The new Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3070 being introduced at $599 would be a gigantic deal, as the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti – which it should have the same performance as – debuted at $999-$1199 in September 2018.
So, are we believing the rumors?
We already know there will be a 12-pin PCIe power connector on the flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition graphics card (which requires a huge 850W power supply), but there’s some new dirt on the cheaper GeForce RTX 3070: it should beat the current Turing-based flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.
Tom from Moore’s Law is Dead tweeted out that he can confirm the GeForce RTX 3070 has around the same level of performance of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. He adds that “you all can do the math on how much stronger the 3080 & 3060 are relative to this based on the previous gen” with a nice big fat wink face emoticon at the end.
I know, I know … they’re probably going to get me too…
Sneaky devils…
Let’s see how much they stomp my RTX 2070. I was really planning to wait another generation since the upgrade from my 1050ti and my son’s 1060 was pretty significant. If the rumors are true and these are the beasts they look to be then - ok no stop it, c’mon girl, just say no (internal dialogue)…
It’s likely big navi will be good - I use mostly AMD GPUs as it is. But my daughter is still using an old GTX 1060 3gb, and my son is using an RX 570. Ideally, I can upgrade to 3000 or big navi, give my wife the 5700xt, give my son the vega 64 and retire his RX 570.
My daughter doesn’t really game, so she doesn’t really need a new GPU, but the RX 570 is getting a bit long in the tooth for a lot of games these days.
I’m still using a RX 480 4GB which I don’t think can handle the new generation, so I’m gonna need a new GPU pretty soon. I might just get a new console instead since I also need more memory.
on PTR, with the new Greyman fur, new 2h frost (Might of the Frozen Wastes), new animation for obliterate and allowing you to use blood artifact transmogs…
I wonder if 3xxx series cards below the 3090 (or whatever it’s being called) will be as huge as the 3090 is rumored to be, and if they are if that’ll be specific to reference cards or the AIB cards will be chonkers too. I’d bet that there’s a ton of builds out there that can’t accommodate a 3090-sized card without serious changes to cooling, case, etc.
I agree with both of you. This is one of the reasons that, when purchasing for myself, I typically buy one generation older than current when I’m shopping - I’ve never liked the idea of paying a premium for something that will be so quickly replaced. Business purchases might be calculated a bit different when pure horsepower might be needed on one end, while on the other end, some users only need email/Office/browser, so they can use ever lower end tech.
I’m happy with what I paid for my current rig - on sale, it was less than it would have cost for the parts. It was nice to have the latest (if not top of the line) nice and shiny, but not something I’ll do regularly unless the price point is compelling.
I got an RX 470 a looong time ago at my local Fry’s (before it totally started dying). IIRC I paid $169 for it.
It was an ASUS card, and failed a couple years later…but I RMA’d it and was upgraded to an RX 570 from ASUS. Not a bad deal. It still in use today and actually is still a relatively competent 1080p card.
. Guess the 1080ti will have to last a bit longer