6482

Yeah, it’s monumentally frustrating. Guess you’re headed back to that fuckin’ discord. My condolences.

6483

For those like me who were mentally wondering about 9x…

720p = 1280 x 720
4K = 3840 x 2160

1280 x 3 = 3840
720 x 3 = 2160

3 x 3 = 9

That’s 3x the resolution, 9x the pixels.

6484

Or, put another way:

1280x720 = 921,600 total displayed pixels
3840x2160 = 8,294,400 total displayed pixels

8,294,400 pixels is 9x more pixels than 921,600 pixels.

6485

Yep, though sadly I never actually left that Discord & Nvidia-Snatcher script in the first place.

I suspected that getting a real shipping order would be a complete shitshow, so I’ve been trying to get another real order in ever since the “launch” day.

Diego

6486

I had flagged a couple of EVGA cards as “notify” the day they went live on the site. If I get an early chance to buy one, I’ll go ahead and snatch it up and offer it to a Qt3 member at my cost.

I do need a card for my secondary system, but I’m likely going to just go 3070 or 3060 for that.

6487

I can’t remember the authoritative answer but if I have 2 G-sync monitors connected to my GPU with DP can they both have G-sync enabled?

6488

I don’t believe so; I recall reading that you should never have more than one display with active g-sync at a time.

6489

I’ve read it’s supposed to work but has caused countless headaches for many people, so could be a ymmv scenario.

6490

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4766/~/does-variable-refresh-rate-work-across-mixed-monitor-configurations%3F

6491

I’m so hard right now.

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6492

Woops

As said, MSI is scalping their own 3080s on ebay under the name Starlit Partner. Browsing the Starlit Partner seller reveals that everything they sell is MSI, most (maybe all) new in a box. They have the nerve to say “We work closely with the manufacturer.” Because they are literally the manufacturer.

MSI statement on the matter

Starlit Partner is an individual sales subsidiary working under MSI. They carry excess inventory and Refurbished items and would not be given newly released products such as the Geforce RTX 30 series GPU. As such, we have conducted an investigation and found out that an error allowed them access to inventory they were not permitted to handle.

Starlit Partner has been instructed to contact the individual customers who purchased these GPU and offer 2 options - return the product and receive a full refund, or a partial refund of the amount paid over MSI’s MSRP.

Moving forward, MSI will enforce a stricter policy to Avoid situation like this happening again.

6493

That really isn’t an acceptable response. They needed to say the people responsible for this have been terminated.

6494

Those responsible for sacking people have themselves been sacked.

6495

Wohoo! Party at Stusser’s today!

6496

Grrrrrrrr… Despicable behavior. This is NOT how you make things better Nvidia & “partners.”

6497

It’s not ok that it happened, but every company will have opportunists. Their response is what matters and it wasn’t good enough.

6498

The company is the opportunists, though.

6499

You can’t fire someone for doing what they were told, is my theory.

6500

That sort of theory is why they need to fire his ass.

6501

Took a small test drive last night on the new rig. Jackals did not update the bios as they said they would (in a chat log)and it was set at lame slow memory speed levels. 3 clicks, quick download and reboot got me up and flying at speed intended. Downloaded the free 3dmark thing and got a 15845 3d mark score. I think that’s pretty good for stock speeds with no overclocking (except the Ventus card)? I was avg 120 ish FPS in Battlefield at 1440p at ultra settings with everything maxed. It was silky smooth with zero issues. Rig ran cool and silent. My comcast cable box makes more noise. Didn’t really play much else as I was tweaking and downloading. Oh and the RGB is tasteful(if you want it to be) except for the garish RAM. Besides the RAM it’s just the NZXT cooler, motherboard and 2 strips of LEDs illumating down from the top and behind the cable mgmt creating a nice soft glow. Nonme of the fans! Luckily all easy to change or turn off. Daughter tripped the light fantastic last night as we set it up to “disco mode” for full obnoxiousness spazzing out to the beat. RGB passed the stress test, no more of that ;)

TLDR: 3080 is the bees knees so far. NZXT build is very, very nice but testing is non existent beyond post test.

Good luck to all those still looking and/or waiting on AMD offerings. A few months and everyone who has wanted will have been able to upgrade hopefully.