The big GPU/Tech Rumours thread - Nvidia/AMD/Others - Is it worth to invest now? what news are here now? Feel free to debate

[AdahnGorion]

This thread has evolved a alot and has now become a New Runours on tech thread - It is primarily focused on GPU´s and it should stay that way. I will update the thread, whenever we have new information about newer GPU´s releasing. Feel free to debate some of the more catchy tech rumours as well.

I have reserved this field in our thread starter to keep current debates up and new information.
Atm.


2024/2025

Here are the official announcements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k82RwXqZHY8&t=1496s
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/
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Varous information about the new 5000 series.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nvidia-unveils-new-geforce-rtx-5090-rtx-5080-rtx-5070-ti-and-rtx-5070-graphics-cards-at-ces-2025


We have started to see more information about the new Nvidia Blackwell GPU´s (5000´s series)

Here is a leak, not very interesting tbh.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/geforce-rtx-5000-specs-boring-leak
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-blackwell/



2023

We debate the 4000 series released and the ones that will release, a long with the rumours about the 5000 series, that is showcased to be the biggest leap in GPU history performance wise (like everytime ofc)

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-preps-mass-production-two-ad104-ada-gpus-possibly-geforce-rtx-4070-rtx-4060-ti/amp/


2021

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-increase-efficiency-of-chips-thirtyfold-by-2025
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-shows-off-geforce-rtx-with-noctua-cooler
https://winfuture.de/news,125475.html



So I figured we should have a thread about the new RTX 3xxx series, that is soon to release.
What is your feeling about it? Do you think some of the rumours are true? Are you upgrading?


The flagship seems to be a 3090 (I like them going back to the x90 tier)
https://videocardz.com/newz/micron-confirms-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-gets-21gbps-gddr6x-memory

Personally I will not upgrade yet and even if I had to (I do not) I would still wait for prices to go down, early adoption is expenssive and often not worth it. But I am interested about what rumours might be true.

Some of the earlier rumours have suggested even higher GB numbers (from 16 and up) and performance claims have been all from 10-50% in effective speed and up to 60% in ray tracing inprovement.


I think it will be a 10-15% max in effective speed on each tier, but I do think we will see significant increases in the Ray Tracing spectrum.


Other sources (remember to take sources and numbers with a grain of salt)
https://www.techradar.com/news/nvidia-rtx-3000-launch-details-leak-and-amd-could-be-in-big-trouble
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/69629/nvidia-ampere-gpu-50-faster-turing-half-power/index.html
https://www.gpumag.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3000-series/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-3080-rumors-news-release-date-performance/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/08/10/nvidia-ampere-rtx-3000-everything-we-know-so-far/
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-graphics-card-pictured
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-allegedly-cancels-geforce-rtx-3080-20gb-and-rtx-3070-16gb
Pricing
https://www.techpowerup.com/271081/rumor-geforce-rtx-3090-pricing-to-arrive-around-the-usd-2-000-mark
https://www.neowin.net/news/alleged-rtx-3080-ti-rtx-3070-ti-launch-dates-have-leaked/

AMD - Big Navi

It will be interesting to see what AMD brings to the table. Personally I think they will go for the mid tier market and if they succeed then, we might see battles for the top tier next generation.

Rumours

https://www.eteknix.com/amd-navi-21-xt-graphics-card-specs-leak/
https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/joao-silva/amd-navi-21-xt-xl-leak-suggests-an-over-2-0ghz-boost-clock/
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/rumor-amds-navi-21-gpu-has-255-watts-tgp-and-boost-up-to-2-4-ghz.html
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-navi-21-xt-to-feature-2-3-2-4-ghz-game-clock-250w-tgp-and-16-gb-gddr6-memory
https://www.igorslab.de/en/3dmark-in-ultra-hd-benchmarks-the-rx-6800xt-without-and-with-raytracing/
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-6800xt-alleged-3dmark-scores-hit-the-web
https://wccftech.com/intel-first-high-end-xe-hpg-dg2-gaming-graphics-pictured-rumored-specs-performance-rtx-3080-performance/amp/


Interesting stats about Big Navi

It seems like all will ship with atleast 16 GB, if that is true, that is surprising tbh.
Rumours talk about 2.4GHz clock on the Navi 21 XT. I think it will be pretty exciting to watch. We will know more in a week, once it gets revealed.


