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If your applications require 24GB, the 4080 isn't even on your radar....the 4090 is and that is a small segment and the 4090 just pummels the 3090ti even moreso. If NV link is a requirement none of the 4000 cards are on your map. So you're effectively stuck with Ampere till you are forced to move on and depending on your workflow your use case for being stuck relies solely around NVlink. Anything else 4000 series is the answer whether 4080 or 4090. So your argument is there are special circumstances where the 3090/3090ti are needed and that is NVLink basically? Ok. If I need 24GB I'm going to go get a 4090 at this point. Runs much cooler, less power hungry and superior in every capacity.

24gb is for a targeted audience and SLI is dead even on the 4090. I'd love to see Nvidia bring it back for a 4090ti though since we know the PCB has the pins for it. 3090ti runs like a (big sexy) furnace. Aesthetics and size is subjective. I love the idea of slapping on these monster coolers to the 4080 and 4090 class cards. Architecturally and computationally it is a superior card. You can pick the nits but it just is. Slap the card in and it will beat a 3090ti across the board. Now, is it a slap in the face and an insult from Nvidia to increase the price of the xx80 tier card by $500 AND try to shove a 4070 down our throats for $899 calling it a 4080 12GB? Absolutely. Is the 4090 vastly superior? Yep. But the 4080 is the better card. I remember that chip. It was a monster. Between that and stepping on the other one.....yikes. I double checked the distance between us to make sure it was enough to not pick up any bit of that bad run of luck.

I know we had this discussion before with your former 2080ti vs 3090 🤣 but you can't compare a heavily OC'd card vs a stock card. It has to be stock vs stock or OC vs OC. 4080 is a flat out superior card over the 3090 and 3090ti. Jaw droppingly so? No, but definitely there. 4090 is a god slayer.... Either way, if I had a 3090 or 3090ti I wouldn't even look at a 4080. 4090 all the way or just stick with what you have till next gen. I still say Nvidia drops a 4090ti next year for $1999.99 for FE edition but we'll see.

Looking good bro! Achievement Unlocked! lol, you should water cool them to extract a little more performance out of the Papucrocs! Ah, ok. Not like it isn't a ripper of a card all things considered (price, lack of legacy support).

Sadly no matter how you spin it the 4080 is a better card than the 3090 or 3090ti. It makes sense in a damned if you do damned if you don't kind of way. With used prices or even new, the asking prices of 3080 and 3090/ti cards are ridiculous when the 4080 is superior in every way even if it isn't jaw dropping superior. Well, you did practice what you preach and returned your 4090. @johnksss returned his 4090(s) too I think. Only people in the forum here who have them are @jaybee83 and @Talon at this point? I cancelled the Merc tonight. After doing some Dragonflight tests with the 7900xtx reference it isn't worth the price for the 7900xtx unless Raster only even moreso in Dragonflight. If I picked up a Merc honestly I might as well stick with the Strix 3080 as both are struggling and nowhere near at 100fps. 4080 still slated for 12/30 pickup from BB so we'll see but the 7900xtx was just so disappointing. The 4090 is the logical choice but for $500+tax more which isn't chump change unless I can manage to snag a BB 4090 and apply another "thank you" 10% code I have tied to my account before 12/31 reducing it to $1440.00. I'll be on the hunt the next 8 days on BB just in case I get lucky but don't count on it. 😞 When HUB (HUB!) is basically trashing the 7900xt as a non-starter and saying stepping up to the 7900xtx for $1k you should find an additional $200 and go for the 4080 really just let you know the 7900xt, xtx and 4080 all need a $100-200 price cut stat.

