Wow, is that even enough to beat the 3080Ti?

Only just according to the averages

https://www.3dmark.com/search#advanced?test=sw%20P&cpuId=&gpuId=1389&gpuCount=0&gpuType=ALL&deviceType=ALL&storageModel=ALL&memoryChannels=0&country=&scoreType=overallScore&hofMode=false&showInvalidResults=false&freeParams=&minGpuCoreClock=&maxGpuCoreClock=&minGpuMemClock=&maxGpuMemClock=&minCpuClock=&maxCpuClock=

We need to see that 4080 trashpile benched against the 3080 model tbh. I wanna see just how shitty it really is, because if it's not that big of a gain from the 3080, then it'll be the worst card in that new line entirely.

Here's my Strix 3080 results before I installed the 4090.

Strix 3080 OC: 4950

https://www.3dmark.com/sw/25643

Strix 3080 Stock: 4627

https://www.3dmark.com/sw/2160

So based on my experience compared to the leak:

4090 Strix OC: 10806
4080 12GB: 5382
3080 Ti: 5336
3080 Strix OC: 4950
3080 Strix: 4627

Another way to look at it is because Speedway scores is the average fps you get in the benchmark... You are essentially gaining 7sh fps if you go from 3080 to 4080 12GB vs gaining 60+fps by going from 3080 to 4090.

Digital Future lol

Damn that's def shit for a buy.

Makes my view on the 3080 as a better buy for me at this rate.

This'll totally go down well with my art friends /s

I realized that I forgotto check for drivers updates when making the news, and it turns out that all three of them have new drivers. And so, here they are:

NEW DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 526.47 WHQL
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-526-47-whql
Highlights
Support for:

• Sackboy: A Big Adventure
• Victoria 3
• WRC Generations – The FIA WRC Official Game
• The addition of DLSS 3 to F1 22

Fixed Issues

• [Cyberpunk 2077] In game map may display corruption [3829994]
• Dell XPS 9560 may crash and reboot when using desktop applications [3737715]
• [RTX 30 series] Lower performance in Minecraft Java Edition [3702953]
• 165Hz refresh rate option not availlable on Samsung Odyssey Ark monitor [3840122]
• When using two or more monitors, GeForce Experience Shadowplay/Gamestream may select the wrong monitor [200633408]
• Videos played back in Microsoft Edge may appear green if NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled upon resuming from hibernate or booting with fastboot. [3624218]

INTEL Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3793
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/729157/751349/intel-arc-graphics-windows-dch-driver-beta.html
Highlights
Support for:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Resident Evil Village Gold Edition
• Victoria 3

Fixed Issues

• Some Intel® Arc™ A700-series Desktop Graphics products may exhibit lower than expected VRAM frequency values.
• Marvels’ Spider-Man (DX12) may exhibit scene corruption when Ambient Occlusion is disabled or set to HBAO+.
• Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit texture corruption when aiming down sights.
• Resident Evil Village (DX12) may exhibit color corruption within the Heisenberg Factory area.
• Age of Empire II & III: Definitive Edition (DX11) exhibits text corruption in the game menus.
• Topaz Video Enhance AI is exhibiting lower than expected performance with Intel® Arc™ A380 series

INTEL® ARC™ CONTROL FIXED ISSUES:

• Arc Control may fail to correctly update. A workaround is to uninstall Arc Control from Add or Remove programs before updating.
• Using Arc Control Studio Capture with “In Stream” mode enabled may not correctly record entire clip when under a 1080p resolution setting

AMD (Radeon) Software Adrenalin 22.10.3
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-10-3
Highlights
Support for:

• Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
• Radeon™ Boost using Variable Rate Shading in Dying Light 2™

Fixed Issues

• Elite Dangerous may crash upon launch on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
• Black screen may occur during driver upgrade or settings reset using Microsoft® Windows® 11 version 22H2 on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
• Lower than expected performance on Gotham Knights™ using AMD Processors on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon™ RX 6950 XT.

Thanks for the numbers.

But we should compare the 3080 with the 4080 16GB, which is the closest to a real xx80 card we have this gen.

Also, a quick check shows that the xx70 cards usually end around the performance of the xx80Ti card of the gen they're replacing, sometimes above, other times below. With that in mind, the 4080 12GB results make it look more and more like what a 4070 should be. Now it's on Nvidia's hands what to do with it, will they call it 4070 or be bold enough to call it 4070Ti?

History repeating itself

My 3060ti was about as fast as a 2080S, so I would expect the 4080 12GB to be relaunched as a 4060ti or 4070 considering it competes with a 3080/ti.