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For those that are interested in the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Reviews.

The NVIDIA review embargo has been lifted on the You Tube influencers for Hardware Tech content creators. These Reviewers have now began uploading their RTX 3080 Benchmark reviews.

For the 1st time ever Microsoft Flight Simulator has been included in several RTX 3080 GPU Benchmark performance reviews.

Here's the link to the following You Tube Hardware Tech Reviewers RTX 3080 Benchmark reviews.

Gamers Nexus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review: Gaming, Thermals, Noise, & Power Benchmarks

You will find @ 18:13 - Microsoft Flight Simulator GPU Benchmarks.

Linus Tech Tips Nvidia, you PROMISED! You will find @ 2.04 Flight Simulator 2020 Benchmarks 1440P - Ultra Preset.

Paul's Hardware HYPE JUSTIFIED? RTX 3080 Benchmarks and Review! You will find @ 6.46 Flight Simulator 2020 Benchmarks 1920x1080 - DX11, Ultra Preset.
You will find @ 7.08 Flight Simulator 2020 Benchmarks 4K - 3840x2160 - DX11, Ultra Preset.

Hardware Canucks A DIFFERENT RTX 3080 Review - Should You Upgrade NOW? You will find @ 6.26 Flight Simulator 2020 Benchmarks 1440P - Ultra Preset, TAA 8x8 Texture Sampling, 2046 Shadow Maps.
You will find @ 6.29 Flight Simulator 2020 Benchmarks 4K - Ultra Preset, TAA 8x8 Texture Sampling, 2046 Shadow Maps.

Hardware Unboxed Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Review You will find @ 04:49 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Digital Foundry comparison benchmark graphical FPS review and commentary on the way Flight Simulator 2020 is pushing GPU and indeed CPU hardware in a way we've never seen before.

Flight Simulator 2020: RTX 3080 vs RTX 2080 Ti - a 4K Head-to-Head Shoot-Out!

... and as ever, unless you approach these things with a blank cheque: one off bleeding edge is the sweet spot.
Look no further than the RTX 3070.
With a hot CPU.

The guy on Gamers Nexus sounds like he is calling a horse race. WAAYYY to fast for this old boy.

Belay that!
By the time my fibre connection arrives, this will have hit town

A disappointing performance increase over the 3080 at only 8.8 to 10% (for double the price). However they speculate that may be due to software constraining it's ultimate performance.
But 24 GB of RAM .....niiiccceee.

I have always looked for a good graphics card, not a cooling system with graphics capability. Really, if you need a computer to show you the difference between one card and another, you are not likely to spot it with the old Mk1 human eyeball. That said, my usual source for that kind of thing is here: https://www.computeralliance.com.au/vid ... 8gb-memory and they are offering the 2060 range of cards with lots of dollars off.
Right now though, I think a large capacity SSD (or two) would be of more use to me. Whatever I get will be superseded in three months and obsolete in six
ATB
Mike