What happened with the RTX 3090? Analysis, not a review. VIDEO
Did the RTX 3090 underwhelm? Did it underperform? Was the price too high? Why did it have such terrible marketing? Why was it such a power hog? In this video, I try to explain why the RTX 3090 turned out the way it did.
Sources
Nvidia
https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/rtx-3090-out-september-24/
Nvidia Turing White Paper
https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/design-visualization/technologies/turing-architecture/NVIDIA-Turing-Architecture-Whitepaper.pdf
Nvidia Ampere White Paper
https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/geforce/ampere/pdf/NVIDIA-ampere-GA102-GPU-Architecture-Whitepaper-V1.pdf
Techpowerup Reviews and Benchmarks
https://www.techpowerup.com/
Undervolting Ampere
https://wccftech.com/undervolting-ampere-geforce-rtx-3080-hidden-efficiency-potential/
Fab Density
https://www.techcenturion.com/7nm-10nm-14nm-fabrication
Chapters
0:00 Start
0:30 1. Did the RTX 3090 underperform
2:37 2. Why is the power consumption so high?
4:16 3. What was up with the marketing?
6:53 4. Why was the RTX 3090 so expensive?
7:51 Conclusion
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