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Somehow I beat your 7900XT in TimeSpy Extreme, don't know how that was possible, but it looks like it is. First time ever in the actual top 3. Was top 1 or 2 unmodified in TimeSpy and Extreme nearly a year ago, but beating a modified card is insane. Would repasting get it even better?
And 350w with 8pin is insane, officially rated for 150w. 2x8pin is then definitely better than the 12pin Nvidia came up with.
Some extremely nice score with the 7900XTX. I think I'm gonna run some other Benchmarks too.
So now to the other topic.
NVIDIA is joking. I beat in FireStrike Ultra every 4080S and top 5 4080. TimeSpy and TimeSpy Extreme is not less then 37th place, 2 in top 10th one in top 20th. And 4080s go upto 470w, I would beat every 4080 at that power consumption. Gaming is 20% Uplift in Avg. Farcry 6 is odd with only 14% more, but some other games are at 25% more (compared to 308w Stock reference VBIOS). I'm beating 7900XTX at 348w in RT 4070ti and sometimes 4070tiS. Gaming is different than Benchmarks, it's only 20AVG vs 27% in TimeSpy and 29% in TimeSpy Extreme. But I think under Benchmark settings it would get that extra 3% I got in TimeSpy. So that would be 24% Avg more in Gaming in RT too. So that would be between 3090ti (+2%) and 4070tiS (-4,5%) and 7900XTX (+5%) and 4090 (-17%). Lowest price for the 7900XT BE was her in Germany 689€. There's no card in reach at that performance class in terms of price to performance if you set the 7900XT BE up correctly. I definitely do not buy a 16gb 5080 for 1800€ that I can't rely push forward. 4090 tops out at +9% unmodified, that's a joke.
I'm gaming in UWQHD and triple that. I'm not going to buy a 16gb card so I have to buy a 5090 or 4090 and at that price point they have way to less power. In triple screen it's nearly only Simracing so I definitely don't need Raytracing, just raw power. So 7900XTX with Aqua VBIOS is the next upgrade. Though about a Magnetic Air, because of the good thermal Pads and optic (black build). So I'm selling or try too sell my 7900XT for 660€, with the information of beating a 7900XTX and 4070ti. The only one writing to my would give me 500€, I'm definitely not selling a 7900XTX performance below 600€ and that's extremely cheap.
Enough of that let's move on.
I feel the same about that Upscaling, Framegeneration and Raytracing shit. Native is the best, there are a handful of titles besides that for RT (Metro Exodus EE, Control, CP2077 (and at wet parts Avatar FoP) ect.). Raytracing is at the absolute beginning and not even close to play a role like it is at the moment. Upscaling is fine sometimes, but mostly only if there is nativ Upscaling like in Ready Or Not (there is rely not a difference against nativ resolution).
Nvidia is putting there products it to the customers mouth and want them to swallow it, and the people are, if they pay 2000€ or more Nvidia doesn't care at all and the people doesn't too. I can't understand that. I rely hope AMD comes back at the next Gen (9000. I don't believe that the upcoming Gen would be 9000) like they did with the 6000 Gen. I hope the people wake up if they payed twice the amount for the 5000 Nvidia Performance that they then would pay for the 9000 AMD Gen.
Nvidia is dead to me, to high price, not enough VRAM and no OC headroom. Never gonna buy that whoever is selling a product like that.
Ps I hope you could read that, I'm German an languages aren't my subjet area.