Impressive & Expensive: ASUS RTX 3070 ROG Strix - Thermals, Noise, Overclocking

We're ramping into AMD Ryzen 5000 (Zen 3) CPU reviews this week, so our review of the ASUS RTX 3070 ROG Strix GPU will be the last for now (other than a few tear-downs).
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Out of the 4 RTX 3070s we've tested so far (3 of them in our OC stream recap), the ASUS ROG Strix is the best we've yet worked with. It's also the best RTX 30 overclocker thus far, including versus the 3080 and 3090 cards, except its more limited GPU prevents it from outmatching RTX 3080 GPUs. We'll be looking at noise, thermals, noise-normalized thermals, and overall performance (and overclocking) of the 3070 Strix. Thank you for your patience while we work through all the RTX content.
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00:00 - Overkill in a 3070
01:14 - One of the Last GPU Reviews for a Little While
01:33 - More Aggressive Fans, Alternating Flow Patterns
02:45 - Cost is Brutal for Non-Flagship
03:25 - Best Overclocking Performance Yet
05:26 - Perfect Frequency Behavior
06:32 - Pressure Map: ASUS 3070 Strix vs. Founders Edition
07:12 - Coldplate Flatness Map
07:38 - Best GPU Noise-Normalized Thermals
08:32 - VRM/Memory Thermals Noise-Normalized
09:17 - Auto VBIOS Thermals on RTX 3070 FE vs. ASUS Strix
10:25 - Auto Memory & VRM Thermals on Strix vs. FE 3070
11:23 - Bad Fan Hysteresis & Behavior on ASUS 3070 Strix
12:52 - RPM Fan Speed & Noise Levels on RTX 3070 ROG Strix
13:45 - PWM Fan Percent & Noise Levels
14:28 - Power Consumption on RTX 3070 Strix vs. 3080, Founders
15:55 - Quick Game Benchmarks: Three Kingdoms (1080p, 1440p)
17:08 - Red Dead 2 4K Benchmarks on RTX 3070 Strix vs. FE
17:30 - Conclusion & Winding Down on GPUs
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Thanks for your patience while we worked through all the RTX 30 content. We have 2 more tear-downs done and we'll publish them shortly, but we'll quickly be ramping into AMD Ryzen 5000 (Zen 3) CPU reviews for the next little while. For now, enjoy the last of our RTX reviews for a little bit. Find our RTX 3070 Founders Edition review here for more game benchmarks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJO9dXiIodibmLM

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

This is a brief reminder intels compiler is still cheating on ryzen chips in some applications that were never fixed despite the FTC getting legally involved. "In addition, allegedly, Intel secretly redesigned key software, known as a compiler, in a way that deliberately stunted the performance of competitors’ CPU chips. Intel told its customers and the public that software performed better on Intel CPUs than on competitors’ CPUs, but the company deceived them by failing to disclose that these differences were due largely or entirely to Intel’s compiler design." www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2009/12/ftc-challenges-intels-dominance-worldwide-microprocessor-markets us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/patchguide-for-cpu-speed-fps-if-you-play-competitively-click-this/17442

[@Xwartu]

Thanks again Steve

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

:.) Zen 3s unified cache means that going from a 3700X to a 5950X is going to allow 4 times more cache to see those juicy 4 threads me being obnoxious ended up yielding. Remember how StarCraft 2 was 2 threads only? Thats right. Its not anymore.

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKuYhpV7n7dsj9U Best one ive seen in years. You guys are night owls like me. V2 rocket lake probably will beat zen 3 in single thread performance, though not by much. going from 10 to 8 core transistor estate means they are going all out for single threaded performance.

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

@DCMFB Linus is a cool guy. When he cant address you directly, theres always art.

[@versalius02]

11:53 "Rapid change is what humans, I'm told, notice the most..." Steve has ascended beyond his human form. This explains how he continues to put out high quality content on so little sleep. o.0 In all seriousness, thank you for putting in all the effort needed to ensure the scientific value of your reviews!

[@GamersNexus]

Was wondering if anyone would catch this!

