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I'm going to keep an eye out on the 5080, but the performance claims are mainly in the AI / Frame generation rather than raw performance from the slides. I think it's probably worth seeing some deeper dives first before deciding whether they're worth it. If going from a 2XXX or lower they definitely will be though.

Edit - the raw performance increase is shown by Far Cry 6, the rest are through AI etc.

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Nothing on Crysis 3? There’s rumours it can consistently hold above 24fps
 
I never cared for what the company making the product says about it in their presentation event, I'll wait to see how this new generation of cards does in independent reviews. I could do with replacing my 3080 for a card with more VRAM, running into the limit on a number of games now, but I'll wait and see what fits me best. Of course that will also depend on actual prices and availability when the cards actually hit the market - I got lucky and got my 9800x3D right at release and did not have to bother with scalpers, I don't necessarily expect to get as lucky with the GPU.

Might even wait to see how AMD responds. A card in the region between the 5080 and 5070, but with 24GB VRAM, might well be more interesting than the Nvidia equivalent.
 
I mean, they've only tricked us into saying they haven't gouged the prices, no? Because they price gouged on the last two generations and then made this the same price as those generations after rumors where they would be a lot more.

The 5070 is a 5060 in all but name and it's nearly twice as expensive as the 3060 was (or should have been at MSRP)

The 5080 was half the price two gens ago!

I agree, I'm certainly not saying these prices are anything approaching a bargain. The market has been completely reset in pricing - unfortunately I don't see things ever coming back down.

I honestly buy the theory that Nvidia allowed some early leaks with even higher prices to make these sound more palatable. What I'm expressing is that I 100% expected Nvidia to be as extortionate as possible and I'm pleasantly surprised that didn't happen (this time).
 
Sounds good, had my 9800x3d delivered today and like you will probably get a 5080 depending on reviews and availability of course.
Did you buy from Scan by any chance? Mine was due today as well but wouldn't have been at home to collect it. If you don't get the 5080, do you have any other GPU of interest?
 
Did you buy from Scan by any chance? Mine was due today as well but wouldn't have been at home to collect it. If you don't get the 5080, do you have any other GPU of interest?
Yeah mate spot on ordered about a month ago and have bought most of my build soo far from them been hassle free.In regards to the gpu 5080 looks best value for me atm but could stretch for the 5090 if possible,would like a white version which would limit my options to a couple brands I think would but happy to get what I can regardless of colour.
 
Yeah mate spot on ordered about a month ago and have bought most of my build soo far from them been hassle free.In regards to the gpu 5080 looks best value for me atm but could stretch for the 5090 if possible,would like a white version which would limit my options to a couple brands I think would but happy to get what I can regardless of colour.
Yea same for me. Got all the parts from them.
Fractal Torrent Design.
MSI MPG Carbon Wifi X670E
2 x 32gb CL 30 Corsair ram
2tb Samsung 990 pro nvme
9800x3d
Noctua G2 d-h15
R1000x Corsair psu

GPU will be either 7900xtx or 5080
Will probably add another 1tb nvme drive
 
Frustratingly I made my last pc when the 3080 dropped.
I've hardly used it. If I want to play single player, I cant be bothered going into the pc room, and multiplayer is dead right now.
I bought a new shiny Oled monitor in November to try and push me into playing it more and it hasn't happened.

That being said, I will probably build a new machine and really try and use it this time
 
Frustratingly I made my last pc when the 3080 dropped.
I've hardly used it. If I want to play single player, I cant be bothered going into the pc room, and multiplayer is dead right now.
I bought a new shiny Oled monitor in November to try and push me into playing it more and it hasn't happened.

That being said, I will probably build a new machine and really try and use it this time
:lol: Almost to the word. Weird, ain't it?

Have a ridiculous room that was set up to be my geeking heaven, but has basically become a storage room.

Not going to pretend a new build would turn anything around for me! :lol:
 
:lol: Almost to the word. Weird, ain't it?

Have a ridiculous room that was set up to be my geeking heaven, but has basically become a storage room.

Not going to pretend a new build would turn anything around for me! :lol:
Yeah, it's quite depressing really.
I've plenty of single player games I want to play, but I think I'd rather just couch play them on a console, so I put myself off playing them.
And yup, I had a dedicated room for all this with all my Fallout merch, and as you say, mines currently used as storage.

Finalmouse drop a new mouse at 11... No doubt I'll try and buy one...just cause
 
Yea same for me. Got all the parts from them.
Fractal Torrent Design.
MSI MPG Carbon Wifi X670E
2 x 32gb CL 30 Corsair ram
2tb Samsung 990 pro nvme
9800x3d
Noctua G2 d-h15
R1000x Corsair psu

GPU will be either 7900xtx or 5080
Will probably add another 1tb nvme drive
very nice build I like it.I went kinda similar with.
lian li lancool 216
msi x670e gaming wifi plus
2x16gb cl30 gskill trident neo z5
1tb crucial p5 plus 1tb samsung 990 pro and 2tb crucial t500
9800x3d
4x p12 arctic pwm pst a-rgb fans
phantom spirit cooler
rm1000x atx 3.1 psu

case and fans ,cooler etc in white.
 
