The 1080Ti was no less than a revolutionary GPU, almost twice as fast as it's predecessor, the 980Ti, at just 50$ more. The 2080Ti was only roughly 30% faster (at 200$ more), and the 2080 Super that came out two and a half years after the 1080Ti was only 15% faster (at the same price).
The 3080 was supposed to be a 2080Ti killer: 400$ cheaper and 40% faster. In reality, the price of the 3080 is roughly 300$ higher (if not more) than a 2080Ti, with roughly 30% performance increase. The 3070Ti (I think 3070s is more fitting), released more than two years after the 2080Ti, is roughly 10% faster than a 2080Ti at the same actual price. Meaning, you could have bought a nice version of the 2080Ti in 2018, put a mild overclock on it, and you would achieve the performance of the 3070Ti. From a technical standpoint you would also have higher 3GB more VRAM, and you won't need to mess with thermal pads and cooling to avoid the 100c temps.
You could argue that DLSS and RT is where the improvement actually happened, but that's subjective, and objectively you have to wonder why the 1080Ti for example has better support for the AMD equivalent of DLSS than NVIDIA's own DLSS.
In summary, I think we should start wondering why we weren't given a proper release, with real improvements over the past generation, since 2016. All things considered, AMD might have gained the upper hand in the GPU market.
The 3080 was supposed to be a 2080Ti killer: 400$ cheaper and 40% faster. In reality, the price of the 3080 is roughly 300$ higher (if not more) than a 2080Ti, with roughly 30% performance increase. The 3070Ti (I think 3070s is more fitting), released more than two years after the 2080Ti, is roughly 10% faster than a 2080Ti at the same actual price. Meaning, you could have bought a nice version of the 2080Ti in 2018, put a mild overclock on it, and you would achieve the performance of the 3070Ti. From a technical standpoint you would also have higher 3GB more VRAM, and you won't need to mess with thermal pads and cooling to avoid the 100c temps.
You could argue that DLSS and RT is where the improvement actually happened, but that's subjective, and objectively you have to wonder why the 1080Ti for example has better support for the AMD equivalent of DLSS than NVIDIA's own DLSS.
In summary, I think we should start wondering why we weren't given a proper release, with real improvements over the past generation, since 2016. All things considered, AMD might have gained the upper hand in the GPU market.
