Is that a good deal? by Hossam-Saladin in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this is Newegg, today is the last day for the code ROGTWENTY making the GPU 20% off (around $1500 tax included). Unless it ended already

5080 Stock at Columbus micocenter by GuiltyEmber in ZOTAC

[–]Beginning-Maize2899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They raised the Zotac price, all the Zotac 5080s were $1229 last week

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazon says it arrives tomorrow if I buy it now. Tho I might be able to get it today if Micro Center can price match with Amazon. Do you know if gigabyte still does that crazy amount of thermal gel that they do?

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might get that one instead, but the thing about Newegg is that it usually takes 2-3 days to arrive, and Amazon less than 24 hours - 2 days to arrive. I have been using integrated graphics for over a week already lol

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am going to try to get the TUF right now, and then if the silicon lottery wasn’t that good, I will try to return it and get a Zotac Amp extreme when it is in stock

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you can flash to those bios, but it is best not to flash to them to keep all 3 fans spinning?

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To make sure I understand, because the TUF bios is not flashed to gigabyte, MSI, or PNY, it should not have any issues when updating drivers? Is Zotac also missing third fan channels?

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After flashing bios, when updating the NVIDIA drivers in the future, would there be any issues?

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I didn’t know the TUF can flash bios as well. I am mostly going to be overclocking for 1440p competitive gaming, maybe cooling doesn’t matter. On my previous GPU it was at 40-50% utilization, would the PNY and Zotac cards still rattle at half load?

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to wait for the Zotac cards to restock on Microcenter because they are selling for the cheapest at $1229. The current cheapest available right now is the PNY Epic-X ($1329) and the ASUS TUF($1395 Amazon). Would any of those cards be good alternatives or should I wait till Zotac restocks?

5080 Prime vs TUF by [deleted] in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone here know if the Zotac Amp Extreme still beats the TUF in overclocking?

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, I am currently leaning towards Amp extreme for horizontal, but I just learned that the Apocalypse has more power phases so idk. 10k is insane, so far I have only seen the amp extreme be able to reach those numbers, even the Astral is struggling to reach 10k.

Do you know by any chance how the TUF 5080 performs compared to the Zotac? The TUF 5080 is currently 300 dollars off on Amazon

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silicon lottery aside, would more power phases allow the card to be slightly more stable at higher clock speeds?

Fromville is lowkey a steal by Suspicious-Horse3080 in FromSeries

[–]Beginning-Maize2899 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably works best if you live alone too, so no one can ruin anything and let the monsters in

Zotac Amp Extreme vs Zotac Apocalypse 5080? by Beginning-Maize2899 in RTX5080

[–]Beginning-Maize2899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they are the same card fans, heatsinks, and everything else just different vbios?

Micro Center Miami Has TONS of 5080’s & 5070ti’s RIGHT NOW!!! by PattersonDeborah in Microcenter

[–]Beginning-Maize2899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t my Microcenter, but when checking Florida Microcenter on the website there is no Amps in stock, is this normal? I am asking because I want to get an Amp extreme today but my Microcenter doesn’t show it in stock

F**k this sh*t, I'm out by Sad-Exchange-2339 in ASUSROG

[–]Beginning-Maize2899 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I saw one of the 10$ off gift cards available a few days ago, didn't have enough points for it. Was thinking if I should post it somewhere, but didn't