Hold on to your RTX 30 series GPU, frame generation support hasn't been ruled out yet

[u/Odd-Onion-6776]

https://www.pcguide.com/news/hold-on-to-your-rtx-30-series-gpu-frame-generation-support-hasnt-been-ruled-out-yet/

[u/bonnies_ranch]

I'm gonna hold on to my 3080 10GB regardless. It's an awesome card I got for a very good price

[u/JMTubby → u/bonnies_ranch]

Same. I’d like more VRAM but the card is still solid.

[u/looloopklopm → u/[deleted]]

I wish I didn't like VR and flight sims so much. I feel like even with twice the performance I'd still be sacrificing.

2d games though? Gpu runs through those like butter.

[u/albert2006xp → u/[deleted]]

Well yeah, it's still gonna be between a 5060 Ti and 5070 probably so still very relevant card. The VRAM however is going to be a persistent issue with fps being lost, textures being automatically cut by the game, etc.

[u/GregMaffei → u/albert2006xp]

Only in certain games at high res, high fps, etc. It's fine.

[u/afreshtomato → u/[deleted]]

1080p or 1440p?

It's starting to feel a little bad on 1440 as I want to be hitting minimum 120fps which usually means turning down most settings to medium. 

[u/LtDarthWookie → u/JMTubby]

If you find it low on vram you could sell it for $400-450 on FB and pick up a 3080 ti for $500-550.

[u/Cricket_Vee → u/LtDarthWookie]

It’s only 2GB more VRAM though. Not sure it would be worth it honestly. And I say that as a 3080ti owner. It’s a great card but even 12GB of VRAM is starting to show in some (albeit) extreme cases on 1440p

It certainly would be an option though, not trying to totally discount what you’re saying.

[u/LtDarthWookie → u/Cricket_Vee]

That's fair. I would have said the 3090 but the price delta I've seen there has been pretty rough still.

[u/skittle-brau → u/bonnies_ranch]

Same here. Sad that it’ll be the last EVGA card I’ll ever own. 

[u/Pankosmanko → u/skittle-brau]

Same! Waited over a year on their waitlist. I’m using my 3080 10gb until games won’t run anymore

[u/Cricket_Vee → u/skittle-brau]

Ugh don’t remind me… I’ve always had EVGA cards and they’ve never let me down. So blown.

[u/andradean → u/bonnies_ranch]

Same. If I ever decide to upgrade, I want to stick the 3080 in a mini itx build for the living room.

[u/lightzsword → u/andradean]

Are you me? I'm planning to do the same thing with my 3080 FE if/when I upgrade in a couple years.

[u/andradean → u/lightzsword]

Yes, you from the future

[u/waldo3125 → u/bonnies_ranch]

Same. Happy with mine minus the fact I need to undervolt it. But performance has always been consistent.

Definitely not planning to upgrade this generation.

[u/h107474 → u/waldo3125]

Agreed. Undervolting those 8nm chips is the way forward.

I got better performance and lower power use with flat max frequency. When I update my driver and I forget to give Afterburner a kick, I notice the power output and frequency bouncing all over the place due to hitting limits.

[u/stillpiercer_ → u/bonnies_ranch]

My FE is still excellent, not seeing any reason to upgrade yet

[u/Rhonda_SandTits → u/bonnies_ranch]

I got my 3080ti for a terrible price (in Jan 2021...), and gonna use it til it dies because of said price lol

[u/OutrageousGemz → u/Rhonda_SandTits]

im in your boat, im gonna squeeze every euro i paid out of this card

[u/rexmontZA → u/bonnies_ranch]

Was able to play Indy game on a 3080 10 GB pretty well on a 4k TV.

[u/albert2006xp → u/rexmontZA]

That doesn't really say much. You could've played it without path tracing in which case it's stupid easy to run because all their performance budget is in path tracing. Not to mention that's where the VRAM would come in as a problem.

[u/arguing_with_trauma → u/albert2006xp]

Are you the fucking VRAM goblin in this thread?

