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30xx Series Founders Edition

I bought a 3070 fe to keep me going for a couple of years. I took my chances with it over the 3080 as I believe the next jump will be huge.

It was an impulse purchase. I don't see this situation going away next year either.

If you are still in queues for AIB cards you are wasting your time. You purchased(pre-ordered) a GPU when the prices were low.
Stock is purposely being allocated to retailers/etailers for new sales at higher prices rather than backfilling orders at lower prices they cannot meet (this is not OCUKs fault and I bet they are trying their best to get cards in).
Also AIBS are purposefully building GPUs for higher priced models rather than standard lower tiers. You are back of the list and everyone is jumping you.
 
Managed to bag a 3060ti FE which I consider the only one of the new card releases to actually be worth the money! Nice way to end the week :)
 
Minstadave said:
Did you get free delivery? They charged me £10 but I forgot to log in.
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No. I was logged in and it gave me a message saying you have linked your account and are entitled to free shipping, but then charged me for normal delivery anyway.

I checked out in a hurry in any case, for the sake of a tenner, which I may or may not be able to whinge about successfully :).
 
keyser said:
Same, rushed it. 3070 FE all the way for me this time, good air flow design and best price compared to AIBs. Cyberpunk can wait I think.
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My slight problem is I already have one so should have been patient and tried for the 3080. No idea what I was thinking. Will prob stick it on the MM for someone else to enjoy, seems a shame to just cancel.
 
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Minstadave said:
My slight problem is I already have one so should have patient and tried for the 3080. No idea what I was thinking. Will prob stick it on the MM for someone else to enjoy, seems a shame to just cancel.
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Yeah if you don’t mind the slight hassle I think that’s a nice way to do it... hopefully whoever you sell it to won’t scalp it on eBay lol.

I was in two minds about it myself - really I was after something more powerful but looking at the benches it’s still significantly faster than my 2070S at 4k (which is what I play at), in some cases a lot faster, and given I’m desperate for more performance out of my G2 I figured screw it... will be a pretty cheap upgrade once the 2070S is sold off.

Will still be keeping an eye out for faster cards but at least it’ll tide me over until availability improves and we see what happens with a 3080Ti and whether AMD do anything with 6900XT pricing to respond.
 
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