Nvidia 3000 series blows the doors off the 2000 series, moar Ray Tracing and AI beef (1 Viewer)

[Edwin-S]

So far all of the reviews that you have linked to pretty well tell a person to avoid these first generation ray-tracing GPUs. Their performance on games using rasterization is no better than using a cheaper 1080 or 1080TI card and the lack of any software that uses the features a person is paying a premium for makes the cards a bad value.

What makes it even worse is that last linked review talks about NVidia preparing to release a new processor using a smaller die in less than a year. These 2070 and 2080 cards make it look like NVidia desperately trying to squeeze the last bit of revenue out of the last gen architecture before starting the whole cycle over again in 2019.

 

[Sam Posten]

Yep. Don’t be like me

 

[Edwin-S]

Not knocking you for buying it though. I probably would have been tempted if I hadn't read all of the reviews that you linked.

 

[Sam Posten]

Oh I get it @Edwin-S I didn't think you were. My purchase was not smart and I've been tempted to just return my pre-order. But I've gone down this road and I'm gonna enjoy the ride, despite the bumps!

 

[Sam Posten]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/9pizjn/an_overview_of_nvidia_ansel_gdc_2018/

 

[Sam Posten]

Bah not working, NM

 

[Sam Posten]

2080ti up and running. Still getting it all set up, issues getting the HDMI port on the motherboard to send sound to my receiver...

 

[Sam Posten]

OK, All configured. I'm good till 2023 =)

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[DaveF]

That case monitor is wild!

 

[Sam Posten]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Performance_Analysis/Battlefield_V_RTX_DXR_Raytracing/

 

[Edwin-S]

Newegg is selling an IBuyPower desktop with the following config:
Snowblind Noctis case
3.7 GHz I7-8700K
32 GB DDR4
3TB HDD + 240 GB SSD
NVidia GeForce 1080TI 11 GB DDR5
The motherboard is an Intel z370.

3550 Canadian + 25 shipping + 426 taxes = $4001

Trying to decide if that is a reasonable price for the given features or whether a person could build a comparable machine for less. Also, still trying to decide whether it is worth going back to a desktop versus a laptop. A laptop is definitely more convenient and saves on space but a desktop can be upgraded to a certain degree while a laptop is WYSIWYG.

Have to admit that I am a little leery of spending 4Gs on a machine that is probably already obsolete.

 

[DaveF]

@Edwin-S why don’t you make a new thread for this?

 

[Edwin-S]

Do you want me to start a new one or just resurrect the one that I had made when I was contemplating building a machine?

 

[DaveF]

Whichever

 

[Sam Posten]

If you aren't getting a 2000 series card you should probably start a new thread =)

 

[Sam Posten]

Now on laptops, Ships 29 January:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/1...tx-2080-graphics-ray-tracing-laptops-ces-2019

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...e-pro-gaming-laptop-zephyrus-s-gx701-ces-2019

 

[passerdeep]

I think Ray Tracing will be the future in many games. I personally think that spending a little extra for RTX is worth it.

 

[Edwin-S]

I think Ray Tracing will be the future in many games. I personally think that spending a little extra for RTX is worth it.

They will need a whole new generation or two of cards before ray tracing becomes worthwhile in games. From what I have read, the frame rate performance on these RTX cards drops like a rock when ray tracing is implemented.

 

[Sam Posten]

3000 series is live! Ships 17th

NVIDIA Announces the GeForce RTX 30 Series: Ampere For Gaming, Starting With RTX 3080 & RTX 3090

www.anandtech.com