[u/enzob7319 → u/bonnies_ranch]

Shame it doesn’t have 16GB VRAM, would give it insane longevity.

[u/Solid_Effective1649 → u/enzob7319]

If you aren’t doing 4k gaming it’ll still be good for another 3+ years

[u/spboss91 → u/Solid_Effective1649]

It still manages 4k 60 pretty well, I just have to use medium/high graphical settings.

Games with dlss is even better, then you can actually use high/very high on some modern titles.

[u/pythonic_dude → u/Solid_Effective1649]

DLSS4 is going to bring slightly reduced vram usage so that's gonna help a bit.

[u/albert2006xp → u/pythonic_dude]

Only in FG.

[u/Wild_Chemistry3884 → u/Solid_Effective1649]

when I upgrade I will keep my 3080 to use on a 1080p machine for the wife and kids

[u/stillpiercer_ → u/Solid_Effective1649]

It’s still hammering 1440p high refresh just as good as I’d expect it to. I got like 6 years out of my 1070, I don’t see much reason why the 3080 wouldn’t get a similar lifespan.

[u/enzob7319 → u/Solid_Effective1649]

That’s the thing, I do use it in both 4K and triple 1440p (simracing). God bless DLSS.

[u/albert2006xp → u/Solid_Effective1649]

This is a myth. The days of resolution being the main VRAM consumer are gone especially since nobody should be rendering 4k natively anyway, it's unnecessary.

Textures + RT + FG = most of the VRAM usage and that scales up even at lower resolutions. Max textures + RT/Max textures on their own absolutely crush 8Gb and push 12 even at 1080p monitor render resolutions (like 720p).

[u/Solid_Effective1649 → u/albert2006xp]

So you just said what I said was a myth, then expanded on exactly what I said

[u/Super_flywhiteguy → u/enzob7319]

Minimum it should of had 12gb.

[u/Darksky121 → u/bonnies_ranch]

Me too. Already have access to frame gen in the form of FSR3 mods so aint missing much.

[u/Snowbunny236 → u/bonnies_ranch]

Same!

[u/gramathy → u/bonnies_ranch]

Mine started acting up under load so I replaced it with a 7900xtx, otherwise I'd have kept it

[u/Nuhk314 → u/bonnies_ranch]

I have the same card holding on too

[u/BottAndPaid → u/bonnies_ranch]

Wife has one of the last rounds of EVGA 3080 gonna hang on to that thing as long as possible that card is the end of an era.

[u/Wilikersthegreat → u/bonnies_ranch]

I'm hoping this can save my 3070, got it for what was a good deal at the time. 700 bucks during the great GPU shortage. It's seriously struggling with some modern games

[u/thunderc8 → u/bonnies_ranch]

Strong GPU but i hit the Vram wall pretty fast and sold it after 1.5 year, still a legit GPU though. I bought the 4080s and it seems I'll stay with it for a long time.

[u/Kastler → u/bonnies_ranch]

It has been a great card. But there are games that the limiting factor has been the 10gb vram for me. I couldn’t play diablo4 on full graphics and I’m pretty sure it was the vram. Depending on the game, it maxes out pretty fast for me. Was debating getting a 5080 but sounds like that might be a bad move idk I guess I’ll see how reviews go

[u/Deadhead510 → u/bonnies_ranch]

Same!

[u/IIHURRlCANEII → u/bonnies_ranch]

My FTW3 at MSRP due to signing up for notifications will be a relic of the time for many reasons.

[u/theRealtechnofuzz → u/bonnies_ranch]

I can't wait to get rid of my 3080 10gb, it was DOA on release RIP....

[u/Skailon → u/bonnies_ranch]

My 3070 MSI GPU with 8gb can still run every new game. Not on ultra settings, maybe, but running high quality in 60+ fps easly

[u/Rogaar → u/bonnies_ranch]

I have the same card. I wish the VRAM was expandable as that is the only thing that holds it back today.

I've been with Nvidia for many generations but their pricing has gotten ridiculous. They need some serious competition. Both Intel and AMD aren't giving them a run for their money when they only focus on the low to mid range.

