Tuesday, September 8th 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition Pictured in the Flesh
Here's one of the first clear pictures of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition graphics card pictured in the flesh (that isn't an NVIDIA press-shot or render). A PC enthusiast in China with access to Founders Edition cards of all three RTX 3000 series cards announced on September 1, posted a family shot, which provides a nice size comparison.
The RTX 3070 Founders Edition is noticeably shorter than the RTX 3080 FE. Both cards are dwarfed by the RTX 3090 FE. Unlike the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, the RTX 3070 FE uses a more conventional approach to air-flow, with both of its cards on the obverse side of the card, even through the second fan still pushes some of its airflow through the PCB, through a partial cutout. All three cards use the 12-pin Molex MicroFit 3.0 power connector. The previous generation flagship RTX 2080 Ti is the butt of gamer memes thanks to the RTX 3070, as NVIDIA advertised it as being faster than the RTX 2080 Ti at half its price of $499 (starting price). This announcement has forced some RTX 2080 Ti owners to dump their cards on Ebay at throwaway prices.
Source:
David Eneco (Twitter)
The RTX 3070 Founders Edition is noticeably shorter than the RTX 3080 FE. Both cards are dwarfed by the RTX 3090 FE. Unlike the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, the RTX 3070 FE uses a more conventional approach to air-flow, with both of its cards on the obverse side of the card, even through the second fan still pushes some of its airflow through the PCB, through a partial cutout. All three cards use the 12-pin Molex MicroFit 3.0 power connector. The previous generation flagship RTX 2080 Ti is the butt of gamer memes thanks to the RTX 3070, as NVIDIA advertised it as being faster than the RTX 2080 Ti at half its price of $499 (starting price). This announcement has forced some RTX 2080 Ti owners to dump their cards on Ebay at throwaway prices.
50 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition Pictured in the Flesh
Not sure how the 3080 and 3090 are different sizes the water blocks are the exact same model :confused:
And on top of that, we also know historically Nvidia's claims are generally true, with the usual reservation that its best-case we're getting. But even that... its never a truly inflated claim, even if the performance wasn't there on launch day it still got there after a few driver updates. And more, too. Remember Shader Cache? And all the improvements on Kepler? None of those were advertised or reviewed but we still got them.
There is nothing sketchy about it, in any case. You'd also have to wonder 'who benefits'... Nvidia will tarnish years of good reputation and trust if they inflate their claims now, while they have nothing to win... these GPUs virtually sell themselves at these price/perf levels. Especially that 3070. Its so friggin huge. Bracket might be compulsory or you might rip a hole in your board :D
Buying a 2080 Ti right before the 30 series launch is a bad financial decision, but you win the prize of a first-class idiot if you get rid of it for a fraction of what you paid only because the 3070 is faster. :kookoo:
And if you can buy a 2080ti now for 500... The 3070 is likely to end up higher in the end, especially if you want an equal-ish AIB version of it. All you really miss out on is some RT perf, possibly. I also think its not the greatest idea in the world. But hey, you do own a 2080ti at that price now. But more importantly, the 3070 isn't out, could well end up just below 2080ti in raster perf, and then that marginally lower, or equal price is suddenly not so bad at all.
"with both of its cards on the obverse side of the card" should probably say "with both of its fans on the obverse side of the card"
It is not just NV. AMD does that marketing too. Showing charts which dont express or give enough info or actual number. But % or 2x faster etc.
Still rather wait before I get excited. The price is up a notch for me and that is not so good. Justification like it is pricier because it is faster than Turing is not convincing and It still stands, this is not the way it should be and I'm surprised people support these price bumps. That's just my opinion.
I'm just puzzled that all those people who bought their 2080 Ti's even tried to look at it as something of monetary value, and not a piece of hardware to play games on - which they still can, despite any launch announcement from nVidia or AMD.
Is it really more expensive? ;) If you 'play your cards right' (badum tss) ? Its really not my experience so far. Some upgrades have been completely cost neutral...
On the other hand, your case demonstrates how little improvement Turing had over Pascal - or rather, how those improvements cost disproportionately more.
And yes, I do buy a new GPU thinking ahead about the resale value. I already had my sights set on an Ampere release around this point in time back when I bought the 1080. It could've also lasted until 2021. Turing could have also been a lot better. But back then we did already know Nvidia had more shrinking to do as 7nm was a known quantity and we also knew AMD wasn't going places anytime soon. Stagnation was bound to happen, followed by a bigger jump further away as green adopts 7nm. Which turned into 8... :P
Edit: I don't suppose there's gonna be another big jump from 7/8 nm to something else in the near future, so I'm hoping Ampere will hold its value for a while (like Turing didn't).
We really don't know yet how well Samsung's 8nm really does, especially not compared to TSMC's 7nm, but there is very little reason to believe its better.