I like how people go a little nanners over 20 vs 10 GB cards with the same GPU die. Why? I gamed at 4K with an 8GB 2080 Super without issue on the latest titles after coming from a 1080 Ti with 11GB. You'll run out of graphics horsepower long before you run out of VRAM on 99.99% of games. Also, the fact that people don't understand that just because a game loads gobs textures to memory doesn't mean that that is what is in active use - some games are coded to load up as much as they can to pre-allocate, which makes it seem like "ZOMG it's using 15GB on an 24GB card, no way an 8GB card will work!" That and VRAM memory compression improves from generation to generation, allowing more to fit on less VRAM.
 
TLDR, even at 4K you'll be fine with a 10GB 3080 for the next couple of years. And when more than 10GB is truly required, your GPU will need to have settings dialed back to maintain playable framerates anyways.

Zero remorse with the 10GB 3080. Not just because I have it either. Its going to cost more and by the time I sold my 1080 Ti. It was $443 for me. Btw, this is nothing new for Nvidia. They do this stuff all the time. People cant just be happy with what they have. Always have to run the rat race trying to always stay ahead. I seen some knuckle head that got a 3090 and then scored a 3080. Only to sell the 3090 and keep the 3080. That was stupid. Anyone in their right mind would keep the 3090 if they actually had the funds to get it along having it in their possesion.

yaggaz

kevinc313
Don't care.  Give me a 3080 Ti with a full GA102 chip, 12GB ram and a 520w power limit, and I'll give you $1000.

Here you go.  I'll ship it as soon as I see the money in my Paypal, k thanks.
 

how would it be the full GA102 not be 3090Ti , the 3090 is still cut down.

No one cares about more VRAM. It's very minimally beneficial at common resolutions and gaming. 

Afterburner
snip....
 
Think of it in a positive way. It will help your spirit! 

I do feel better...     Tru dat, regarding the step up!    One day, my GPU will come...  and I'll be in Gamer Nirvana...  
 
Live long and prosper all. 

bcavanagh
No one cares about more VRAM. It's very minimally beneficial at common resolutions and gaming. 

flight simmers care we use VRAM like its candy id love to have 20GB for orthos and 8k textures. a single complex aircraft could have over 2GB of textures

Huntercyril

elios

bcavanagh
No one cares about more VRAM. It's very minimally beneficial at common resolutions and gaming. 

flight simmers care we use VRAM like its candy id love to have 20GB for orthos and 8k textures. a single complex aircraft could have over 2GB of textures

Yeah. Well I can tell you based on https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/microsoft-flight-simulator-(2020)-pc-graphics-performance-benchmark-review,4.html that if you read before only looking the charts, it says this : " The extra framebuffer memory does not make the sim noticeably less stutter-free, neither went performance upwards. But it will cache as much as needed and as much as possible and surely that can only be a positive thing. " 
 
Therefore, what the graph shows is that more VRAM is allocated and reserved, without any improvement regarding stutters or FPS.
 
You don't just look at VRAM usage and call it a day, instead you look at the overall experience : stutters, FPS, smoothness. If nothing changes when the VRAM decreases, the VRAM wasn't maxed out.

and thats MSFS NOT X-Plane 11 with ortho on harddisk whole other animal XP11 is also on Vulkan and will use every drop of VRAM you throw at it


 
and there tests even with MSFS are... suspect becasue well they dont know how test flight sims correctly ... sure with stock aircraft you might not run of vram and MSFS uses pretty low res orthos unlike with Xplane where i can pull in HUGE orthos and massive amounts of custom scenery and complex aircraft that can use use up 10GB of VRAM even at 1080p and not even talking about 4k...

arestavo
I like how people go a little nanners over 20 vs 10 GB cards with the same GPU die. Why? I gamed at 4K with an 8GB 2080 Super without issue on the latest titles after coming from a 1080 Ti with 11GB. You'll run out of graphics horsepower long before you run out of VRAM on 99.99% of games. Also, the fact that people don't understand that just because a game loads gobs textures to memory doesn't mean that that is what is in active use - some games are coded to load up as much as they can to pre-allocate, which makes it seem like "ZOMG it's using 15GB on an 24GB card, no way an 8GB card will work!" That and VRAM memory compression improves from generation to generation, allowing more to fit on less VRAM.
 
TLDR, even at 4K you'll be fine with a 10GB 3080 for the next couple of years. And when more than 10GB is truly required, your GPU will need to have settings dialed back to maintain playable framerates anyways.

Uh huh
 
It's been this way for a decade.  I don't know why people keep falling for this marketing.
 
IF this 20 GB card is finally an exception to that rule, I will be surprised.

I don’t how much gain a 3080 with 20vram will make.

If EVGA wants some free market research from a sample of 1....If I can step up to a 20GB FTW3 for $100-150 I will get it. +$200 probably not, and if it is more than that definitely not.
 
Also I will not "step up" from a 10gb FTW3 to a 20gb XC3.

They are just going to paper launch the 20GB models in early 2021, watch. I have a feeling AMD is going to have supply issues at launch too(maybe not as bad but still). Things will level out sometime next year.

I want Jason to come and clarify if the 20GB version is eligible to be stepped up to. 

Urieldagda
I doubt it will be possible to launch double memory cards this year. Micron has repeatedly said the 2GB GDDR6X chips will be ready in 2021, not this year.

And if they just use all 1GB chips, the price will make it a completely crap purchase.  They would essentially be cut down 3090s instead of 3080s.  It would be the stupidest GPU SKU ever.

I agree with you, it looks too early for that. A more reasonable time will be as you said when micron releases 2GB GDDR6X chips

USALion
 Uhm, I've been playing games in 4K since the 1060, but sure. lol Not at 120 FPS on newer games, but still. That's a pretty poor chart imo

If you're playing in 4k with your 1060 I feel bad for it. As a former 1060 owner I know how much work that is for it, especially if you aren't lowering settings to at least medium presets on anything newish. Destiny 2 was the only game I regularly played in 4k with mine and had to use medium at best to stay above 50fps. Anything newer than that just made it cry and threaten me with all kinds of nasty things