Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

[KompuKare]

What does that mean though?
Should everybody be running a 1200W just to have 600W of spare power for a spike?

I wont pretend to fully understand how the spikes etc work. All I can say is the highest at-wall pull I have seen is 560-580W with a 100% load on CPU & GPU...
So I have what... 300W~ headroom at minimum for spikes?


Here OptimumTech tests 600W PSUs with 3080s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdohv96uGLw&t=3s

Well a 3090 is way outside my comfort zone so haven't paid that much attention to it, but after the release didn't Nvidia tame the beast a bit and it is now a lot less bursty at the cost of a small bit of performance (think it was only 1% or so)?
But PSU should be able to handle some bursts too, which is why some people are fine with a 650W and a 3080 but others have trouble with even 850W. Even good quality supplies will handle burst differently and some will just consider a ms long burst to be a good reason to turn off rather than possibly burning something out. Both approaches are legit, but one doesn't play to well with a GPU boost bursting to nearly 600W for a bit. I do blame Nvidia somewhat here rather than the PSU supplier: either cut back the burst and lose 1% or less (which is what they did AFAIR), or put a lot of expensive capacitors on the GPU board to smooth out the burst (if that is possible).

 

[tommoT.Striker]

I'm hoovering over the buys buttons at the moment, but still hesitant to pay the premiums. But with a very old and slow PC, my upgrade has been due for a couple of years now.

I have a GTX 1060 3gb, wondering if it will even sell second hand to claw back some of the cost!

Yeah Definitely sell that 1060. I got £145 for 1050ti that was sitting in a box doing nothing.

 

[rumple9]

I uninstalled afterburner/RTSS, so I can no longer see my FPS and funnily enough I've stopped hankering over a new gfx card. I'm just enjoying my games

 

[Game]

I uninstalled afterburner/RTSS, so I can no longer see my FPS and funnily enough I've stopped hankering over a new gfx card. I'm just enjoying my games

I find it a real distraction when playing games

 

[hinesy32]

I'm not hanking after a new GPU solely for FPS. I have a very old machine that is struggling to run at times, 10-15 minutes after start-up before I can play games, 30-40 seconds to load a RAW file in PS etc etc. I also have a pretty small monitor (21.5"), so I want to play on a bigger screen and a better resolution 1440p. I'm going to give it a couple more weeks to see what happens with prices and decide then.

 

[ukmets]

What's the post count for the MM? I have a 2060 to sell now.

 

[tyler_jrb]

What's the post count for the MM? I have a 2060 to sell now.

1000

 

[ukmets]

1000

Thanks guess I gotta find somewhere else to sell it then.

 

[drakulton]

Thanks guess I gotta find somewhere else to sell it then.

You may already have access to it, due to the date you joined.

 

[ukmets]

You may already have access to it, due to the date you joined.

Nope, can't see it

 

[GreyHam]

Nope, can't see it

Get that post count up

 

[Ragnahex]

30 series was my upgrade path but if it doesn't follow progression and inflation then F that! Things are crazy at the moment and people will try to validate it to themselves however they want but the truth is bang per buck died a long time ago

 

[RipGroove]

Thanks guess I gotta find somewhere else to sell it then.

I had an EVGA 1080ti Hybrid for sale recently but because I couldn't sell it here I had to put it on eBay where it fetched an over inflated price of £425 (the very same GPU was £300 this time last year on eBay, I know because I bought and sold one). So that was another GPU that made its way to eBay and made the GPU market look over inflated. That post count for MM is a double edged sword for the members here.

I have a delidded 7700k and Asus z270 Mobo for sale at the minute so I might wait for my access to the MM here to sell it.

 

[Cadder]

Similar to @RipGroove I wanted to sell a 3060 Ti on MM but couldn't so it went on Gumtree.

I'm still holding out hope I can snag a 3080 FE, that's where I want to be. So not giving up just yet.

 

[Doctord]

You may already have access to it, due to the date you joined.

I used to be able to view it years ago, but since they updated I no longer have access.... bit of a downer as I've been on here for years...

 

[feck199]

You may already have access to it, due to the date you joined.

oh I wish that was true!

It’s something I’ve been working on for many years, way before this ‘need’ to be in there.

 

[Cadder]

I'm not giving up looking for a 3080. Use the right resources and you can get them at the drops. Vendors are making it much harder for people to buy multiple cards.
Unfortunately it affects those who bought what they could at the time as well as those who have more than one PC or workstation at the address. But that's the collateral for stopping miners and scalpers hoarding them all.

Disclaimer: I have nothing against miners, they just add to the demand.

 

[Freddie1980]

What's the post count for the MM? I have a 2060 to sell now.

Lets just say by the time you have the post count to get access to the MM humans will have hopefully cracked warp drive technology.

 

[Dave2150]

I'm not hanking after a new GPU solely for FPS. I have a very old machine that is struggling to run at times, 10-15 minutes after start-up before I can play games, 30-40 seconds to load a RAW file in PS etc etc. I also have a pretty small monitor (21.5"), so I want to play on a bigger screen and a better resolution 1440p. I'm going to give it a couple more weeks to see what happens with prices and decide then.

I'd recommend upgrading to 4K - this is the new norm and is what games are designed for mostly (consoles lead game design, new consoles have a big push for 4k). 1440P is quite long in the tooth now, it was great 4-8 years ago, as we didn't have 4k capable GPU's back then.

 

[Dave2150]

I'm not giving up looking for a 3080. Use the right resources and you can get them at the drops. Vendors are making it much harder for people to buy multiple cards.
Unfortunately it affects those who bought what they could at the time as well as those who have more than one PC or workstation at the address. But that's the collateral for stopping miners and scalpers hoarding them all.

Disclaimer: I have nothing against miners, they just add to the demand.

By the time you get one, it's likely to struggle with newer games at 4K, due to it's tiny 10GB VRAM. If you're not playing at 4k, then a 3080 is complete overkill and wasted spending IMO.