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More GPU price increases!
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Yeah I have a 2080 Ti so have been absolutely fine with no need to upgrade this gen and if things are that awful next year I can hang in with dlss and such. Would like to be able to upgrade to the 40 series or 6800xt or something
You are referring to the 4 minutes the Nvidia founder edition was on sale for
There were at least 3 posters on that other thread yesterday who thought they got their order in, but had it cancelled.
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Yeah I mean there has been a scramble at times but largely not in the need category. For example your card is better than a 3070 unless its some outlier task that benefits from the newer components. Moving from such a card to the 4080 would be an upgrade. Even then we dont know how much that upgrade will cost. Part of the madness was lots of maxwell/early pascal owners didn't upgrade chiefly because of the price hike in turing and many didnt buy into RTX being a necessity adding to the perfect storm that was lockdown.
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well look the thing is where does mining and GPU commercial cross then at which point it can be 20k per GPU, the problem Nvidia and domestic consumers have is that crossover with gaming
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The whole point of GPU mining is you can always go back to another use case be it gaming, rendering, science projects or productivity. People are less likely to invest in a one trick pony ASIC for obvious reasons.
Second point is small scale miners are not stupid. Crypto being volatile and energy prices going up, added to the fact the GPUs are settling £50+ above the launch prices (just look at the 6600XT) mean they are not great value - or simply the market has reached a saturation point where consumers are not throwing that money away, not even gamers.
There will be a day the bubble pops and plenty of cards rush to the second hand sites, crypto becomes less attractive and Jimmy who has a gaming rig decides not to buy that second 3070! The worrying concern is the reality of a recession and big economic struggle, GPUs are bottom of a priority list and the crazy demand will reset. You still have the chip shortage and prices of components rising to factor in too.
Second point is small scale miners are not stupid. Crypto being volatile and energy prices going up, added to the fact the GPUs are settling £50+ above the launch prices (just look at the 6600XT) mean they are not great value - or simply the market has reached a saturation point where consumers are not throwing that money away, not even gamers.
There will be a day the bubble pops and plenty of cards rush to the second hand sites, crypto becomes less attractive and Jimmy who has a gaming rig decides not to buy that second 3070! The worrying concern is the reality of a recession and big economic struggle, GPUs are bottom of a priority list and the crazy demand will reset. You still have the chip shortage and prices of components rising to factor in too.
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Yeah I'm hoping the rumours of the perf jump next gen are true in that it will be a 70% or so jump from Ampere and then I should expect around a doubling of perf for a 4080! Only problem is how much will that cost.......I think the absolute max I will pay is £800 but we'll see how I hold out if those prices are higher......
i bet they had about 15 units. I was lucky to nab one. thats the first 3080fe drop in 6 weeks.You are referring to the 4 minutes the Nvidia founder edition was on sale for
There were at least 3 posters on that other thread yesterday who thought they got their order in, but had it cancelled.
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This.
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If I had to guess a figure I would comfortably bet a 4080 will be starting from £799. We already know they want to charge big for the 4090 and that sets the tone!
£799? You'll be lucky. More like £899 for 4080 Fe (if you can get one), especially with the increased TSMC chip production costs from December plus they will have more ram increasing prices further.
Wonder how many forum users will be waiting until 2024 for their 4000 series pre-orders
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Wonder how many forum users will be waiting until 2024 for their 4000 series pre-orders
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This whole situation is taking the ****, by the time 5 series cards come out there will still be shortages.
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Oh I want to believe me, been waiting to upgrade since 3080's were released but not at extortionate prices.
nah will be £999
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But will ray tracing be 30% better? Will you need an 850w PSU minimum?
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I mean I hope you're right...in fact I hope it's more like £700 but you know, thats very wishful thinking at this point :/ I'm half expecting a £999 4080 and a £799 4070 but maybe we're all being very pessimistic and it will improve next year........