EVGA B stock?

[Hi-Fi Man]

There's a 980 on EVGA's b stock website for $380, is that a good deal for a 980?

 

[Headfoot]

Seems like a very poor time to buy a 980 unless it was deeply discounted. 980 will be yesterdays news in just a few months. I personally wouldnt jump on it at that price.

 

[RussianSensation]

There's a 980 on EVGA's b stock website for $380, is that a good deal for a 980?

Absolutely not. Since you already have a 780, do not buy any GPU right now unless it's AMD series due to Ethereum mining paying for the entire upgrade before any next gen GPUs launch. 980 for $380 isn't a good deal at all. If you are bored, you can sell the 780 for $200, grab an R9 390 for $295, sell Hitman for $30, and start mining Ethereum. Then in 2-3 months, the 390 is paid for itself fully. That means once you sell the R9 390 for $200, you'll have $200 + $200-250+ generated from Ethereum. That would get you a $400-450 next gen card. 980's performance in modern titles is more in-line with R9 390, which isn't a good sign at all. Otherwise, I advise for you to hold on tight and upgrade over the next 6 months. Once Polaris 10 and GP104 drop, new 980s will go on a fire sale. Last generation, the week 970/980 launched, 780Ti plummeted from $650 to $375-400 and even at those prices it was a worse buy than a $330 970. I wouldn't be surprised that once GP104 1070 launches, we will see clearance GTX980Ti for $380-400. So don't worry, soon you'll get a way better deal than a refurbished 980 for $380.

 

[96Firebird]

980 has hit a low of $400 new recently, $380 for FTW 980 B-stock isn't great but not bad compared to the lowest $460AR new 980 right now. The 1-year limited and non-transferable warranty is something to look at, but may not be a concern to you.

 

[poofyhairguy]

If you are bored, you can sell the 780 for $200, grab an R9 390 for $295, sell Hitman for $30, and start mining Ethereum. Then in 2-3 months, the 390 is paid for itself fully.

That is the exact gambit I am trying to do myself. I never mined before and I feel like I have been left out of this great nerd right of passage so I am jumping on the bandwagon this time.

Instead of buying new I got a used 390x for $10 more than that 390 (before the Hitman is sold) to hopefully give me a little extra wiggle room on the depreciation. If we aren't seeing new cards till the end of June that hopefully means at least two or three months of mining. As long as I can mine enough to overcome the depreciation of the card at that time I will be happy.

 

[Hi-Fi Man]

Absolutely not. Since you already have a 780, do not buy any GPU right now unless it's AMD series due to Ethereum mining paying for the entire upgrade before any next gen GPUs launch. 980 for $380 isn't a good deal at all. If you are bored, you can sell the 780 for $200, grab an R9 390 for $295, sell Hitman for $30, and start mining Ethereum. Then in 2-3 months, the 390 is paid for itself fully. That means once you sell the R9 390 for $200, you'll have $200 + $200-250+ generated from Ethereum. That would get you a $400-450 next gen card. 980's performance in modern titles is more in-line with R9 390, which isn't a good sign at all. Otherwise, I advise for you to hold on tight and upgrade over the next 6 months. Once Polaris 10 and GP104 drop, new 980s will go on a fire sale. Last generation, the week 970/980 launched, 780Ti plummeted from $650 to $375-400 and even at those prices it was a worse buy than a $330 970. I wouldn't be surprised that once GP104 1070 launches, we will see clearance GTX980Ti for $380-400. So don't worry, soon you'll get a way better deal than a refurbished 980 for $380.

As you can probably tell I've got the upgrade itch bad. I figured it would be best to wait but figured I'd make sure. I really hope computex shows us something interesting.

 

[RussianSensation]

That is the exact gambit I am trying to do myself. I never mined before and I feel like I have been left out of this great nerd right of passage so I am jumping on the bandwagon this time.

Instead of buying new I got a used 390x for $10 more than that 390 (before the Hitman is sold) to hopefully give me a little extra wiggle room on the depreciation. If we aren't seeing new cards till the end of June that hopefully means at least two or three months of mining. As long as I can mine enough to overcome the depreciation of the card at that time I will be happy.

:thumbsup: With a minor overclock, you should be easily in the 30MH/sec rate. At 25MH/sec, it's > $3 per day after electricity cost. You should be able to pay of the card by the time GP104/Polaris 10 come out.

As you can probably tell I've got the upgrade itch bad. I figured it would be best to wait but figured I'd make sure. I really hope computex shows us something interesting.

If you want something new to play with and make $ in the process, you could get a 390 and start mining. Used 980 for $380 is not that great. It's easily possible to come across a new after-market 980 for $380 after selling the Division:
http://slickdeals.net/f/8584962-gig...-s-h-newegg?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1

If you want a fire-sale NV card, wait for GP104 to launch and 980Ti should go on a fire sale. This happens nearly every generation. When 580 came out, I saw after-market 480s sell for $299-350. When 980 came out, 780Ti dropped to $375. If your budget stretches to $380, I'd strongly consider just saving up over the next 3 months and just get yourself a GTX1070. It should beat 980 easily, have 8GB of memory, all the latest video codec/features and most importantly, up-to-date NV driver support.

I would strongly advise against buying 'outdated' NV architecture at this point (which for NV it will be once their driver focus shifts 100% to Pascal) unless you get a great deal on a 980Ti.

980's performance in modern games is getting closer to reference R9 290/290X. That's an alarming scenario considering it cost nearly double what those cards cost for most of the time they sold alongside before 290/290X went EOL. Whether these trends continue or not is hard to say depending on how many GCN console ports vs. GameWorks titles we'll get in 2016-2018. If I were spending almost $400 on a single chip GPU card, I'd want a card based on a new architecture - so Polaris or Pascal or something much more powerful than a 980 like 980Ti. Your patience will be rewarded.

 

[Beer4Me]

I have one, but I bought it last year for $360. It's been great.