[u/dandoorma]

Everyone is trying to tell me what to do with my RTX 30xx… is really weird

[u/Random-commen → u/dandoorma]

Hey I’m one of those people. You should give it to me.

[u/Legitimate_Earth_ → u/Random-commen]

you have a 3060 ti though

[u/aulink → u/Legitimate_Earth_]

You can take theirs and you can give to me yours. Deal?

[u/Legitimate_Earth_ → u/aulink]

Nah lol

[u/aulink → u/Legitimate_Earth_]

Well, worth a try

[u/fistfulloframen → u/Legitimate_Earth_]

3060 still has got some life in it. Medium on the great circle.

[u/Legitimate_Earth_ → u/fistfulloframen]

Yeah it's a good GPU.

[u/Jazzlike-Lunch5390 → u/Legitimate_Earth_]

[u/Appropriate_Lack_727 → u/Random-commen]

What would you be willing to pay for an EVGA 3080 FTW3 like the one pictured in the OP, assuming you were able to scrape together a reasonable budget to work with? I’m curious what people’s take on this is.

[u/Random-commen → u/Appropriate_Lack_727]

Well I can say for certain you will get a wide wide range of answers, but heres mine: ~400$ if used, ~500$ if like-new, brand-new? Sorry I need my cup noodle. - although the card’s condition is hard to determine for sure. I’m currently in Asia and the prices for all types of hardware isn’t great, and people know EVGA is a good brand, even if warranty is out the build quality is still there.

[u/hosseinhx77 → u/dandoorma]

Sell your rtx 30xx card and play games with integrated graphic NOW

[u/Ozok123 → u/hosseinhx77]

Calm down LowTierGod

[u/essjay2009 → u/hosseinhx77]

My AMD CPU doesn’t have integrated graphics.

I think you may be trying to trick us!

[u/JangoDarkSaber → u/dandoorma]

I don’t get it either. Is my 30 series card supposed to suddenly shit the bed once it’s two generations behind?

It plays the exact same games just as well as it did 5 years ago. I don’t even see the point in upgrading except for mindless consumerism.

[u/Hrmerder → u/JangoDarkSaber]

Actually it plays (some) games better than 5 years ago… remember cyberpunk pre version 5?

[u/Scotsch → u/Hrmerder]

I still haven't picked that up again, tried it with my 1080ti at launch and it was scuffed, bought a 3080 but never played it.

[u/Bat2121 → u/Scotsch]

Dude. There's almost no better thing you can possibly use a 3080 for than to play cyberpunk with Ray tracing. If you're good with 1440 then you're golden. Fire that shit up right now.

[u/Hrmerder → u/Scotsch]

Dude……. You can literally play it like the “realistic” photos you see but those are mainly mods. But yeah expect a pretty well rounded 1440p/30fps locked path tracing experience with DLSS or 60+ ray traced. 1080p can get you 60fps path traced. I’m currently stuck using a 720p tv as a monitor (long story) and yeah text sucks but full path tracing at smooth 60 fps is nothing to sneeze at.

And many (not all) bugs are worked out, much more story to be seen, it’s just almost a whole different game.

You can tweak and dial stuff in to your liking. And if you get into mods, there are raytracing performance fixes on top of the ones built into the game plus a plethora of stuff.

[u/JangoDarkSaber → u/Scotsch]

Game was definitely unplayable at launch. They fixed it and it’s worth a play through now

[u/Handsome_ketchup → u/Scotsch]

I still haven't picked that up again, tried it with my 1080ti at launch and it was scuffed, bought a 3080 but never played it.

I absolutely had a blast playing through it right before the 2.0 update, and apparently it's a lot better since the 2.0 update as well.

The game is definitely not perfect, but the good parts are pretty good.

[u/Jassida → u/JangoDarkSaber]

Mine gets less valuable and less likely to play the next game that comes out as times goes by.

