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Graphics Nvidia 3xxx series thread

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by The_Crapman, 6 Jun 2020.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Err...
     
  2. Anfield

    Anfield Multimodder

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    Apparently it won't just be the driver limiting it:

    https://www.techpowerup.com/278712/...yond-driver-version-could-expand-to-more-skus
     
  3. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    Oh high Gareth. Sorry didn't see you there :worried:

    :read: :read::read::read::duh:
     
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  4. Vault-Tec

    Vault-Tec Green Plastic Watering Can

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  5. sandys

    sandys Multimodder

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    Makes sense for them to do this, chips for gaming won't have been qual'd for continuous 24/7 number crunching od the scale that in being employed for mining, Nvidia could be in for a high level of returns and bad press on failing video cards, most likely from the second user of the card who has picked it up over priced from a miner who has upgraded to the next big thing.

    Anything for servers is most likely gone through a lot more validation and has the expectation it to run at this level and designed in boards with superior components and silicon, this costs more, so they charge more.
     
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  6. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    Yep, I thought the second to top 50HX looks fishy, can't be overclocked 3070 because memory bus but looks too power hungry than a cutdown 3080. 250w only 49 MH/s. Looks like a tweaked 2080 Ti.
    https://www.tweaktown.com/articles/...tx-2080-ti-ethereum-mining-results/index.html

    The top one is at 320w which suggests tweaked 3080. They've left a large gap between 50 and 90 for smaller die Ampere. And those will be the ones to get for power efficient mining.

    To be honest, simply having a few more production runs of 2000 series gaming cards isn't a bad thing. It's certainly much better than selling it as mining cards which likely ends up in the bin when mining craze dies off. Gaming cards can find homes via second hand market.
     
  7. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    I'm thinking of selling my 1070 on ebay just to cash in on the herd stupidity. Everyone and their dog is mining, and the card I paid £190 for two years ago is now worth over £350 any day of the week. That's like...a once-in-a-lifetime event, it just doesn't happen to graphics cards. I figure I can afford to not play demanding titles for a few months. Just to be able to say I doubled my money over 2 years on a VGA - where at every other point in history they've basically halved in value every 2 years.

    Is it moral? I can't decide. But then nobody's being forced to go on ebay and spend £350 on a 4-year-old mid-range graphics card. VR and crypto aren't exactly human welfare necessities.
     
  8. sandys

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    Do it, market determines what something is worth, if some one wants to pay that let them, everyone has a choice.
     
  9. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    You're not forcing anyone to pay. Flog it.
     
  10. Anfield

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    Or keep the card and pick up the free $3 or so a day yourself...
     
  11. Spanky

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    Flog it. I sold a 5700 xt within minutes for 525 , i felt bad about it until i actually thought why it sold so quickly. The miners who are paying the silly prices for them are earning from it. The £700 OTT price from overclockers i paid for my 6800 made it a worth while upgrade. Its all relative to the market.
     
  12. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Are you sure its over £350? looking at GTX1080's are only worth about that on there...
     
  13. Spanky

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    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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  16. Otis1337

    Otis1337 aka - Ripp3r

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    i only play one game these days. temped to sell up and just play my PS4 till cards are normal again
     
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    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Still waiting on my Scan order for the PC - but I wonder - where does the "founders edition" sit in the grand scheme of these cards. EG, would it be a better purchase than, say, an ASUS ROG card? Or is it just around branding?
     
  19. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    This time around, Founders Edition cards are the cheapest ones.
     
  20. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    So cards are going for £200-250 above the retail they should be, when they are available at all. Is this some weird fever dream? I wanted a 3070 and now I look at the prices and I laugh and laugh...or was that cry? I'm not sure anymore.
     

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