Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

[turbot1984]

Moved on my 3060 for £350 3 months ago, looks like a bargain (still).

 

[fishboyuk]

Well got an notification of FE drop but despite instantly following the links the scan website was so slow I missed it. I'm out of upgrading till prices drop unless I can get 1 of these.

Is it normal that there's no option to check out with PayPal?

 

[gpuerrilla]

You may not have been slow, there may have not been enough to go around. What time you get the alert flash? My timestamp said 19:56 and the lower tiers had no buy button and I could not have been a minute responding.

 

[JamesH85]

Yes it's normal, they wouldn't even accept my credit cards, however they would accept my debit.

 

[fishboyuk]

You may not have been slow, there may have not been enough to go around. What time you get the alert flash? My timestamp said 19:56 and the lower tiers had no buy button and I could not have been a minute responding.

I had one in my basket and went through checkout but it timed out at pretty much every step. My alert was also 19:56 and I was holding my phone so clicked through instantly

 

[rumple9]

I had one in my basket and went through checkout but it timed out at pretty much every step. My alert was also 19:56 and I was holding my phone so clicked through instantly

Same happened to me in September

 

[gpuerrilla]

Hard to believe its bots this late on and limits of one per account so I reckon its small volume compared to previous drops.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Hard to believe its bots this late on and limits of one per account so I reckon its small volume compared to previous drops.

I agree. I fannied about until at least 7.58 before picking up my phone when the alert came through at 7.56, but I seem to have one coming. Although as said in the other thread, I'll believe that when I have it in my hands.

Bots would have eaten them up in that 2 minutes.

 

[uscool]

Well got an notification of FE drop but despite instantly following the links the scan website was so slow I missed it. I'm out of upgrading till prices drop unless I can get 1 of these.

Is it normal that there's no option to check out with PayPal?

They used to have PayPal option at the very start but they removed it probably because it easier for people to get around the 1per customer limit

 

[Wommers]

I went through hell and back to land my 3080 TI. I am really dreading the prospect of going through that when the 4080 Ti launches and if the rumors are correct that it will be 2x the performance of 3080 Ti, I am worried it would end up being priced at £3000 on the street while the 30 series continues to be priced where it is

If it ends up being 2-3k being the norm then I'm out of the GPU scene - and judging by the steam survey so would be majority of gamers.

 

[mid_gen]

Hard to believe its bots this late on and limits of one per account so I reckon its small volume compared to previous drops.

Of course it's still bots. If you can bag one, it's an instant hundreds of pounds profit. Wherever there is easy money to be made....people will be there.

Personally I'm waiting for next gen....got a XSX and PS5, so a GPU upgrade from my 2070 just looks horrible value any way you look at it.

 

[Shaz12]

Hard to believe its bots this late on and limits of one per account so I reckon its small volume compared to previous drops.

AMD direct stock drops in the US are still being snapped up by bots within seconds. Scalping hasn’t really changed since launch at all. Buying a GPU literally means you have to stay home and frantically refresh and use scripts and maybe if you are lucky you get one at MSRP.

It ended up causing too much stress for me than it’s worth and I ended up buying from a scalper for £1,800.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Of course it's still bots. If you can bag one, it's an instant hundreds of pounds profit. Wherever there is easy money to be made....people will be there.

Personally I'm waiting for next gen....got a XSX and PS5, so a GPU upgrade from my 2070 just looks horrible value any way you look at it.

How do bots get past the test where it asks you to pick the squares with boats in them?

Then there is the payment, name and address manual checks and then IP address too.

 

[R4z0r]

How do bots get past the test where it asks you to pick the squares with boats in them?

Then there is the payment, name and address manual checks and then IP address too.

Exactly. People have a strange idea of how capable these things are. Frankly, if you could build software sophisticated enough to deal with those hurdles, you would t be wasting your time scalping graphics cards.

What’s happening is lots of people are watching the alerts and the limited stock is still too scarce to satisfy all the demand.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Its tiny volume of stock dropping in added to the long wait from the last drop. As MLID said in his video nvidia have slowed up the process.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Exactly. People have a strange idea of how capable these things are. Frankly, if you could build software sophisticated enough to deal with those hurdles, you would t be wasting your time scalping graphics cards.

What’s happening is lots of people are watching the alerts and the limited stock is still too scarce to satisfy all the demand.

People like to blame the man/machine/company/government for everything though.

This is simply supply and demand. Nvidia have forced the retailer to putting proper checks in place otherwise they would have went through a different retailer.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Exactly. People have a strange idea of how capable these things are. Frankly, if you could build software sophisticated enough to deal with those hurdles, you would t be wasting your time scalping graphics cards.

What’s happening is lots of people are watching the alerts and the limited stock is still too scarce to satisfy all the demand.

I agree that a programmer with these skills wouldn't scalp GPU, but they would sell software to people to scalp GPUs and other products.

Minimise their personal risk, while still monetising their skills.

 

[AORUS]

How do bots get past the test where it asks you to pick the squares with boats in them? Then there is the payment, name and address manual checks and then IP address too.

An automated bot, which was capable of ordering dozens of units from Nvidia’s website instantly the bot works as an automated script to run basically from the product page to payment information and then to checkout in seconds we don't have that script.

Douglas Chapman, who's an SNP MP
To ban bots from buying up items online. It's the second time he's done so in Parliament it's not in the interest of ordinary consumers, he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. If you wanted a PS5 for Christmas but you didn't get one, it's probably because of bots. There's nothing wrong with trying to make money," Douglas says,

 

[Psycho Sonny]

An automated bot, which was capable of ordering dozens of units from Nvidia’s website instantly the bot works as an automated script to run basically from the product page to payment information and then to checkout in seconds we don't have that script.

Douglas Chapman, who's an SNP MP
To ban bots from buying up items online. It's the second time he's done so in Parliament it's not in the interest of ordinary consumers, he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. If you wanted a PS5 for Christmas but you didn't get one, it's probably because of bots. There's nothing wrong with trying to make money," Douglas says,

Yes I know there are scripts that get you to check out quickly.

They can't get past the test. You need a human to do that first.

They also cannot buy more than one unless they have access to multiple physical addresses, IP address, switching and clearing the cache means you need to go through security again, multiple different payment details, etc

 

[Harlequin]

And the high street walk in shop has increased the buy it now price of the RTX 3080 and 3090 FE cards - literally 100% profit on the 3080 if you buy via discord then walk it into town. Again.