<sigh> I'll just have to be content with my new rig's GTX 2080 Super. My older sim computer's GTX 1080Ti (11GB) just wasn't cutting it.

OTOH, the "old" sim computer runs Max, Photoshop and all of my other programs splendidly! 

Just to throw a spanner in the works for anyone contemplating a GPU upgrade...
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/a-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-with-16gb-gddr6-is-listed-at-lenovo.html

Who knows if this is true or not, but I'm certainly going to wait for a 30x0 Ti.
With 'only' 10GB of VRAM on the vanilla 3080, it isn't enough for me.
 

4 hours ago, JDWalley said:

That was then, this is now.  When I run MSFS with Windows Game Bar open, I find that it's using up 90%+ of my GPU's capacity, but well under 50% of my relatively ancient CPU.  Now, granted, it may be because the sim isn't yet fully optimized, but it really appears that the latest iteration of MSFS seems to have reversed the old paradigm of taxing the CPU more than the GPU.

Taxing RAM more than anything, followed by GPU, then CPU.  Much the opposite of older FS versions...

7 hours ago, F737NG said:

Just to throw a spanner in the works for anyone contemplating a GPU upgrade...
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/a-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-with-16gb-gddr6-is-listed-at-lenovo.html

Who knows if this is true or not, but I'm certainly going to wait for a 30x0 Ti.
With 'only' 10GB of VRAM on the vanilla 3080, it isn't enough for me.
 

We will have a 20 gb 3080 in October 🙂

if you update the GPU you probably need to update also the CPU etc. to not have other bottlenecks.

I've read talk of very limited stocks in 3000 series cards until end of year at the earliest.

Hope that's not true.

 

4 minutes ago, hanhamreds said:

I've read talk of very limited stocks in 3000 series cards until end of year at the earliest.

Hope that's not true.

 

I'll be paying for the ASUS ROG TUF 3090 at 2pm on SEP 24....This card is only 29.7CM long as oppose to the NVIDIA and others length of 31.3cm. That extra 1.6 CM will ensure it fits in my case! 

Preliminary testing they are seeing 80-90% performance increases with the RTX3080 over the RTX2080.. not bad at all. No doubt MSFS will find a way to kill all these power improvements 😁

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-hands-on-with-nvidia-rtx-3080

Edited September 3, 20205 yr by AllRed

2 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

I'll be paying for the ASUS ROG TUF 3090 at 2pm on SEP 24....This card is only 29.7CM long as oppose to the NVIDIA and others length of 31.3cm. That extra 1.6 CM will ensure it fits in my case! 

Not going for the Strix then 

51 minutes ago, hanhamreds said:

Not going for the Strix then 

Can't seem to find the dimensions for it....I am measuring my case again to see what I can do. Don't fancy changing it when its all setup for water-cooling. I can easily swap the PSU out for another one. 

3 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Can't seem to find the dimensions for it....I am measuring my case again to see what I can do. Don't fancy changing it when its all setup for water-cooling. I can easily swap the PSU out for another one. 

my new 850watt PSu (replacing 650) arrived today - so all good to go now.

I'm hoping I can still use my Vertical bracket for the new card.

any idea on price for the ASUS cards?

On 9/2/2020 at 7:50 AM, Colonel X said:

I'd rather have a 6Ghz i7...

I'd rather have a 6Ghz R9...

On 9/2/2020 at 10:02 AM, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Absolutely correct. This needs pushed more. Especially to the 1/2 refresh rate, 30 VSYNC etc etc crowd....

A modern day GPU (such as the 2080 series or now the 30 series) with G-sync = Brilliance.

....which includes me at the moment !

Hopefully by Xmas I'll be rockin a 3070 Ti, and a G sync OLED.

Sick and tired of faffing around.

13 hours ago, F737NG said:

Just to throw a spanner in the works for anyone contemplating a GPU upgrade...
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/a-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-with-16gb-gddr6-is-listed-at-lenovo.html

Who knows if this is true or not, but I'm certainly going to wait for a 30x0 Ti.
With 'only' 10GB of VRAM on the vanilla 3080, it isn't enough for me.
 

But the new RAM in the 3080 and up is DDR6 X ....  50 percent faster than the RAM on the 20 series.

So 10 GB on the 3080 is equivalent to 15GB of 2080 VRAM.

... give or take... allegedly 🥴🥴🥴

11 minutes ago, Gabe777 said:

....which includes me at the moment !

Hopefully by Xmas I'll be rockin a 3070 Ti, and a G sync OLED.

Sick and tired of faffing around.

16Gb 3070Ti's, and 20GB 3080 (Ti) just down the road then.......