It seems that Nvidia is releasing a new series for miners and are changing the 3060, that will release on 25 of feb. Links below.
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-cmp-mining-cards-rtx-3060-half-hash-rate/
https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-availability-crypto-mining-cmp-gpu
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/cmp/

Various Rumours about hardware

https://videocardz.com/newz/bitmain-antminer-e9-ethereum-asic-is-as-powerful-as-32-geforce-rtx-3080-graphics-cards
https://wccftech.com/mainstream-ddr5-memory-modules-pictured-rolling-out-for-mass-production/amp/



Do you want to show off your new build or even just your old build. Then you can do so at
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/5413843407449992305/

That is our benchmark thread. You are still free to debate hardware related stuff and new builds here ofc.

[carl]

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Omega eredeti hozzászólása:

AMD cards tend to age much better then Nvidia stuff. Nvidia kills off support for a card 1 generation after release with rare exceptions (such as the overhyped RTX crap), meanwhile AMD keeps providing their cards with first class driver support even 5-10 years after release.

For example the Rx 200/300 series recieved first class Vulkan and FreeSync support. Novideo's competitors from the same generation didn't.

And open source drivers, with Nvidia you are stuck with their binary blob if you want to do any kind of 3D acceleration.

Do you know if amd release their version of dlss for those older cards aswell? (rx500)
I heard that they want to be aviable for all cards but i think only for 5000/6000.

https://youtu.be/0Jgnp4A0YCA

Next month release according to this rumour.

[Witski]

carl eredeti hozzászólása:

Witski eredeti hozzászólása:

Do you know if amd release their version of dlss for those older cards aswell? (rx500)
I heard that they want to be aviable for all cards but i think only for 5000/6000.

https://youtu.be/0Jgnp4A0YCA

Next month release according to this rumour.

Nice,can't wait to see how it works and hope to not see any distorsion and too many differences with it on and off like dlss.

[Magma Dragoon]

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ЯΣП eredeti hozzászólása:

If I'm not wrong, when a gpu runs out of video memory, it's gonna start using some of your system ram, and shredder is using a 4gb card... those max settings in some of the games he plays are gonna eat that little 4 gigs then come for the system ram.. and it's going to drop a lot of frames constantly.

I'd rather be gaming on a console from forever ago than that.

Less than 4GB, because only 3.5GB was actually usable in the GTX 970. Nvidia faced a lawsuit because of that.

https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/nvidia-settles-class-action-lawsuit-over-gtx-970-vram/

It was all usable, the article is wrong. It had 7 memory controllers and 8 half gig memory modules. When using the last half gig, one controller was in charge of two modules. This effectively reduced memory bandwidth in half when using the last half gig, because the other 6 controllers spent half their time waiting for the 7th to finish its double duty.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

and thus the GTX 1060 6 gig was a better gpu and performs pretty well above shredders GTX 970 in many games .. that can make use of that extra memory

and no he will not be finding a GTX 3080 any time soon ..he will keep posting about how bad other cards are.. as usual

when the one guy posts he bought a AMD rx 6700 xt runs great , and shredder will say why buy that card ? when it still blows away shredder's GTX 970 OUT OF THE PARK

and i am sure shredder will be posting and boasting about his waiting for a rtx 6080 and his old ryzen 1700 runs everything with his 3.5 gig gtx 970 at 15 - 30 FPS

[r.linder]

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and thus the GTX 1060 6 gig was a better gpu and performs pretty well above shredders GTX 970 in many games .. that can make use of that extra memory

and no he will not be finding a GTX 3080 any time soon ..he will keep posting about how bad other cards are.. as usual

when the one guy posts he bought a AMD rx 6700 xt runs great , and shredder will say why buy that card ? when it still blows away shredder's GTX 970 OUT OF THE PARK

and i am sure shredder will be posting and boasting about his waiting for a rtx 6080 and his old ryzen 1700 runs everything with his 3.5 gig gtx 970 at 15 - 30 FPS

And then when the 970 is over 20 years old he's gonna sell it as a "high end monster gpu"

[-=SOF=-WID99]

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-=SOF=-WID99 eredeti hozzászólása:

and thus the GTX 1060 6 gig was a better gpu and performs pretty well above shredders GTX 970 in many games .. that can make use of that extra memory

and no he will not be finding a GTX 3080 any time soon ..he will keep posting about how bad other cards are.. as usual

when the one guy posts he bought a AMD rx 6700 xt runs great , and shredder will say why buy that card ? when it still blows away shredder's GTX 970 OUT OF THE PARK

and i am sure shredder will be posting and boasting about his waiting for a rtx 6080 and his old ryzen 1700 runs everything with his 3.5 gig gtx 970 at 15 - 30 FPS