[@Lord_of_Dread]

@@GamersNexus Hey dude, just wanted to say that I only discovered your channel a few months ago, but you instantly became my favourite reviewer for tech. As a biochem graduate, its refreshing to see someone who employs similar methodology and properly caveats things where appropriate to help everyone make informed decisions, and does not shy away from calling out bad design and shitty practices - as determined by data and user experience. Your videos/articles on VRMs have also massively helped me fill in my big blind spot in understanding, and the factory tours stuff was awesome, I even got my dad into that series. LEGEND!

[@CaveyMoth]

Humans? I thought we drove them to extinction years ago.

[@dugg117]

@@GamersNexus I feel like it was more of a "when" than "if" people would notice.

[@danejerustv]

The robot's AI is slipping. One of these days, it will probably say "I am a robot" on camera.

[@ScytheNoire]

Buy a card? One does not simply walk into a store and buy a card. These are mythical creatures that must be hunted down, blood sacrifices be made, and prayers to the gods.

[@campkira]

well the overprice do...

[@alshahriar6230]

And If you`re lucky,one descends upon this earth,than it`s a fight to the death with other consumers

[@SpartanSharpshot]

As someone who works in an electronics store, I still fail to believe they exist.

[@Xfade81]

3070 is not that rare. it's their feral brothers who are to be hunted.

[@olivergottkehaskamp3369]

I could get an RTX 3070 in Germany right now ... for 799€ and up. 🤣 At that point, I'd rather put another 200 on top and buy AMDs flagship.

[@GasGearsGames]

Thank you for all the hard work GN.

[@ElementalGeneral]

11:55 He's a robot I tell you!

[@Ideasquevalelapenadifundir]

robot tech jesus

[@nicolamigone8849]

Oh shit

[@Ale.K7]

Maybe the script was written by Snowflake.

[@thatonegamer2709]

Nah im.pretty sure his hair is real......... ... ..i think🤔

[@minahwd]

Seeing this builds my hype for the 6000 series testing later on in the month!

[@LOLn1nja]

In Australia this 3070 strix card actually costs more than the EVGA 3080 FTW Ultra...

[@MarshallSambell]

Yeah quite honestly it’s fucking stupid they should be between $770-$890aud to fit in with MSRP + 10% GST

[@karlcorrz]

Ya just got NVIDIA'd bro

[@NeroKoso]

How...

[@LOLn1nja]

The strix 3070 is $1299 and I am in the long line waiting for my Ftw Ultra 3080 I payed $1259 for.

[@NeroKoso]

@@LOLn1nja that's amazing. :D

[@brandonvo9727]

Steve “At 600$ it gets kind of difficult to justify” Me in 2021 seeing the tariffs drive this price to 680$

[@Anders357]

1080 $ 23.03.2021 Norway - Break even is 232 days, so 11. nov 2021 with current exchange rate, hashing 59 MH/s with -500 core and +1000 mem -- electrical cost deducted

[@Lt.Shineysides89]

£1300 is the cheapest i've found it so about $1400ish

[@AshS85]

These are $799 now, lol.

[@pretzel3779]

I found a 3080 strix selling for 2.5k lol

[@ilrey489]

Just bought one for 900$ in Sweden

[@zili8103]

Steve is one of the top few reviewers with integrity that actually goes into much detail and gives credit where it is due and lets companies when when they done goofed up. GREAT JOB

[@MrFredsterforever]

You're probably the best KZbinr when it comes to reviews. Love the knowledge you share and also we can skip to specific points we want to see by looking at the times you post in the video description. Keep it going man!

[@fanofentropy2280]

Thanks for covering this, even if it doesn't seem important. A $50 usd difference often turns into a $150 Cad difference, so I appreciate the reviews of lower end stuff. As it stands right now, at my local Best Buy, an RTX 3090 is $2000 and RTX 3080's go for $1000. The 3070 just showerd up and it's $700+ ... and of course none are available ;)

[@froesesp]

They are mostly more than that.

[@hwstar9416]

I appreciate it when you sponsor a product you reviewed and made sure is good.

[@GusMashensic]

Thank you for reviewing one of the STRIX models. It was the model I was looking to get as I've had good luck with them in the past and no one else (I watch) had really been able to get a hold of them yet!

[@colin_henry1]

0:57 "attention to detail on color matching" *proceeds to show black fan in white case*

[@VincentTroino]

I'm absolutely loving my Strix 3070! it was one of the few available at micro center when I went and while I wasn't happy with the price initially, I'm in love with the card and would buy it again in a heart beat!