I'm sure at some point AMD thought maybe 4000 series was going to pull a Turing and be a poor upgrade from Pascal overall then Nvidia dropped the hammer and they quickly realized they weren't even in the same league as the 4090 and in the 4080 league only in pockets. With rumors of Nvidia going chiplet for the 5000 series too the writing was on the wall for both but we can safely say outside of some modern miracle this generation's war is over and Nvidia won clearly and decisively. With cheaper production costs AMDs saving grace will be lowering the price of the 7900xtx to $900 and the 7900xt to $700 for starters so they can compete on value. As for Jufes, he's not wrong (this time lol). I'm not disliking the results and I think as a pure raster card it is a better value than the 4090 at MSRP ($1k vs $1.2k) especially if your workflow doesn't lean towards Nvidia and you can take advantage of 24GB of VRAM. Outside of that? Want RT? Nvidia. Want NVENC? Nvidia. Want CUDA support? Nvidia. Better drivers (subjective)? Nvidia. I'm pretty disappointed in the 7900xtx overall especially with AMD and their pre-launch marketing. Doing some WoW Ardenweald runs just confirmed that if you want RT it's all about Nvidia. No RT? It becomes a valid comparison and decision to be made if you're all about raster gaming only. If I could snag a 7900xtx for $900? Eh..... 7900xt is basically a 3090ti in raster. 7900xtx is a 4080 in raster. Turn on RT and the 7900xt turns into a 3080. 7900xtx turns into a 3090/3090ti. When HUB even says the 7900xt is garbage at $900 and if you are going to jump to the 7900xtx for $1k you might as well pony up an additional $200 for a 4080 because it is overall the superior product you know AMD did bad this time. Raster? Not bad.... RT? Uh oh..... 7900xt = 3080 10GB. 7900xtx = 3090/3090ti. Remember when AMD was all about power efficiency and touted it routinely? Double uh oh.... Whew, look at that 3090ti. No wonder my room heated up...

Just did an hour of runs earlier before calling it a night. He set up another clean W10 install on a spare M.2 to dual boot for the Powercolor 7900xtx so we could go back and forth real quick. We'll do more tomorrow especially in the Dragon Isles but it's not looking good. It is turning into kind of what I thought. Raster meaningful gains, RT it becomes a 3090/3090ti card. 7900xtx is ~30-35% faster than his old KPE 3090 Raster only same run (~92fps 3080 vs ~110fps 3090 vs 144fps 7900xtx) but turn on RT high and it becomes a near wash 3090 vs 7900xtx ( 57fps 3080 vs 70fps 3090 vs 73fps 7900xtx ). 3090ti would probably add another fps or two to the 70fps RT. Based on these results I am thinking the 4080 will be right around 100-110fps Suprim 4090 in the same run spits out ~155fps RT on. What an absolute beast. Zero OCs on any of the GPUs. I haven't cancelled my Merc order but most likely will as I'm not seeing some super silver lining out there unless I run Raster only. 4080 @ $1079 suddenly isn't immediately vomit inducing but that 4090? Whew..... His parting words before hanging up? "You look and sound almost as bad as the RT scores on the 7900xtx get some sleep" (ZING) I leave you with this tweet from HUB.....AMD you slippery rascal you!

Thanks bros! I'm hopped up on a Zpac and Tamiflu (day 2) along with an inhaler atm....fun stuff. 7900xtx pickup date (XFX Merc) is Dec 30th from BB but my bud snagged a reference 7900xtx today from MC after I told him I ordered one to compare since he's curious too since he also plays WoW (and MW) and didn't want t wait. Obviously with a Suprim 4090 he won't be holding onto the 7900xtx regardless. I can let the Merc sit in order limbo while we Facetime tomorrow to do some Ardenweald runs. We'll do some flight point runs across the zone for consistency Ultra 10 RT on. I don't want to cancel my order till I see some preliminary data. I ordered a 4080 FE from BB too. That one I was able to get 10% off with BB member code and with rewards on top total price w/ tax is 1096.54. So we'll be able to definitively see where the 7900xtx, 4080 and 4090 stack up at 4k Ultra 10 RT on. If the Merc 7900xtx pops back up I'll attempt to re-order it with another 10% off, cancel the original, and let it sit in limbo. Predictions? I expect the 7900xtx to barely beat the 4080 pure Raster but once that RT switch gets flipped to get wrecked especially out in the Dragon Isles since I'm getting lower fps out there than Ardenweald with my Strix 3080. It will be good to see what puts my 144mhz 5120x1440 display in the "sweet spot" zone. I'd definitely like 100fps min everywhere ultra 10 RT on. The Strix 3080 is just getting pummeled in zone 2 of Dragonflight with dips into the low 60s / high 50s just out questing. Looking at the chart I posted a few days ago, the 7900xtx on average is 30% faster than the 3080 in RT but the 4080 is 62% faster. 4090 of course is 124% faster..... If 55-65fps is the 3080 RT target then the 7900xtx based on those numbers in the chart will fall short but the 4080 will put me right at or close to my baseline acceptance. 4090 will put it right near or over 144 cap consistently but as long as I get 100fps+ I'm good. I'll have more clarity tomorrow with the 7900xtx vs my 3080/3090ti data.

