It does matter in games that profit from the cache when the GPU either is not the limit or the game is not well coded. See my KC:D and Elex2 benchmarks on the last page. But more importantly the video posted by pickup.
It also matters for min-FPS and smoothness.
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
if my 40 buck asrock am4 a320 supports all them upgrades, a lot of others will to, and the kicker is there is zero performance loss between a 250 usd am4 board and a 50 usd board, the whole range ( 320-350-370 -450 ...) has same fps in games from cheap to deluxe
Anyone know a Hybrid Kit that works with Gainward Phoenix RTX 2080 ti cards?
You could also remove the original fans and the shroud, then install 2x120mm quality fans (Arctic P12 for example), will drop temps like 10c and will be silent.
NVidia has dropped it's MSRP prices a LOT in the last few days. Supply/Demand has reversed. There's now an oversupply and NV + partners need to get rid of them. This is the time to buy a 30x0-card (if needed/can afford it). The prices are still way too salty for me; the "new" pricing standards for low, mid and high end cards are 2+ times as high as they were during the Geforce 9xx/10x0 days.
The prices changes hasn't really begun dropping here in Sweden yet (although I've seen a few AIB products dropping in price leading to two cards with the same specs having a 30%+ price difference).
I put a bid on a second hand ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2060 Super (max bid set to $200 at the moment, MSRP is ~$360). It's 60-80% faster than my 1060 + it's got DLSS 1/2; I couldn't care less about raytracing.
Can't really expect quality content that'll help you make an informed decision by watching JayzTwoCents
Still trying to make waves with clickbait titles and thumbnails that imply he has something important to say
No, now is not the time to buy 2 year old GPUs literally 2-3 months before the new gen is releasing
Remember the nosedive of the 2080ti price when ampere was officially announced?
Expect the same for ampere cards
I actually see it as possible that it could be way, way worse given how absolutely flooded the market is with cards from this gen - mostly because of miners and scalpers, but also because of the whole Corona thing and people spending extra on their at-home hobbies
the resulting over-production of cards that either landed in the hands of scalpers or never sold at all because of the ridiculous price hikes means we have not only a ton of miners trying to sell their mining cards, regular ol people and scalpers wanting to get rid of their overpriced cards before they are worth a fraction
but also retailers sitting on massive stocks that they know they gotta get rid off before the next-gen of cards drop, I assume it's especially bad for the pricier cards, 3080ti and up
it'll be like the breaking of a dam when retailers, distributers and aibs will no longer hold on to the hopes of breaking even but truly just dump whatever they can to cut losses
and we are not there yet
I half-expect to see used 3090s for as low as 600-700
probably not much higher for brand new cards
Hell, even I sold my 3090 for $1400 and got a 3080 for $700 instead
just so it wouldn't sting as much when the real price fall arrives
Btw. for a second I thought I was in the wrong thread
I put a bid on a second hand ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2060 Super (max bid set to $200 at the moment, MSRP is ~$360). It's 60-80% faster than my 1060 + it's got DLSS 1/2; I couldn't care less about raytracing.
2060 Super FE user here. Even with the lowest tensor cores, with DLSS 2 it runs perfectly fine with RT for games like Cyberpunk for 1080p. This card surprised me a lot, worth it!
3D versions will be released later, so they can win intel again when they release new shit.
Quite normal prices compared to Zen 3 release pricing. The problem more relies on motherboards and DDR5. I personally couldn't care less about X670 thanks to insane price levels. I really hope B650 will cost much less though the reality might be somewhere between 250 - 600€ which is just too much in my opinion.
ps. Zen 4 might not support DDR5 faster than 5200 without extra tweaking, BETA bioses and what not. For now the smartest move can be just to sit and wait for it to be polished.
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Though Intel might strike back by making their line up cheaper, especially the 13600k
Not really, there was long time period when AMD could not match Intel in any way, now they are constantly running over them, good competition. AMD also forced intel to make more CPU cores available to consumer socket and lower prices (remember how expensive they were?), i kinda enjoy the salty tears coming out of intel fan bois these days.
Raptor Lake will be slain again instantly just with the 3D cache versions, anyway you cant go wrong with any of the modern 6/8 core CPUs Intel or AMD, they are all fast, unless you need to run your esports 240p TN panel @ 1500hz, then there is always "upgrade".
personally i think the best gaming CPU now available is 5800x3D paired with decent B550 mobo, insane performance, would not even get these new ones over it.
Is it good competition? Instrad of fighting over customers with low prices they're both arrogantly pricing themselves high thinking the performance will have people go to them.
7000 series has the same price as previous one? top end model 7950X is actually 100 bucks cheaper than previous 5950X, entry level 7600X which will run any game and screen good is 299 bucks, dont think the prices are that high, ofcourse in here those prices translates something much higher, but i have used to it already.
I hope these prices mean AMD knows that Intel has something competitive in the pipeline. Some good old-fashioned competition in the CPU space, didn't think I'd see that again in this lifetime.
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, cant wait to get a second hand 3d cache one in a few years, i bet the 58003d might go up to 125% or more?
and nope, i had to swap mobo for that of my aunt her pc to mine 