[@arteljus983]

What resolution do you play at? Don´t want to be that guy to point it out but 8GB vram is gonna make this car outdated fast. AMD just showed Godfall that use 12GB vram in 4k on max (with ray tracing) settings and we should expect something similar in many games from now on. This Strix is a nice card and if you play at 1080p you will be fine but for 1440p+ gaming i would not buy 8GB card today.

[@arkdesign9517]

@@arteljus983 allocated doesn't mean used and 8gb is more than plenty for 1440p and even 4k. There are a handful of games that would realistically use more than 8gb at 4k and those are modded games with custom textures.

[@arteljus983]

@@arkdesign9517 It´s the developer of the game that present it and say that game use 12GB vram. I just repete what he said and if you use some common sense you will understand that this will soon be the norm. We had cards with 8GB vram for four years or something now and games that are in developement will use it and more. I don´t care if game allocate vmem or use it. All i care is if the performance decrese if there is not enough of vmem or even if you can´t use some settings because of it. In 2021 we will probably have a lot of games that use more than 8GB vmem so buy card with that amount if you play at 1080p. If not wait for 12/16/20GB vmem cards. Don´t be fooled by Nvidia.

[@elnub-nub9399]

@@arteljus983 it will take some years for that to happen, new gen consoles are the stop point for developers to not been able to go so far for system requirements

[@zaddy5295]

How much did u pay for it?

[@jamiebishop9512]

Thanks as always for such in depth and scientific content. It amazes me the level of detail you go in to making these reviews. I believe you are the number one reviewer on youtube for that reason. Keep up the fantastic work Steve.

[@firsttyrell6484]

Steve - "I want to get away from GPU's" Incoming Raden cards - sad noises

[@dannacht6827]

For now cause Zen 3 is releasing

[@ushinkou8569]

Don't even say the word MSRP to my face lol. They don't exist at this point in time. Only scalper prices. Even from official retailers.

[@uthumb1]

Yep, I have a shop chain in this area that is listing every single card for +$70. Fucking assholes.

[@reelwater7983]

@@uthumb1 yea I was on a waiting list for zen 3/rtx 3000 and they were selling IN STOCK 3070s for 1400$ cad. At first I thought it was a mistake but they has more 3070s for higher prices...

[@ardeleandan]

@@reelwater7983 1200euro here... $1400

[@zanderxu4113]

Thank you for he gaming benchmarks. It might not be useful for budget cards but OC focused cards should get a gaming benchmark or two. Great video, cheers!

[@godtiermedic]

I am honestly waiting for the 6900XT Steve Burke extreme water cooled edition instead of Kingpin

[@Villanuevac4]

That’s gonna be one **nice** video.

[@FireStorm4056]

In the future, can you add a legend to the heatplate pressure maps? Would be useful to know how colors correspond to what values, as well as address other questions (e.g. do colors map to the same specific values across different pressure maps, are they relative values between max and min for the current map, etc)

[@C0ldFr0nt]

Been waiting for STRIX reviews

[@DClaville]

Was there ever a teardown vid of this exact card made? thought it was mentioned in the video but cant seem to find it thank you for this video good stuff as always.

[@mikhailratchkovski9624]

Great review. Will need to watch it in March of 2021 when it is potentially going to be available for sale.

[@troymeredith521]

I can't imagine the GPU overload you've had lately and I also don't envy you when the Radeon 60 series comes out. You'll only have about 2 weeks with CPU's before the GPUs release. Best of luck for the rest of the year. You've earned all the subscribes and then some.

[@AlexRamirezComedy]

Thank you guys for covering all these GPUs! Any chance we'll ever see a review for the Asus Strix 3090 OC?

[@joshuac837]

Someone needs to make a compilation of every time Steve says "nebulous". It's just his own word at this point.

[@hello_user2685]

Will you ever do Graphics Optimization guides again? Like you did for The Witcher 3 or Watch Dogs 2. I would love to see a Cyberpunk 2077 guide from you guys eventually.

[@dubbayne]

thank you for putting out all that information! you guys got the most hustle #respect

[@trist7563]

Idk how but my father got one at micro center for Christmas for me I’m so thankful because for the past 2 years I’ve been playing on his 6 year old pc which has a gtx 760 and now when I build my new pc it’s gonna be a ton of fun

[@zDerezzed]

Managed to snag one of these from B&H yesterday, be here tomorrow. Can't wait!

[@Mindseas]

Thank you once again for a thorough review. One question I have is how indicative is the 3070 strix cooler and performance to that of the 3080 strix? Would've liked to see that review too, to get a better idea of the value. Thanks, stay safe and take care!

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

"Alternating fan flow directions" ASUS loves to harp about that but I haven't seen anyone testing if it really makes a difference. So does it really work in this configuration, or is it just another marketing bullet point that doesn't really hold water?

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Great vid! Are the G6 non X modules ECC on the 3070s too? Just curious. I always kinda think of these non flagship Strix cards in comparison to other high end cards like 3080-3090 Strix or others as that puts the price in context a bit more, but yeah a lower end 3080 makes sense since there are great coolers close to MSRP.

[@gacekk87]

Would be interesting to see comparison with other Asus 3070 versions: TUF and Dual

[@haykguy4946]

YESSS THANK YOU!! i really love this card but i was waiting for a detailed review to make a decision

[@abadmixtape]

spend $100 more for a 3080...

[@Seriessify]

I already did some looking in to Turing when I got my 2080ti back in 2018, but I would like to see an in depth look on how the 2000 and 3000 series cards scale with regards to power limit. From what I can tell running most games at over 80% power limit yields very little additional performance while costing a huge load of more power draw.

[@TaqeebMuqaddes]

That golden t-shirt of 1 million subs😀 that shirt is dang good!Also your precise explanation and experiment data are also very much unique,🔥

[@ishaanzee1746]

And now it is $800, wish I could have snagged one back then...

[@Gahttz]

850

[@KapitanOppa]

It's the cheapest 3070 @ $1100 in our place now. Hearing $600 is like a steal now

[@thetechlegend3237]

Love your reviews and look for a MSI Ventus 3080 oc review~

[@godtiermedic]

Dear Steve and GN. Could I trouble you to try to give us some insight with different benchmarks by using 1080p all low settings instead of ultra. This way the 240hz 360hz gamers will really know what this generation of AMD and Nvidia GPUs can push in a cpu bound scenario. It seems counterintuitive but we have noticed quite different results between high end GPUs with high IPC cpus. It would be nice to know if we have reached 240 or 360fps on any game such as battlefield, cod mw, valorant, etc

[@godtiermedic]

Sorry I forgot to say that in some games like the frostbite engine you have to press tilde then type in GameTime.MaxVariableFps 400 for example to get past the 200fps stock cap. Why on earth did AMD leave the cap on some of their benchmarks haha. Still love AMD of course

[@MakenaKai]

Ditto. I am especially interested in this and what happens to a 5950x vs 10900k

[@Joker-no1fz]

i simp for you

[@brothatwasepic]

Dude yes please! Go Steve Go!

[@hipster2283]

@@Joker-no1fz why? she's terrible

[@AzrealNimer]

Hey Steve. Like always, an awesomely detailed review :D. On the note of Ryzen 5000 series... do you guys have any info which retailers are going to list it on November 5th in USA?

[@Rato4432]

Gonna be a great video as always, Keep up the amazing work!!

[@bruceeboy0627]

Any plans for a STRIX RTX 3080 review, Steve? If you could get your hands on one. I know I shouldn't be picky when it comes to 3000 series cards and get what's available, but I'm torn between the STRIX and EVGA's FTW3 or XC3

[@ex0148]

For such a small performance uplift I don't see how this card could ever be recommended by anyone for the price.

[@rcradiator]

Is there any chance of a NR200 review in the future? Interested to know your thoughts on it

[@ThePengoon]

Do you think you'll do a review of the Gigabyte Vision cards? My favorite aesthetic design this gen but not sure if the performance/cooling holds up.

[@ltmc2h694]

Crazy how expensive these things get. Good work on the review though

[@armandomartinez2699]

Good Review. Much Thanks.

[@roberteenkhoorn2632]

Steve, debating with a friend if 10gb is enough vram for the latest and upcoming games that use up to 12gb for max at 4k. Is there a way you could artificially limit the 3090 to 10gb and compare the game results in a couple demanding titles?

[@MadRC]

In the U.K. it’s close to $300 more than the FE. Dealers are after over £660 compared to £469 for the FE. Just a crazy increase in cost over other cards and the FE.

[@nehalmathew7510]

When u see the pitchfork that's when u know it's good

[@TheGigaMan]

Hey Steve! I know I might be blind and can't see it, but you mentioned a separate teardown, was that done and linked somewhere that I missed? Really appreciate it btw!

[@Kipsyz]

2:12 mentions a teardown video for this card, did that ever go up? Desperately trying to find a video on the strix cards showing how the fans connect...

[@Daggz90]

I'd like to request a review of the Gigabyte Aorus ATC800 air cooler, could you please do this Steve? Can't find a single review of it on KZbin despite it having been available for around a year now. Thanks in advance, have a great day and keep up the great work.

[@statphantom]

can you do a video on how much of a difference CPU's actually make in workstation tasks when using hardware acceleration? I see so many people saying AMD for any workstation because of the CPU number but they have always been without GPU acceleration when almost NO ONE uses just the CPU for rendering, I would love to see how much of a difference CPU makes during hardware accelerated rendering.

[@HDCybersun]

great content as usual, ty GN!

[@simon3461]

Holy moly - more than 300W overclocked...this seems to be the 1.9 power efficiency improvement Jenson mentioned !

[@luisarevalo8394]

Good for mining 🤔

[@jra5624]

Just hang in there a little longer, Steve!!! We need ya buddy! Sleep will come - but before then, we need you to stay in top of your game!!

[@metalcrow88]

Not yet got into OC but these are great videos to watch. The FE is just so nice looking I might try to hold out if they are not in stock and other become in stock. On the other hand AMD/Radeon might change my mind all together.

[@vollkerball1]

18:02 Le me: looks at bank account.... starts to tear up my eyes...

[@JuffoWup78]

Are there plans in the future to review the oc capabilities of the water cooled variants when they become available (asus and gigabyte have both announced water cooled 3080s and 3090s)

[@stefannilsson2406]

I recently got my hands on it. I bought it because it was that one or a slightly cheaper model from another manufacturer, but I liked the look of the strix more. It cost me roughly 1100$ and it was from a retail store. But what is one to do? Keep using a 1050ti after your 1080ti dies or buy a new gpu? At the time of buying, I had no idea that the strix was pretty much the most juiced up variant.

[@javlinkz]

I was able to overclock to just: +75 GPU (~2060 MHz) +1150 Memory (8150 MHz) On the EVGA Black RTX 3070 with power limit maxed Ultimately I settled on an underclock which cut power to ~75% TDP 1845 MHz at 868mV +1150 Memory (8150 MHz)

[@smashenYT]

Hey dont forget increasing ram speed on those 3000 cards can actually hurt your performance. Watch Jayz2cents video about it. It doesnt crash at your +1150 but it could lower fps instead. I just got my Ventus 2X 3070 and got it to 2130mhz at 1025mV. Running around 74°C in heaven benchmark.

[@fynerboi]

@@smashenYT Hey, I'd like to ask how's the ventus 2x? Isnt it running hot, loud under heavy loads?

[@XDSDDLord]

Could you do a quick and dirty data dump on the second channel for any card you did some testing on but don't feel like reviewing?

[@bbqR0ADK1LL]

I'm still waiting for my 3080 Strix (ETA Dec 1st). The Strix cooler looks legit, but hard to justify the cost on a 3070. The price is just to close to lower binned 3080s.

[@notsoelusive]

As soon as I seen the pitchfork in the thumbnail I knew this was going to be underwhelming for the price.

[@karthikkalyan7940]

Nice message in thumbnail

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

"Placebo Slider" sounds like White Castle's new and improved burger that tastes exactly the same.

[@RoloEdits]

If Big Navi's performance is true, can you guys do a comparison for the features each one has? Like if Nvidia has shadowplay, how is AMD's answer? Encoding? I think this is where the battleground might be if the rasterisation is within a few percent.

[@ethzero]

11:24 Steve fails the Turing test(!)

[@Flightcoach]

0:43 the value is a little bit more nebulous. Steve this is epic wording.

[@bretth6393]

I'd like to see a review of an MSRP model of the 3070. Just to know if the FE model is the best "cheap" 3070 to search for.

[@lukejsnell]

Ayo, is there a Arctic Freezer 420 review on the way? Very excited

[@junkbot2.1]

Just got one of these on today's best buy drop, I know I'm very fortunate

[@tylermeehan6117]

The only reason I bought this was it was the first 3070 I saw on Amazon on launch day.

[@tjcantor]

In the Best Overclocking Performance Yet section, when he says he 'switched the voltage slider all the way to the right' to 100, what is he referring to? Moving Core Voltage (mV) all the way to the right in MSI Afterburner?

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

7:16 The goal is indeed a small box with whiskers.

[@jhidalgo_]

This may sound ridiculous, but, could you share some footage of the card actually running on a PC? It is something I miss in your videos.

[@NathaN-Tech]

Bro, what is the difference between ROG 3070 8G (non OC) and ROG 3070 O8G (OC)? Only out of the box frecuency? Thanks for your help and your work, greetings from Argentina!

[@ForzaE2]

I bought this gpu after watching the video. So far I am happy with my choice. Thanks ❤️

[@nigelwilliams449]

Any news on the review for the Lian Li Galahad you had scheduled?

[@SeedifferentFeeldifferently]

Wow, I have never been so early for multiple YT videos in the same day.

[@godsbane6347]

When the new AMD GPUs come out, please please please do some benchmarking with RTX vs the AMD equivalent, with and without a Zen3 CPU so we can see how the AMD card performs without the SMART capabilities!

[@jikman681]

he can just turn off sma and still use the faster zen3 cpus to eliminate every possible cpu bottleneck

[@lilkrishhh5355]

Will this review carry over to the 3080 strix as well?

[@danisflying]

I can't believe we still don't have a 3080 strix review

[@thor8334]

hi Steve, i was wondering if you could do a rog strix 6800 review ? wish you the best 👍

[@sgtrickards5683]

I love content like this. I bought the Strix 3070. It's going on a Strix Z390E and 9900k. Can't wait to throw BF4 at it.

[@FluxMarsh333]

Just a brief mention of Colorful at the end. Now THAT's a tear-down I'm dying to hear/see! (Not the card, the bullying, for those who haven't heard)

[@yourmainviewer]

Will there be any disassembly video of this card?

[@TheSmileyTek]

Curious to see how this card does compared to my 3070 FE Overclock. Just started the video 🤣. I've been crashing like crazy finding that sweet spot, right on the edge. +30-50 fps on my most played games so far, over my 2070 Super. That's nuts!

[@eternalbeing3339]

When will the ryzen 5000 reviews be up? Has the embargo been lifted?

[@manmohanbariana2094]

im waiting man, buying a 5800x

[@kevinb4713]

Love the video as always, but am I the only one that hears the weirdly irritating hissing/static noise coming through? It almost sounds like a second microphone was recording in a "quiet room" with the gain turned up high. Thought it was my headphones or tablet at first but I hear it on 2x IEMs, 2x earphones, 1x on-ear headphone, and 2x over-ear headphones all on 2 mobile devices, a PC, and a streaming device

[@coolbvwes1]

Nice review! how about the rtx 3080 asus rig strix oc?

[@PFCLukas]

When you will post the tear down of this card?

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

how much are partners paying for the 3 different dies in this series?

[@daveninjaneuro7089]

Is there really a perceptible difference in games between 60fps and 120fps?

[@grizzly6699]

Yep Steve. A change from graphics cards would be good. I can't wait to see Zen 3 results. Then back to graphics with 6800XT and then 6900XT.

[@ThaRealSmurf]

3070's are going for 1300$ at retail in australia; 100$ more then retail is meant to be for 3080s. Bring on competition.

[@anmolsaxena_]

ikr and the 3090 rog strix is $3.4k absolute insanity

[@MafiaboysWorld]

It's like Nvidia has said to Australia, "No it's okay, we don't want your business and all of you may aswell buy 6800XT's or 6900XT's you down under peasants!" Challenge accepted. I prefer RDNA2 anyway. 😎👍

[@Sal3600]

PLE computers seem to have the cheapest options.

[@DuBstep115]

@@MafiaboysWorld Good luck buying amd cards. Since no one was able to buy Nvidia cards, now all the Nvidia people plus amd fans are shopping for amd cards. Last amd launch was a failure and I believe this will be 2x worse

[@greggreg2458]

I've seen a 3070 Aourus Xtreme going for 1100€ in Italy, for comparison a 3080 goes for 720€ msrp.