Think there will be any sales coming up on GPUs?

[Coyle]

I'm just looking at something like GTX1650 Super or similar; wondering if there's going to be any price drops coming up?

 

[VirtualLarry]

IF any happen on the low-end, then they will be the LAST to happen, out of this current/former generation, IMHO, because they will be the last to be "replaced", and more than likely, just re-branded in the end. (Unless Nvidia really wants to push "RTX" capability down through their whole stack, even into the under-$200 cards, which I doubt would be playable for RTX at anything higher than 1280x720, even with DLSS 2.0 enabled, if such a thing would run on the lowest-end RTX cards.)

Or perhaps, they just won't have any cards under $200 anymore.

I would, instead, keep my eyes out for a drop of a batch of "factory refurb" cards, from MSI or Gigabyte, at Newegg. I've seen some GTX 1650 non-Super cards for as low as $110, I've purchased them for as low as $120 (+tax).

Edit: TBH, it seems that the GTX 1650 Super cards are actually trending UPWARDS in price, and still selling out. $169.99 is becoming the new normal for them (original MSRP $159.99), and still sells out at those prices. The GTX 1650 Super, I've heard, with GDDR6, competes with the RX 580, albeit with only 4GB of VRAM max.

Personally, I would stick with GTX 1660 Super and up cards, for any sort of "Serious" gaming (anything higher-end than Fortnite), but as always, only if budget allows.

RX 580 8GB cards are now over $200 too, often hitting $220 lately. Also RX 5500XT 8GB cards too.

Edit: I posted some sale prices for some Asus dual-fan model cards, of RX 5600XT @ $249.99 AP, and RX 5700XT @ $359.99 AP, which are $60 and $50 off respectively. Those are decent 1440P-capable gaming cards, maybe 4K even on the RX 5700XT card for e-sports titles and milder AAA games. (I bought them for mining.)

 

[Coyle]

IF any happen on the low-end, then they will be the LAST to happen, out of this current/former generation, IMHO, because they will be the last to be "replaced", and more than likely, just re-branded in the end. (Unless Nvidia really wants to push "RTX" capability down through their whole stack, even into the under-$200 cards, which I doubt would be playable for RTX at anything higher than 1280x720, even with DLSS 2.0 enabled, if such a thing would run on the lowest-end RTX cards.)

Or perhaps, they just won't have any cards under $200 anymore.

I would, instead, keep my eyes out for a drop of a batch of "factory refurb" cards, from MSI or Gigabyte, at Newegg. I've seen some GTX 1650 non-Super cards for as low as $110, I've purchased them for as low as $120 (+tax).

Edit: TBH, it seems that the GTX 1650 Super cards are actually trending UPWARDS in price, and still selling out. $169.99 is becoming the new normal for them (original MSRP $159.99), and still sells out at those prices. The GTX 1650 Super, I've heard, with GDDR6, competes with the RX 580, albeit with only 4GB of VRAM max.

Personally, I would stick with GTX 1660 Super and up cards, for any sort of "Serious" gaming (anything higher-end than Fortnite), but as always, only if budget allows.

RX 580 8GB cards are now over $200 too, often hitting $220 lately. Also RX 5500XT 8GB cards too.

Edit: I posted some sale prices for some Asus dual-fan model cards, of RX 5600XT @ $249.99 AP, and RX 5700XT @ $359.99 AP, which are $60 and $50 off respectively. Those are decent 1440P-capable gaming cards, maybe 4K even on the RX 5700XT card for e-sports titles and milder AAA games. (I bought them for mining.)

I've noticed that about the rise in card prices too, that's why I was wondering if it'd be worth it to wait for a sale, or if maybe prices just stay high and lot of out of stock.

 

[aleader]

I'm keeping my eyes open for a cheap 5700xt, even though I'm still very leery about switching to AMD after all these years. The Sapphire Pulse card has been up and down a few times in the last week, and I did find this pretty good deal on the Gigabyte card ($366 USD). I had it in my cart and then decided not to and they sold out (online) in about an hour when I checked again:

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=140144

As always with the 5700xt cards, the reviews are absolutely dreadful. I bought an MSI Gaming Plus B550 board the other day (for $96 USD off Newegg with the discount, rebate, and Steam card), so I will be doing a complete reinstall anyways...so the AMD drivers should work???

A 5700XT would be a sweet spot for me at 1440p, 75Hz for DCS World. I went on and on about how I'd never buy a last gen card at this point (and certainly not at stupid used prices), but I am thinking now I want to maybe wait a year or so to see what all comes out in the new cards. I think it may take that long for everything to get out and become available (i.e. 3070ti, 6700xt, etc). It will give us a chance to see if AMD botched the drivers for these ones too, and if they have an answer for RT and DLSS.

My trick has been to buy a card on Newegg, see what the price does the next day, cancel the order before it ships, and repeat until I get the best deal. Newegg likes to flip their shipping charges up and down all the time (from free to $20 or more - in Canada anyways). This way I will still get one in case they sell out and/or flip the price way up.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Hhahahahahahahahahaaaaa...... Thank you for making me laugh today, I really needed that. We might get a “sale” on GPUs, as in, they transferred from one entity to another with an exchange of money and/or other goods and assets. But if you think a store is going to put an item they can’t even get into stock on “sale” for less than retail price, I think you need to get a reality check.

 

[CP5670]

If Nvidia/AMD allowed the retailers to gouge, I bet they would increase prices by 30-50% and still sell out in minutes.

 

[aleader]

If Nvidia/AMD allowed the retailers to gouge, I bet they would increase prices by 30-50% and still sell out in minutes.

People are so stupefyingly frenzied right now, they could sell them without coolers ala CPU's and still sell out in 2 seconds. The thing that astounds me is those DESPERATE to get a new card so they can sell their 2080 Super (or whatever). Seriously? That isn't sufficient that you can't be patient and wait a few months? What's wrong with people...

 

[ultimatebob]

I doubt it. Retailers usually only sell closeout items on Black Friday with a decent discount.

Maybe you could find some old GeForce 1060's lying around your local B&W computer shop for $50 off of MSRP, but I'll bet that the crypto miners would snap them up before you did if they were the 6 GB models

 

[Harry_Wild]

If it not mining, it is goes back due to serious gaming again! My 1050ti 4GB is a little higher then I purchase it 2 years ago too! Prices are going up again for the holidays.....again!

 

[Z15CAM]

Expect Black Friday to have prices equivalent or below MSRP GPU prices - What a JOKE !

Who can afford these inflated prices - That's if the item is in stock.

If after you purchase an item there no guarantee on shipping - Stating if you don't receive the product after 6 months - File a Claim - Welcome to 2020 and COVID ;o(

 

[dlerious]

Expect Black Friday to have prices equivalent or below MSRP GPU prices - What a JOKE !

Who can afford these inflated prices - That's if the item is in stock.

If after you purchase an item there no guarantee on shipping - Stating if you don't receive the product after 6 months - File a Claim - Welcome to 2020 and COVID ;o(

Unless it's been something like kickstarter, I don't generally buy things that will take that long. I've waited a while when they wait to charge my CC until the product ships. If I don't have it within 30 days after paying, I'll probably be disputing the charge.

 

[Captante]

Think there will be any sales coming up on GPUs?

Absolutely there will be!

In late spring of 2021 or so.

 

[ultimatebob]

Absolutely there will be!

In late spring of 2021 or so.

Yeah, you'll probably see some sales after the inventory issues are sorted out on the next generation cards next year... unless we have another crypto mining surge again.