Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

random_matt · 21 Apr 2021 at 11:21

Went with a 3090, wanted to be done with it. All the big boys coming out with the 2023 shortage news changed things. Going PS5 would still require me to buy a monitor/TV/computer or laptop and would not end up being much cheaper than just building a rig

random_matt · 21 Apr 2021 at 11:24

Who even sells the FE? Only official shops are best buy in the states I thought.

Robi_uk · 21 Apr 2021 at 11:34

random_matt said:
Who even sells the FE? Only official shops are best buy in the states I thought.

UK has an official shop also, look on the NVIDIA site.

random_matt · 21 Apr 2021 at 11:47

Robi_uk said:
UK has an official shop also, look on the NVIDIA site.

Swear they stopped selling them, but fair enough.

uscool · 21 Apr 2021 at 11:58

Yeah I've given up had hopes on when OCUK did member deals but nothing seems to be happening with that

The Voice · 21 Apr 2021 at 12:05

random_matt said:
Swear they stopped selling them, but fair enough.

They sell them, but have been "out of stock" since launch.

VIPER258 · 21 Apr 2021 at 12:15

uscool said:
Yeah I've given up had hopes on when OCUK did member deals but nothing seems to be happening with that

Gibbo said he would do one 2 weeks ago but that never happened. Really wish we knew it was going to happen at least. I need some hope in my life.

The_Arbiter · 21 Apr 2021 at 13:19

Saw that one retailer has a 6800xt at £999. Swear it was £800 earlier. Another had a 2060 non super for £400 iirc. And a rx550 for £150.

Surprised they were all still there, and i watched them for an hour. All rubbish prices though.

Temp.sgk · 21 Apr 2021 at 15:43

silk300 said:
Gibbo said he would do one 2 weeks ago but that never happened. Really wish we knew it was going to happen at least. I need some hope in my life.

Feels like everything has been so quiet lately. Is the GPU situation in the UK really that bad compared to USA and the EU? What's going on.

UTCSVC · 21 Apr 2021 at 15:45

Sticking to me 960gtx for a while it seems. Will not be gaming in 2021.

random_matt · 21 Apr 2021 at 15:58

A retailer selling a 3070 FTW for £1250!!!! Seen 6900XT go for less, 3070 is a pants card.

Rusky · 21 Apr 2021 at 16:01

The Voice said:
Interesting points:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxGtMHXWpMw

That was a really interesting watch, thanks. The useful take for me is that the two fan cards are unlikely to be available anyway (for my daughter's m-ATX build) so I'm best off looking out for the 6700 XT for my machine and it won't be far off the performance of the 3070 I was looking for.

Rusky · 21 Apr 2021 at 16:02

random_matt said:
A retailer selling a 3070 FTW for £1250!!!! Seen 6900XT go for less, 3070 is a pants card.

That's funny given what I just said!

Odirse · 21 Apr 2021 at 16:10

Rusky said:
That was a really interesting watch, thanks. The useful take for me is that the two fan cards are unlikely to be available anyway (for my daughter's m-ATX build) so I'm best off looking out for the 6700 XT for my machine and it won't be far off the performance of the 3070 I was looking for.

You see a few being sold from time to time... but that is really uncommon, of course... not that it matters, the price is of course completely ridiculous anyway. It seems we are at a point where the model doesn't even matter anymore, you can see shops/scalpers charging the same for a FE card and for a high end one... not that you get to choose if you want to buy anyway.

random_matt · 21 Apr 2021 at 16:34

silk300 said:
Plus AMD cards to tend to perform better over time with driver updates compared to Nvidia cards. So for long term use I would definitely go with AMD.
I sometimes feel Nvidia are are trading on their reputation and people are just buying it because they don't know any better.

Sounds like Apple, lol.

GAC · 21 Apr 2021 at 17:04

random_matt said:
A retailer selling a 3070 FTW for £1250!!!! Seen 6900XT go for less, 3070 is a pants card.

Oo damn thats nuts. over 2 and a half times over rrp.

Screeeech · 21 Apr 2021 at 17:32

Hells bells.

Palit 2060 supers are in stock, for £650.. When those things came out in 2019 they were only £350 :cry:

random_matt · 21 Apr 2021 at 18:03

B-Stock 6900XT if anyone wants one.

Mint8 · 21 Apr 2021 at 18:19

Havent given up as such - but was going to do a new build back end of last year - which hasnt happened. Luckily I didnt buy any of the other parts before getting a 3080. I do wonder how many component sales OCUK have missed out on so far because of this issue with cards. If it carries on like this I can see DIY PC builds becoming a thing of the past.

Luckily I did get a PS5 at launch so most of my "new" gaming is being done on that whilst leaving the PC for indies etc that hopefully my 1080 can handle.

No way am I paying stupid money for one of some Ebay toe rag.

MCFC_ANDY · 21 Apr 2021 at 19:33

Mint8 said:
Havent given up as such - but was going to do a new build back end of last year - which hasnt happened. Luckily I didnt buy any of the other parts before getting a 3080. I do wonder how many component sales OCUK have missed out on so far because of this issue with cards. If it carries on like this I can see DIY PC builds becoming a thing of the past.

Luckily I did get a PS5 at launch so most of my "new" gaming is being done on that whilst leaving the PC for indies etc that hopefully my 1080 can handle.

No way am I paying stupid money for one of some Ebay toe rag.

think you missed out supplier toe rag, retailer toe rag and distributor toe ray