10117

Jeez. I’m praying my card lives a long and healthy life. Glad you were able to get yourself a card and can play the game, though!

10118

I built a new system a LONG time ago (2014 maybe? - x99deluxe mobo with quad channel ram - 16GB to start, with 4 empty slots), and moved my 6GB 770GTX over thinking I’d wait for a deal, but that never happened due to miners, etc… I probably wouldn’t have spent as much, (or any, if Nvidia hadn’t stopped providing drivers for the 700 series), and reading about the TW:WH3 performance issues…

10119

I have to replace our septic system. At this rate, it will cost about as much as a 3090, and probably be easier to get.

10120

<drumroll> GTX 570

10121

Then there is this. My gut says this isn’t a big deal but it would be nice to have another player.

10122

Is 4 million a lot? I guess I just realized I have no idea how many graphics cards are out there. How many RTX cards are out there from Nvidia, for instance?

10123

But they don’t specify how many were bought for miners, and how many for players :P

10124

It looks like that includes RTX 2000s and 3000s, so @Scotten’s 4 million new Intel GPUs is actually a pretty huge number. Could be 30-50% of the number of RTX30XX’s out there, depending on what the breakdown of RTX20XX vs. 30XX is in their 20 million RTX’s sold is.

10125

The question will be are the cards any good?

I guess even if they aren’t they will probably be worth MSRP in the current market.

The real money for intel comes when they can make them in their own fabs though.

10126

I know its an old article, but that title…

RTX 30 Series Shortages to Continue Thru Q2 2021

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10127

Oof. I mean, if you have to buy a video card a GTX 1650 is probably the best you can do in that range.

10128

I’ve waited this long (since donating my GPU to my son’s computer), I can wait another couple of months to see if the supposed coming drop in GPU street prices actually materializes.

Are you saying that the GTX 1650 is the best card with msrp in the <$220 range, or that it is the only one likely to be found for sale in that ballpark these days?

10129

MSRP doesn’t mean anything for video cards anymore. I went to Micro Center’s website and it was the best looking card (and frankly, the only one I’d even consider buying) for $220 or less.

10130

I might need separate winter and summer cards.

10131

Can’t wait to upgrade! ;)

10132

I hope that quote is only for the super high end, 4090TI. Because 1000W for a gpu is stupid dumb.

Also, the 4000 series will be done with the 5nm process from TSMC, unlike the 8nm from Samsung in the 3000 series, so it’s supposed to be more efficient, not less.

10133

It’s wccftech, which as far as I can tell means any random rumour gets breathlessly reported regardless of reliability.

In particular doubling the CUDA core counts from 30xx to 40xx makes no sense whatsoever. That only happened between 20xx and 30xx because of an arch change. It would push the chip size (and hence cost) way up.

10134

Yes and yes. From the rumor:

As with prior generations of cards, folks may be able to play with the clock speeds and voltage settings to reduce power consumption substantially with only a marginal performance hit. But that’s still crazy power consumption for consumer cards.

10135

Fuck that shit. This is where I climb off PC gaming if that’s true.

10136

Wait until the day they announce the prices, then you will say that with caps on. Most people agree that the past two years of super expensive GPUs has served for Nvidia to learn that their product sstill will sell with an extra $250 overcharge. No reason to give that margin to scalpers when they can take it themselves.