Question Where can you get a decent nVidia graphics card these days?

[BonzaiDuck]

I'm sure there's a big ongoing discussion about the short supply of GFX cards, but I wanted to buy one in the not-too-distant future.

My GTX-1070 Mini OC card, when you can find it, is priced at around $1,000!! I paid half that amount four years ago!

I need a "Mini" card -- or I want one. All I find out there is an ASUS GTX-1650 or 1660. And I was interested in an RTX-2070 Mini. Fat chance!

WHEN can we find decent graphics cards again?! What the hell is going on? The story I heard has to do with some bitcoin-mining-fever. I just don't understand it!

 

[NTMBK]

I'm sure the guy using an ATI (yeah you read that right) GPU in 2021 is going to care about some bottleneck issues they might see with using an older CPU with an NV GPU.

But but he might not hit 100fps on Ultra settings! Oh, the humanity!

 

[VRAMdemon]

Has anyone scored a 3080 or 3090 at Microcenter at MSRP pricing recently? .... I'm traveling back to my home state of PA next week and the St. David's store is a 10 minute drive from my place. I'm willing to wait in line if the pricing is in line with MSRP.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Has anyone scored a 3080 or 3090 at Microcenter at MSRP pricing recently? .... I'm traveling back to my home state of PA next week and the St. David's store is a 10 minute drive from my place. I'm willing to wait in line if the pricing is in line with MSRP.

Been watching micro center in Cambridge and nothing current is ever in stock or if it is it is gone in moments.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Been watching micro center in Cambridge and nothing current is ever in stock or if it is it is gone in moments.

Well ... I've been keeping an eye on the St Davids store since launch since I travel up to PA from FLA often to visit family and I have yet to see them listed as "in stock" on the website. I'm assuming they are not even listing them on the site and it's first come first serve by waiting in line early in the morning. As I stated - I'm willing to wait in line ONLY if they are not jacking the prices up way past MSRP. Ideally, I'd like to get a 3090 for me and a 3080 for the wife but I know that's pretty much a pipe dream. I'm mainly interested in if someone has recently scored either card at Microcenter at a reasonable price.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Ugghh! ... Just checked the website and they have listed the PowerColor Radeon 6900xt as "limited availability" at the very large price of $2499.00 . I guess that answers my question. No way I'm waiting in line for that price.

 

[HumblePie]

I'm sure the guy using an ATI (yeah you read that right) GPU in 2021 is going to care about some bottleneck issues they might see with using an older CPU with an NV GPU.

Pretty much. I have the 1700x and it was what my wife was using until I get a 5800x. The 1700x was free to me originally to so he basically gets a far more modern system with an inexpensive price tag.

 

[HomerJS]

Has anyone scored a 3080 or 3090 at Microcenter at MSRP pricing recently? .... I'm traveling back to my home state of PA next week and the St. David's store is a 10 minute drive from my place. I'm willing to wait in line if the pricing is in line with MSRP.

I got a 3070 a few months ago at MSRP. 3090s were available also. Lately a lot of 3070s. I'm going this Friday

 

[VRAMdemon]

I got a 3070 a few months ago at MSRP. 3090s were available also. Lately a lot of 3070s. I'm going this Friday

Thanks Homer! ... good to know. I will hitting the store to get an idea of Microcenters pricing, because it seems to be all over the place.

 

[HomerJS]

Thanks Homer! ... good to know. I will hitting the store to get an idea of Microcenters pricing, because it seems to be all over the place.

Just remember some AIBs are more then others

 

[Oyeve]

Damn, I have a 1070 FTW collecting dust. I used it briefly when I broke the fans on my 1080 GTX. I paid $220 and see it goes for 3-4 times that. Its sad that we cant even buy them normally. Hell, my 8GB 480 goes for twice what I paid for it.

 

[Mopetar]

If you're not using them or don't anticipate needing them anytime soon, now is a great time to sell them.

 

[Oyeve]

If you're not using them or don't anticipate needing them anytime soon, now is a great time to sell them.

