No idea but I would have rang, they maybe could have put order on hold for a few hours or something to see if you get approved for credit.
Also interesting the sales figures gibbo posted, the 1080ti selling like hot cakes, its the card to get at the moment if you have the cash.
I had the cash mate to buy 2x 2080ti in my bank and already had PayPal credit setup...I just couldn’t log in within the small time frame first time around.
Reason I didn’t buy 2080 is it a poo card for more money and offers the same speed as a 1080ti
But times change.
e.g. you might think if you see a loaf of warburtons for 50p its a good deal then I say 20 years ago it may have cost 20p. In the current climate the 1080ti at £600 is a good deal.
Also i fear for those who are waiting for the good old days to return, I think they never coming back, hdd prices e.g. never recovered after the taiwan incident, the vendors are realising maxing profit margins per sale makes more money.
Yes in future there will be occasional RTX discounts, but I think we never going to see maxwell and previous era pricing again. I feel like if you wait you just going to pay more. Its happening with CPUs now as well, I got my 8600k in the nick of time before that market went crazy.
No option in the current climate. I needed a GPU...I either buy into the flop of the 2080 series , buy used for 500 or buy new in the 1080ti...
To be fair, it won't really be any of 'us' that decide whether graphics cards / PC components represent worthwhile value, it'll be the silent majority who currently game at 1080p on GTX 1060 or equivalent cards (as per the Steam survey). They'll be the ones deciding with their wallets whether gaming PCs will be a worthwhile household item or a lost cause in the future.
Going by current pricing trends, I suspect consoles might start looking like increasingly good value compared with PCs. In 8-10 years time I wouldn't be surprised if the consumer gaming graphics card market resembles the Quadro workstation series at the moment, where it costs ~£800 for the most basic card and ~£10,000 for a top of the line card.
I’ve not upgraded my pc in ages ( see sig ) I’m now set for some gaming over winter...this notion of buying dead tech in the 1080ti is odd I grant you...but in my eyes the 2080 just a month old is already dead tech...
^ I'm not sure about that. We're talking the extreme end of the consumer GPU market here. You can get a £150 GPU that outperforms current gen consoles.
Perhaps we need the next gen of consoles to come out for prices to normalise again
I’m sure my anxiety will be alleviated when I’m playing FPS 100hz super wide with a keyboard and mouse rocking my senhieseier HD 650
Good buy easyrider, hope you enjoy it, I seriously thought you’d be washing your socks or something and missed out again
No mate...thanks though.
Good buy - seems people have a go about buying 1080 ti due to it being old tech. People also have a go buying rtx as you can't use new features and it costs more
Exactly that, costs more , less ram, no chance of running RTX and more loss in residual value....
Each to their own I say. I can see why some will prefer the 1080 Ti at the moment and others may prefer a 20 series GPU. There's not really a right or wrong buying either, depends on peoples requirements such as games they play, budget, whether the see they potential in the 20 series or reckon it's worth skipping the gen and so forth. People on forums seem to take offence sometimes if others don't think the same way they do
Yeah, people can take the Mick all they like, I’ve critiqued the 2080 series with vigour so swings and roundabouts...but I’m missing 2080 series all together...if something happens and the 2080 drops to 600 then I still don’t care as the 2080 won’t run RTX at playable FPS so I won’t be using it.
Lol
@easyrider you finally got one. Knowing how you feel when it comes to GPU’s, it must have been hard dropping £600 for old tech which you could have had 18 months ago for a simailar price. This will probably be the first time you lose £100+ on a graphics card. Your so called easyshuffle did not work this time
Enjoy mate.
I stopped the easy shuffle years ago...tbh I’m ok with it...PayPal credit 0 % over 4 months makes it easier as I just won’t notice the 149 per month leaving my bank...
Looking back over the last 18 months...I had a gtx 1080 sold it lost nothing , rocked a 780 for a bit out of a second PC and then got consumed by my pond project. So I was ready to buy 2080 this October...but of course the 2080 series offered me nothing so I bought a 1080ti...and do you know what ? If I lose just 100 on an 18month old tech I’ll be doing well...as if I had bought a 2080 at £750 and sold it on in the same timeframe I would predict I would have lost more.
The Easy shuffle was always a fallacy anyway if you broke it down.
Well it worked relatively well when next gen offered a boost at a similar price point. This what makes the 2070 and 2080 series cards so dull...they offer nothing over previous gen that’s 2 years old....so where do you go ? You go down the route of the less spend for the most performance meaning 1080ti
Now 2080ti is an option but not 35% over 1080ti for 70% more cost...the 2080ti is a joke card on every level...
(Strokes his 1080ti in his pants )
( when it’s delivered )
