The fact that the 6500 XT got "discounted" (you know what I mean) and is still sitting on shelves is a good first step. Yes you can say it's a bad card, but it's the first time in years that market has said "no, this card is just not worth this much money".
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Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?
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The fact that the 6500 XT got "discounted" (you know what I mean) and is still sitting on shelves is a good first step. Yes you can say it's a bad card, but it's the first time in years that market has said "no, this card is just not worth this much money".
The worst graphics card ever launched. Epic fail with x4 PCIe and no hardware acceleration whatsoever. 107 sq. mm die with crazy through-the-roof native overclock and additional 6-pin power supply connector...
I don't think a normal user should ever consider that mistake of a card for their rigs..
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I think my first dedicated card was a PCI GeForce 2 mx200, cost about 100 quid and had it as a present, but even that was decent ish for a budget card since i think most they went was about 200-300 max back then anyway.
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This is just obvious facts from a consumer standpoint which makes sense. As in even normal consumers can see this is a turd card.
The reason its on shelves is a given. The remaining question to qualify if GPU state is in a better place is the other tiers before we get too excited.
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SI and Laptop manufacturers paid much lower than us as they're usually locked into long term contracts with their suppliers, allowing them to be cheaper than us. Or at least that's the explanation I heard.
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That is the thing AMD/Nvidia/Intel and their partners cannot strongarm them as much as they can us and computer component supply shops - this is why I personally think I am going to start changing tact if prices keep staying high. Sometimes parts have been cheaper to buy as a complete system FFS!
Spotted this "offer" on another site, pretty sure even at the height of this retardedness this gpu was never priced this high.
https://imgur.com/a/6Ff1HwN
https://imgur.com/a/6Ff1HwN
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AFAI recall, that was the price of them after the pre-orders (not the strikeout fairy-tale nonsense). The marketing is pretending that was the price to hope a punter thinks they are getting a 'deal'.
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Saw that a night ago, they certainly weren't that high. I think i sold my TUF 3080 at the right time for 1100 even if it wasn't LHR, looks like pricing is starting to come down slowly now and cards are actually being in stock for a bit.
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Well at some point, these gen cards have been out well over a year now so lots of people have obtained some of the pot. This would explain why at some point there is saturation, and part of this will also be retailers listing them at a price where normal folk wont bite.
2.5 years ago the 2080Super was released which would have been I guess your 3080 equivalent today. The difference today is the card is trying to command £1200 whereas the super was around £700.
2.5 years ago the 2080Super was released which would have been I guess your 3080 equivalent today. The difference today is the card is trying to command £1200 whereas the super was around £700.
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That's weird, 3080 has been EOL for sometime now. They must have held onto that for a while now.
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I just managed to sell my Vega 56 for the same price as a new 6600xt on FB… worth the small upgrade considering I haven’t paid a penny.
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Completely in line with Amazon prices.
I paid 865 for my 3070 which is the cheapest on Amazon at the time.
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I was optimistic last summer.. now I think we're fkd until the scalping stops which will probably take a flood of cheaper 2nd hand cards.
Yeh same, well i sold my vega 56 a while back for £310 on the bay, then hang tight for about 2 months sitting on discord and nabbed a 3060Ti FE for msrp. So a big upgrade for only £50!