Activision removes Tiananmen Square video from Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-removes-tiananmen-square-video-from-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-trailer/
Last week, Activision confirmed the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War with a video built around a real-world interview with defector Yuri Bezmenov, in which he described a four-stage Soviet strategy dedicated to ending American dominance in the world: Demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization. Clips of real-world historical events—the Vietnam War, riots in the US, that sort of thing—played throughout.
Earlier this week, that video was quietly deleted and replaced with one of roughly half the length. Activision gave no indication as to why the first trailer was removed, or even that it had happened, but according to South China Morning Post, it's because the original video contained a brief clip of footage from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, an event that's heavily censored in China. The video was first replaced with one that had the clip blacked out, but at some point later the whole thing was replaced.
>> God forbid that they make "daddy" China angry and lose money because of it.

Children of Morta's new DLC is raising money for the Humane Society
https://www.pcgamer.com/children-of-mortas-new-dlc-is-raising-money-for-the-humane-society/
11 Bit Studios and Dead Mage are raising funds for the Humane Society International charity with the new Paws and Claws DLC for the all-the-family action-RPG Children of Morta. The DLC will add a range of animals to the game including deer, foxes, and various sorts of birds, and an Animal Shelter system and location that will enable players to take care of them in exchange for bonuses in combat.

Pupperazzi lets you photograph dogs—what more could you want?
https://www.pcgamer.com/pupperazzi-lets-you-photograph-dogswhat-more-could-you-want/
Announced during yesterday's Wholesome Games showcase, Pupperazzi is a dog-rich environment, with all sorts of breeds just waiting for their antics to be captured for posterity. Prospective photographers will bump into shibas, terriers, labs, pugs and other new pals, who can then be played with, dressed up, and participate in dance parties.

Nvidia is like a loving father to me, he would never brainwash me.

If you think the high resolutions are the heavy loads, think again. All it does is bringing you into a more CPU-limiting scenario, hence why the gap drops.

The 720p resolution it thus more representative for what to come, and you can see that it lags by 6.3% in average and 7.4% in minimum FPS already.

But this is not just about FPS: A chip as huge as a 3080, 3090 or Big Navi (with 80 CU) will also make tons of drawcalls, which will increase the overhead a lot. And if you look at the frametimes, you'll see that the x8 will have more and higher spikes than the x16 in the frametimes, resulting in microstutter which the raw FPS numbers won't show. Future games will make better use of more cores, and thus will only accentuate the problem further.

My guess is that the 24 GB version will be a Titan successor - and as such much more expensive than barely 1400€