Nice. If only the same was possible with AMD cards
If only AMD were making GPUs at all -
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Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?
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If only AMD were making GPUs at all Nice. If only the same was possible with AMD cards
AMD 6800 series cards showing on sale at Overclockers for me
Sure but I meant the FE/MBA stuff.
The AIB 6800 are +£200, and the AIB 6800XT is +£300...
"A tad" more than I'm prepared to pay
Yup for now, I'm sure nvidia won't have many 3090s for sale right after the 3080ti is up.
.. Like amd right now on their store no cards and look at the aib prices £1000 now for a 6800xt and £1400 for 6900xt. It's all got silly as the MSRP prices were never real.Sure but I meant the FE/MBA stuff.
The AIB 6800 are +£200, and the AIB 6800XT is +£300...
"A tad" more than I'm prepared to pay
The reference cards went quick, partner boxed, 6800 reference design went for £599
Yeah I was refreshing the page and didn't even see the partner cards come in stock. Must have been double quick
But there's still the 0.000000000000000000000000001% chance to get them from AMD, where the 6800XT is that price or thereabouts.
Well, a man can dream. Will be nothing short of a bona fide miracle if I get one from AMD
Nice. If only the same was possible with AMD cards
Yeah I guess AMD are not making any cards anymore, partners only?
They say they're still making them but stock drops (or lack of) tell a different story.
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Yeah I was refreshing the page and didn't even see the partner cards come in stock. Must have been double quick
But there's still the 0.000000000000000000000000001% chance to get them from AMD, where the 6800XT is that price or thereabouts.
Well, a man can dream. Will be nothing short of a bona fide miracle if I get one from AMD
I managed to grab a 6800.
Refreshed at 3PM and bought it straight away.
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Miners are probably buying it. But I don't get the maths for the £600 5700 XT.
At 55MH/s it would require at current prices and a very cheap 10p per unit, >8 months to get your money back.
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I'd be surprised if mining is causing much of the shortage. Even during the last proper mining boom in 2017 when it was actually possible to make decent money, I could still buy plenty of 1070s for £230-240 (XX70 card for £230 eh, those were the days)
There's no way a UK hobby miner is paying £700-1000 for a card that will need at least a years worth of mining to even stand a chance of paying itself off.
There's no way a UK hobby miner is paying £700-1000 for a card that will need at least a years worth of mining to even stand a chance of paying itself off.
Who else would be buying a 5700 XT for £500-£600?
The only explanation is that it has a hashrate which almost matches a 2080 Ti or 3070.
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Sod graphics cards, where can I get 10p per unit? That would save me £200 a year off my electricity bill
In my hypothetical optimistic assumptions world. You just need to make up such a world as well.
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Likely quite a few people are not taking electricity usage into account, some probably not even paying for it. I could mine in two different places without paying electricity if I kept it relatively discrete (8 card setup for instance).
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This is my feeling too. I was so tempted by a 3060ti but at £500, I'd rather try my luck for a 3070FE.
They're making the gpu's yeah, but their actual reference boards at MSRP are scarce to say the least. The only reason ocuk had any at all today was they had stockpiled them from late last year, and even then they were only the 6800 variant (non xt) and overpriced vs what amd sell them for.