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Help... I think Nvidia owe me some money for years of therapy...
I can't stop myself from trying to buying "Cheap" 3060Ti / 3070, even though I don't scalp. I still follow stocking discord although I no longer need graphics card. When I say cheap, I mean £100 above RRP.
I also cannot stop myself from mining crypto, even as I type this post, my graphics card is whirring away performing useless calculations, my gaming session now has a associated monetary cost, which cast a shadow in the back of my head, ruining the immersion.
They say first step to recovery is admitting the problem.
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Here is my story.
Thinking back to middle of last year, I was like many of you, happy, well adjusted, I had a Geforce 2080 which I was very happy with and gamed occasionally, I just gotten the Samsung G9, which was finally taxing the graphics card under some of the newer games.
Then everything changed.
Nvidia released their 3080, which on paper looked absolutely amazing, of course I heard about the shortages and scalpers selling cards £100 RRP, but I was happy continuing to use my Geforce 2080, "Give it 3-4 months" I thought, things will get better then I'll pick up a 3080 at RRP.
Fast forward to end of 2021, things has only gotten worse and something finally pushed me over the edge, some say perhaps it was the insane high price of second hand graphics card (When can I ever get over £550 for my Geforce 2080 I thought). I had finally started to follow stocking discord and twitter, and bagged myself a Geforce 3070 MSI for £520.
When Founders Edition drop, I could not stop myself from buying 2 3090FE, even though I hardly need it, the value proposition was too great for my primitive monkey brain.
Since then I purchased 2 more 3070 at around £550 and sold them on at cost to various people I know, not because I need them, but because can no longer resist the opportunity of a seemly good deal.
I have also started crypto mining to take the edge off the amount of money I've spent on the 2 3090FEs, my machine now runs 24/7 mining on NiceHash, and I have become addicted to waking up in the morning and counting the £25 or so worth of crypto I have earned from the previous day. I now game much more rarely, because I cannot get the £1 / hour I am losing by not mining out the back of my head and it is totally ruining my immersion.
I can't stop myself from trying to buying "Cheap" 3060Ti / 3070, even though I don't scalp. I still follow stocking discord although I no longer need graphics card. When I say cheap, I mean £100 above RRP.
I also cannot stop myself from mining crypto, even as I type this post, my graphics card is whirring away performing useless calculations, my gaming session now has a associated monetary cost, which cast a shadow in the back of my head, ruining the immersion.
They say first step to recovery is admitting the problem.
----
Here is my story.
Thinking back to middle of last year, I was like many of you, happy, well adjusted, I had a Geforce 2080 which I was very happy with and gamed occasionally, I just gotten the Samsung G9, which was finally taxing the graphics card under some of the newer games.
Then everything changed.
Nvidia released their 3080, which on paper looked absolutely amazing, of course I heard about the shortages and scalpers selling cards £100 RRP, but I was happy continuing to use my Geforce 2080, "Give it 3-4 months" I thought, things will get better then I'll pick up a 3080 at RRP.
Fast forward to end of 2021, things has only gotten worse and something finally pushed me over the edge, some say perhaps it was the insane high price of second hand graphics card (When can I ever get over £550 for my Geforce 2080 I thought). I had finally started to follow stocking discord and twitter, and bagged myself a Geforce 3070 MSI for £520.
When Founders Edition drop, I could not stop myself from buying 2 3090FE, even though I hardly need it, the value proposition was too great for my primitive monkey brain.
Since then I purchased 2 more 3070 at around £550 and sold them on at cost to various people I know, not because I need them, but because can no longer resist the opportunity of a seemly good deal.
I have also started crypto mining to take the edge off the amount of money I've spent on the 2 3090FEs, my machine now runs 24/7 mining on NiceHash, and I have become addicted to waking up in the morning and counting the £25 or so worth of crypto I have earned from the previous day. I now game much more rarely, because I cannot get the £1 / hour I am losing by not mining out the back of my head and it is totally ruining my immersion.
, also unless you get a 3080+ it won't run anything decent on a Samsung G9.
) to get my hands on something like 2070s or 5700x forget the 3000
