FINALLY A DEAL ON GPU'S - IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG (NVIDIA 3060 & 3060Ti) !!

[Telecaster]

I've not really been keeping much of an eye on GPU availability, what are the chances of landing a FE 3060ti at RRP?

 

[Sarge2255]

I think it's fair to say that only nV have actual RRPs, for the FE cards.

The AIBs either deliberately scrapped or never had an RRP in the first place, or have increased them a couple times already (see Asus, etc).

So presumably what most people mean by "above RRP" is "above FE price".

Although I personally wouldn't have paid above FE price, and was lucky enough to get an FE, the AIB cards aren't the FE model. Which isn't to say they're better, as the FE cards kick ass, but they can't necessarily match the FE price with their non-FE cards.

Yah, but some AMD AIBs do have msrp. Gigabyte have a msrp for 6800xt/ 6900xt, they mention it in thier video on their website when they showcase the cards.

 

[Sarge2255]

I've not really been keeping much of an eye on GPU availability, what are the chances of landing a FE 3060ti at RRP?

I would say go for the AIB models, better cooling, quieter.

 

[Temp.sgk]

I've not really been keeping much of an eye on GPU availability, what are the chances of landing a FE 3060ti at RRP?

Very low.

I would say go for the AIB models, better cooling, quieter.

Better cooling yeah, quieter? debatable.

 

[StarShock]

I would say go for the AIB models, better cooling, quieter.

Last few generations of GPUs the coolers on the first party cards have gotten a lot less bad. So there's not much in it any more, but yeah many of the AIB cards will have better coolers, but not all of them.

 

[Zsolt Szabo]

Damm i missed it

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Waiting for 6700XT deals

 

[karl01]

Missed out again but a sign off things improving

 

[Kelt]

Missed out again but a sign off things improving

They couldn't have got much worse (for me).

Prices have gone far beyond what I'm prepared to pay for a graphics card, I'd sooner give up gaming than pay what's currently being asked.

 

[JTrickle]

The previous 2 crypto mining collapses ended with a huge glut of 2nd hand cards flooding the market. I would expect to see £200 3060s, or less.

The etherium dev's have claimed an end date of Q1 2022. [Although they have pushed back most of their previous deadlines before]

 

[Harlequin]

The previous 2 crypto mining collapses ended with a huge glut of 2nd hand cards flooding the market. I would expect to see £200 3060s, or less.

The etherium dev's have claimed an end date of Q1 2022. [Although they have pushed back most of their previous deadlines before]

you are aware that more coins can be mined other than ETH?

 

[JTrickle]

I'm not aware of anything, no.

Last time I checked Eth-Classic, Raven, Ergo, Vertcoin etc added up to less than 4% of Eth's market cap. That means that even on free electricity, if all miners swapped to a **** coin they wouldn't be able to make enough to keep up with equipment depreciation.

Edit: Eth-C is 11%. The rest = 0. But anyone paying for elec will be out of the game, no question.

 

[Sarge2255]

you are aware that more coins can be mined other than ETH?

ETH 2.0 = Game over

 

[Angilion]

I'm not aware of anything, no.

Last time I checked Eth-Classic, Raven, Ergo, Vertcoin etc added up to less than 4% of Eth's market cap. That means that even on free electricity, if all miners swapped to a **** coin they wouldn't be able to make enough to keep up with equipment depreciation.

I'm sure many would still mine on the hope of getting lucky on the next winning bet. Mine a bunch of currently very low value crypto, hope one of them does a bitcoin and the market price jumps to 100,000+ times what it is now.

 

[Sarge2255]

I'm sure many would still mine on the hope of getting lucky on the next winning bet. Mine a bunch of currently very low value crypto, hope one of them does a bitcoin and the market price jumps to 100,000+ times what it is now.

So what's going to pay their electricity bills? Hardware costs.

 

[Angilion]

So what's going to pay their electricity bills? Hardware costs.

That would depend on the scale of their operation. On a smaller scale, they could eat the costs. The whole crypto thing is a gamble. Bitcoin gave a million percent return to some people. That sort of thing appeals to gamblers. Those people aren't using many cards each but there are a lot of them so collectively they're a non-trivial part of the market for graphics cards.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

you are aware that more coins can be mined other than ETH?

Not in China there isn't. That's a 70% reduction in the worlds mining already with China banning it. There's a petition to ban mining in the UK as well. This is just the start.

 

[shamus21]

3060 ti fe is easy to bag when they drop, nvidia are ramping up supply of 3060 range. And they are not mining restricted.

Unless you have already had an FE in the past in which case no chance of getting one.

 

[Werewolf]

You can see the voucher codes when not logged in. The voucher is for item now out of stock so hopefully they can fix prior to the next code being posted.

That should be fixed now.

At least it's showing as not visible when not logged in for me

 

[Tommy_Here]

I would say go for the AIB models, better cooling, quieter.

I have to say have you used a 3060 Ti FE? they are extremely quiet and keep the card cool too. I've got mine overclocked which doesn't break 73 degrees at 64% fan which is barely a whisper in my case..