They could actually save money as all they need do is create an identical card but with no output ports on it. The design and manufacture is the same except for the back plate that has no outputs on it. Saves on HDMI, DP and USB 3 interfaces. Win/win.
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They could actually save money as all they need do is create an identical card but with no output ports on it. The design and manufacture is the same except for the back plate that has no outputs on it. Saves on HDMI, DP and USB 3 interfaces. Win/win.
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There are global shortages of raw materials so a bespoke mining product would only move some things around, not solve any problems. There is no scenario where graphics card stock would be freed up. Either Nvidia would focus on outputting ther mining product to capitalise on the current demand or (more likely) the mining product would be sold out and miners would still be taking every graphics card they can get their hands on. The mining product would have to be a completely different thing developed from scratch and made from different components for there to be any hope of positively affecting graphic card supply and even then the supply would probably still be just as bottlenecked at the moment.
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This has been done before p106-100 - which is basically a nVidia 1060 with no outputs (there we 3-4 other models too).. It sold ok but not like you would think, Miners prefer cards that when/if profitability drops they can then sell to gamers on the second hand market.
We're 5 months into waiting now for our cards, there is no soon. I expect my launch hour order fulfilled around April at best.
Pay the scalpers price if you want a card or just forget about them.
just be patient.Welp dpd just came, turns out it was a chair part (fun) looks like I'm back to waiting in this hellhole
I really thought things were looking up
Really hard to when I don't have a pc to use
cheers.got an email today that ill get my free key code.very happy .it was a long wait for 3080 but this made my day
i know mate.i ordered on 17 sep 17:00 and just got my card on monday.long wait but eventually at some point upl get ur card.i think oc doing their best regarding this orderz.
nice one enjoy.i got mine on monday.just got a shipping notification for my MSI 3080 Gaming X!! I thought I wasn't going to get it for at least another 2-3 weeks. Super happy right now
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Get a temporary card... that’s what I did back in September because I new we would be waiting months
Not everyone has enough money to do that
We definitely received some stuff because I had to spend some time sorting through **** ups. I'm not sure exactly what was received though since it was multiple pallets of varied stock.
Damn ok
Thank you
couple of Gaming OC, couple of Master, couple of Xtreme
that seems to be it for the 3080 that was booked in yesterday
I bought an RX580 8GB brand new for £150...
Wait they haven't gone out have they?
Also sorry to be a pain in the ass but do you know if it's 3 or more 3080 masters?
Again thank you
when I say "couple" I mean two & yes, it looks like all cards that arrived were processed