So true, This may sound like an unpopular opinion, but I prefer a high end card with lower TDP and power consumption.
Just seeing those 3x 8 pin connector in most of AIBs is enough to make me back away.
Pascal was a phenomenal card at launch with only 1x 8pin connector for GTX 1080. Even 1080 Ti only uses 8+6pin.
My 1080 Ti Trio is using 2x 8pin.
I hope RTX 40xx and RX 7000 series have much lower TDP and power consumption. Or maybe Nvidia and AMD want to bring 500W TDP???
Exactly. And its not a sentiment I have just because "I have a 1080" and then stopped upgrading. I sincerely stopped upgrading because what I saw with Turing, RTX, power budgets and FPS/dollar was not something I wanted to support even a little bit.
There is no necessity involved here, its Nvidia shoveling RT marketing BS with nothing to show for it. Oh yay, our god rays and shadows are real time now, and cost 3x as many resources. I sincerely can't even begin to care. Games are about gameplay, and graphics are just a tiny part of the puzzle, so graphics cards shouldn't suddenly be moving to different price points for what is essentially similar performance. That only happens if the technology is overpriced or underdelivers. And it does both.
The only real advance I've seen in graphics for gaming is not RT, but rather the highly improved algorithms for what is essentially (SS)AA. The upscale/downscale/approximation trick is almost down to perfection. Is that due to RT? I suppose the lukewarm reception of RTX in the entire industry for gaming, which relates directly to the immense performance hit, has been a primary driver to make DLSS happen, indeed. But another major influence would have inspired the development regardless: Higher resolutions. They enable higher render targets which in turn inspire tricks to keep that playable. But, our raster-based tech is so efficient, even the jump to 4K was doable within two generations, coming from 1080p "mid range even slaughters it" territory.
I'm eagerly awaiting a normally priced mid-to-high end GPU in the x70/x80 tier that is not overloaded with promises that won't be kept. In that sense, Pascal had everything: superb efficiency, smaller dies, higher clocks and much more VRAM per % of relative performance... we only made steps back ever since... and stack new tech on top to still keep things in check. It feels like two steps forward and one step back, or perhaps even two at the end of the day.
A clear sign of immature and rushed tech that was needed mostly to drive share price and create new demand where in fact all demands were satisfied. While I understand companies need to make money, this RTX move just oozed greed at the expense of everything else that would make it a good deal. Pre-empting a slow development to somehow control it. Its disgusting and we should not support it as it doesn't lead to better games or gaming.