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Yeah I have the 3070 and I hate that it has the same amount of ram as a 1080 from 2016 while costing more than a 1080 did at the time.

by Tenoke 6y ago

SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
That sort of feels like complaining your ferrari has the same size gas tank as a Civic. It's not why the car was made.
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- dheera 6y ago
  I was posting in the context of deep learning specifically, per top level comment.
  - HappyTypist 6y ago
    Well yeah, the comment still applies. GeForce is made for gaming, so the bill of materials goes to what improves gaming performance.
  - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
    It should still do deep learning activities much faster than the 1080 though, doesn't it?
    - markus92 6y ago
      Not relevant if your model doesn't fit in GPU memory.
      - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
        That's fair, but the 3070 isn't being marketed as a deep learning machine primarily. I don't know why it's the fault of a midrange gaming card that it doesn't fit a deep learning requirement. The 3090, which is much more expensive mind you, is the one you'd want with 24 GB of VRAM.
- Grazester 6y ago
  The size of a car's gas tank has no effect on performance. I think the ram size here does, so you analogy is not applicable
  - HappyTypist 6y ago
    For gaming (which these cards are sold and marketed to), it doesn't make a difference today.
    - ShockedUnicorn 6y ago
      It depends on the games you play. I often run out when playing VR games, so I have to reduce resolution. Even with an 8gb card.
      - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
        How do you know that's a memory issue? I'd expect that to be less of a concern in VR games and more a requirement to render the exact same duplicate resources at slightly different perspectives, which should not be memory, but pure GPU throughput.
  - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
    No, it is - in terms of gaming performance, the thing that the 3070 is primarily made for, it's much much faster than the 1080 despite having the same amount of RAM. It's probably also much faster in Machine Learning activities as well.
  - herendin2 6y ago
    >The size of a car's gas tank has no effect on performance It has a dramatic effect on performance when you run out of gas -- a little bit like the brick wall you hit if you run out of memory. The GP'S analogy isn't very accurate, but it's not totally wrong
    - dheera 6y ago

Yeah I have the 3070 and I hate that it has the same amount of ram as a 1080 from 2016 while costing more than a 1080 did at the time.

by Tenoke 6y ago

Yeah I have the 3070 and I hate that it has the same amount of ram as a 1080 from 2016 while costing more than a 1080 did at the time.

SketchySeaBeast 6y ago

That sort of feels like complaining your ferrari has the same size gas tank as a Civic. It's not why the car was made.

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dheera 6y ago
I was posting in the context of deep learning specifically, per top level comment.
- HappyTypist 6y ago
  Well yeah, the comment still applies. GeForce is made for gaming, so the bill of materials goes to what improves gaming performance.
- SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
  It should still do deep learning activities much faster than the 1080 though, doesn't it?
  - markus92 6y ago
    Not relevant if your model doesn't fit in GPU memory.
    - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
      That's fair, but the 3070 isn't being marketed as a deep learning machine primarily. I don't know why it's the fault of a midrange gaming card that it doesn't fit a deep learning requirement. The 3090, which is much more expensive mind you, is the one you'd want with 24 GB of VRAM.
Grazester 6y ago
The size of a car's gas tank has no effect on performance. I think the ram size here does, so you analogy is not applicable
- HappyTypist 6y ago
  For gaming (which these cards are sold and marketed to), it doesn't make a difference today.
  - ShockedUnicorn 6y ago
    It depends on the games you play. I often run out when playing VR games, so I have to reduce resolution. Even with an 8gb card.
    - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
      How do you know that's a memory issue? I'd expect that to be less of a concern in VR games and more a requirement to render the exact same duplicate resources at slightly different perspectives, which should not be memory, but pure GPU throughput.
- SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
  No, it is - in terms of gaming performance, the thing that the 3070 is primarily made for, it's much much faster than the 1080 despite having the same amount of RAM. It's probably also much faster in Machine Learning activities as well.
- herendin2 6y ago
  >The size of a car's gas tank has no effect on performance It has a dramatic effect on performance when you run out of gas -- a little bit like the brick wall you hit if you run out of memory. The GP'S analogy isn't very accurate, but it's not totally wrong
  - dheera 6y ago