My gaming PC that I built during COVID (RTX3080, Ryzen 3700x, built in 2020) is primarily being used to.. work from home :lol:
I have used it for gaming a fair amount since I've had it though so no regrets there but since it can still run anything I throw at it on max setting on my 1440p monitor I can't justify upgrading it. Especially with how little I use it for gaming these days. The only things I can think of that I could justify upgrading would be my keyboard (old Corsair K95 RGB that's somehow survived a few spills of soft drinks and beer but I did sort of melt some keycaps with the blow dryer last time around :lol:) and my screen since it's a 27" and an ultrawide would be so much better for the work I do. And maybe the mouse, the rubber grips sometimes get unstuck a bit but that's easily fixed. All of this stuff has held up surprisingly well if I'm honest. The keyboard is probably around 10 years old, and the mouse and screen are 5 to 6 years old and still going strong.
 
very nice build I like it.I went kinda similar with.
lian li lancool 216
msi x670e gaming wifi plus
2x16gb cl30 gskill trident neo z5
1tb crucial p5 plus 1tb samsung 990 pro and 2tb crucial t500
9800x3d
4x p12 arctic pwm pst a-rgb fans
phantom spirit cooler
rm1000x atx 3.1 psu

case and fans ,cooler etc in white.
Nice! I wanted to build something I won't bother upgrading anytime soon.

For the guys above. I can't believe you have a dedicated room and not use it. That's like the dream for me. I am parked in a corner beside the bed, cozy but yea a room would be great.
 
Frustratingly I made my last pc when the 3080 dropped.
I've hardly used it. If I want to play single player, I cant be bothered going into the pc room, and multiplayer is dead right now.
I bought a new shiny Oled monitor in November to try and push me into playing it more and it hasn't happened.

That being said, I will probably build a new machine and really try and use it this time
You're not the only one, haven't done much PC gaming since i bought the 3070, currently using my 165hz GSync monitor for buttery smooth MS word and excel scrolling :lol: . Looking at current prices it's really gone mad (i thought it was bad i did my last build in 2020), don't think i will be building again for the foreseeable future :( .
 
I built Ryzen 5600 + 5700 XT budget combo. Probably gonna replace it in 3 years at max. But I loved building it for a simple reason it's so cheap (had a discount as well for 5700XT) and the performance is good for the price. Don't think I'd go back to Intel CPU to be honest. For GPU I might go back to NVDIA. AMD software is awful.
 
This thread this morning made me think about the money I'd set aside to replace my gaming pc. I'd counted on having to upgrade this year but as I really don't see the need I'm thinking of spending the money on something that sees plenty of daily use (I WFH 4 out of 5 working days), which is a coffee (espresso) machine :lol:
 
My hardware is becoming dated (Ryzen 2600, 16gb ram, rtx 3060ti) but I really don't feel the urge to upgrade as i can still play most new games at 1080-1440p just fine
 
Never expected anything different to be honest :lol:

DLSS 4 and mutli-frame generation were always going to be the true power. Is it worth that extra cost again? I'm not so sure. Also, I wonder what the latency will be like now.
Great sales pitch, though! :lol:

Being just a spectator and pretty certain I’m skipping this series, it is interesting to simply observe and see how things pan out, especially AMD’s response.
 
Great sales pitch, though! :lol:

Being just a spectator and pretty certain I’m skipping this series, it is interesting to simply observe and see how things pan out, especially AMD’s response.
Yep, I've absolutely no interest in these. The thing people have to remember is that the consoles hold it all back anyway, and if I can hit something like Alan Wake 2 with full raytracing and get it running close to my 165hz monitor, why would I need an upgrade that is once again a sideways-step?

It's a con in that the 40-series was actually a step down power wise (so my 4070ti performs worse than my 3070ti without DLSS) so these are essentially the same power as the 3-series and it all heavily relies on games using DLSS 4, which of course most new games do but you have a huge catalogue of games which don't. Not to mention the latency issues which pretty much rule out DLSS/Frame generation for anything multiplayer.

I'm still Nvidia GPUS over AMD, because the later do miss the boat on a lot of things, but I'm not into this upgrading every other year shite. The only reason I with to the 40-series was because my son needed an upgrade, so he got my 3070 as the raw performance is perfect for his sweaty Fortnite, Siege and Tarkov wagers/scrims :lol: