Mixed bag for me.

A decade ago the extended warranty allows me to get replacement for Dell Vostro laptop mainboard. It was the time when people fix Nvidia GPU by baking them and my laptop so happen to be using the Geforce 8400M.

I still buy extended warranty for two other laptops from Dell but both of them had been reliable up to I stopped using them.

I think I’m reverting back to 457.30, I don’t see any improvements in v46x.xx with my 1080 Ti for Flight Sim, 2D or VR.
Those 30-series should use the latest one.

Good case study for form > function

Can those bottom brackets be removed and replace with intake fan from bottom? It'll bring nice cool air straight to the GPU if there is vents on the bottom.

Nvidia should just use back to "M" suffix like back in the Maxwell days (960M 970M 980M)

Any of you guys face any issue with Windows 10 update KB5001330?

stutter and screen tearing.

Agree with Bonchi and I've used the Arctic Accelero Extreme III on a 250w card with great result. Just check if its compatible and also use thermal tape instead of the included thermal glue for the RAM and VRM heatsink, easy to swap back to old cooler if need to sell in the future.

The only people who should be buying at these prices are crypto miners. There are better things to do with money than paying for these to play games.

Nay, not worth it. Said by me who enjoy gaming with his 1080Ti

Yep I'm still waiting for that card that can do 2x 1080Ti at stock 250W. The 3080 almost cut it but its power draw is a tad higher, maybe due using Samsung chips. A little picky on the GPU I want to put inside my SFFPC.

When price go back to normal and stocks are everywhere I know who not to buy from...

Buying Dell/Alienware better than buying from ego scalper seller.

MSFS forum also has people saying 466.27 is causing CTD or crash to desktop for them. So I'm holding on with 466.11 for now, so far so good for the few games I'm playing. Before this I was using an antique 457.30

nice video. It'll be fun if a local Youtuber can tear down the version we're getting - i7, RTX3070, better cooler.

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I'll probably probably pick that up if I'm building a i5 non-k midrange gaming desktop. Shouldn't be issue boosting for gaming, only the VRM wouldn't be able to handle all-core boost workload.

Even if use a Strix, the case will still be hot to the touch, and the room will still be hot during gaming right?
The difference will be the temperature of the GPU during gaming right?

I think you'll still get 60fps on racing game with acceptable image quality.

Good, wait the crypto seller dump their GPU half price of MSRP.

4060 at 220W better be faster than 3080 with at least 10GB VRAM and the price of current 3060.

I got a feeling the 4060 and 4070 will disrupt the 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti price/perf in a big way.