Well, the bones told me nothing, so…
Yes, I’m pretty sure it will; GPUs use prefetch, for instance, and a larger allotment should help with that. I’d imagine there’s also page faults which will be avoided for longer. However, you’ll get diminishing returns in many ways as you overwhelm “lesser” games with ridiculously OP video cards. I mean, if anyone can objectively tell the difference between 230 and 240 FPS, I’ll eat my hat.
Pretty soon we will be plugging motherboards into video cards instead of the other way around.
RTX 3090 is a triple-slot card.
That’s insane. It also makes some sense why higher-end motherboard releases have stayed slowed down; I bet some are going to redesign PCIe socket layouts to accommodate this monster.
I’ve got room…
Edit: I’m sure that’s the Founder’s Super Mega Edition Thingy anyway, wildly guessing the 3rd party cards will take 2 slots or not even make 3090’s.
Edit edit: Now I’ve convinced myself that’s some sort of test or prototype card and not the real thing at all.
stusser
4898
If it really generates 550w, I have difficulty believing air cooling would be sufficient to cool the card, period. Just not enough heat moving capacity.
The threadripper 3970X is 270w TDP. It’s a 32 core CPU, and while it can run on air with a beefy cooler, it really likes water. And that’s a CPU with room for a gigantic tower cooler and 140mm fans. 3090 is rumored to generate double that heat.
In other news, turns out this image was life-sized.
So, @Stusser, I guess people will be needing new power supplies for the 3090 after all, 😂
Looks ridiculous :(
If true, hopefully the lower end cards are very different. Maybe they had to do this to keep the crown from Navi.
KevinC
4901
None of this is even confirmed info yet, right?
I am gonna need a bigger case!
At least you’ll get authentic noises for MS Flight Sim.
schurem
4905
This winter, I will not need to turn on the heat.
You may need to leave the window open, too!
Geeze. My 5-year old i5 6600k build is already in a full-size ATX case w/ modular 850watt power supply & I’m worried I’ll have to get an EVEN BIGGER supply when changing to thread ripper and & ampere this fall…
stusser
4908
Nah, if you don’t buy a 3090 it won’t be an issue. Nvidia is following the AMD formula and giving their highest-end GPU tons of power to get it running as fast as possible, but the lower-end models won’t be an issue.
Like I said, I can’t imagine air cooling working on a 550w GPU. Maybe if it boosts much lower than the inevitable water-cooled SKU.
KevinC
4909
Even if this info is true, it would seem to indicate the 3090 is a vanity card along the lines of the Titan series. No need to buy one for games, it’ll strictly be there for epeen measuring purposes. I don’t care if the thing takes a dedicated nuclear reactor to run, I’d be interesting in what the specs and requirements are for the 3070, 3080, etc.
Certainly the impression I’m getting. Rumor has it (again, totally unconfirmed) that AMD is spitting out both “Big Navi” and “Biggest Navi” very soon instead of waiting on “Biggest” for 2021. I just hope for some strong competition in the realistic high-end. These halo/vanity cards are nice and all, but I won’t be getting one unless I win the lottery … and I don’t buy tickets, so my odds are less than everyone else, lol.
mono
4911
“Need” is obviously subjective, but if the 3090 is 40% faster than the 2080 Ti, and the 3080 is 20% faster, that’s not a trivial ‘vanity’ bump.
Unfortunately, because Nvidia is stuck w Samsung instead of TSMC, their top end cards are going to be inefficient behemoths.
