It is hard not to see 20-24 gb vram as overkill , but i do see DCS’ implementation of Vulkan , as well as 4k / VR requiring more than the 8gb i currently have . I think 16gb would have been the sweet spot for a G2 and Vulkan , but we’ll see…
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I think given the penchant for high resolution and VR settings, 20 is probably going to be the new 11gb.
I’ve never had a Ti card, so I can’t say for sure, but my 8gb card is pegged playing VR on DCS and Xplane. 20gb should give plenty of headroom for some awesome VR and 4K gaming.
I’d bet the prices are in the same range they’ve always been. 60 series in the 400 range. 70 series in the 500 range. 80 in 6-8 range. God tier in the 1k ballpark. Like most release you’ll pay a premium in the first year, then be looking at some sales and a “+ or super” series still at a higher price.
Hopefully the 3000 is as big a generational leap like the 10 series from the 900.
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Well I mean I’m going from a 1080 so it’ll be a jump for sure. The problem is Canadian pricing. 20gb vram is going to rune $1500 likely assuming they run close to usual tier pricing. If not more.
What does the ‘Ti’ bring?
Typically ~20% performance (and cost)
Ti is also usually a whole new chipset and usually not related to the non-ti version. A 2070 and 2080 are more alike then a 2080 and a 2080 Ti. Rumour has it they are killing the Ti denomination because it had become confusing anyway.
So the 3090 is what would otherwise have been a 3080ti?
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I’m gonna need a motherboard, ram, processor and a 3 series card when I upgrade. I’m reallllllly not looking forward to this
You are, just not towards the bill 
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That seems to be probable though it’s all rumours still. Probably also controlled leaks to keep this all in the media. I don’t think all the leaks are unsanctioned.
Same here. I’m waiting to upgrade my GPU; when I feel confident I’ll see at least a 50% performance improvement, then I’ll pull the trigger. Freakin expensive hobby this.
”Ti” has been around for…decades, surely?
I still don’t know what it actually means, other than ”better than not Ti”.
it means Texas Instruments. They make some bad-ass graphing calculators. Also made the HARM, Paveway, and JSOWs before they sold their defense section to Raytheon.
so the 2080 Ti is obviously a military grade gaming component. Which is why the price is astronomical.
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That settles it! I’m calling them Geforce nn80 Texas Instruments, from now on! 
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I had a 4400 ti way back when 
Best bang for buck while reminiscing was my 295gtx which i replaced with an 8800gtx that was crap 
I think I had a GeForce 2 Ti200…? Something like that.
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Yep!
It used to be the same chipset as the non Ti only then souped up, though they’ve let that go I think 2 generations ago and now it’s not even related anymore. Someone on the hardware subreddit explained it as the 2080 and 2070 having more in common then a 2080 and a 2080 Ti. The in between refresh of major architectural refreshes has changed quite a bit I suppose.
Though I find Nvidia’s lineup woefully confusing in the past 2 years, with the 1650/1660 series, and the super and Ti variants and such.
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Yeah, I just order what everybody is raving about…
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Yea… with Nvidia’s pricing these days I’ve written them off. Their price/performance increase has been declining since the 20X generation so I am hoping for a reversal of that policy though nobody is expecting it especially with initial chip yields probably being relatively limited anyway on release. several 20X lines already have been discontinued so that’ll keep prices high too… It’s unfortunate that AMD has no top of the line competitors to go up against Nvidia’s top line up.
My 1080 Texas Instruments is 3 years old in February. That’s my lower limit for PC hardware. Will wait and see what’s hot in 2021…
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