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Prices gone crazy again ? hasn't mining gone DEAD?

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Surprised to see my Card i payed £850 last year priced at £950!!! a year later






GEFORCE GTX 1080TI GAMING 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD
 
whilst i get that like for like there was a good argument for going for a 1080ti over a 2080 when the 1080ti was £100 cheaper than the 2080 (I did exactly that as it happens)

but who in their right mind would pay nearly £300 MORE for a gtx 1080ti over one? and more to the point it is only £50 less than a 2080ti

the mind boggles.

you know what, if anyone is prepared to buy at the above price then they kind of get what they deserve imo, and at this point i no longer really blame the retailer.

screw it, if anyone wants mine for the bargain price of £800 then PM me :D

(note i am not really being serious so please dont ban me! )
 
Omega_ said:
Not because of mining. because of super low supply
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Overclockers gouging customers again, its discraceful. They can't do it on 20xx cards as Nvidia cut them out by pricing high. Looking on the bright side though, no excuse not to buy a 20xx lemon.
 
Think it's just the last of a small remaining stock being sold. There's probably been a stronger demand this new gen for old gen top end cards, when the deals have been running at least.
Even at £850, it makes the 2080 Ti look cheap :)
 
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Calo said:
Just wait till next year and get a 2080 for 500 clams when AMD comes to the party
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Is that not what everyone was saying about 1080Ti, wait for it to drop, they will be £400, they will drop, never happened.

NVIDIA would probably rather release something new, than drop the price of old gen and with Pascal 1080 and above more or less gone, the RTX sales are naturally picking up.
 
Gibbo said:
Is that not what everyone was saying about 1080Ti, wait for it to drop, they will be £400, they will drop, never happened.

NVIDIA would probably rather release something new, than drop the price of old gen and with Pascal 1080 and above more or less gone, the RTX sales are naturally picking up.
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It hasn't happened yet because the RX Vega 64 has worse FPS benchmarks at the moment.
AMD has no FPS competitive product stack to combat the high pricing.
Imagine RX Navi released next year for $300 and performance level around GTX 1080 Ti.
 
4K8KW10 said:
It hasn't happened yet because the RX Vega 64 has worse FPS benchmarks at the moment.
AMD has no FPS competitive product stack to combat the high pricing.
Imagine RX Navi released next year for $300 and performance level around GTX 1080 Ti.
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NAVI is more a mainstream product, expecting 1080Ti performance is very speculative especially on a product that no one knows diddly squat about, plus AMD will probably not make the mistake they made with VEGA which was to essentially make pretty much no money.

AMD can keep bringing us the bargains, but to do so with no profit would end in no AMD or an AMD who folds up the VGA business and just focuses on CPU business which in fairness is already showing.

Plus by the time NAVI is here, for all we know there could be a load of games out, with full RTX support offering a lot more features and performance, at which point everyone is going crazy to get an RTX card.

The future is an unknown, if you really confident, get buying those AMD shares. :)
 
4K8KW10 said:
It hasn't happened yet because the RX Vega 64 has worse FPS benchmarks at the moment.
AMD has no FPS competitive product stack to combat the high pricing.
Imagine RX Navi released next year for $300 and performance level around GTX 1080 Ti.
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AMD offer a better card/value at every level up to the 1080ti. It still doesn't stop Nvidia charging more for a lesser card throughout their range, and people still buy them.
 
4K8KW10 said:
This is not how the economy and industry work. Yeah, we shouldn't buy products which we can live without but some people may need the aforementioned graphics card and the cheaper it is, the better for everyone.
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Erm, it is? :confused:

1080 is EOL, prices reflect stock level over demand, no doubt retailers/distributes wanting to maintain warranty stock or sell for silly money. It's always been the case that if you don't want a luxury product because it's too expensive, don't buy it. Next you're going to tell me that food or life saving medicine also isn't subject to supply/demand and retailer profit desires...
 
nutsnut said:
AMD offer a better card/value at every level up to the 1080ti. It still doesn't stop Nvidia charging more for a lesser card throughout their range, and people still buy them.
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Not everyone cares about value, and not everyone cares about AMD.

Boggles your mind, doesn't it ?
 
Darujhistan said:
That's a daft argument.
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it would be a daft argument if there were not other equivalent options to buy and we the consumer were really between a rock and a hard place... but there are!.

When i go shopping, i tend to buy Branston beans... however if they are not on offer, but Heinz are, then i buy Heinz

in this case the Heinz option would be
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-077-in.html

or kick in £49 more and get this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-04h-pl.html
 
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