And then when the 970 is over 20 years old he's gonna sell it as a "high end monster gpu"

no you forgot his monster amd 1700 cpu an GTX 870 ..that even my old intel 7700 K with a slight OC beats in many games ..but he will still tell us all we all bought bad hardware

as his MONSTER plays games at 40 FPS ..and lags like hell in 5 min due to lack of V ram

but yes he will some day buy a 3080..umm in 2024 ? ..an not have a PSU to support it ,or a good case ..some monster will eat his 3080

[r.linder]

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And then when the 970 is over 20 years old he's gonna sell it as a "high end monster gpu"

no you forgot his monster amd 1700 cpu an GTX 870 ..that even my old intel 7700 K with a slight OC beats in many games ..but he will still tell us all we all bought bad hardware

as his MONSTER plays games at 40 FPS ..and lags like hell in 5 min due to lack of V ram

but yes he will some day buy a 3080..umm in 2024 ? ..an not have a PSU to support it ,or a good case ..some monster will eat his 3080

His monster plays things at basically 20 FPS at best, he just lies because it hits 30 in the menu lmao

[Zireth]

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-=SOF=-WID99 eredeti hozzászólása:

and thus the GTX 1060 6 gig was a better gpu and performs pretty well above shredders GTX 970 in many games .. that can make use of that extra memory

and no he will not be finding a GTX 3080 any time soon ..he will keep posting about how bad other cards are.. as usual

when the one guy posts he bought a AMD rx 6700 xt runs great , and shredder will say why buy that card ? when it still blows away shredder's GTX 970 OUT OF THE PARK

and i am sure shredder will be posting and boasting about his waiting for a rtx 6080 and his old ryzen 1700 runs everything with his 3.5 gig gtx 970 at 15 - 30 FPS

And then when the 970 is over 20 years old he's gonna sell it as a "high end monster gpu"

That's assuming it doesn't die first.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

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-=SOF=-WID99 eredeti hozzászólása:

and thus the GTX 1060 6 gig was a better gpu and performs pretty well above shredders GTX 970 in many games .. that can make use of that extra memory

and no he will not be finding a GTX 3080 any time soon ..he will keep posting about how bad other cards are.. as usual

when the one guy posts he bought a AMD rx 6700 xt runs great , and shredder will say why buy that card ? when it still blows away shredder's GTX 970 OUT OF THE PARK

and i am sure shredder will be posting and boasting about his waiting for a rtx 6080 and his old ryzen 1700 runs everything with his 3.5 gig gtx 970 at 15 - 30 FPS

And then when the 970 is over 20 years old he's gonna sell it as a "high end monster gpu"

he probably will have a SLI 970 setup by then ... and then be like ''look at my super fast SLI gaming rig'''.

[UserNotFound]

I was surprised to that AMD's upcoming DLSS rival, FidelityFX Super Res (FSR), would be coming in June instead of end-of-the-year. The biggest surprise was, that perhaps older Radeon cards, like the RX 5000 series, and shockingly, even nVidia GTX 1000 series cards might be able to use the tech as well.

[SHREDDER]

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And then when the 970 is over 20 years old he's gonna sell it as a "high end monster gpu"

That's assuming it doesn't die first.

most machines die much eariler than that. it is alread 6 years and 6 months old since i bought it i dont think it will last much longer. As i said the how much long i will keep it depends on when avalaibivlity of rtx 3000 will be normal.

[ugafan]

I honestly don't think availability for rtx 3000 series will return to normal. People are making too much money mining or reselling the cards. Demand is far outpacing supply.

[dOBER]

Ssds skyrocket like gpus

https://youtu.be/twwyBdsRYL4

[carl]

https://videocardz.com/newz/galax-launches-geforce-rtx-3080-3070-lhr-series-with-nerfed-ethereum-mining-performance

[carl]

mikey eredeti hozzászólása:

I was surprised to that AMD's upcoming DLSS rival, FidelityFX Super Res (FSR), would be coming in June instead of end-of-the-year. The biggest surprise was, that perhaps older Radeon cards, like the RX 5000 series, and shockingly, even nVidia GTX 1000 series cards might be able to use the tech as well.

A nice win if FSR works on older GPUs. Helps to tide over gamers unable to upgrade during this hardware shortage.