6 hours ago, captain420 said:

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

Totally depend on which AIB you go with. Check out MSI/EVGA and see if they have 3x8pins or 2x8pins.

There are rumors that there will be a 20Gb model of the 3080. Will probably wait for this one.

Rumours are the 4000 Series will be faster next year 😁😁😎 

I'm aiming for something around 3070 3080 level, however 8-10GB look a bit on the small side for a new setup. I'd at least wait and see what AMD releases in November as their next gen gfx cards aka RDNA2. They might offer some interesting cards themselves and put some pressure on Nvidia's prices, but of course that's hard to predict at this point.

What surprised me is how Nvidia just cut the prices in half for 2080Ti level performance. They don't do this without a good reason. Speculation mode, so take this with a grain of salt or two: the most compelling reason I can see for this is AMD coming in with a strong competition in the near future, and Nvidia trying to rake in profits before AMD's new cards hit the market.

By December at least we might know a bit better where MSFS is going on the technical side, maybe even a roadmap for VR and DX12, what kind of optimisations they're going to add, and how well they work with Nvidia vs AMD cards. Although it's tempting, there's no need for me to rush the decision. I'll wait till I get some MSFS specific benchmarks of the new cards.

27 minutes ago, Cai Zicheng said:

Totally depend on which AIB you go with. Check out MSI/EVGA and see if they have 3x8pins or 2x8pins.

I wonder if 3 connectors would mean it's more powerful than 2

18 minutes ago, pstrub said:

I'm aiming for something around 3070 3080 level, however 8-10GB look a bit on the small side for a new setup. I'd at least wait and see what AMD releases in November as their next gen gfx cards aka RDNA2. They might offer some interesting cards themselves and put some pressure on Nvidia's prices, but of course that's hard to predict at this point.

What surprised me is how Nvidia just cut the prices in half for 2080Ti level performance. They don't do this without a good reason. Speculation mode, so take this with a grain of salt or two: the most compelling reason I can see for this is AMD coming in with a strong competition in the near future, and Nvidia trying to rake in profits before AMD's new cards hit the market.

By December at least we might know a bit better where MSFS is going on the technical side, maybe even a roadmap for VR and DX12, what kind of optimisations they're going to add, and how well they work with Nvidia vs AMD cards. Although it's tempting, there's no need for me to rush the decision. I'll wait till I get some MSFS specific benchmarks of the new cards.

That's very wise thinking, I'm pretty happy with the performance from my 1080 ti even at 4k ultra, I would love a 3090 but I think it's wise to wait and see how this all plays out

15 minutes ago, Jetman67 said:

That's very wise thinking, I'm pretty happy with the performance from my 1080 ti even at 4k ultra, I would love a 3090 but I think it's wise to wait and see how this all plays out

Who wouldn't love a 3090 😉 but yeah, I'm surprised how well my old 1050Ti (with a new Ryzen 3900X system) handles MSFS on 1920x1200, but tbh in civil flight simulation I'm relatively satisfied with framerates around 20-30 fps, as long as they don't stutter too much. I'd love to have more, I'm planning to go 4k in the near future, and at some point VR, so I keep an eye on the gfx card releases in the coming months. But I don't feel the need to rush the decision.

BTW, just read on a German site there might be a 3070Ti with 16GB of RAM coming at some point, leaked from Lenovo's product database... this may be more to my liking with respect to flight simming. 

https://www.computerbase.de/2020-09/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070ti-16-gbyte/

Edited September 2, 20205 yr by pstrub
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53 minutes ago, Jetman67 said:

I wonder if 3 connectors would mean it's more powerful than 2

Not really... the chip itself is designed for 350W TDP. 2x8pin gives plentiful headroom. Let's see what the cards actually come out to look like.

The 4000 Series will be out before MSFS goes to DX12, they have tons of issues to fix so much so you have to vote which one you want fixing first, as well as the in progress like ATC roadmap.