Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

[DeliciousStorage]

Pre-scalped is the motto now. Guess it started with the 3070 Ti and similar which goes to show that when there's extra money to be made, AMD are late movers!

Pre-scalped is good for company fans though: this way AMD or Nvidia make the money not scalpers, retailers or distributors

3070 Ti MSRP isn't bad at UK pricing, price/performance is very similar to the 3080 but with less VRAM.

 

[pieman109]

There's no chance these will sell for £399, they can list them at whatever price they want but it doesn't mean anything. It's such a terrible performing card, in a normal market it would be around £100-£125, the MSRP is already pre-scalped by AMD.

Well one of them is on auction and up to £225, £10p&p with over 2 days to go and thats with 26 bids already, so it might hit 300 later this evening, y' never know

 

[Jono8]

And so it begins, just seen 3 rx6500xt up forsale on the bay, one auction sitting at 155, and two others on "buy it now" at ........399!

Predictable I know , but still.

Well one of them is on auction and up to £225, £10p&p with over 2 days to go and thats with 26 bids already, so it might hit 300 later this evening, y' never know

But....they are still in stock for £225 on here?

What is wrong with people.

 

[pagepack]

But....they are still in stock for £225 on here?

What is wrong with people.

An idiot or a scammer. Take your pick.

 

[Haggisman]

Hopefully someone trolling the scalpers to waste their time

 

[GreatAuk]

But....they are still in stock for £225 on here?

What is wrong with people.

I noticed that recently with some other computer components, they were actually selling (as in 'sold' rather than just 'for sale') for more second hand than they were available for new from a reputable online shop! Seems it's either some kind of money laundering scam or people really just don't do their research when they see something up for auction and want it.

 

[pieman109]

But....they are still in stock for £225 on here?

What is wrong with people.

I know, thats the confusing part, some people are stupid, end of, beyond help, useless, ignorant, helpless.....need I go on !

 

[Jono8]

I know, thats the confusing part, some people are stupid, end of, beyond help, useless, ignorant, helpless.....need I go on !

But this really is a special kind of stupid though.

Why would you spend loads more on something from a random ebay person (therefore perhaps squandering any warranty etc), instead of just buying it from a reputable retailer?

 

[Jono8]

Anyone noticed that there is **** loads of stock of a lot of models everywhere now?

Good sign in my opinion...

 

[mikeo]

I know, that's the confusing part, some people are stupid, end of, beyond help, useless, ignorant, helpless.....need I go on !

This ^

 

[nomadd]

Anyone noticed that there is **** loads of stock of a lot of models everywhere now?

Good sign in my opinion...

Anyone noticed that there is **** loads of stock of a lot of models everywhere now for double their RRP?

Bad sign in my opinion...

 

[Tired9]

Things won't change, companies are basically elephants... it aint gonna move by one person, and if there is no law, tough ****.
I am thinking 5 years.

 

[Jono8]

Anyone noticed that there is **** loads of stock of a lot of models everywhere now for double their RRP?

Bad sign in my opinion...

Better than before when there was hardly any stock. The longer stuff sits on shelves at too high a price, the more likely it is prices will have to drop.

 

[Brutal biff]

Better than before when there was hardly any stock. The longer stuff sits on shelves at too high a price, the more likely it is prices will have to drop.

Yes you now have a choice be ripped off or go without

 

[Tired9]

I sometimes wish we could go back.. GPU's like the 4770 beating a higher tier card in their own line up because why fckin not?

 

[V F]

I sometimes wish we could go back.. GPU's like the 4770 beating a higher tier card in their own line up because why fckin not?

It's crazy to think of back then.

"NVIDIA will launch the 9800 GTX+ at $229 and it claims that to be the best single card price/performance offering. That, in turn, will see the price of the current 9800 GTX plummet - today, it's priced at $290 and NVIDIA tells us that will soon drop to as little as $199."

 

[adam cool dude]

I sometimes wish we could go back.. GPU's like the 4770 beating a higher tier card in their own line up because why fckin not?

Or back in the day when a lot of the mid tier cards were just worse yield then the higher tier cards and could be flashed with custom bios to the flagship model .

 

[Tired9]

The more widely adopted something gets, the more it loses it's dignity.
Back then people were far less clued up, we also had a much different culture on the internet. A more tolerant one.
Intolerance then became the default and removed any ability for being imperfect, so now the standards are so high the creativity is lost and money is the biggest hit.

Lisa Su is an interesting woman being a relative to Jensen... her uncle.

Strange how back when... AMD / ATi were seen as the good ones then all of a sudden they are now level for douchebaggery.

I despise the saying... the apple don't fall too far from the tree but the evidence is kinda hilarious.

 

[Bug One]

Do you remember when we used to donate our computer idle time to SETI.

 

[Harlequin]

or to folding at home in 2020 to do the math research for covid , something like 200 years of ciomputer work done in 6 months? Set@home is closed now