Checking the benchmarks it is looking like the 3080ti is so close in performance that it might just be the sweet spot in the 3000 lineup, great price and very VERY near the 3900. What direction are you going, 3090 to be the ultimate or 3080ti ? 

The RTX 3090 is a bit of an overkill with the vast amount of memory. For gamers the RTX 3080ti should be just fine (with 12GB of GDDR6X memory). 

32DOHC
I really want a 3090 but would settle for a 3070. I'm still hanging in there with my 1070 but would like to have a new card and upgrade a few other components before bf2042 is released.

Are you in the USA, Canada, Europe, or Asia?

I'd think that 3080 Ti is a true 4K card IMHO...

I'm curious of why some would pick 3090 over the 3080 or 3080 ti - isn't the 3090 a 8K card ($300 more than 3080 ti)?

Silentone89

Blitzzwar
What funny is pre-covid, it said 1500 for a 3090 was way too expensive. Now I'd gladly snap one up at that price.  

What happens when there is no availability. I am in the same boat and would of been fine getting a 6900xt or a beefed up 3080. However getting those seem nigh impossible.

I had to settle for a RX 6900 XT which is fine. 

MrDisco
is the 3060 ti that underpowered?

Well, if you consider the 3060 it has 8GB VRAM and a 256-bit memory interface width whereas 3060 with 12GB VRAM and a 192-bit.
 

MrDisco

mTECHIE74
 
Well, if you consider the 3060 it has 8GB VRAM and a 256-bit memory interface width whereas 3060 with 12GB VRAM and a 192-bit.

 
Sorry I'm not very knowledgeable here - is it more beneficial to have more vram over the memory interface?

Well that depend - whether you gaming (and cranking up all the eyes candy settings) or what's not (like web surfing, video streaming, work, etc). 

Memory is so important for 3d modeling and AI. I bet you that in a few years, 11Gb won't be enough for the best games. 3080ti is too big of a downgrade.

for gaming 3080ti is ok but if you have to do also graphic things like 3d modeling, ram is important so 3090, but only for gaming 3080ti, 3090 is overkill for gaming in my opinion

goodgmr
What direction are you going, 3090 to be the ultimate or 3080ti ? 

RTX5080 in 2025, after the zombie apocalypse. 

seabass9511
for gaming 3080ti is ok but if you have to do also graphic things like 3d modeling, ram is important so 3090, but only for gaming 3080ti, 3090 is overkill for gaming in my opinion

Indeed, the 3090 I believe gear toward content creations (unless one has to have the absolute best there is) whereas 3080 ti (with 12 GB VRAM) is fine for gaming at 1k/2k/4k.

For 1200$+ even from vendors? Thanks, pass on this cashgrab. Just let me buy 3080 lhr.

It sure is a very solid GPU.

The price isn't great, to be honest. Other people might be different but I can't justify a 10-15% performance increase for $500, compared to rtx 3080.