Psst that $1500gpu was just made obsolete

[NavyDiver]

One of my mates is spitting chips. Just brought a new graphics card a few months ago prepping himself for a new Microsoft flight Sim.

His very expensive upgrade cost a lot and is not obsolete due to a huge change in Graphics

Happily my five year old graphics is fine with me [thumbsupbig] Hiding this from my kids


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucutmH2KvSQ

[Pedro_The_Swift]

well he's been living under a rock,, [tonguewink]
the 3000 series has been rumored to drop around September for nearly 6 months,, lots of well placed leaks on size shape and performance,

mind you.. it may take a 3090 to run the newest Flight Sim... :Thump:
if you internet it a certain way the commercial jets you pass are real and on time...

and as at today you can still buy a 2080 Ti for over $2Kau... so he was a bit picky... [smilebigeye]




I have my eye on a 3080 of some sort... twice the HP of a 2080 for maybe $1Kau..[bigwhistle]

[NavyDiver]

I was a bit scared to look at the specs on mine. It is interesting that 10-20 years ago we would see doubling of speed/capacity. CPU, Ram and Graphics cards all have really slowed the prior rapid advances.

Happy with my old school. I did see a 8k tv in Harvey Norman pre Covid19. Insane price plus. Not for me until a 24k+ version makes 8k old school[biggrin] Happily at home under or on water so Flight Sims are not so in demand here. A mad racing sim gent I know has his RTX3090 ordered already.

[Eevo]

i'll prob get a 3080

[Tombie]

i'll prob get a 3080

I couldn’t care less about any of them anymore [emoji2957]

For that spend - I’d be flying a real plane [emoji41]

[Homestar]

My 960 still does me fine. [biggrin]

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Just for you Eevo..

I'd expect around $1100au for a run of the mill gigabyte 3080

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[Eevo]

cheers.
1200 is about what i expected to pay. based upon 700usd to aud.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

late theres a good size comparo--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJDdRgs7Lw&t=926s

[Eevo]

demand is high
pc case gear website down
scorptech website down
mwave website down

[Pedro_The_Swift]

pre-order at Umart,,

BUT!
$1600 for a gigabyte gaming OC 3080....

thats a ONE HUNDRED percent markup on USA pricing.....




late edit;
I have emailed Gigabyte.com.au and asked whether a USA card warranty would transfer to australia

[NavyDiver]

pre-order at Umart,,

BUT!
$1600 for a gigabyte gaming OC 3080....

thats a ONE HUNDRED percent markup on USA pricing.....



late edit;
I have emailed Gigabyte.com.au and asked whether a USA card warranty would transfer to australia

Might be good not to over clock it [biggrin]
EVGA confirms Nvidia RTX 3080 card capacitors caused crashes By Jonathan Bolding (https://www.pcgamer.com/au/author/jonathan-bolding/) 2 hours ago
Capacitor issues could be contributing to factory-overclocked RTX 3080 card crashing and instability.[biggrin]



EVGA confirms Nvidia RTX 3080 card capacitors caused crashes | PC Gamer (https://www.pcgamer.com/au/evga-confirms-nvidia-rtx-3080-card-capacitors-caused-crashes/)

[Eevo]

i hope AMD can save us.

[Eevo]

my 6800xt arrived :)

[Tins]

Reckon my plan is to wait for the Pro versions of Apple silicon. Apple's M1 chip is unfreakinbelievable. But I'm not a gamer.