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Guys I got my hand on a 3070 for retail price without even waiting  Only had to spend 3600$ on a prebuilt to get it Luckily I could customize most components, so I got pretty close to what I wanted to build myself anyway Gonna be loving amazing after years and years stuck with a gtx 1050 laptop with thermal throttling issues
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It's for work so I had the excuse of needing it, plus I'm in scandinavia so the price is probably inflated
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Greenplastic posted:It's for work so I had the excuse of needing it, plus I'm in scandinavia so the price is probably inflated Did you also have the excuse to expense it? Because that'd be peak 
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Yup, I'll be getting back the the 1/5 that is VAT, and can write off the rest!!!
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Guy at work wants to buy my 1080ti for £650 Jesus Christ I felt smug selling my 1080Ti for ~60% of it's MSRP after 3.5 years of use but we're in weird times
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May 3, 2021 16:18
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It's 2021, and GPUs are now an investment asset. 
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May 3, 2021 16:37
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The fact that I could sell my 2 year old 1070ti for more than I bought it for brand new is absolutely mental.
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Warmachine posted:It's 2021, and GPUs are now an investment asset. I just Ebayed a GTX 950 for $145. MSRP was $159 I think, 4 years ago.
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bobfather posted:I just Ebayed a GTX 950 for $145. MSRP was $159 I think, 4 years ago. I sold a $1400 2080ti for about the same amount, leaving the net cost of my 3090 after “trade in” at ~$200. I sold its predecessor, a 1080 non Ti that was collecting dust in the basement for two+ years for $350. It’s a good time to have an old GPU to sell.
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May 3, 2021 18:16
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Warmachine posted:It's 2021, and GPUs are now an investment asset. speculation is not investment
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May 3, 2021 18:21
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Cygni posted:Companies aren’t gonna idle/fire the hundreds of people they have on staff to develop, design, market, and release products just because the current products are selling better than expected. New products are gonna keep coming on roughly the regular cadence, see: the 3050 Mobiles and 3080 Tis that will be launched this month. Geemer posted:How are they supposed to get the new mining rate limited cards out later this month if they can't release new products? I know I know. Just so tired of seeing 2-3x msrp scalped poo poo everywhere. I'd really like something similar performance to my current pascal card that doesn't dump nearly 300w of hot air in to the room.
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May 3, 2021 18:43
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Card makers also don't really need nerds on forums defending them from frustrated customers making fun of them, especially when they're content to put resources into making Overwatch colored cards that are all going to end up in Chinese crypto farms and not people's computers.
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Palladium posted:Why feel bad about it? At the very least its not going to some scalping/mining fucker. I dunno. It's not that strange to regret missing out on a windfall, especially if you're not balling out. And you're being a bit presumptuous to believe so strongly that miners weren't already buying a large percentage cards in the Fall.
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I just registered my sweet sweet EVGA Geforce 210. When does the 3080ti step up program open up? I see all the 30xx models but I know the 3080ti isn't out yet. Is it something I need to be mashing to get in que the second it goes live or is registering the same day of release no problem?
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mutata posted:Card makers also don't really need nerds on forums defending them from frustrated customers making fun of them, especially when they're content to put resources into making Overwatch colored cards that are all going to end up in Chinese crypto farms and not people's computers. hey if getting mad online at literally every single thing GPU related regardless of whether it really has anything to do with the current shortages or not makes you feel better, knock yourself out
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Sagebrush posted:speculation is not investment but you repeat yourself
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Cygni posted:hey if getting mad online at literally every single thing GPU related regardless of whether it really has anything to do with the current shortages or not makes you feel better, knock yourself out Complaining in solidarity has a long and storied history among humans! Sorry if it bothers you, but gently caress em. If they have money to glue custom plastic to their cards, they have money to set up better distribution systems that don't favor literal criminals.
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mutata posted:Complaining in solidarity has a long and storied history among humans! Sorry if it bothers you, but gently caress em. If they have money to glue custom plastic to their cards, they have money to set up better distribution systems that don't favor literal criminals. if you're such an expert why don't you offer your services to them. almost like there were a ton of supply chain issues last year that all built up to this current mess that aren't easily untangled
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 I get supply chain issues are part of the problem. But so is distribution. EVGA, for example, is at least trying to sell to actual customers rather than crypto farms.Sorry that I'm taking this apparently controversial stance of "It's ok to make fun of corporations for marketing new products to me during a historical shortage during which they are knowingly selling directly to criminals and cryptocurrency miners." So yeah, in other words: Prescription Combs posted:Glad they keep launching new products no one can get.
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May 3, 2021 22:19
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But don't you see if we complain about these pointless special edition products no-one will ever be able to buy on this internet forum these company's quarterly profits might be affected!
