No cards anywhere?... (Of any kind)

[The509]

Am I missing something here?

So I'm in the waiting list for a 3080, not many to go now (I knew these were hard to get). I get that there are no new cards anywhere but didn't quite realise until recently when my cousin asked me to put a system together for his boy, that you literally cannot get any cards of any description anywhere! what the actual ****!

It's not like I'm being picky.

580 - nope.
1660 super - nope
1660ti - nope
5500xt - nope (bought one of these for £170 a few months back for another nephews build.
5600xt nope.

Can't even get second hand 980's 980tis, 1070s, 1060 6gbs, for reasonable money... People are selling £200 cards covered in cheato dust on ebay for £400+

Are you seriously telling me that pc gaming is basically impossible for any new commers now and for the foreseeable future?

I've been in this game since 1985 and have never seen the industry so ******.

 

[d_brennen]

Are you seriously telling me that pc gaming is basically impossible for any new commers now and for the foreseeable future?

Basically, yes

 

[mickyflinn]

That the state of the current gpu market a gtx 970 can be picked up for £200 madness but if needs must.

 

[adrichardson81]

Bear in mind it's not just the pc market - you can't get a PS5 or Xboxx either.

 

[FoxEye]

I've got a "spares or repair" HD7850 I was thinking of letting go for about £2k. Might hang on it tho and sell it in a few months when it's worth £3k.

The entire world hasn't gone mad, honest.

Coo-coo-ca-choo!

 

[Jerry64]

^ that made me chuckle

 

[Jay85]

Should have hoarded a bunch of cards, would have made a small fortune this year ready for the 4080 paper launch.

 

[The509]

I've got a "spares or repair" HD7850 I was thinking of letting go for about £2k. Might hang on it tho and sell it in a few months when it's worth £3k.

The entire world hasn't gone mad, honest.

Coo-coo-ca-choo!

Seems to be the truth of it.

 

[Vogelbekdier]

Let's not forget this issue is bigger then just the GPU gaming market. I know we all like to feel sorry for ourselves not being able to game on max FPS but this is a worldwide problem in all markets that require chips and wafers. There are car manufacturers bringing down their projected profit and revenue forecasts by billions because they can build the cars but they can't get the chips required! We are talking about luxurious $60k+ cars sitting in parking lot's waiting for chips to be delivered to customers.

Will things improve? No they won't you can't just simply increase production without the production facilities and capacity. If multi billion dollar companies are forecasting a lasting shortage that's only going to get worse they are probably right.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

This generation a write off imo, I wanted to upgrade last yr, but insane MSRP, scalpers and shortage, so I'm waiting it out and learn to mine on my Vega while I wait, I was so anti mining,but as above I may as well start saving for next gen cards and put my Vega to use, made nearly 50 quid in 2 weeks.

 

[d_brennen]

America and Europe are all of a sudden investing in silicon fabrication as matters of economic importance... Who'd have thought relying so heavily on countries the other side of the world would be a bad idea.

Might see some production 12nm silicon from these fabs by the time TSMC are selling 1nm carbon nanotube on unobtanium wafers

 

[Vogelbekdier]

This generation a write off imo, I wanted to upgrade last yr, but insane MSRP, scalpers and shortage, so I'm waiting it out and learn to mine on my Vega while I wait, I was so anti mining,but as above I may as well start saving for next gen cards and put my Vega to use, made nearly 50 quid in 2 weeks.

You'd be silly not to mine at current profits, and who knows where ETH will end up at the end of the year, with the lack of hardware difficulty is also staying at pretty reasonable levels.

 

[Vogelbekdier]

America and Europe are all of a sudden investing in silicon fabrication as matters of economic importance... Who'd have thought relying so heavily on countries the other side of the world would be a bad idea.

Might see some production 12nm silicon from these fabs by the time TSMC are selling 1nm carbon nanotube on unobtanium wafers

This always seemed like a risky business strategy to me and I'm surprised when Apple and the likes highlighted this risk years ago not more companies invested into wafer production right there right then, I feel like right now it is a little to late.

 

[smu_dog]

Plenty of nvidia 710/730’s about

 

[Rannoch]

Plenty of desktops PCs about that contain decent cards.

 

[Neutrino101]

Sadly you are correct, the world has gone mad.

I recently sold a 2080ti for the same price I paid for it at launch 2 years earlier. At the time I bought it, I thought it was an overpriced card that most people would skip. Never even dream I would get my money back 2 years later, utter madness.

 

[JediFragger]

Are you seriously telling me that pc gaming is basically impossible for any new commers now and for the foreseeable future?

The funny bit is that it's gonna get worse before it gets better

 

[Benass]

i have two 270 and one 7950 feel like making a fortune on those cards.

Y microchips shortage slowing down the economy. who knew. oh w8. games knew that all along. !!!!!

 

[CuriousTomCat]

All electricals are in short supply. You do realise the knock-on effect that the global pandemic has caused??

 

[FoxEye]

America and Europe are all of a sudden investing in silicon fabrication as matters of economic importance... Who'd have thought relying so heavily on countries the other side of the world would be a bad idea.

Might see some production 12nm silicon from these fabs by the time TSMC are selling 1nm carbon nanotube on unobtanium wafers

It was always a bad idea, esp when the region's main powers are not always friendly to the West, either

But as with everything else, money talks. China is cheap as chips to assemble things. Not quite so easy to explain how SK and Taiwan became manufacturing powerhouses... although proximity to China probably helped!