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USB C Works w the latest Nvidia update on the Reverb G2. It was not working before. Its on the notes too.
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Good news @Maico. Though I am scared to try it out since getting it work with the adapter took a series of uncoordinated, random and in the end lucky tries including multiple restarts 
Its not the easiest of devices. However, I have not seen it ghost on me since I started using the USB C on my video card.
Ok, I will give it a try…
…and if it does not work will call you for troubleshooting
I am hiding in under my desk if it don’t work. 
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For anyone wondering where all the cards went…
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Good for him! Think of the Black Lung risk, though, being in close proximity to all those dirty cards.
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I just found out that my preordered ASUS RTX 3070 DUAL OC 8GB has been postponed to expected arrival at vendor no sooner than 6/2-2021.
A slight bummer when it has been confirmed for vendor arrival at 16/1-2021 for the last 3 weeks.
Well I gues that I just have to wait. And to decide whether I want to wait until it arrives to install my new I7 7700K CPU or install that now.
I will probably wait.
Happy Simming
Interesting thing I just read:
The 3060 will have 12GB ram?
Nvidia this time around did some weird things with their memory bus designs. The 3060 has a 192 bit bus, so that’s either GDDR6 6 x 1GB or 6 x 2GB, and I guess they thought 6GB was too low. This is also the reason why the 3070 was either 8 or 16 GB (256 bit memory bus), and then 3080 (320 bit memory bus) was either 10 or 20 GB, but in those cases they decided to go low. The 3090 (384 bit) 24GB is really the only decent one for VRAM unfortunately (not that it’s usually the constraint, but still…).
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I just got MSFS2020 and discovered the woe that is my 1080ti trying to push that through the Reverb G2. Assuming that I can find one for at or near MSRP, am I correct in my research that I should focus my sights on a 3090, or should I continue to bide my time?
Here’s some rumor to misguide your decision:
The link jumps to the relevant part, source is CES bush radio transmissions.
Now my vendor is expecting to get my RTX 3070 on 20/1-2021. I have high hopes but are not expecting anything.
I am putting the CPU and USB upgrade and Reverb G2 install on hold until I get the GPU. I have to pull out my old GTX 970 and move the GTX 1070 a slot and then fit in the RTX 3070. I think that it will be best to do all of that in one go.
There is also the dual PC cable jungle behind the machines and the very narrow space to consider. I don’t really feel like messing with that more than once.
Happy Simming
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Ahh, today i got a notice that my RTX 3070 have shipped from the vendor in Norway.
I wish for just as speedy trip for it as for the Reverb G2 as it was from the same vendor. The Reverb G2 arrived the day after the shipping notice. The vendor is Komplett.
I think there may be a couple of days ahead, where the 3D printer project goes on hold.
Giddy, giddy happy, wait, wait.
Happy Simming
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So since vendors have premium prices, I decided to act like a premium customer and bought 2 GPUs:
- XFX Merc 319 (RX 6800 XT)
- Gigabyte Vision OC (RTX 3080)
My testing so far:
You can fry eggs on both. Incredible how much hotter they get compared to the RTX 2080.
I can not recommend the Vision OC. It quickly ramps up to 2800 RPM and is very loud and has a high pitched whine. This explains why it was available. It sucks.
The Merc handles this much better and is much quieter for two reasons: Less RPM and nicer sound at the same rev. It also has all aluminium covers front and back, so touching it you get a very good idea of how hot it is.
I conclude that the Vision cards cooler and fans are just too small. I’ll send it back. That’s not to say the 3080 chipset is bad. It’s just this particular model, which is the same as the Eagle and Gaming OC models apart from color.
The 3080 has no software apart from thr naked driver and GF experience. You want some functionality, look for 3rd party (MSI afterburner and such).
AMD on the other hand gets you a lot out of the box. Even a mobile app you can use to monitor card metrics while typing messages on the toilet. 
I paid 1050€ for the 3080 and 1000€ for the 6800xt. Can’t believe it, but have saved some money like many gamers out there.
Gotta go, might add more later.
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Noise aside, what are some quick DCS, MSFS comparisons between the two cards? Interesting as everything else is the same, so curious if stuff like this UserBenchmark: AMD RX 6800-XT vs Nvidia RTX 3080 is actually useful for flight sims (especially in VR 
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It’s hard to do a reproducible measurement. So far I looked at rough fps numbers and my feeling. The resolution is not 4k, it’s 1440p on the monitor and 1600x1440 times 2 in VR (Samsung Ody+), so the faster video RAM of the 3080 can’t really flex it’s muscles.
I see mixed results in benchmarks. 3D Mark Timespy is faster on the 6800 but who cares. I mainly used them for artificial load to see how hot and loud the cards get. Furmark does an excellent job at that.
I need more time in MSFS to come to a conclusion. It might have been a little smoother on the 6800xt? Maybe. It does not have more FPS. So hard to say when you can’t really force the game into the exact same situation.
I am already leaning heavily towards the AMD card, but that’s also because of the context. My PC is an old case which I just MacGuyvered to get better airflow, but it still chokes the GPU. New case is inbound.
Leaving the side panel open and revving all fans up to 100% helps, but then my desk situation prevents hot air from going upwards, too. Don’t even think about getting a 3080/6800xt if your case does not have great airflow. It’s all fun and warm feet in winter, but come summer the heat might get annoying.
Is there some sort of standard test I could run in DCS and MSFS to compare against other peoples numbers?
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Unfortunately no built-in benchmark tooling for either of them. The nearest to it would be something like a standard DCS quick action mission or MSFS airport like KSFO and a C172 on the deck. MSFS has a ‘Developer’ section in the Options / Graphics that you can use to enable a decent frame-rate counter - that at least tells you a breakdown of CPU vs GPU bottleneck.
Thanks for the comparison so far though. I would think that the advantage of the 3080 is sort of tempered a bit by the 10GB VRAM max vs the 16GB on the 6800 XT. If the O+ was supersampled a bit to higher resolutions it actually gets close to what’s needed for the Reverb, and both DCS and MSFS love having lots of VRAM available.