PCs and Steam: Thread 01

[speedlolita]

I think a Ryzen 3600 would be a good starting point. Something at least 6 cores / 12 threads. On a 2600 myself and feeling confident going into this next generation.

[jamesy]

Thanks, i figured something like that. If i bite the bullet on it I'll maybe try for 8 cores just to match the consoles. My i5 6600k 4 core is def gonna hold a new card back then.

[speedlolita]

Yeah I don't think that's a bad idea at all.

[dataDave]

I'm on an i7 8700k OC'd up to 5GHz. I think I might be alright for a couple more years.

[speedlolita]

Just a tad. 8700K was a steal when it was being sold for 300.

[Brad]

I’m on a 3600. Not cpu bound on anything yet. Would get the 8 core if I was buying now though yeah

[Baseley09]

6 Core Xeon E5-1660 from 2012 here Havn't seen it stressed out yet tbh, CPU's can last for years.

[dataDave]

I'm going Ryzen next, regardless.

[Brad]

Just watched the DF preview. 3080 is approx 80% better than 2080 and 2x better at ray tracing. Can't see AMD topping or even matching this.

[dataDave]

Just watched the DF preview. 3080 is approx 80% better than 2080 and 2x better at ray tracing. Can't see AMD topping or even matching this.

Big moves with DLSS, too. A.I. cleaning up way beyond even native 4K.

[Neon Ignition]

Interested in how it powers through things like RDR2's higher settings too, games that were somewhat set up to stretch graphical legs in the longer term. I don't doubt the 30XX series are good performers but the % improvement over the 20XX series is hard to quantify too much as the 20XX series was a bit of a letdown out the gate. Seems like the 30XX series gets a lot right but I'm keen to see in real conditions how much it translates to.

[Digfox]

These new cards are a nice surprise, albeit still more expensive than previous gen cards (9xx, 10xx series etc.), however some of that is the poor exchange rates. The 3070 is a beast of a card and at £450 is a compelling option even if the 3080 might be better performance sweet spot. PCIe Gen 4 is going to make a big difference.

From a personal perspective atm I just don't need anything beyond my current 1070-based laptop but this is making me think about whether both consoles next year does make sense.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Nvidia-Ampere-Grafikkarte-276295/News/RTX-3070-Ti-mit-16GB-VRAM-gesichtet-1357337/

Lenovo have leaked that a RTX3070Ti is inbound that has 16GB VRam

[MartyG]

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Nvidi...chtet-1357337/
Lenovo have leaked that a RTX3070Ti is inbound that has 16GB VRam

It would seem likely there's going to be a RTX 3080Ti as well then - maybe hold off for a few weeksbefore parting with that cash (it'll also allow for the reviewers to disect the cards).

That said. I was happy enough with a GTX1080 bought at launch and didn't really feel the need to upgrade it when the 1080Ti arrived - might put the 1080 in this board once I upgrade to a RTX3XXXX card

[dataDave]

Surely all of that extra VRAM is only really needed for VR sims and such?

Great for MSFS, I suppose.