Re:Chip Design Shifts as Fundamental Laws Run Out of Steam
by ummonk on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:36PM
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Seems like the latest Nvidia GPUs aren't really an improvement over the previous ones, but just bigger and proportionally more expensive. So maybe the leveling off in performance is already starting to happen.
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Re:Chip Design Shifts as Fundamental Laws Run Out of Steam
by brokenmachine on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:51AM
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That is not true.
The 4090 uses less power than a 3080ti while being 63% faster.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-f...
, and 45% better performance than a 3090ti while using 2% less power (at 4k).
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-f...
Can't find the link now, but I saw a youtube video where they did an analysis of it at different wattage limits and it performed very nicely.
4090 draws a lot of power, but Nvidia has just chosen to work at the diminishing returns end of the curve.
It's a halo product for people who will pay for the top of the range. I mean, look at the price!