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

Tide27 said:

So what's the layman's opinion on everything they have heard about the 4090? I am still sitting on a 1080ti and looking to upgrade, and while I think $1600 is fucking absurd, so is $1200 for a 3090ti that's significantly less powerful.

With a 850watt power supply, what is the real significance of this cards power draw that everyone talks about? Will I be homeless from my electric bill being so high?

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Im awaiting AMD - i wanted Nvidia but all the cards outside of FE and Zotac look like shoeboxes. AMD may not be much better but im sure it will be cheaper and at least enough of an upgrade to run my games at 4k120.

Plus i want the liquid devil ultimate if they do it again.

Xexx said:

Im awaiting AMD - i wanted Nvidia but all the cards outside of FE and Zotac look like shoeboxes. AMD may not be much better but im sure it will be cheaper and at least enough of an upgrade to run my games at 4k120.

Plus i want the liquid devil ultimate if they do it again.

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I havent looked for water cooling myself (cause Im not getting this card), but I generally expected you to get the card regardless. Are you not able to find any water cooling alternatives? A short google search comes up with choices that really help the size issue, but my concerns (outside of my obvious lack of enthusiasm over water cooling) is not only the fact I dont recognize the names of these brands - but how much is a card like the 4090 going to raise the ambient temperature of the liquid and by extension, its life expectancy.

Daidraco said:

I havent looked for water cooling myself (cause Im not getting this card), but I generally expected you to get the card regardless. Are you not able to find any water cooling alternatives? A short google search comes up with choices that really help the size issue, but my concerns (outside of my obvious lack of enthusiasm over water cooling) is not only the fact I dont recognize the names of these brands - but how much is a card like the 4090 going to raise the ambient temperature of the liquid and by extension, its life expectancy.

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So in my previous setup i had the 5950x and 6900XT LDU together - The gpu rarely hit 55c and the cpu i honestly cant remember. Now the water Ambient temp i kept on F and never got over 99F. My basement ambient temps are always sub 70 degrees so overall cooling is always easy.

My gripe is on cost, water cooling is just so expensive. So far for my slow build i have the HAF 700 EVO and 3 420mm rads, im already at $1000 and i have no components. I have been looking to see if anyone in OH or MI has any CNC milling experience to get a custom distro plate made but thats even more.

Sure i could be way simple about it but its a bad habit that i cant help but overkill shit - fuck i dont even play games and im building it.

Xexx said:

Sure i could be way simple about it but its a bad habit that i cant help but overkill shit - fuck i dont even play games and im building it.

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Lol. I mean there are more expensive hobbies, but you did pick a pretty expensive one, especially if you are the type to always want the newest thing.

Seems like such a waste though if you are not even really using the machine to what it can do.

Interesting:

i wouldn't buy anything other than a 3080-3090ti on massive clearance ($500-600, new, max) since AMD is putting out its new line of cards in like 2 weeks

No one wants to be first over the cliff to discount 3080 and higher to what they should be. They'll be forced to before December but they still hold out hope a mass of people will pay $800-1000 for end of generation.

Hell, EVGA is still trying to sell a B-stock 1080 Ti FTW for $630 to show how ridiculous things are.

Xexx said:

So basically Frame Generation is like that guy who pulls out a stack of $100 bills but only the top bill and bottom bill are 100 and the rest are 1s and 5s

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The only thing I trust from HW Unboxed is monitor reviews

Everything else of theirs goes straight into the trash

just a rumor



hopefully they are smaller and less TDP than 4090

Yea, I'm waiting for the benchmark comparisons and prices. My 1070 is still doing ok enough that a $1600 card isn't tempting me regardless of its performance.

I would have got an FE or Zotac 4090, but I had other parts to buy. Plus I’m hoping they make a 7900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate .

Springbok said:

Nvidia pulling 4080 12gb launch lmaooooooo

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I wonder if they saw the writing on the wall and will release it as a 4070 next year with a cheaper price tag. Did the bean counters get a conscience? Or did the PR guys lay into them.