Shame, as the perfect follow up would be, “I’ll take point on this project and run some benchmarks on my off hours at home to make sure it works as intended.”
Nesrie
6299
And now I know my monitor has it… although I think they also refer to it as FreeSync2 in the marketing. Or maybe that was a different monitor, all i know for sure is FreeSync2 was in the wild and not on “the” list.
I tried to mention it. AMD started with FreeSync 2 but later changed it to “FreeSync Premium Pro” when they added the notion of certifying regular (non-HDR) FreeSync displays with “FreeSync Premium”.
Clear as mud!
Nesrie
6301
Oh you did! Sorry I missed that. Yeah, Premium Pro was on the list. It was actually a pretty short list it seemed considering how many monitors out there.
Man, could they have made this more muddy if they tried?
Alistair
6302
Life was always this confusing. We just used to have agile young minds.
So my coworker friend is saying that you shouldn’t buy any of the 3080s until they redesign the issue with the capacitors, whatever the heck that is. No there’s been some issue with lines but I haven’t followed it super closely because I’m not getting a 3080. Is that an issue or is that a non-issue?
stusser
6304
You basically don’t want to buy a Zotac, for sure. MSI and Gigabyte aren’t ideal but probably fine. Asus and EVGA are definitely fine.
Nesrie
6305
At least with EVGA, is almost a guarantee there was an issue with all their cards, they would refund or exchange. I mean they’ve been able to charge a premium for years because of a reputation like that. I doubt they would want to bail on it now. Also they seemed to be one of the few to be somewhat transparent on what they are doing.
KevinC
6306
Yeah, I would have no qualms grabbing an EVGA card. Their support is superb and I’d have no worries about getting the card replaced if an issue did crop up.
Thrag
6307
My EVGA XC3 Ultra has been heating the house with no issues so far.
lordkosc
6308
New drivers by Nvidia are a software fix for the issue, that some cards are having, as they went cheap on power capacitor type.
stusser
6309
Yeah. That’s the obvious fix, and it only drops max boosts by 30Mhz so no cards will crash when configured stock. Of course you can still overclock if your card can take the pressure.
MichaelD
6311
I’ve seen this MSI configuration a couple of times now (first Jayz’ video and now this PC World article). This is not how my MSI looks – I only have one array of MLCC capacitors along with 5 POScaps. Now I’m curious whether this 2-array setup was a running change after they started shipping, or if its the reverse of the EVGA situation (where borderline cards were sent to reviewers but the shipping cards were first-rate).
My wild guess is that they went from 2 MLCC arrays down to 1 (because cheaper) after testing revealed that they could get away with it at their 1800MHz stock speed.
lordkosc
6312
I wonder if the limited card supply of just about every board partner has something to do with them having to retool and add more MLCC capacitors to the cards.
dgallina
6313
So it is now two weeks since the “launch” of the 3080 and the 3090 is now also “launched.” How’s everyone doing at actually getting cards? Has the situation meaningfully improved & what has worked for you?
I theoretically have a 3080 due to arrive from Office Depot / PNY in two days. But it hasn’t moved from “processing” status, hasn’t been charged, and the experiences i can find online suggest that I should be deeply suspicious that it will actually ship anytime soon (or maybe at all).
Diego
I occasionally get a notice that a 3080 is in stock, and it’s gone by the time I get there. If this carries on it will make waiting for the 3070 or competition much easier.
KevinC
6315
Haven’t been looking yet. Waiting for the Zen 3 availability and then will start looking at putting together a build. I might just buy a custom build this time rather than build it myself, I just don’t feel like dealing with the hassle right now. Don’t know if that will make it easier or harder to find a 3080 but I’m hoping Big Navi will have an impact on demand. I feel like Nvidia thinks it must, otherwise they wouldn’t have rushed this out the door with (seemingly) such low supply.
Heck, if they’re that hard to come by I might just wait for a 3080Ti.
I’m at 11 or 12 instances of having a card in a cart and losing it. I don’t keep track anymore, really.
mono
6317
Considering the continued supply constraints, and the 3rd party prices online, I’m still amazed I managed to get a FE for $900. That dude on Craigslist is probably kicking himself if he’s watched the going rate on FE models soar.