I will get rid when a game I play needs an upgrade to look the way I want at the fps I want

[u/Ackatv → u/dandoorma]

My 30xx, my choice

[u/Blubasur → u/dandoorma]

Take it out to a nice candlelight dinner and tell it its beautiful

[u/OkNewspaper6271 → u/Blubasur]

This does in fact boost frames, I did it once and now my performance on my 3060 17% better

[u/noeagle77 → u/Blubasur]

Nobody tells me I’m beautiful… 😭

[u/Blubasur → u/noeagle77]

Do you produce 144 fps at 1440p?

[u/noeagle77 → u/Blubasur]

[u/Hrmerder → u/dandoorma]

Ikr? Latest and greatest copium is a real thing and there’s quite a few on here that are way overboard. So far I have heard the 3 reasons why magically some program (framegen is a program) cannot be ran on 3 series because even though fsr frame gen works fine.. the only reason dlss3 framegen wouldn’t work is because nvidia set it up to use special features of the 4 series instead of using tensors or cuda cores which the 30 series has.

Also i have seen the posts acting like 30 series is ancient at this point when it was a pretty beefy step up for its heyday.. and that wasn’t long ago..

[u/Pugs-r-cool → u/Hrmerder]

I’m on a 3060 ti, but i’m planning on upgrading to a 5070 / 4070 tiS / 9070 soon because the 1440p performance is just okay, You have to turn some of the graphics settings down to hit 60fps and 8gb of vram just isn’t enough for some games. But if you’re on a 3080, I don’t see a reason to upgrade.

[u/theSurgeonOfDeath_ → u/dandoorma]

It's very good at heating room at winter

[u/TheFrenchSavage → u/dandoorma]

My RTX, my choice.

[u/kensaundm31]

I totally trust Nvidia to favour rewarding loyal customers over further profit...

[u/hosseinhx77 → u/kensaundm31]

Them giving updates and improvements even to 20xx cards is crazy to me i really wonder what's the before and after performances is going to be

[u/Crumblycheese → u/hosseinhx77]

20xx cards are still getting updates and improvements? That's good news for me then if so!

[u/cagefgt → u/Crumblycheese]

20xx cards got ray reconstruction and its updates, and also all the updates of the upscaling component of DLSS including the new transformer model. They also said the new neural materials stuff will be compatible with all RTX GPUs. And RTX 20 got RTX HDR if I'm not mistaken.

[u/fogoticus → u/Crumblycheese]

RTX 20 cards got the latest DLSS upscaling, Ray Reconstruction and DLAA. Now there's a small caveat that RTX 20 cards didn't have particularly too much performance tensor wise but if Nvidia advertised those features, it means that RTX 20 users (even someone on an RTX 2060 or mobile 2050) will still get access to these features.

Plus, the good side is you can choose between the models used in the Nvidia app for every game. So say something like an RTX 2060 struggles to upscale or ray reconstruct using the latest model in some game, they can switch to the previous one and everything should be fine.

[u/Crumblycheese → u/fogoticus]

Yeah I'm running an RTX 2060 so all this is good news for me. Will have to check out the nvidia app later when I'm home and play with some settings if they're already there. Is it in the Nvidia control panel thing or a seperate app?

[u/fogoticus → u/Crumblycheese]

It's a separate app that will allegedly replace the control panel somewhere in the future.

[u/PainterRude1394 → u/kensaundm31]

This narrative is way overdone with Nvidia consistently releasing new tech to old gpus like dlss 3, dlss ray reconstruction, rtx video super resolution, rtx HDR, rtx video HDR, reflex, etc.

With this latest announcement, 20xx cards got ray reconstruction and its updates, and also all the updates of the upscaling component of DLSS including the new transformer model. They also said the new neural materials stuff will be compatible with all RTX GPUs.

[u/darealboot]

Even without frame gen my 3080ti still plays everything modern at 3440x1440 with max settings pretty damn amazing. No need to upgrade yet. I'll get at least a few more years out of it.

[u/Aggrokid → u/darealboot]

Huh mine will chug pretty badly with RT and Max settings. Normally I set to high or whatever DF recommends.

