Yeah, I use framerate limiters in less demanding games just to limit power usage.
I now have the EVGA 3080 at 900mV sitting pretty at steady 1930Mhz in the BMRTX looping benchmark for an hour. Temps get up to 78C, I suspect your case ventilation is better than mine. Uses around 330w max.
Iirc, my 3080 Suprim can max around 430 watts if overclocking and by default, it maxes at 370. The thing cools like an absolute beast thanks to its fans and my case, however, and no game legitimately stresses it so Iām saving the overclocking for when I start coming across games in the future that can really benefit.
Yeah thatās equivalent to the FTW3, the highest-end models that AIB maker sells. Itās just way too much energy, even if your UPS doesnāt complain about being overloaded.
I was shocked. I never heard a UPS do that before.
mono
9033
I have 30 minutes left, on that newegg shuffle, to buy a 3070 ti and a 27-in G-Sync monitor that I donāt want for a $1,500 bundle price. What are 3070 tiās going for these days?
stusser
9034
On eBay, looks like roughly $1200 on completed auctions. That would have to be some nice monitor!
mono
9035
Itās actually a $1400 bundle. AORUS 27" G-Sync/IPS/165Mhz/1440p.
Leaning towards not bothering since I own a 3080. Itād be nice to use the 3070 in my HTPC, or to flip it! But the monitor is an albatross.
stusser
9036
Thatās a reasonably nice monitor but yes if you donāt need it, and you donāt even need the GPU, then certainly donāt get it.
I got that EVGA 3080 when I didnāt need it only because a work friend really wanted a 3080. And I paid MSRP, Iād never ever pay over MSRP.
AMD released FSR in the latest driver.
YouTube comparisons will be along shortly, Iām sure
That is exactly what I expected. Exactly.
Since it doesnāt use temporal information, I expected it to be inferior to the built-in Unreal engine 5 temporal super resolution technique and nowhere near competitive with DLSS. And that expectation turned out to be correct.
The AMD subreddit is going crazy fanboying over this. Itās like they didnāt even read the reviews at all. Pretty funny.
Itās not going to help turn ultrabooks into gaming PCs, but that is a very nice boost.
Seems like prices are definitely starting to come down and availability is going up, many more prebuilt options with 3070s and 3080s are out. Wonder if itās supply chain or crypto crash or both? Either way, soon as I can get a 3080 in a good case for 2k or less Iām pulling the trigger.
Maybe theyāre LHR models?
I think the crypto price collapse along with a market thatās unwilling to pay nearly as high scalpers prices are starting to drive things down. I noticed even a couple weeks ago that the ebay prices were dipping a couple hundred bucks from the peak. Progress is happening!
Looks like RTX3080s are going for between $1600 and $2000 now, while a couple months back they were $2200-$2400. Thatās where 3080tis are now.
CyberPowerPC in particular is clearly trying to dump stock, not of GPUs, but of the crappier cases and whatnot. Lots of 3070s stuck in systems with limited āhigh endā options for cases. From what everyone has taught me in this thread and in my prebuilt thread, seems like any case with an open front, 4-6 140mm fans, and a 240mm water cooler for the CPU is the right move, yes?
You really donāt need 4+ fans. You do want two intakes and at least one exhaust.
This is a nice configuration, since it will reduce the dust in the system (assuming intake filters and no mesh panels)
The radiator will have exhaust fans, which you can deduct from other fans you need. So, for instance, I have a 280mm cooler (2x140 exhaust fans) and 2 140mm fans for intake.