Yeah, was thinking that. BUT, I actually would feel rotten ripping someone off. Call me crazy.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I would love to find a 3070 at retail and score most of the cost back by selling my 1660 ti.
Not that I need it but it would put a new monitor purchase back on the table.

 

[Mopetar]

Yeah, was thinking that. BUT, I actually would feel rotten ripping someone off. Call me crazy.

Make an auction with no set buyout. People don't purchase something at a price where they feel as though they're getting ripped off. The person who buys from you only pays as much as they are willing.

 

[maluckey1]

Make an auction with no set buyout. People don't purchase something at a price where they feel as though they're getting ripped off. The person who buys from you only pays as much as they are willing.

Capitalism at it's finest! I recently sold a Nvidia GTX 770 for MORE than I expected that way!

Sometime this month (whenever I get around to it) I plan to sell my EVGA RTX 2070 RTX XC Ultra, at a "buy it now" "bargain" compared to other E-bay prices. It'll be more than I paid for it, so both myself AND the customer will be happy. I can't feel good with myself for taking advantage of a fellow gamer.......

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[Mopetar]

Sometime this month (whenever I get around to it) I plan to sell my EVGA RTX 2070 RTX XC Ultra, at a "buy it now" "bargain" compared to other E-bay prices. It'll be more than I paid for it, so both myself AND the customer will be happy. I can't feel good with myself for taking advantage of a fellow gamer.......

You probably won't be no matter what you do. That card will likely be scooped up by a miner or someone who will resell it closer to market price. Scalpers only exist because of the ability to exploit price differentials like this and it just encourages them to invest more in their ability to do this. The average honest gamer isn't going to run any kind of bot that will spot this great deal and snap it up immediately. Instead it will be someone who has made a business out doing that and is financially incentivized to find these kind of good deals and spends more of their time looking for them.

If you want to feel are warm and mushy inside and even actually do some good, just sell it at market price and take the difference between that and what you think it should cost and donate the money to a local food bank.

 

[maluckey1]

You probably won't be no matter what you do. That card will likely be scooped up by a miner or someone who will resell it closer to market price. Scalpers only exist because of the ability to exploit price differentials like this and it just encourages them to invest more in their ability to do this. The average honest gamer isn't going to run any kind of bot that will spot this great deal and snap it up immediately. Instead it will be someone who has made a business out doing that and is financially incentivized to find these kind of good deals and spends more of their time looking for them.

If you want to feel are warm and mushy inside and even actually do some good, just sell it at market price and take the difference between that and what you think it should cost and donate the money to a local food bank.

It's interesting you should mention having to use bots! I just won the Newegg lottery (first try!) and got an EVGA 3070 XC Ultra at retail, which is why I I'm selling the 2070 that I bought in November 2020 (at then-current retail). Not everyone is so lucky I suppose .

I'm a gamer, and want to sell to a gamer, but I'm also rather laid-back (at least nowadays), and not wanting to put any effort into selling video cards. The food bank comment is also interesting, since I volunteer at our local bank from time to time. I prefer to give time instead of money. Of time and money... One I can track....and the other can go anywhere.....guess which one I can track?


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[BonzaiDuck]

I don't consider myself lucky about this at all. I used to think I was a smart guy. In the 21st century at age 74, I don't feel very smart.

So, obviously, I started this thread. I'm working on a PC-building project that most would say is nothing special. I have spare parts, many of them new. I have a strategy and a design for building the PC, covering things that most people would not give a lot of thought to.

The project needs a Mini graphics card -- one with a length of 7" or less. My last new card was a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Mini OC purchased four years ago. Today, you might find one for $1,000+.

And the truth is, I don't need a Gigabyte RTX 2070 Mini. I certainly couldn't find one, either.