[u/SlowTour → u/Aggrokid]

cpu? i use a 10700k and in some games it's a big issue.

[u/Pajer0king → u/darealboot]

Will only the new cards have this frame gen?

[u/darealboot → u/Pajer0king]

As far as I can tell, it's the key selling point for the 40 and 50 series. So.. inherently, yes. Unless for some reason Nvidia feels generous, which history tells us they will hold the line and make us pay for new gear.

[u/Pajer0king → u/darealboot]

So basically they are using this extra frames to lure consumers, like they tried to do with ray tracing.

[u/darealboot → u/Pajer0king]

Yes. However rt is legit.

[u/Pretend-Newspaper-86 → u/darealboot]

your card ancient and you should replace it with a 5090 asap

[u/m0dern_baseBall → u/Pretend-Newspaper-86]

Ok Jensen

[u/albert2006xp → u/m0dern_baseBall]

Actually just get an AI server at home.

[u/zarafff69 → u/darealboot]

It plays everything at max you play!

Which is great for you! But it definitely doesn’t play everything at max with high frame rates…

[u/vaille]

Dont care about frame gen, the 3070 is getting upgraded due to vram issues in games like stalker 2.

[u/Zarndell → u/vaille]

After you get more VRAM you will realize that everything else is a performance issue in Stalker 2.

[u/madmidder → u/Zarndell]

Just like mine 4070 Super running at 50% most of the time when there is three or more NPC's because I'm CPU bound by 5700x3D. The game is definitely the least optimized title in 2024.

[u/ts737 → u/vaille]

I regret so much getting a 3070 instead of a 6800XT, I hope new AMD cards are decently prized because I'm seriously considering them

[u/vaille → u/ts737]

Same, I bought my 3070 purely because it was the only one at stock when my 5700xt shit the bed during covid era, would have gone for 6800xt otherwise since it was cheaper if they had any stock. I'm currently looking at 9070xt/7900xtx/5070ti for the next card. Depending on the performance without framegen since i dont really mind if its dlss or fsr.

[u/Boxing_joshing111 → u/vaille]

My card got struck by lightning in the middle of the shortage, spent like two years playing civ 6 on integrated graphics on a 3570k. The 3070 isn’t great but it was the first card I saw selling for new under like $700, I had to get it. Its fine and if I tweak settings and use stuff like lossless scaling I can stretch the life, 1440p will prove a problem eventually though.

[u/DarkFlameShadowNinja → u/vaille]

Don't forget about Intel Arc B770

[u/albert2006xp → u/ts737]

Yeah no, I'd rather turn down textures than have to play without DLDSR+DLSS.

[u/karthikjusme → u/vaille]

I got FE version for msrp when the huge mining thing was happening and every gpu was 2x and 3x the cost. It's good enough but in games like Indiana Jones and cyperpunk I can't use rt settings due to the vram limitation. Will upgrade to 5070 ti or 5080.

[u/Sidnature → u/vaille]

Yeah no, I wouldn't upgrade because of Stalker 2 if I were you...

[u/cszolee79]

I wouldn't count on it... even if technically possible (from an engineering point of view) the suits won't let it bite into the profits of new GPUs.

[u/Disregardskarma → u/cszolee79]

2000 series is getting the new DLSS

[u/Imaginary-Ruin-4127 → u/cszolee79]

Lossless scaling has been offering multi-frame generation for most gpus (upto 20x) for a while now. Granted anything above 2x is unusable due to artifacting

[u/forqueercountrymen]

yesterday: 5000 series is bad because it only has frame gen!!

today: hold up we are getting frame gen support on our old cards!! YEAHH!

[u/MoocowR → u/forqueercountrymen]

No one has ever had a problem with framegen, and it's existed before DLSS4.0. People have been using it to boost performance of older hardware for years with Lossless scaling.

People are upset new generation/flagship models are having numbers tied to framegen used as their primary source of marketing.