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This corporate apologist attitude is weird to me. Like I get that businesses need to release new products but it's just very souring/insulting to see new dolled up products hyped when the normal average consumer can't even get poo poo that's been 'out' since release date.
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Speaking of supply issues, Linus still hasn't even mailed out my graphics card yet!  (and I did decide to go ahead and build another computer)
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May 3, 2021 22:59
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mysteryberto posted:I just registered my sweet sweet EVGA Geforce 210. When does the 3080ti step up program open up? I see all the 30xx models but I know the 3080ti isn't out yet. Is it something I need to be mashing to get in que the second it goes live or is registering the same day of release no problem? It should be an option within an hour or so of the 3080ti going on sale, at least that's how the 3080 went. Go ahead and register your card and upload an invoice, then wait for launch to do step up. Also it's very much worth it to buy the 10 year warranty for $20, which will transfer to your step up card.
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Prescription Combs posted:This corporate apologist attitude is weird to me. Like I get that businesses need to release new products but it's just very souring/insulting to see new dolled up products hyped when the normal average consumer can't even get poo poo that's been 'out' since release date. I mean yes, corporations are not our friends and who ever wants to shake their fist at a big publicly traded company should definitely do so. But it's worth pointing out that these are more demand than supply issues, which is to say that they're making more cards than they ever have before but buying habits have changed massively since the pandemic hit and the nature of these things mean it takes years to ramp up supply to meet demand. But lots of normal average consumers are buying these things - it's why they're going out of stock.
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Wait so supply is still the same as last gen? It’s just quarantine+stimulus+crypto which has done it? I was under the impression there was a year of undersupply because of covid precautions and factory shutdowns.
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buglord posted:Wait so supply is still the same as last gen? It’s just quarantine+stimulus+crypto which has done it? I was under the impression there was a year of undersupply because of covid precautions and factory shutdowns. According to Nvidia and AMD's financial reports, supply is actually way higher than last gen. They're making more cards than ever.
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buglord posted:Wait so supply is still the same as last gen? It’s just quarantine+stimulus+crypto which has done it? I was under the impression there was a year of undersupply because of covid precautions and factory shutdowns. The uptake on Steam hardware surveys is much greater than the 2000 series era and rivals the uptake on the 1000 series era, iirc.
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That’s bananas. Despite reading this thread pretty darn often, I totally never got that. I almost got held back in the 4th grade in part because of reading comprehension, why do you ask
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Prescription Combs posted:This corporate apologist attitude is weird to me. Like I get that businesses need to release new products but it's just very souring/insulting to see new dolled up products hyped when the normal average consumer can't even get poo poo that's been 'out' since release date. I don't think its a "corporate apologist attitude" (lol) to explain what is happening and why you shouldnt pout every time a new toy comes across the PR line. You are way too emotionally invested in a these toys if a company releasing a version in a different color is "insulting" to you. Cmon man, maintain a grip on reality here.
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Cygni posted:I don't think its a "corporate apologist attitude" (lol) to explain what is happening and why you shouldnt pout every time a new toy comes across the PR line. You are way too emotionally invested in a these toys if a company releasing a version in a different color is "insulting" to you. Cmon man, maintain a grip on reality here. 
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For the vast majority of us on SomethingAwful, GPUs are simply a luxury commodity item that otherwise have no significant (or shouldn't, at least) impact on our well being. So it seems strange to have such strong opinions on something that probably at least 5 billion people in the world don't even know exists as they go about their daily struggles to simply survive. Also, a lot of the "specialized" designs are started as concepts well before release, and so if a concept for a new cooler style, etc., is already 50% along, why not go ahead and finish it, release it, and try to get some recognition from the public? If it causes a few to hold off on going with EVGA or whoever because someone decides they really want that style, then a) the people who came up with it, did their job, and b) it ultimately doesn't impact you in the slightest.
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Counterpoint: I'm gonna make fun of the video card makers for doing dumb poo poo.
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mutata posted:Counterpoint: I'm gonna make fun of the video card makers for doing dumb poo poo.
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Death On Toast posted:On a totally unrelated note, I seem to have purchased a GT 210 for some mysterious reason. I am now deeply conflicted whether this bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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I had heard that the 3090 line was much much shorter. Interesting! The 3090s are just soooo expensive...
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So over the past week, the GTX 760 I've had since 2014 seems to be dying -- it could still output video, but I was stuck at 800x600, and the video had all these horizontal green lines going across the screen. Device manager said that it had "detected a problem", or something like that, and I tried updating drivers a few times and it could never finish the installation. So I was willing to accept that, but now that I've waded into the current GPU market I'm suddenly wondering if maaaybe it's a little too early to give up on this thing just yet??? Is there any hope for this card, could it be fixable heating issues? I'd be willing to open it up to apply new thermal paste and give it a good cleaning, if there's even a chance it might be salvageable, or do the symptoms I described mean it's just toast?
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