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pikamakarooni t1_ivndgwr wrote

Like many others have said, it feels like these new GPU were designed for mining rigs. They’re just too big to fit inside many normal cases.

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BuckNZahn t1_ivojf36 wrote

Did they imrove VRAM cooling? I heard this was a big issue during the last mining craze…

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MakeMineMarvel_ t1_ivu8xb7 wrote

They starting putting thermal pads on them now. So there’s that.

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kadinshino t1_ivoku19 wrote

As a minor the reason why i hate the 40xx series and would not touch them, nearly hated the 3xxx series for the same reason. No one wants to use Nvidia funny adapters. Even in mining rigs those adapters are horribly dangerous. If anything all the design aspects of this card they put in place was to deter miners.

We don't want huge spacious rigs, we want small compact small footprint stuff.

Wana know why no one has MSI areo 3090 cards?

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SmashingK t1_ivq6apw wrote

The size isn't down to putting off miners though. If it was the partners producing cards would be using smaller heatsinks but they're forced to use massive ones because of the power draw and heat output.

Though I suppose it's possible that Nvidia have forced them to use larger heatsinks though. They're not known for treating partners well hence the EVGA situation.

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kadinshino t1_ivq6rv2 wrote

oh size is a huge off put. maybe not to the hobby mining or home miner. But let me tell you when you have 100+ gpus....space adds up very fast. and with dual and triple slot cards and now quadslot..... I'm good.

also, miners don't push the OCs on these cards. we power limit them to a bare minimum.

the reason why partner cards were so much more popular was that it was easier to adapt to the normal 6 or 8pin we had been using forever..

Serious miners tried to dump their FE cards asap. Poor cooling poor performance.

This is in part why the CMP cards were developed. High power amper chips in a dual-slot design.

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Wafkak t1_ivojgpb wrote

Athat and having an old display port version. At least AMD stayed sensible.

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Badassinternetguy t1_ivp95so wrote

I think their logic was that if you’re spending 1200-1600 on a gpu, you either have or can afford and will buy a bigger case.

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kaffefe t1_ivpqjz4 wrote

Probably not, no. And who wants a huge PC, r/sffpc all the way.

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UniqueAwareness691 t1_ivni8a2 wrote

If you’re just playing video games, stop buying a new card every 1-2 years. The higher end cards should last you 3-4 years.

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koko949 t1_ivns9az wrote

My 1080ti is still chugging along. But considering one of them new AMD cards in the nearish future.

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Wsbgodd t1_ivoelgq wrote

Same bro 1080 not the ti but just 1080 and running new games in ultra with 0 problems..

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silqii t1_ivopnrn wrote

Hey, the 1080 is still the king of 1080p gaming

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Thorus08 t1_ivoy1iy wrote

Same. 4790k and a 1080ti. Currently planning on a new build and so far leaning amd on the GPU. Waiting for real world benchmarks to make that decision.

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Stiryx t1_ivrugm0 wrote

I upgraded from a 1080ti to a 3070ti because it cost me less than $200 after I sold my old card.

Ray tracing is really nice but the performance leap is actually kinda disappointing, 50% or so. Not life changing that’s for sure.

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arehexes t1_ivp1el4 wrote

My 1080Ti is still going strong after like 5 or 6 years. I'm not really looking into upgrading for another 3 years. My CPU needed a updated before the gpu lol.

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jlreyess t1_ivp9pw2 wrote

If you have a 1080p monitor, it makes sense.

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arehexes t1_ivperk5 wrote

Been using it with my 4k monitor with no issue. The one time a game didn't run right was Elden Ring which was why I decided to upgrade my CPU.

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jlreyess t1_ivphy20 wrote

Oh sorry. I meant anything over 1080p resolution. Of course it will run in any monitor. I rocked my 1080ti until last year when I couldn’t run games at 1440p good enough ( I have one 1440p and one 4k monitor). It was just just not good enough for newer games at 2k.

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alc4pwned t1_ivpyzel wrote

You're playing at pretty low frames if you're doing AAA games at 4k on a 1080 ti.

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Samadhi333 t1_ivnnqdr wrote

Laughing (crying?) In MSI 1060 6 GB.

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TazDingoh t1_ivns22c wrote

Don't cry, I'm over here with a 4k monitor and a gtx 970 haha

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DePasse t1_ivntgbv wrote

270X that needs to support an ultrawide... only old games working full screen here :/

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MaliqGotTheHeat t1_ivokdgk wrote

Thats me except with a gtx 660 lol. Was able to get a 4090 yesterday tho

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karroq t1_ivoo5v7 wrote

Man, and I thought my jump from a 770 to a 3080ti was big.

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TazDingoh t1_ivoohpa wrote

You got your money's worth out of the 660 anyway 😂

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MisterBungle t1_ivohxnm wrote

I’m using a 1060 as well, and I feel patient enough to wait until next year. Most games aren’t v resource intensive, and my backlog of older games is massive.

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GoT43894389 t1_ivnuzob wrote

I'm still on my RTX 2070 from 2019.

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Lord_Nivloc t1_ivop837 wrote

2060 - the laptop’s battery has died, the headphone jack doesn’t work, the power cord is frayed, the screen casing near the hinge has cracked

But I have no complaints with the graphics card.

