Calling on you gamers

[Mojoman]

There is occasional good deal on second hand cards on Bid or Buy....

[Fruity]

Been seeing in a few groups on FB, quite a few peeps showing off their newly acquired Xbox Series X's, and a few peeps showing their Xbox Series S's. Heck I'd still be content with an Xbox One S to go with my Switch, but kudos to them.

[bmw1za]

Thanks guys... have considered all of the above, power supply delivered yesterday so almost done, we also Follow Linus, Jay and Gamers nexus (LOL) ... 

 

we will probably try to find a good enough for GPU to carry him over as he hasn't gotten a monitor to fully support next gen Cards anyway 

 

But i keep bragging you guys will drop something when you upgrade (LOL)

[popcorn_skollie]

Skollie

 

I am stuck though since I have a G-Sync monitor, so I basically am locked into NVidia. And the prices for video cards in SA is ridiculous at the moment.

 

If he can wait, wait. Or just get an old 9 or 10 series card just to get the PC working while he wait for the madness to settle. Even the 1060Ti was not a bad card just to get along. You should be able to get those second hand for around R1000 - R1500.

 

Same boat. I will need a new monitor either way. Nearly pulled the trigger on a 3070.

Then went digging through used market for 2080s. I was confident I could get something decent for my Vega to help with the cost. But I was mostly just impatient. Common sense however prevailed.

I'm not saying I wouldn't buy a 3070. Just not yet. Not until I see the rest. This ram thing got me thinking too. Why did nvidia opt for 8 and 10gb on the 3070 and 3080? Are they releasing super or TI variants with more ram later? Will AMD make trimmed down non xt variants with less ram or gated bios? And the answers are probably yes. It just makes far more sense for me to just wait and keep an eye on basically everything. I'd love a 3070 or a 2080ti. But even there my aspirations are stretching beyond my budget. Your 1080ti comfortably mops the floor with my Vega. You could even run software based ray tracing supported titles comfortably without breaking a sweat. But I'm falling behind the curve quicker than you are. And its probably why I'm so hell bent on all this new stuff.

 

Thanks guys... have considered all of the above, power supply delivered yesterday so almost done, we also Follow Linus, Jay and Gamers nexus (LOL) ... 

 

we will probably try to find a good enough for GPU to carry him over as he hasn't gotten a monitor to fully support next gen Cards anyway 

 

But i keep bragging you guys will drop something when you upgrade (LOL)

 

If you really don't have anything at all to use in the meantime. Buy used. Spend some time scavenging on carb for something decent you could resell (or keep as spare later) If you were considering a 2060, the 1660ti Moridin mentioned is cheaper and not far off in terms of performance. No RT cores though. But that's a moot point right now. Its worth noting that Nvidia cards generally seem to hold a higher resale value than AMD cards. At least right now anyways. My daughter has a 1660ti. She plays everything pretty much maxed out without any problems. 

 

 

A 1660ti and 9400f running warzone maxed out at 1080p at over 100fps easy. You'll do even better with your platform.

[bmw1za]

Same boat. I will need a new monitor either way. Nearly pulled the trigger on a 3070.

Then went digging through used market for 2080s. I was confident I could get something decent for my Vega to help with the cost. But I was mostly just impatient. Common sense however prevailed.

I'm not saying I wouldn't buy a 3070. Just not yet. Not until I see the rest. This ram thing got me thinking too. Why did nvidia opt for 8 and 10gb on the 3070 and 3080? Are they releasing super or TI variants with more ram later? Will AMD make trimmed down non xt variants with less ram or gated bios? And the answers are probably yes. It just makes far more sense for me to just wait and keep an eye on basically everything. I'd love a 3070 or a 2080ti. But even there my aspirations are stretching beyond my budget. Your 1080ti comfortably mops the floor with my Vega. You could even run software based ray tracing supported titles comfortably without breaking a sweat. But I'm falling behind the curve quicker than you are. And its probably why I'm so hell bent on all this new stuff.

 

 

If you really don't have anything at all to use in the meantime. Buy used. Spend some time scavenging on carb for something decent you could resell (or keep as spare later) If you were considering a 2060, the 1660ti Moridin mentioned is cheaper and not far off in terms of performance. No RT cores though. But that's a moot point right now. Its worth noting that Nvidia cards generally seem to hold a higher resale value than AMD cards. At least right now anyways. My daughter has a 1660ti. She plays everything pretty much maxed out without any problems. 

 

 

A 1660ti and 9400f running warzone maxed out at 1080p at over 100fps easy. You'll do even better with your platform.

Noted, Valid points ... huge respect for 1080 

[The Bull Shark]

Yes, I will probably be waiting for the 3080 Ti, which I think will have 20GB of GDDR6x memory.

 

But then again, I only play Elite Dangerous and World Of Tanks. None of these high profile FPS games. My 54 year old eyes can't take the punishment from those games anymore.

[bmw1za]

Yes, I will probably be waiting for the 3080 Ti, which I think will have 20GB of GDDR6x memory.

 

But then again, I only play Elite Dangerous and World Of Tanks. None of these high profile FPS games. My 54 year old eyes can't take the punishment from those games anymore.

, I know right ... lmao

[popcorn_skollie]

https://youtu.be/NBmm_QlKTgw

 

For some perspective on just how powerful the 3080 is. Battlefield 3. Circa 2011. On a 9900k and a 3080 running at around 80fps in 8k. You can sort of pick up occasional subtleties where it shows. But for the most part it. This game aged really well. Hard to believe its nearly a decade old. 

 

Which older titles would you like to see run on a new machine? 

[Fruity]

[emoji1787]

[WrightJnr]

On a local FB page here in Dubai. A bloke was closing down his BitCoin Mining Setup. He was advertising 3000 Gigabyte 1080 Cards.... Man, I don’t know exactly what his involvement was but damn that’s a hell of a lot of cards!!

[Fruity]

On a local FB page here in Dubai. A bloke was closing down his BitCoin Mining Setup. He was advertising 3000 Gigabyte 1080 Cards.... Man, I don’t know exactly what his involvement was but damn that’s a hell of a lot of cards!!

[emoji50]

[Fruity]

Saw this earlier:

 

https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-please-dont-blow-vape-smoke-into-your-xbox-series-x/

[DR ◣◢]

https://youtu.be/NBmm_QlKTgw

 

For some perspective on just how powerful the 3080 is. Battlefield 3. Circa 2011. On a 9900k and a 3080 running at around 80fps in 8k. You can sort of pick up occasional subtleties where it shows. But for the most part it. This game aged really well. Hard to believe its nearly a decade old.

 

Which older titles would you like to see run on a new machine?

But how does it run Crysis?

[Capricorn]

Right, so who managed to snag an RX6000 series graphics card from a local source?

[Fruity]

Right, so who managed to snag an RX6000 series graphics card from a local source?

I don't know about that, but I'm contemplating maybe snagging an Xbox One S on Black Friday, although something tells me to keep that dosh for a rainy day.

[bertusras]

I had a good chuckle this morning when Navworld sent out their marketing email