Let's see. The 3090 requires 350 watts by itself. The reference card has a fan that blows out the back right onto my CPU, thus making it run hotter. And even the lowly 3080 costs almost as much by itself as the Dell Alienware (check my sig) that I just bought that came with an RTX 2060. Those that dispose of perfectly fine Snapdragon-based phones every two years as a reflex and those that are always chasing the latest CPU and GPU will jump all over these to replace their "ageing" 2080 TI's, but I won't be upgrading. Nor do I need to. I fly through London with Orbx London Landmarks at the full resolution of my monitor with no framerate issues at all. Have fun though. At least until the RTX 4060 Super renders these obsolete.

5 minutes ago, SeanMo said:

Let's see. The 3090 requires 350 watts by itself. The reference card has a fan that blows out the back right onto my CPU, thus making it run hotter. And even the lowly 3080 costs almost as much by itself as the Dell Alienware (check my sig) that I just bought that came with an RTX 2060. Those that dispose of perfectly fine Snapdragon-based phones every two years as a reflex and those that are always chasing the latest CPU and GPU will jump all over these to replace their "ageing" 2080 TI's, but I won't be upgrading. Nor do I need to. I fly through London with Orbx London Landmarks at the full resolution of my monitor with no framerate issues at all. Have fun though. At least until the RTX 4060 Super renders these obsolete.

You mad bro?

4 minutes ago, ahsmatt7 said:

You mad bro?

About what, bruh? That a $1500 unreleased video card is better than the one in my $800 PC? I got over that sort of thing in 1994 when Diamond came out with a successor to the Viper. I do think it is hilarious that I managed to retire at 35 and so many others are paycheck to paycheck because they refuse to get off the consumer treadmill. I cut the cable in 1997. As an ex-MSFT employee, I've got nothing to be mad at. 😄

Edited September 1, 20205 yr by SeanMo

9 minutes ago, eaim said:

Does anyone know when RDNA2 is being announced/revealed?

It's currently looking like announcement in October, release in November.

Don`t be surprised if pre-orders start soon within a week web stores are listing them no price yet. 

1 hour ago, Cai Zicheng said:

3090 for the VRAM. 10GB for lower models will be too tight for P3Dv5.

And if you think it will be too tight for P3d5, wait until MSFS switches to DX!12.

For me? an used 2070 Super.

3090 available from Nvidia from 24th September £1399.00 in the UK. 

Which one do I want ... a 3090ti or better, of course.

Which one can I afford ... a Used 1080ti (which I have already)  ie no planned upgrade for me unless or until a lottery win.

However, the dream is cheap LOL

Tony

I want the 3090 for its 24GB of VRAM but not sure if I'll get the founders edition or the ASUS ROG STRIX one. The FE is 12.3 inches in length by 5.4 inches wide. That can't be right. 5.4 inches???? that might not even fit in my case then. I definitely like and prefer the design of the FE and the 12pin over the 3x8pin of the ASUS ROG STRIX.

The FE card has 10496 CUDA Cores but the ASUS shows only 5264??? Is that a mistake?

55 minutes ago, captain420 said:

I want the 3090 for its 24GB of VRAM but not sure if I'll get the founders edition or the ASUS ROG STRIX one. The FE is 12.3 inches in length by 5.4 inches wide. That can't be right. 5.4 inches???? that might not even fit in my case then. I definitely like and prefer the design of the FE and the 12pin over the 3x8pin of the ASUS ROG STRIX.

The FE card has 10496 CUDA Cores but the ASUS shows only 5264??? Is that a mistake?

Your data for FE seems right. Also 3x8pin? Other AIB vendors are doing 2x8pin right? 2x8pin should be sufficient for 350W TDP.

1 hour ago, Cai Zicheng said:

Your data for FE seems right. Also 3x8pin? Other AIB vendors are doing 2x8pin right? 2x8pin should be sufficient for 350W TDP.

So even if the card has 3x8pin ports, the 3rd port is optional?

6 hours ago, SeanMo said:

About what, bruh? That a $1500 unreleased video card is better than the one in my $800 PC? I got over that sort of thing in 1994 when Diamond came out with a successor to the Viper. I do think it is hilarious that I managed to retire at 35 and so many others are paycheck to paycheck because they refuse to get off the consumer treadmill. I cut the cable in 1997. As an ex-MSFT employee, I've got nothing to be mad at. 😄

You just won tool of the day....

Edited September 2, 20205 yr by ahsmatt7

12 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

Will wait for benchmarks and reviews before committing to any of those!

Same pretty happy with my 1080 ti

5 hours ago, ahsmatt7 said:

You just won tool of the day....

Agreed