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.

[Illusion of Progress]

Escrito originalmente por plat:

New alternatives to fossil fuels are coming to the surface every day. There is a glimmer of hope that maybe some damage can be reversed. Shutting down these massive farms and de-valuing coin is a major, major step.

It's scary how if oil were to just vanish, how much of our logistics would just fall apart so fast. It would literally change our world. But we really need to be moving towards getting rid of fossil fuels and other high pollutant methods for as much as we can (power production, transportation, manufacturing, tools and equipment, etc.).

[Monk]

The problem is with most of the extinction rebellion lot is so many are enormous hypocrites and don't practice what they preach.

As for global power requirements, the best options still seem to be modern nuclear or coal, which are remarkably clean.

Yes everything starts at home and be the change etc.

Honestly I think a crypto which uses the power to help scientific discoveries and research would be great, as atleast the by product is going towards a good cause.

[SHREDDER]

Escrito originalmente por -=SOF=-WID99:

Escrito originalmente por Monk:

Yeah I don't believe a shop in Greece is getting more than a few dozen cards let alone thousands when they haven't been able to get a single card in 6 months.

Beyond that... I see you didn't mention a price as it definetly won't be at msrp and we all know how you refuse to pay over base price.

So, new list of excuses.

1) I was too late / traffic / queue / etc
2) they wanted X ammount which is more than msrp, I'll wait for the price to go down
3) I want to see more reviews of it first.
4) it's not worth that much (at msrp)
5) they told me the 40 series cards are dye soon so I'll wait for them.
6) aliens / zombie / covid outbreak.
7) something even less believable

If you do get one, I'd love to see a pic of it with your user name written in the pic followed by vids of your new performance.

umm you nailed it here
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5) they told me the 40 series cards are dye soon so I'll wait for them.

also i choked on a donut this morning when he said some store in Greece will have thousands of rtx cards


i think again on JUNE 26th we will hear a shredder excuse ..and hell even my old GTX 1060 is a better card then his 970 at this point ...

and even if he buys a and finds a rtx 3070ti .. his old ryzen CPU will bottleneck it

but he will get 40 FPS in 1440 P ! @ 60 HZ and brag about it

with a RTX 3070 evrything will ultra ultra 1440p 60 fps not 40 fps. 40 fps is how the demanding games currently run maxed 1440p while games not very demanding still run maxed 1440p 60 fpa. If on June 25 i dont find a RTX 3080 ti or rtx 3080 but they have a rtx 3070ti then yes i will get a rtx 3070 ti. It will be better than waiting for when i will find rtx 3080ti. RTX 3070TI will be very close in rtx 3080 perfomance from the leaks we have.

[Monk]

Shredder, are you prepared to pay over msrp IF the store even has one in stock when you eventually get there (and join a likely queue of those ahead of you), as if not, you will not get a card, if the biggest store in Greece hasn't had any allocation for 6 months there is zero chance they will sell those cards at anywhere near msrp when they will sell out at double it.

[Vulkan]

Escrito originalmente por Monk:

Shredder, are you prepared to pay over msrp IF the store even has one in stock when you eventually get there (and join a likely queue of those ahead of you), as if not, you will not get a card, if the biggest store in Greece hasn't had any allocation for 6 months there is zero chance they will sell those cards at anywhere near msrp when they will sell out at double it.

Ask him for the name of the store , he will ignore you (for obvious reasons ).

[UserNotFound]

AMD has just announced that Fidelity Super Res (FSR) will be supported by the following cards:
Entire RX series, from RX 500 series to VEGA to 6000 series.

But, the best news is reserved for nVidia GTX 1000 series owners, your cards will be able to use FSR too! They'd demoed an RTX 1060 running Godfall at 1440P, on its own, it can average 27fps, but with FSR, it averaged 38fps.....my VEGA 64 and GTX 1080 are looking good for games that support FSR.

[r.linder]

Escrito originalmente por mikey:

AMD has just announced that Fidelity Super Res (FSR) will be supported by the following cards:
Entire RX series, from RX 500 series to VEGA to 6000 series.

But, the best news is reserved for nVidia GTX 1000 series owners, your cards will be able to use FSR too! They'd demoed an RTX 1060 running Godfall at 1440P, on its own, it can average 27fps, but with FSR, it averaged 38fps.....my VEGA 64 and GTX 1080 are looking good for games that support FSR.

OOF.

Feels bad when AMD cares more about Pascal GPUs than NVIDIA does. They didn't even try to prevent NVIDIA GPUs from using it.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

At this point I think even if nvidia make a RTX 3050 for peoples on a budget it's will sell out quickly.

[Witski]

godfal native on 1060 70 fps and 38 with fsr? how that is possible???

[r.linder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcn-npviGA

AMD unveiled its new 3D V-Cache, three dimensional stacking could potentially also be used to stack more than just cache later on.

[Howardohyea]

Escrito originalmente por Lemonfed:

At this point I think even if nvidia make a RTX 3050 for peoples on a budget it's will sell out quickly.

seems to me at this point you're talking about the 1660S, just without the Ray tracing. Budget wise the 16 series fall right in that range, and personally I don't see an immediate need for Nvidia to push out an RTX 3050 desktop version.

[UserNotFound]

Escrito originalmente por Witski:

godfal native on 1060 70 fps and 38 with fsr? how that is possible???

It was at 1440P, not sure if ingame setting tho

[Zireth]

well the 3080 ti was announced like we didn't all see that coming

Also I got a brand new system, a 5600x and RTX 3060. it's a prebuilt with a meh psu and thermals aren't super good.

Probably gonna find a better micro atx case since airflow from whatever this case isn't that good (basically relying on the psu fan here) and a psu that I'd actually trust running 24/7 than a cooler master MWE White 650w gonna try and mine back the 1600$ I put for this.

[carl]

Escrito originalmente por mikey:

AMD has just announced that Fidelity Super Res (FSR) will be supported by the following cards:
Entire RX series, from RX 500 series to VEGA to 6000 series.

But, the best news is reserved for nVidia GTX 1000 series owners, your cards will be able to use FSR too! They'd demoed an RTX 1060 running Godfall at 1440P, on its own, it can average 27fps, but with FSR, it averaged 38fps.....my VEGA 64 and GTX 1080 are looking good for games that support FSR.

The best thing is if iFSR is any good Nvidia will have to open up DLSS to a wider range of hardware.

A game developer will want to release their games to the widest number of buyers?

[carl]

Escrito originalmente por Ren:

well the 3080 ti was announced like we didn't all see that coming

I learnt something new. I hadn't realised ti series cards are pronounced as RTX 3080 Tie...

For some reason I'd thought I'd heard the Ti was short for Titanium.