nVidia 3080 opinions & discussion

[DannagE]

Theres 60k people in the drops discord group at the moment that are potentially looking for price gouged 3080's. Best plan if you're after one is to sit on your money until demand has died down next year and pick one up for MSRP. Only cards I've seen at MSRP have been the FE cards from Scan as they are the UK's only supplier for those but the demand for those right now is too high. Good luck though if you really need one in 2020

[albert]

I totally recommend anyone wanting one of these new cards to camp out on every web site, obsessively click F5 and pay at least 25% more than the retail for whatever 3090 you end up buying.

Seriously, I wasted too much time waiting at supposed launches and trying to spot when there is stock. In NL the stock monitor sites are non-existent. Only that one site is good for updating stock as it arrives.

UK is lucky to have https://www.hotstock.io/uk. Seems to work if you get your alerts setup properly.

That's where I found that Curry's have stock for example:

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/graphics-cards/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-10-gb-gaming-x-trio-graphics-card-10214425-pdt.html?awc=1599_1607159363_ce63cb8dc1d86308c4c7e56f18615d30&srcid=369&xtor=AL-1&cmpid=aff~https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehotstock%2Eio~Contextual%20Targeting~429199~StickyUX+Ltd

Place you'd least expect to find one! Not sure which store though as it doesn't say.

Scan are getting founders editions in batches each week but they go in a few minutes unless it's a 3090.

[Gorion]

There's a live twich stream constantly checking for stock availability.  Seems to be US and Canada stores, but if someone is desperate enough...

https://www.twitch.tv/falcodrin

[Sneakytiger]

yep i can wait till next year when the scalping has died down, can play games like cyperpunk on my sereis x anyway.

[smite]

Still trying to decide between the 3070 & RX6800 atm.
Don't think I need the 3080 and trying to keep my build below £2k.

[Gorion]

My next build will most probably be AMD.  Have been an Nvidia fan boy since 2005.  Had a Radeon card back then which died in 4 months and the shop I bought it from didn't honour the warranty.  But now with the whole 3080 debacle and the performance AMD is offering is making them an interesting choice once again.

[albert]

Still trying to decide between the 3070 & RX6800 atm.
Don't think I need the 3080 and trying to keep my build below £2k.

With the XT version of the 6800 being £30 more than the 6800, I see no good reason to not go higher. The reason I opted for the 3080 was a) it was available and b) There are no features on the AMD card that won't eventually appear on the nVidia, plus it has GDDR6X. Mainly a) to be honest, I would have bought whatever came available first.

[smite]

I'm building the spec below from PC Specialist which includes a 3080 and is £2014. The case I originally wanted they don't have and their choices are less than half what they had.
Might wait until the new year and decide on full Intel or AMD then.

Case - COOLERMASTER SILENCIO S600 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4) (Pre-Order Only)
Motherboard - ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) - 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card - 10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP (Delivery before Xmas not guaranteed) (Pre-Order Only) Get CoD:Cold War & 1YR GeForce Now w/ select RTX Graphics Cards
1st Storage Drive - 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive - 1TB INTEL® 665p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 2000MB/sR | 1925MB/sW)
Power Supply - CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIESâ,,¢ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling - Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste - STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card - ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card - 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card - WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options - MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System - Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]

[albert]

I'd be inclined to go for a higher wattage on the PSU. The 3080 recommends 750W on the nose. My feeling from experience of owning a larger PSU than I really need is that is last longer and runs more efficiently. I could be wrong but over- spec on that part tends to be quite a good value upgrade.

[smite]

Cheers, Will change it to an 850PSU and the 6800XT

[albert]

So having installed a 3080 in my rather little mATX case had run it in for a few days, I feel it was probably the best computer component upgrade for me since the SSD.

I was curious since the card was running at a really high clock rate, a good 270MHz about the Founder edition base, 1980MHz. It seems the model I bouhgt has the power increased via the BIO to over 400W, lucky that 1000W PSU was in there.

Anyways, I found a review: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9676/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-suprim-the-most-premium-yet/index.html#Final-Thoughts

Having had no choice of card other than this one, I'll put it down to a bit of luck for a change, it's awesome. And Big:

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Yes that is a metal support rod on the right!

I also had a good go at a number of games, PUBG 144Hz Ultra was rather enjoyable. No Man's Sky VR, I was blown away with that so much so I started the game from scrath again as it also has full Oculus Controller support.

In short, other than the power consumption, and the 70-80 degree heat when at max clock, and the need for support due to the size and weight, it's awesome (and price but that wasn't going to stop me).

[smite]

Nice one Albert.

That things looks massive (fnarr fnarr).

Is 1000W a maximum or minimum requirement for this card do you think?

I know the 3080's are heavy, I'm a little concerned how mine will be after shipping in the case.

[albert]

I’ve had a 1000W in my PC for 5years. I like to overspec and at the time 850W was only 10% cheaper.

So the 850W will be fine. I’ve also been monitoring the GPU consumption and it’s not going over 300W even with high load. I can gather more data if you need it.

[smite]

When using the PC configurator it said 650W would be enough, so I went 750W. Now that I've gone 850W I'm sure it will be fine .
Only one way to find out.

[albert]

Last night the 3080 drew 350W whilst running Star Citizen. 850 is a good choice if this is a sign of things to come!