Very torn about which card to get, especially if the rumored 20GB 3080ti is real and not far out (I presume that would be around $1200 again). Guess I'll wait for reviews and real world performance breakdowns to see what's worth the money before committing. A potential second stimulus check could factor in as well.

No kidding. Was gonna be pissed if my 750w Gold wasn't going to be enough.

It doesn't look like the shaders are even as remotely as efficient as Turing's, so I think cutting in half is just as plausible as doubling in this case. We aren't even sure if these shaders are FP32 capable to begin with, since the terms they employed were kind of obfuscating.

Alright, I have calmed down from my hype and caffeine rush.

Watch Dogs: Legion | Official GeForce RTX Welcome To London Reveal Trailer

EVGA's 30 series cards:

Idk about the design tbh.

Introducing the EVGA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards https://t.co/9VrmO9bGab pic.twitter.com/xSOFDmcXE3

— EVGA (@TEAMEVGA) September 1, 2020

MSI as well:

https://videocardz.com/press-release/msi-announces-geforce-rtx-3090-rtx-3080-and-rtx-3070-graphics-cards

At 320+ watts for 3080, I'm definitely getting rid of my air cooler and going to install my AIO when I upgrade my CPU. I was kinda hoping we'd be seeing more blower type coolers from reference.

These things are going to kick out the heat. Lucky these cards are coming out near Autumn.

Hmm if the 3090 HYDRD COPPER not price to crazy above $1500 I might just do that and save my the trouble of buying a water block and installing it my self.  Good water block will probably be $200 after tax and shipping.  I probably willing to pay $100 to save my self the trouble of installing my self and not risk voiding any warranty so if it ~$1800 I consider it reasonable much more I just do it my self.

Probably not as good of waterblock then a 3rd party one I would get but good enough if it keep in that price range.

The PSU Calculator by Outervision was updated to include 3000 series cards if you guys are curious:

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Should have sold my 1080 last week. Prices are getting killed.

Pegged against the RTX 2080, and using Digital Foundry and other sources, we should have current performance tiers as something like this:

I'd assume Big Navi will land somewhere in the 120% - 200% range, probably around the middle, and consume more or less as much power as the GA102 cards.

Nvidia is doing a Q&A on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/iko4u7/geforce_rtx_30series_community_qa_submit_your/g3m3yc4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

One of the questions was:

"Will PCIe 3.0 bottleneck the RTX 3090? Concerned because my Intel system does not support 4.0."

And the answer was:

"System performance is impacted by many factors and the impact varies between applications. The impact is typically less than a few percent going from a x16 PCIE 4.0 to x16 PCIE 3.0. CPU selection often has a larger impact on performance.We look forward to new platforms that can fully take advantage of Gen4 capabilities for potential performance increases."

Also some people on resetera did some calculations based on the % numbers provided by DF.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/digitalfoundry-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-early-look-ampere-architecture-performance-hands-on.278687/post-44101439


"Borderlands 3 (4k/Bad Ass/DX12/4K/TAA)
RTX 2080 - 34.33fps
RTX 2080 ti - 48FPS
RTX 3080 - 61.79fps (180%)


Shadow of the Tomb Raider (4k/Highest/TAA)
RTX 2080 - 47fps
RTX 2080 ti - 61FPS
RTX 3080 - 79.81.59fps (168%)


Battlefield V (4k/Ultra/TAA/DXR OFf)
RTX 2080 - 67fps
RTX 2080 ti - 84FPS
RTX 3080 - 112fps (168%)


Control (4k/High/TAA/DLSS OFf)
RTX 2080 - 31.8fps
RTX 2080 ti - 41.7FPS
RTX 3080 - 56.47fps (177.6%)


Doom Eternal (4k/Ultra Nightmare)
RTX 2080 - 82.3fps
RTX 2080 ti - 105.8FPS
RTX 3080 - 156fps (189.6%)


So, by my calculation (just let me know if anyone sees a discrepancy in all of this) the RTX 3080 is at most 147% faster than the 2080 ti, and at worst 133% faster. That's an incredible, and unexpected performance boost over the 2080ti that I never thought I'd see."