So this week, I started looking on Ebay again. That make and model card was being offered outright for between $500 and $600 as "used". I found some auctions, where the high bid was just about what I paid for the card in 2016/2017 -- about $400. So I decided to bid on one, which seemed like a winner for being "almost an open-box" card with hardly any mileage on it. Come around to the last 15 minutes before the auction closed, I found that one other person was watching the auction like a hawk -- as was I. In the last three minutes, we were upping each $5 this way and $5 that way. And it was sad. In the last 10 seconds, I wasn't fast enough.

Then, I found a brand-new still-in-shrink-wrap Gigabyte GTX 1070 Mini OC in Japan for $600. I jumped on it. Yep! $200 more than I paid for it four years ago.

 

[fleshconsumed]

I don't consider myself lucky about this at all. I used to think I was a smart guy. In the 21st century at age 74, I don't feel very smart.

So, obviously, I started this thread. I'm working on a PC-building project that most would say is nothing special. I have spare parts, many of them new. I have a strategy and a design for building the PC, covering things that most people would not give a lot of thought to.

The project needs a Mini graphics card -- one with a length of 7" or less. My last new card was a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Mini OC purchased four years ago. Today, you might find one for $1,000+.

And the truth is, I don't need a Gigabyte RTX 2070 Mini. I certainly couldn't find one, either.

So this week, I started looking on Ebay again. That make and model card was being offered outright for between $500 and $600 as "used". I found some auctions, where the high bid was just about what I paid for the card in 2016/2017 -- about $400. So I decided to bid on one, which seemed like a winner for being "almost an open-box" card with hardly any mileage on it. Come around to the last 15 minutes before the auction closed, I found that one other person was watching the auction like a hawk -- as was I. In the last three minutes, we were upping each $5 this way and $5 that way. And it was sad. In the last 10 seconds, I wasn't fast enough.

Then, I found a brand-new still-in-shrink-wrap Gigabyte GTX 1070 Mini OC in Japan for $600. I jumped on it. Yep! $200 more than I paid for it four years ago.

Never bid early. Either use ebay sniping service or try to manually snipe in the last 10 seconds. People are emotional creatures, they will often have a set price in their mind, but they will often blow past it once they get into bidding war. Decide what you're willing to pay and bid in the last 10 seconds/use sniping service.

 

[maluckey1]

Never bid early. Either use ebay sniping service or try to manually snipe in the last 10 seconds. People are emotional creatures, they will often have a set price in their mind, but they will often blow past it once they get into bidding war. Decide what you're willing to pay and bid in the last 10 seconds/use sniping service.

So true. I usually wait until 10-15 minutes prior to end of auction, then simply enter my maximum and let it go with auto increase. Not very exciting, but my life has enough excitement with things that matter more than winning something I likely can do without if push comes to shove.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

So true. I usually wait until 10-15 minutes prior to end of auction, then simply enter my maximum and let it go with auto increase. Not very exciting, but my life has enough excitement with things that matter more than winning something I likely can do without if push comes to shove.

Well, supposedly I got what I wanted as a matter of practicality, and it's a "new" one in the original shirnk-wrap. Of course, the fat lady only sings when it's delivered to my shaking hands.

Imagine high-school students sitting in an American History class a few years from now. And the teacher says:

"Yes, class. There was a time when you could buy a graphics card for a decent price, and you didn't have to go shopping in public with a mask on. This was the America that existed before your time."

 

[sze5003]

Another option is reddit r/hardwareswap. Plenty of people post listings for sale there.

Most users are gamers or tech folks who don't want to scalp anyone so they do set reasonable prices. Much better than ebay from what I have seen.

Usually the same hot item on hardwareswap is $50-100 more on ebay.

 

[NickelPlate]

What are the best days to go to Microcenter? I know if you get there early and stand in line for hours on certain days you're chances go up.

 

[lane42]

the PowerColor Radeon 6900xt as "limited availability" at the very large price of $2499.00

Thats cheap compared to this,
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming 24GB GDDR6X iCX3 Technology ARGB LED Metal Backplate, Single Option | Wish

 

[HomerJS]

Someone recorded this. Right in the middle of our so called GPU shortage