![]() ![]() The value decisions facing gamers now are pretty similar to when I was deciding to become a 2080 Ti owner last generation. That was already the case due to how well the 3080 performs, but there’s a certain type of gamer who can’t help but buy the best - the 3080 Ti gets so close that even they might be swayed. (Specifically, the press materials have lots of comparisons to the 2080 Ti.) That makes a lot of sense: you’re likely, in games, to get extremely close to the 3090’s performance, which, given the price differential, means the 3090 only really makes sense to professionals. What does this all mean, then? NVIDIA has made clear that the target audience for the 3080 Ti is gamers. *This figure isn’t actually the memory clock - it’s the effective memory speed - but who are we to argue with NVIDIA? This puts it very close to the 3090 in terms of memory bandwidth, although obviously it has only half of the actual memory capacity, which could rule it out for professionals like 3D animators and those who work with complex video projects. The 3080 Ti, as you’d expect, sits somewhere between, pairing 12GB of 3080-like 9,500MHz memory with a 3090-like 384-bit bus. (You derive these numbers, which aren’t really comparable to anything but RTX 30-series GPUs, by multiplying the number of cores by their max clock speed, and then multiplying that by the number of operations each core can handle per clock.) So, the 3080 Ti has about 96 percent of the power of the 3090, while the 3080 has about 84 percent.Īs hinted at, memory is where the cards really differ: The 3090 has 24GB of 9,750MHz* GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus, while the 3080 has 10GB of 9,500MHz GDDR6X on a narrower 320-bit bus. For rasterization - putting pixels on a screen - the RTX 3080 has 29.8 teraflops of power, the RTX 3080 Ti has 34.1 and the RTX 3090 has 35.6. We’ll have to review the 3080 Ti to discern its real-world performance, but we can do some basic math to get an idea of where the Ti sits. Problems solved!īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. The new RTX 3070 Ti will cost $599, and fills the first hole as a fairly mild upgrade over the RTX 3070, while the RTX 3080 Ti sits neatly between the 3080 and the super-pricey 3090 at $1,199. Given, historically, the best selling cards are the ones that go for around $250, the most glaring hole remains gaping, but there are other important price points unfilled: The $500-$698 range and every price point between $699 and $1,499. reality: For desktop PCs, NVIDIA sells the RTX 3060 for $329, the 3060 Ti for $399, the RTX 3070 for $499, the RTX 3080 for $699 and the RTX 3090 for $1,499. Today at Computex in Taipei, a couple of those gaps have been filled by the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti.įirst, a quick refresher on where we're at in this alt. Even in that alternative reality where you can buy a GPU without hassle, NVIDIA has some pretty large holes in its product lineup right now. And of course, there's a strong possibility that graphics card pricing will be more normal then, and availability could potentially be significantly better with Intel entering the market, and mining profitability uncertain.Let's pretend, for a second, that the GPU market isn't a trash fire of scalpers, miners and overpriced GT 1030s. And later in the year, we will likely have 40-series cards available that will make this currently "high-end" card a lot more "mid-range". And for what? A different cooler that probably costs them no more to make than a standard 3080 reference cooler.Ī 3080 Ti for over $1300 is still a very bad value compared to the prices announced for the rest of the 30-series over a year and a half ago. So even the Founder's Edition 3080 Ti was marked up higher than it would have been in a normal market, and EVGA increased the price further on top of that. The 3080 Ti is only up to 10% faster than a 3080, a card that's officially supposed to be priced at $699. If anything, this is probably a consequence of nVidia lowering their hard grasp or memory lowering prices a bit? The latter should be easier to check?It's easy to sell cards near MSRP when that MSRP is heavily inflated to begin with. Remember they have their queue and sell directly, so they don't need to go through 3rd parties that will really inflate prices. Fran- said:Hasn't EVGA been like, the only partner that has had cards at or very near MSRP throughout this whole big shenanigan of a period? ![]()
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