NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - (PRE)ORDER DISCUSSION **NO COMPETITOR HINTING**

[Minstadave]

Wow… those sold scalped FE prices are insane!

I can't imagine many will sell for 3.8-4k that they're asking. It's not that impressive of a product and we're past the mining craze.

 

[Kanpai]

Managed to pickup a Gigabyte 5090 which is slightly underclocked at a discounted price of £1250.

Spoiler

 

[Scoobyroo]

Scalper bots said to be responsible for majority of GeForce RTX 50 Founders Edition sales in Europe - VideoCardz.com

ProShop has sold the bulk of European RTX 50 Founders Edition cards to scalpers NVIDIA and retailer have nothing to share yet. Not only has this large European retailer broken the embargo by selling RTX 5090 and 5080 cards before the official release, but the company has also done nothing to...

videocardz.com

"Another major issue is that some retailers with day-one stock are selling cards at significantly higher prices, effectively allowing them to act as scalpers." <cough, cough>

Pre-orders as well, right.... As a long time OC's supporter I very much enjoyed the 'extra special' price premium of +£238 over RRP (and their main competitors prices) added to my purchase yesterday. Feeling the love from the people's champion!

 

[parisv]

I can't imagine many will sell for 3.8-4k that they're asking. It's not that impressive of a product and we're past the mining craze.

loads were sold yesterday at 3.5k

 

[parisv]

I can't imagine many will sell for 3.8-4k that they're asking. It's not that impressive of a product and we're past the mining craze.

these sold out -

https://twitter.com/x/status/1884982627217924539works

out as £4177

 

[Mattcee2]

That's why you pay with credit card in the UK, you're protected under section 75 and the credit card company will reimburse you.

I’m buying for business so have to use my business debit card and don’t think they have the same protection as credit cards?

 

[RavenXXX2]

I can't imagine many will sell for 3.8-4k that they're asking. It's not that impressive of a product and we're past the mining craze.

They are selling though, some might be gamers with deep packets but most will be buying it for pro use.

 

[yaced]

I’m buying for business so have to use my business debit card and don’t think they have the same protection as credit cards?

You can use chargeback but not section 75 on debit cards. Protected but not as well.

 

[richto]

Shipping charge isn't an issue if you pay that much for a card. The estimated delivery date is likely to change and likely longer wait then expected.


I ordered the Astral at 5pm and currently 200+ on the queue, when I placed the order the page was showing 2 to 12 weeks. However, I checked few time after I received confirmation and never see the ETA on order tracking.

Anyway, it maybe better as I can wait and maybe change my mind cancel the order after seeing more reviews in the coming weeks.

#70 in the pre-order queue for mine. Ordered quite fast.

 

[Chewie]

A batch of MSI 5080 seemed to have arrived at an online competitor, just managed to secure a Vanguard with delivery scheduled between Monday and Wednesday.

I was initially planning to go for the cheapest AIB card I could find but after reading the Techpower review I have to say the Vanguard seem to be one of the best AIB models out there.

 

[Jay-G25]

A batch of MSI 5080 seemed to have arrived at an online competitor, just managed to secure a Vanguard with delivery scheduled between Monday and Wednesday.

I was initially planning to go for the cheapest AIB card I could find but after reading the Techpower review I have to say the Vanguard seem to be one of the best AIB models out there.

Vanguard is just under the Suprim but above the ventus and gaming trio , will be a very good card no doubt .

 

[ShiWarrior]

so no one got a 5080 yet ?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Managed to pickup a Gigabyte 5090 which is slightly underclocked at a discounted price of £1250.

Spoiler

Brilliant.

 

[labbby]

loads were sold yesterday at 3.5k

are you stating the amount there or the price ?

 

[sativa]

 

[CaptainRAVE]

PC gamers climb fence of next-door kindergarten in Japan, after chaotic RTX 5090 lottery

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 launch day in Japan sees PC gamers jumping over the fence of a next-door kindergarten to get their new RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 card.

www.tweaktown.com

Scalpers surely. No way could a gamer scale a fence.

 

[Gerard]

Scalpers surely. No way could a gamer scale a fence.

They could climb maybe quarter of the way up with the aid of supplemental oxygen, then make it fall over, maybe.

 

[Dicehunter]

"Another major issue is that some retailers with day-one stock are selling cards at significantly higher prices, effectively allowing them to act as scalpers." <cough, cough>

Yeah having a look at OCUK's prices earlier I damn near spit my coffee out.

 

[Gerard]

Yeah having a look at OCUK's prices earlier I damn near spit my coffee out.

Surprised we've not got the supply and demand speech yet. Hard for them to do that when other places had the same cards from the same suppliers at a much lower price.

 

[mattp1986]

God these GPU launches really are crazy now arent they, imagine going back to mid 2010s and telling people flagship GPUs would cost almost £3000 and you still couldn't buy them at launch because scalpers were buying them all up and selling them on eBay for anything up to £5k.
Absolutely crazy, starting to wonder if it might be time to find a new hobby lol