Almost flawless execution. The only mistake was selling the 1050ti when you could nearly have covered that 1080 purchase now...
Yikes.
Only the 3090 FE can still be had at the original MSRP price, as it was not made in China. All of the others were made in China, and now have tariffs added to their price.Yeah, if you have a crystal ball, I'm interested in purchasing one.
On a side note, if I could find a 3090 at MSRP, which is somewhat likely since those don't sell out at Micro Center very fast, I might sell my 3080 at these inflated prices to cover most of the purchase. Solves the whole, "is 10GB enough VRAM" problem pretty nicely. Also, the eVGA 3090 Ultra in my signature runs around 2000 Mhz almost all day long. Only drawback is the system draws around 600w at the wall to do so. Now that's yikes!
Only the 3090 FE can still be had at the original MSRP price, as it was not made in China. All of the others were made in China, and now have tariffs added to their price.
Yikes! I need another for a relative, asap. Amazon & Best Buy have them every now & then, but they go quick.Even that might still go up soon due to raising prices on memory, silicon, and substrate.
Yikes! I need another for a relative, asap. Amazon & Best Buy have them every now & then, but they go quick.
That's too bad. He might have to live with my 2080ti then.Also, with the new "old" stock coming back, those are going to be at higher MSRPs than originally. Soon as that happens, new cards at the current price points are going to directly compete with the new "old" stock once it is out. That means raised prices for that reason at the very least on the new stuff. It will be YEARS I think before this market starts to go back down.
That's too bad. He might have to live with my 2080ti then.
The used market is great right now, but I'm with you.I sold off a few of my older cards I wasn't using. But for the rest I have, I am thinking of hanging on to them. Back ups for myself or family basically.
I received my 3090 less than two weeks after release, and any doubt about the value proposition has vanished from my mind by now. The purchase turned out even better than my admittedly dumb purchase of the 2080Ti, which I never even imagined would be on top for 2 years, and I lucked out on that one value wise.
Things have changed and for a good while from now it seems we all need to make sure we have hardware that will last for a good while in case we can't get hold of the next generation, in addition to ordering the next gen as soon as possible, at least if our current stuff isn't up to snuff.
Lets just say I would never even consider mining or risking anything with my card no matter what kind of crypto fanboy fantasies you could tempt me with, nor would I sell it for huge markup because it could turn out I may not be able to get hold of an upgrade for the next two years, or worse maybe not even a replacement if needed(!).
There are good cards to be had used still for decent prices. Check ebay for GTX 1070's for instance, can be had for around $300.
In December 2018 I bought my Zotac gtx 1080 amp for $440 from newegg. The 2070 was just $50 more but not yet available so I went ahead with the old card. Tomorrow the rx 6900 xt arrives and the gtx goes to rma. I plan to put it up as a spare when it comes back.I paid $288 new from Amazon for my EVGA 1070 (6173KR) in 2018. Now $300 for a used one is a good deal...nuts
I received my 3090 less than two weeks after release, and any doubt about the value proposition has vanished from my mind by now. The purchase turned out even better than my admittedly dumb purchase of the 2080Ti, which I never even imagined would be on top for 2 years, and I lucked out on that one value wise.
Things have changed and for a good while from now it seems we all need to make sure we have hardware that will last for a good while in case we can't get hold of the next generation, in addition to ordering the next gen as soon as possible, at least if our current stuff isn't up to snuff.
Lets just say I would never even consider mining or risking anything with my card no matter what kind of crypto fanboy fantasies you could tempt me with, nor would I sell it for huge markup because it could turn out I may not be able to get hold of an upgrade for the next two years, or worse maybe not even a replacement if needed(!).
In a weird way, it's disheartening to hear that the shortage of cards is supply driven as much or more than it is demand driven (based on that prior post about lack of resources).
If supply was high, we could at least look forward to a market crash and glut of used inventory priced to sell.
Right now the most we can really hope for is a return to MSRP in a year or two if supply really does outstrip demand, and maybe a crash the year after that.
Umm...get a new case?It is done...amen. I had to bend the drive cage inward to make it fit so it looks like crap right now. Later on I'll cut the cage out or use it as an excuse to buy a new case.
He can't afford to after paying what must have been a fortune for the 6900xtSadly the only saw to get hit ticket items in the
Umm...get a new case?
That 6900xt has brought my enermax platimax 1350w into submission as its 30a 12v rails are not enough for this beast. Every time I try to run heaven it trips out so I"m looking for a new ps.He can't afford to after paying what must have been a fortune for the 6900xt
That 6900xt has brought my enermax platimax 1350w into submission as its 30a 12v rails are not enough for this beast. Every time I try to run heaven it trips out so I"m looking for a new ps.
Edit: I was perusing EVGA again tonight and they had several more units in stock so I picked up a SuperNOVA 1300 G2 for $299.99 plus tax with free shipping.
Looking at the manual is a real eye opener if you pay attention to the output diagram and its explanation. Only 12v rails 3-6 offer 30a and even with two dedicated 30a rails to the card it still triggers the power protection circuits after just one pass of heaven. I read over on the evga forum that the 3090 is doing the same thing to some smaller ps's. Rails 1-2 offer up to 20a but I'm not buying that at all.Wow, that enermax was misleading in its rating.
My old 650 watt evga ps allows 54* amps on its single 12v rail. And that is less then half the rated wattage of that enermax.
*https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=210-gq-0650-v1