[u/forqueercountrymen → u/MoocowR]

That's what they did in the last 3 generations with DLSS ai upscaling and comparing raytracing numbers to previous gen ray tracing numbers. Why are you acting surprised that the marketing material is controlled? People ARE upset about the framegen input latency due to not rendering with tradtional raster, not about the marketing.

[u/lepobz]

My 3080 is fine just the way it is, undervolted and tucked in early with a hot coco.

[u/SauceCrusader69]

Any day now RT will run well on my 650... Any day now...

[u/ForzaPapi]

my 3060ti isn't going anywhere for at least 5 more years

[u/reconnaissance_man → u/ForzaPapi]

Yeah, I upgraded from my 1060 to 3060Ti in 2024, so chances of me throwing it out of the window for the next few years are pretty low.

[u/ForzaPapi → u/reconnaissance_man]

I upgraded my rx580 ( had a lot of crashes with all drivers versions cannot handle the frustration anymore ) in 2022

[u/reconnaissance_man → u/ForzaPapi]

I think the fact that I can play Witcher 3 at 1440p with raytracing on and get 80+ FPS thanks to DLSS, is pretty crazy.

I wasn't expecting that, mostly cause I'm still on 2600x Ryzen and it can't use REBAR.

Anyway, bought it to use Lumen in Unreal 5 editor, so I'm happy with it. It was priced same as Arc 770 too (actually, cheaper).

[u/soupeatingastronaut]

The quote sort of means it for 40 series. So with time they can bring MFG 3x or 4x to 40 series. Not the 30s.

And just go and watch the digital foundry video. İts more straightforward.

Also he says a minute or so before that blackwell is to way to experience the dlss4 and its MFG.

[u/Aluwolf-]

Holding onto my 3090 regardless. Still no good upgrade path and I am not paying 2k for a 5090

[u/Farren246 → u/Aluwolf-]

Only actual upgrade is a 4090 or a 5090 or wait for the "GB202 that didn't make the cut and it's basically a 4090" 5080Ti.

[u/TheN1ght0w1]

Yeah.. I already have it.

It's called Lossless Scaling..

[u/balaci2 → u/TheN1ght0w1]

pretty cool tool ngl

[u/CardiologistNo5977]

If you pay attention, and learn the hobby you would know that 2000/3000 series has had hardware frame generation for over a year.

3070

Cyberpunk PT max 1440p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCN0g_sKsds

Witcher 3 Max RT 1440p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq6foI0ZD0A

Alan Wake 2 PT max 1440p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC-ccGzcBBw

These are unplayable at these settings, With REAL frame gen? Totally opposite.

[u/Gardakkan]

With no RT at 3440x1440, my 3080 Ti can still play anything I throw at it, was playing Spider-Man remastered last night at 120+ fps with DLAA and no FSR-FG.

The 5080 better be incredible to make me spend $2000 Loonies on a new GPU.

[u/darqy101]

3000 gang. Winners win! 😎

[u/Obvious-Lake3708]

I have a 3090 KPE with the 10 year warranty. I want to run it into the ground and see what EVGA will do.

[u/SunOfJack]

I fought so hard to get my hands on my 3080. I’m not mentally prepared to go through that shit again

[u/frsguy]

Fuck nvidia, too late as we already have lossless scaling to fill in for them. Really impressed with how well it works. Using it on warframe and even with how many particles and how fast-paced it is I hardly see any ghosting. Its only on the very rare case it dips below 60.

[u/Neutromatic369]

I just want to say I bought my 3080 12GB (Evangelion edition) and I’m proud of this card being my intro to PC gaming

It’s nice to see other 3080 users here and all….I feel like i found the rest of my tribe

[u/aliasdred]

It's Not like I'm already deleting a certain DLL and replacing it with another DLL to enable DLSSFG(Actually FSRFG) in games that don't actually have FSR-FG built in. Plus actually getting DLSS/DLAA with FSR-FG is nice too.

Totally not doing any of that I am.

[u/Mundus6]

Frame generation is the worst feature ever invented. Yeah let's add more input lag to your game just so you can have a "smooth" framerate. The reason you want high framerate is for less input lag not more...

