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5000$ 3070-s
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Well for that visions price I would have been willing to drop my Mini-ITX idea and go full ATX... good price indeed
That vision would fit well in my new build
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I've been kinda avoiding the GPU section as I presumed it was all doom and gloom ... I think it's cool that there are the codes being done... not that it'd really help me unless there's still a shortage in 2024, haha... also I think £600 would still be a bit rich for my blood, that's almost a 3080 by that point (not that you can find them, but you know), the appeal of the 3070 to me was it being sub-500 but I'm guessing the shop has to pay even more than that at this point anyway... real shame that public one went badly, I've got no idea what can be done about scalpers but I really hope this isn't what we're going to have to deal with from now on with GPUs, as even mining aside it seems like once people get the idea that they can make a quick buck buying out all the supply and reselling then there's not really much that can be done on something with such a limited supply.
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I've had 10 attempts at guessing the voucher code and I've now given up.
Brill, you nailed it, Augustus Gloop the scalper is looming as well.
I understand. I'm also not going to make posts I don't feel contribute just to bump up my post count, so hopefully a solution for those of us in this situation can be found in the not-too-distant future.
£550 is where they seem to sell crazy fast, so hence they are at £579 and selling steadily and we have a flagship model at £449 with voucher code in the MM.
I think that the real problem is that too many people have given in to scalpers encouraging more of the practice. It's not really true that there is a limited supply of cards, there would be a huge lead time and investment cost but more chip fabs could be built to pump out more chips. I guess Nvidia/TSMC etc might know/believe that a lot of stock is in the hands of scalpers and if they had to dump it all then they would get burnt on the investment
people have set the bots to buy at that price
lets hope lots of people can replace there old 1060's ect
Whether it's too much demand or too little supply, I've not personally seen a situation such as the one today with no end in sight. We're months past launch date, here.
Still everything is selling out immediately - within minutes or seconds.
Whether that's abnormal demand or abnormal supply, or both, the result is a very abnormal shopping experience. As such, people are paying more partly because of FOMO.
Even those of us holding out for lower prices have no idea how long we will be waiting.
and you should get about £200-300 back on the 1070ti unless you keep it as a spare or pass it on
They are changing hands for near £400 on a popular auction site
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Similar to some other posts here, only discovered the forum after calling in about these listed cards. Understand and appreciate the system that's been implemented to ensure genuine users are getting access to these cards. While it will not be feasible for myself, all the best for those that are able to and enjoy the new cards!
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Pretty sure it's both, with multiple causes for both.
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