NVidia GeForce RTX 40x0 cards - x2 the power consumption, x2 the performance

Mist

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I actually went over the chart comparing the models in a bit more detail. WTF is this shit? The 4080 12 vs 16GB version isn't just a memory upgrade. This is more like a 40fuckin70. They trying to get 900 bucks what essentially is a 4070? That is some seriously shady shit.

GRAPHICS CARD NAMENVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 16GNVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 12GNVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 TINVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080
GPU NameAda Lovelace AD102-300?Ada Lovelace AD103-300?Ada Lovelace AD104-400?Ampere GA102-225Ampere GA102-200
Process NodeTSMC 4NTSMC 4NTSMC 4NSamsung 8nmSamsung 8nm
Die Size608mm2~450mm2~450mm2628.4mm2628.4mm2
Transistors76 BillionTBDTBD28 Billion28 Billion
CUDA Cores1638497287680102408704
TMUs / ROPsTBDTBDTBD320 / 112272 / 96
Tensor / RT Cores576 / 144TBD / TBDTBD / TBD320 / 80272 / 68
Base Clock2230 MHz2210 MHz2310 MHz1365 MHz1440 MHz
Boost Clock2520 MHz2510 MHz2610 MHz1665 MHz1710 MHz
FP32 Compute90 TFLOPs49 TFLOPs40 TFLOPs34 TFLOPs30 TFLOPs
RT TFLOPsTBDTBDTBD67 TFLOPs58 TFLOPs
Tensor-TOPsTBDTBDTBD273 TOPs238 TOPs
Memory Capacity24 GB GDDR6X16 GB GDDR6X12 GB GDDR6X12 GB GDDR6X10 GB GDDR6X
Memory Bus384-bit256-bit192-bit384-bit320-bit
Memory Speed21.0 Gbps23.0 Gbps21.0 Gbps19 Gbps19 Gbps
Bandwidth1008 GB/s736 GB/s504 GB/s912 Gbps760 Gbps
TBP450W320W285W350W320W
Price (MSRP / FE)$1599 US$1199 US$899 US$1199$699 US
Launch (Availability)October 2022November 2022November 20223rd June 202117th September 2020
Been mentioned already.

It is slightly shady but let's see what the performance looks like. If the memory bandwidth isn't a bottleneck it shouldn't matter.
 

spronk

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yeah the 4080 12GB is shady as shit but it still will outperform everything but a 3090ti at 4k and less.

you run at a crazy rez though brahma so a 4090 really is the only option for you, i don't think a 4080, either model, is great. or just wait for the inevitable TI, supers, or whatever of the 4080 that is better $/price. 4090 is a scam but since its the only scam in town all of us are drooling over it

the 4080, either version, is basically for those of us who are still running 10xxs or 20xx's but you have to recognize something better will be out in 6-8 months, ignoring completely AMD which will probably be better in just a month or two.

Except I really want to fuck around with RTX and think DLSS 3.0 could be neat for "free" FPS boosts and only the 40xx line can do that

its also very game specific too you pretty much have to love RTX to want 40xx


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If you buy 3 cards and sell 2 for 50% more it pays for itself so when you think of it this way then the price is irrelevant!
 
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Corsair refuses to make any SFX-L psus, so I'm stuck with a 750 from them at the moment. Otherwise I can get a Silverstone SFX-L but I'm concerned about the quality of the thing. Also really need ATX 3.0 to start showing up.
 

Xexx

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Honestly at this point as long as you haven’t skipped too many gens upgrading you can buy a 4090 and not upgrade anything else for some huge gains.

I do however want an asus board this time around for the gpu release button. These cards are too god damn big to not have this button on every mobo now.
 
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Elderan

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I will miss evga always got their hydro copper cooled version because I hate putting water blocks on gpus.
 

Mist

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Yeah, real shame they couldn't just keep making the high-end watercooled parts only, the margins must have been okay on those...
 

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People just wanna plug and play. Im sure there is the small club of nerds that get all crazy with all that BS, but most people jsut wanna plug and play as EZ as possible. This is why the AIO are so popular. Because every tom dick and harry can just plug the shit in.
 

Elderan

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Yeah, real shame they couldn't just keep making the high-end watercooled parts only, the margins must have been okay on those...
The hydro copper block was never as good as say a ek gpu block, but it was not that much worse.. The main advantage was the hydro copper came pre installed with a warranty.
 

Xexx

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I cant even consider people who use AIO GPU gamers /snob!
 
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Mist

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What I meant was keep making the AIO cards at a high markup and not sell the regular cards which obviously had the worst margins. Nvidia is never going to make their own AIO cards, so there wouldn't be a direct competition for the same revenue.
 

Xexx

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Pretty soon we will be required to foster small migrant children to reach into our rigs to press the gpu release latch