The RTX 2080 pre-order thread

jjgreenwood · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:41

chaparral said:
Am guessing it mainly to do with the type of people that are going throw this kind of money at buying a GPU are the kind of people that only wants the best..

Also if you are going to blow £750 at launch you may as well go the whole hog and do another £300 on a ti.

chaparral · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:49

jjgreenwood said:
Also if you are going to blow £750 at launch you may as well go the whole hog and do another £300 on a ti.

And also they be picking the Ti due to wanting the extra performance for 4k gaming

McGraw · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:50

Smffy said:
The value added by the extension, having an extra room etc which is not anywhere near 40% of the value the two are not proportional.

Anyway buy some GPUs.

So what is the £20k on top of £50k referring to then?

I probably will buy a new card when I know which one best suits my needs and is short enough for my case.

Unrivaledx21 · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:51

All good points. Particularly I only have a 1440p 165hz monitor, but might play some 4k HDR on my tv. Which I've read 1080ti is overkill for quad HD, so I would hope 2080 (non ti) is also.

aoaaron · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:57

jjgreenwood said:
Also if you are going to blow £750 at launch you may as well go the whole hog and do another £300 on a ti.

Really? The 2080 is similar in price to the 1080ti which is why I am leaning towards it.

The 2080ti seems in a totally different universe price wise.

jjgreenwood · 23 Aug 2018 at 23:29

aoaaron said:
Really? The 2080 is similar in price to the 1080ti which is why I am leaning towards it.

The 2080ti seems in a totally different universe price wise.

We will have to wait for benchmarks but it wouldn't surprise me if it turns out a £1049 ti ends up with more performance per pound than a £750 2080

Skynet5 · 23 Aug 2018 at 23:32

Do I understand correctly that OcUK have increased the prices of these cards already..so some people on preorder have them cheaper than other people on the preorder list?

loftie · 23 Aug 2018 at 23:49

I thought they had algorithms to price stuff automagically? I.e. lots of orders or short supply price goes up, few orders and large supply price goes down?

Skynet5 · 23 Aug 2018 at 23:56

loftie said:
I thought they had algorithms to price stuff automagically? I.e. lots of orders or short supply price goes up, few orders and large supply price goes down?

I get the supply and demand ... But on a preorder .. just taking the preverbial.

Simon Belmont · 24 Aug 2018 at 06:24

2080Ti FE Now sold out in the UK.

DaveGW · 24 Aug 2018 at 06:48

jjgreenwood said:
Also if you are going to blow £750 at launch you may as well go the whole hog and do another £300 on a ti.

My thoughts exactly. Iv'e never been lucky enough to be an early adoptee of new series card, so i would get the best and be done with it. Getting one might be another matter though, Nvidia mind games and all. Saying all that, the new cards are an unknown quantity so it might be best to show some patience, and watch the show unfold.

DaveGW · 24 Aug 2018 at 06:50

loftie said:
I thought they had algorithms to price stuff automagically? I.e. lots of orders or short supply price goes up, few orders and large supply price goes down?

And so it begins.

dangel · 24 Aug 2018 at 06:57

aoaaron said:
Really? The 2080 is similar in price to the 1080ti which is why I am leaning towards it.

The 2080ti seems in a totally different universe price wise.

I didn't even consider the 2080 - two reasons 1. yes I want the best thing possible right now 2. the 2080 wasn't a big enough jump up from where I am now. Given that I'll probably keep a card for two years or so (based on past experience) that's where I'm at. I would have bought two 1080tis instead of two 1080s last time round had they been available.

robj20 · 24 Aug 2018 at 06:59

lnoton said:
I get the supply and demand ... But on a preorder .. just taking the preverbial.

You don't have to buy it. Lots of other options.

nomadd · 24 Aug 2018 at 07:22

chaparral said:
And also they be picking the Ti due to wanting the extra performance for 4k gaming

Er, you mean, 1080p gaming scaled to fauxK.

And god help you if you turn RRT on...

bishi · 24 Aug 2018 at 07:44

lnoton said:
Do I understand correctly that OcUK have increased the prices of these cards already..so some people on preorder have them cheaper than other people on the preorder list?

Yes, but this generally happens around launch anyway when stock is very limited

McGraw · 24 Aug 2018 at 08:05

DaveGW said:
My thoughts exactly. Iv'e never been lucky enough to be an early adoptee of new series card, so i would get the best and be done with it. Getting one might be another matter though, Nvidia mind games and all. Saying all that, the new cards are an unknown quantity so it might be best to show some patience, and watch the show unfold.

Well you don't really want to become a graphics card do you?

Born_2_Kill_83 · 24 Aug 2018 at 09:29

This is where we start seeing people selling the FE pre-orders on Ti's for £1200+

DarrenM343 · 24 Aug 2018 at 09:51

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
This is where we start seeing people selling the FE pre-orders on Ti's for £1200+

Pricing is high enough without individuals profiteering. Hopefully means will hold value well with the lack of supply. Must admit with all the initial negativety I did wonder on day 1 if it was worth the risk of buying two and selling one

, predicting the negativety would turn positive later.
I decided to pre-order yesterday afternoon, looks like I timed that fairly well.
Hopefully most are buying to enjoy.

smogsy · 24 Aug 2018 at 10:05

wonder how long till evga release the FTW