Exactly, Nvidia can continue to control the market to a degree because their overall feature set is just better. AMD does have very good raster performance and I do think their drivers will mature at a larger rate but Nvidia is just the complete package. Even so, Steve's GN rant on the 4080 pricing was valid and eventually Nvidia will realize those lush market conditions of late 2020 to early 2022 are gone as initial sales start to fall flat and stock continues to rise. $999 is where it starts to at least become tolerable and $899.99 ($200+ over 3080 MSRP) is less insulting. The fact Nvidia tried to cram a "4080 12gb" down our throats at $899.99 is so insulting. Without AMD I think they would have stuck with it. What other choice would there have been for a performance card? Old Ampere stock? Oh wait, those prices haven't really gone down either in the mid tier..... That's a 3rd party seller but even MSRP on the Strix 4080 is $1549 which is bonkers. I'm sure Newegg is enjoying having their cake and eating it too as there has to be some sellers who buy from Newegg and immediately relist at higher prices so Newegg then gets another cut of the sale. This was actually an interesting video and some of those were no better or worse than the included heatsink with the motherboard. Just about all motherboards come with at least a primary heatsink these days even many lower tier models.

Nvidia is holding all the cards here on many levels. If AMD doesn't have the hardware to compete against the 4090 Nvidia can just sit back and milk the 4090 full cycle and release a higher tier card if they even need to for consumers but as you point out, why do that when they can just push out a crazy expensive Titan or push all that top end silicon to A series data center hardware? As for the 4080, the 7900xtx does compete with it and even nips at the 4090 in select tests at a lower price till you turn on RT then it gets real ugly real fast. Raw raster vs raster? It's a competent card at a better price point. But is it enough coupled with lackluster sales of the 4080 (relatively speaking) for Nvidia to actually lower their prices? I mean we are talking about Nvidia here....

Gotta scratch this itch vs Jansen in regards to Dragonflight..... I ordered a 7900xtx so I can test it myself vs my 3090/3090ti Ardenweald data, Strix 3080 and bud's 4090 Suprim and get my own grasp on it since I run a 12900k and he runs my old 12900ks.

This chart makes sense in regards to how Dragonflight is playing on the 7900xtx. This is a summary of 15 performance launch reviews. 4090? A beast, case closed. It is a monster. I'm slowly, but surely, leaning towards it more and more now after these results. Raster the 7900xtx is ~5% faster overall than the 4080 but turn on RT and it is slower than a 3090ti by 4% and slower than a 4080 by ~32%. 4090 is just skipping along destroying both cards.... Having slipped back into a 3080 10GB for the time being from a KPE 3090ti this chart is very accurate in WoW w/ RT on. Looking at the fps I'm getting on this 144hz 5120x1440 display, the only real meaningful upgrade still is a 4090 to actually get it to stay consistently above 120fps and closer to 144hz cap at all times. A 4080 would put me around 80-100fps in troublesome spots. Those same spots drop to 50-70fps on my 3080. Maybe more as I am only in the second zone of Dragonflight (of 4). I'm going to drag my display over to my bud's house and his Suprim 4090 to confirm this once this Fluvid I have at the moment resolves (Flu A + Covid). RT is actually a thing now in Dragonflight and you can see the difference on and off especially with spell casts. Those 7900xtx fps in Ardenweald are right below the fps I was getting on my 3090ti in the same zone with Ultra RT max on with my 4k display. 7900xtx is a non starter for me now at $1000. 7900xt is a non starter regardless of the price. It is only 4090 or 4080 at a good price.

For some context I got the following scores with other cards pure stock: X170KM-G 3060 Timespy GPU = 9025 X170SM-G 2080S Timespy GPU = 11200 But these were with older drivers. I'll have an X170KM-G in this week with a 3070 I'll give a run to compare against someone's X170KM-G w/ 3080 but I expect the stock score to be ~13200 GPU (+/- 200)

I use a jeweler's headpiece with interchangeable lenses for soldering really small microelectronics so I can move and clamp down items as I see fit and put my big noggin into position as needed for optimal viewing.