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VaicoIgi t1_ivorcoq wrote

What kind of laptop was that omg/did you abuse it? XD

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Lord_Nivloc t1_ivqw6i3 wrote

Lenovo Legion Y540.

It's about three years old. Battery still works, just only lasts about 20 minutes when not plugged in.

The cracked screen casing is from when I dropped it a short distance -- no damage to the screen itself.

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CreatorOfHate t1_ivnrpta wrote

Even more if you don't rage about every single fps. I just upgraded after 7 years from rx480 8gb (still able to run games like RE:8 in playable quality) to 3080ti and i don't plan touching that setup for next 5 at least

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The_Retro_Bandit t1_ivobo90 wrote

More than that honestly. I was rocking a 1070 literally till this year when a friend offered to trade for his 3070 plus 300 cause he thought it was overkill for overwatch and needed some pocket money. If you have 8 gigs of vram you can still run basically anything these days as long as you are willing to lower settings. An RX 480 can fit that criteria

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Erundil420 t1_ivo2p1h wrote

If you managed to get a 3080/3080ti then you can get way more years out of that card than 3/4 unless you're playing some heavy VR stuff, games demands have not gone up significantly like they used to, you only need the new cards if you are one of those "all ultra 8K 240hz" type of gamers or if you stream/play heavy VR games i guess

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se7ensquared t1_ivolch3 wrote

>you only need the new cards if you are one of those "all ultra 8K 240hz" type of gamers

Sigh... Grabs wallet

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alc4pwned t1_ivpx9ya wrote

Games' demands have gone up a lot with ray tracing.

Also the displays that can make use of this power are very much worth using, just saying.

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Dracekidjr t1_ivom0x2 wrote

Absolutely. I'm using a 5700xt and it still preforms perfectly, even though it's now 2 generations behind. I don't think I'll need to upgrade for another generation.

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PicnicBasketPirate t1_ivoqyhj wrote

Just replaced my r9 290x. It was still tearing up 1080p, but struggling with 1440p and VR.

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justthisones t1_ivo64jb wrote

It’s crazy that this and for example not having to upgrade your phone every year has to be even mentioned. These companies have managed to create such a huge FOMO to some people that they can’t live without having the newest thing every second of their life.

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gecko090 t1_ivooxu7 wrote

My 1660 is going great! There are dozens of us! DOZENS!

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PlaneCandy t1_ivoysj1 wrote

The 1660 and it's variants (Ti, Super) are some of the most popular graphics cards around, far more than 3080s. My wife's rig has one too.

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gecko090 t1_ivozt6c wrote

I guess it only seems niche because I never see people mention it.

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bisqquit t1_ivnwdyq wrote

People can spend money however they choose.

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NightStorm1000 t1_ivnl66n wrote

More reason to go with RDNA3

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31337hacker t1_ivo7b5y wrote

Another reason is DP 2.1. The RTX 40 series still uses DP 1.4a. But how good that reason is depends on the availability of DP 2.1 monitors.

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lonigus t1_ivoppqm wrote

I dont expect anything "mainstream" sooner then 2025 when it comes to 8k monitors.

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beefcat_ t1_ivpauvd wrote

I don't expect them to ever become mainstream, because they provide no real value.

8K TVs have been around for years and there is still nobody even talking about making content for them, because even with 20/20 vision you can't see the difference at any reasonable sitting distance.

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lonigus t1_ivoq8lj wrote

We will see when its actually out... The RDNA3 is a "beta" on launch and i will be shocked if its in a decent enough state sooner then end of 2023. All I know about AMD cards is from a buddy of mine that has the 6700 and he was complaining alot about the drivers and software. There is nvidia the absolute king.

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dillsimmons t1_ivo043o wrote

My 980ti went from 2015 to 2020 playing all games in mostly maxed settings except some in 2020 that recommended 1080. I have a 3080 now so I don’t see any need to get a newer card till 2025 unless something big happens.

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lonigus t1_ivoopsb wrote

You dont need unless you want to play at 4k with ray tracing. By the time 8k gonna be where 4k is now its 2025, so u good :)

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alc4pwned t1_ivpw063 wrote

A lot of high refresh rate ultrawide monitors can made use of the power too. And there's the 360Hz 1440p monitors too, but that seems somewhat pointless imo.

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puffmaster5000 t1_ivpd6md wrote

I'm so tired of Nvidia, they've been increasingly anti consumer with every new GPU that comes out. I'll just get AMD at this point

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TheMatt561 t1_ivo3gft wrote

They have got to move the power to the back

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2cruz101 t1_ivoddwx wrote

This is unacceptable

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[deleted] t1_ivnof7p wrote

I’d rather they didn’t explode.

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rakehellion t1_ivpni0h wrote

Remember when GPUs occupied only one PCI slot?

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lepobz t1_ivq8f1h wrote

I heard a rumour there’s a card that has similar performance to a 4080 but drinks half the juice and is half the size.

Heheheheheheh.

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HomeIsElsweyr t1_ivowuso wrote

Is it though, theyre not that big? My medium sized case fits them with 8cm to spare

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juh4z t1_ivp3rkv wrote

you do not have a "medium sized case" lmfao

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HomeIsElsweyr t1_ivp44hm wrote

It’s a corsair crystal 570x not the biggest, but not small either

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kaffefe t1_ivpuywr wrote

Is that 57 liters or is my math off? Mine is 8.2L. Sure I like mine small but 57 is...big.

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