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Posted 7 July 2023
ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060TI OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, 0dB) - £302.69 @ Amazon
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As a plus this is a factory overclocked card with fast GDDR6X memory (so very close in performance to RTX 3070). As a minus it only has 8GB of RAM. There are rumors that nVidia is working on AI texture compression technology that will improve the performance of cards with little memory in demanding games. Will fit in most small cases.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTXTM 3060 Ti OC Edition 8GB GDDR6X with two powerful Axial-tech fans and a 2-slot design for broad compatibility
- NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors: The building blocks for the world’s fastest, most efficient GPUs, the all-new Ampere SM brings 2X the FP32 throughput and improved power efficiency.
- 2nd Generation RT Cores: Experience 2X the throughput of 1st gen RT Cores, plus concurrent RT and shading for a whole new level of ray tracing performance.
- 3rd Generation Tensor Cores: Get up to 2X the throughput with structural sparsity and advanced AI algorithms such as DLSS. These cores deliver a massive boost in game performance and all-new AI capabilities.
- OC edition: Boost Clock 1710 MHz (OC Mode)/1680 MHz(Default Mode)
- Axial-tech fan design features a smaller fan hub that facilitates longer blades and a barrier ring that increases downward air pressure.
- A 2-slot design maximizes compatibility and cooling efficiency for superior performance in small chassis.
- 0dB Technology lets you enjoy light gaming in relative silence.
- Dual ball fan bearings can last up to twice as long as sleeve bearing designs.
- A stainless steel bracket is harder and more resistant to corrosion.
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Edited by BorisK, 7 July 2023
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sorted byIn other words, we want GPUs that can properly render REAL frames at full rez, and given what we currently have to pay, is that so unreasonable? Ngreedia thinks so.
Just wait summer hols kicking in + amezon prime day due.
"There are rumors that nVidia is working on AI texture compression technology that will improve the performance of cards with little memory in demanding games" - Absolute cope.
1) It's not clear what AI can even do to markedly improve texture compression over existing solutions. Texture compression is not new and there is no free lunch - by it's very nature texture compression is going to increase GPU load (because the textures need to be decompressed on the fly by the GPU), and potentially reduce image quality.
2) Even if Nvidia were to somehow come up with a game changing "AI compression", they aren't going to enable it on older GPUs. There's zero incentive for them to prolong the life of old GPUs and we've seen how DLSS/DLSS3 have been used to incentivise upgrading in recent generations.
Seen benchmarks of someone's (very highly tuned) 16gb card getting within 10% of a 7900xtx on kombuster.
Granted synthetics aren't really representative of real world, and it's pretty awful in other use cases, but the 8gb card is £229 on ebuyer and I think if Intel really could be arsed they could make it match the 4060 ti in rasterisation in next 12 months. I doubt they will though as they'll want battlemage to be their next beta product rather than perfect drivers now.