Jay can be a bit (a lot) sensationalist in his thumbnails and sometimes even in his content in pockets. Just preface it with, "3 power lead versions are ideal for valid overclocking" or a thumbnail with, "3x lead AMD cards are monster OCers!" AMD left the impression the CU / Shaders were going to be more than doubled and when numerous outlets reported it as such they never, ever not even once stepped forward and corrected them. It wasn't till benchmarks and screenshots started to show up right before reviews we realized the 7900xtx was much less than advertised. It took them forever to finally say it was a 4080 competitor which contradicted a lot of their presentation benchmarks which with basic extrapolation put it closer to the 4090. I still think it is a very solid card and has great potential but the results are so all over the map in benchmarks that it has to be a new architecture / driver issue and a lack of maturity. When you have some games barely performing above the 6950xt and losing clearly to the 4080 and others beating the 4080 convincingly and nipping at the 4090's heels that variance is puzzling and troubling. AMD fooled me yet again with their presentation and lack of clarity or correction when simulated benchmarks and fps started to appear. I am not shocked after the 7900xtx launch 4080 sales picked up immediately. Everyone who was waiting to see what AMD had to offer produced a portion of that crowd that decided the 4080 was the better value even at +$200. I'm holding off till Feb 2023. I mean if I see a Suprim X 4090 at MSRP I might break and buy it because I'm only human and the "final" release of WoW DF is putting a beating on my 3080 badly in many spots as I progress at 5120x1440 @144hz. Even the 3090ti wouldn't have resolved these sub 60 dips. I know a 4090 will have it purring along at 120+ w/ RT on and RT on/off is much more noticeable in Dragonflight than Shadowlands. It is meaningful now so I keep it on.

Easy to return and sit back and wait while you continue to absolutely wreck older GPUs for points and fun. Can you do a PR run with and without ECC enabled for comparison on your 4090?

Makes sense since you're going to just throw your own heatsink solution on them anyhow. The price and RGB aren't worth it. Glad to see you testing, pushing and binning various sticks out there to separate the wheat from the chaff for clarity.

So it has been ~1yr since I bought (and returned) my X170KM-G. I picked up another one that should be here next week to give it a, "round 2" treatment and see where it stands in light of both XMGs continued BIOS advancements and access to unlocking the stock BIOS to some degree. I also greatly expanded the launch page posting to address some general concerns and questions for those who find this thread which now pops up near the top on google search.

Ewwww, that's a hard pass. In 4090 land, it is either a Suprim X or a $1599.99 whatever off the shelf. With the way the lottery works even a Zotrash can rise to the top.... Yeah, it looks like the 7900xt might (and should) suffer a hard case of either "4080-itis" or fall victim to the overpriced 7950xt price cuts sooner than later. lol, I continue to love the sheer amount of torture you subject these older generation cards to when they meet up head to head to blazing CPUs and just get wrecked. 🙂 Does that Zotac look like a boat too? $799.99 at a min or even $699.99 but after the holidays and after the initial rush dies down I think we'll see some price adjustments on both sides (outside of the 4090). "The Lovelace RDNA3 wars have begun..." - Yoda

Right..... *wink wink* "Mistakenly" 🤪🤣 https://videocardz.com/newz/galax-mistakenly-announces-geforce-rtx-4090-ti-graphics-card

6000 series uplift was about what? 0-10%? Along with most importantly if your particular program can take advantage of software specific prefetching versus the automated hardware level prefetching so it will vary program to program. These are AMD Mesa3D drivers being used to show the inability to allocate resources (pointer) for prefetches if you're using a first gen 7000 series product. I'd like to see some actively running program reporting realtime stall rate (CUs sitting around waiting for instructions/data) to get an idea of any type of performance left on the table if any depending on program. Assuming this is being done due to some early bugs or driver issues that need to be worked out, If *IF* this can be addressed in a future driver update (the snippet above is a driver level code snapshot), that right there could be a significant boost in performance. On the other hand, if this is software acknowledging a hardware level issue for rev 1 hardware then rev 2 hardware should have nice gains. I'm sure over the next few days (weeks?) We'll get clarity.

Sapphire Nitro+ 7900xtx unboxing...this is my current pick of the AIBs so far:

I keep going back and forth on the 7900xtx but more forward than backwards. I really like the Nitro+ model for air cooled along with the TUF for some reason (go figure) but any 2x PCIe models are automatically sent to /dev/null all 3x models are on the consideration chart. 7900xt is a non-starter in any configuration even with a price drop. As for reduced performance, just like CPUs at a certain point all types of variables start to come into play when you're pushing it to its edge from memory errors to CPU oddly throttling due to need of better cooling. Put it on water or LN2 and many of those problems would resolve themselves. The sheer amount of headroom does really seem to indicate a lot of performance was left on the table and AIBs are going to have a field day along with blocks.

I just checked zTecPCs website and they no longer list or promote Prema on their existing ZtecPC units for sale so at some point for whatever units they have to sell it gets the stock treatment now but it never hurts to ask.

Overall the X170SM-G is less problematic and if you find a way has access to Prema. It can use the exact same array of GPUs as the KM. Remember, X170KM-G was so problematic that Prema abandoned his BIOS development for it if that tells you anything.