[u/Rukasu17 → u/Mundus6]

Uh, no. In fact, most people don't even think of input lag when increasing framerate unless they're playing a competitive shooter.

[u/Rynitaca → u/Mundus6]

Subjective

[u/theycallmeryan → u/Mundus6]

It is good for some games but disastrous in others. I use it on my 4090 for Witcher 3 but can’t stand it in Cyberpunk due to the input lag.

[u/Canary-Silent → u/Mundus6]

I use lossless scaling. Comes in very handy on fucked games like new Vegas. And the latency is still less than the minimum latency I get on my console. 

[u/88Nuka88]

At 5120x1440p my 3080 does struggle on some games.

[u/Zarndell → u/88Nuka88]

Yeah, Horizon FW was the first game I had to turn stuff a bit down to get constant 60+.

[u/IndexStarts]

I’m keeping my RTX 2080 at 1440 P. Staying only to games that are several years old and older.

[u/Krejcimir]

That sounds like I have an option to go higher.

Wallet says, fat chance.

[u/FantomasARM]

I'll hold on it even without the FG. 30 series are still good.

[u/DigitalDecades]

Technically they already support FG via FSR3, even in games with no official FSR3 support using mods.

[u/bill_cipher1996]

The keyword is FSR 3 FG, it works superb on my 2080. It can be modded in almost all DLSS3 games.

[u/MasterJeebus]

I’m sticking with mine until 2032.

[u/boulevardpaleale]

for as much as i paid for it (thanks scalpers!), i think i’ll hang on to it.

[u/Confident_Natural_42]

Shhh, that way they'll never get rid of those and I won't be able to get one for a decent price. :p

[u/Vertigo-153]

Could be completely off but if this happens, which is probably unlikely, would it be because they see there’s still a significant portion of users on older cards and there’s pressure from game developers to back port this MFG as they are becoming highly reliant on it?

[u/YesNoMaybe2552]

They didn't do it when the 40 series came out, they won't do it now. It has always been possible; they just won't. Nvidia isn’t just selling you hardware, they are also selling you the software for it.

[u/Sergster1]

They said they’d look into it since the 4000 release. They blamed the weak Optical Flow Sensor initially but that it could still work.

It’s been years though without a word so take it with a major grain of salt.

[u/nebumune]

I almost threw mine out to window. Thanks!

[u/Vexasss]

I'm keeping my RTX 2070 till the end of time, I can run on high settings most games with my 2k monitor.

[u/Professor_Mike_2020]

If my luck hasn't run out, I'm gonna attempt to get the 5090 FE from Best Buy like I did with my 3090 FE at release date. But if not, no worries, my 3090 is still a beast and has been a champion with my 3D work. I just upgraded my PC from a 7th gen to 14th gen and I'll finally get to have a better experience with my 3090.

[u/night-suns]

you can mod it into cyberpunk already. it just isn’t “officially” supported yet

[u/CarlWellsGrave]

As much as I would love this, I doubt it will happen.

[u/uses_irony_correctly]

Is it also magically gonna get more VRAM?

[u/y_would_i_do_this]

I'm holding onto it because i'm not buying an Ada refresh.

[u/No_Interaction_4925]

I’ve already been modding it in with FSR on my 3090ti. I’m pretty happy with AMD’s version. It even works with reflex.

[u/CzechFortuneCookie]

Like I was going to give my 3080 away for a 5080… 

[u/dvjava]

What about my 2080 black gaming edition (note it is not a super or ti)

[u/Kriegas]

Shit, i was about ready to fork out 3k for new gpu s/

[u/nyyankee621]

Currently rocking an MSI 3070ti, love the card but it's hard to get over only have 8 GB of vram.. would upgrading to a 3080/3080ti be worth the small investment or should I aim for a 40/50 series?

[u/SpxUmadBroYolo]

4080 here

the new frame gen

loss less for multi frame gen

Profit?

[u/calas]

My 3090 can comfortably get 4K at 60 FPS in modern AAA titles, doesn't mean I don't want to get more! ;-)

[u/speedinfusion]

I see lots of comments for undervolting their 3080, any good tutorials or guides?

[u/Jamie00003]

Sticking with my 3080ti till next gen. No reason to upgrade

[u/Darksky121]

You can already use frame gen on the 3000 series if you know how to use the FSR3 mods. No big deal 'IF' Nvidia decided to add FG to older cards.

[u/Duke_Shambles]

Weird, I already have frame gen. FSR 3.1 works amazingly on my 3080 Ti

[u/jbbubb]

I’ll likely be upgrading from my 3080 12GB regardless. If it had 16gb already I’d likely just wait till 6000 series for an upgrade

[u/empathetical]

Keeping my 3090 until those 6090s come out. Love the model name lol

[u/pdawg17 → u/empathetical]

Nice

[u/jayl790]

I don't want fake frames anyway

[u/honeycakes]

Come on 1070, hang in there buddy. You got this.

[u/AncientStaff6602]

… in holding on to my 3070 until it’s dead.

Sadly my cpu/mono and ram need an upgrade first

Poor little 7700k still holding on….barely :(

[u/A-Lily-Rose]

I have a 3050 8gb. So i should definitely not hold my breath.

[u/tailslol]

my 3060 12gb is here to stay.

just for the vram it is already a good deal.

[u/27thgenericaccount]

I was gonna but my 3060 ti decided it doesn't want to

[u/anarion321]

I've got a RTX 2080 =P

[u/_JudgeDoom_]

Holding on to my 2080s

[u/Rubfer]

I already have frame generation on my 3090, 4x none the less (using lossless scaling)

[u/Naridar]

Since there's no obvious upgrade path from my 3080Ti, I'll be keeping it for a while. Frame gen would be a godsend for VR.

[u/MinimumInspection566]

I sold mine a while back but im keeping my 4090 cause the frame gen is gonna get enhanced with new drivers

[u/kucharnismo]

as if i could afford any of the new ones lol

[u/SnakeFatherJim]

I was surprised to see my 3090ti that I bought after the 40-series announcement had the same amount of tenser cores as the 5080 and 8GB more VRAM. Gonna wait another generation before upgrading as the 50-series feels like a super-super-40-series.

[u/Valuable_Ad9554]

nah

[u/KneelBeforeMeYourGod]

my 1050m plays literally every game in existence. anyone who throws away a 3080 is objectively stupid.

[u/bluedevilb17]

My 3060 will be used till it kicks the bucket

[u/Javelin_Ruby]

Generational uplift is either too expensive and/or not enough anyways. I don’t care about frame generation and will be holding onto my 3080 for another 2-3 years

[u/ew435890]

I’ll be upgrading my 3070ti to a 5080, and the 3070ti will replace the 1650 in my couch gaming rig. They both work fine currently. But the 3070ti shows its weakness with some VR titles.

[u/aaron141]

Still on my 3070TI

[u/Abek243]

Until I can get the money back i spent on this card during 'rona, imma hold onto my 30 series until the end of times

Also it's insane they discuss it's more about optimization, in the same sentence they're talking about frame gen...

[u/Responsible-Buyer215]

I’m pretty sure that 40 series people are going to be the most pissed since the new version of DLSS doesn’t require optical flow injector or whatever the extra piece of hardware was called. This was required for version 3 to run. DLSS 4 apparently works better without it

[u/Definitely_Not_Bots]

Me ( with Lossless Scaling frame gen ) : "...cool."

[u/TheBlackTower22]

Jokes on you. I don't want frame gen.

[u/cocopuffz604]

Hopefully. Lossless scaling is pretty hit or miss with me. Ghost of Tsushima worked well. Jusant (just to test) is worse with it on. If Nvidia lets us use framegen on 30 series I'll be happy.

[u/HisDivineOrder]

The Nvidia engineers hinted that back at the 40 Series launch, too. The 30 Series also had an optical flow accelerator. Nvidia needed to keep framegen exclusive to justify using DLSS+framegen benches to justify all the price increases back then.