Soldato
No, waste of money just to play games, plus don't want to support the scalping prices.
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850W is enough for FE and some none OC'd AIB's.Oh and my PSU is only 850W, oh well.
We are just getting console games with slightly better graphics and framerate. It's madness for Nvidia to charge so much for that.No, waste of money just to play games, plus don't want to support the scalping prices.
This is also contributing to my FOBR this gen.I don't like the idea of buying something when something way more powerful and possibly cheaper could hit a month after. We don't even know if AMD have worse RT this time yet. A full chip could be announced by Nvidia that will smash the 4090 for the same price if AMD have done well.
I'll be F5ing all the sites at just before 2pm with credit card in hand
I've still got a 1080 Ti and feeling it's showing its age as I'm running a 3840x1600 144Hz monitor now.
Unfortunately it's a G Sync monitor so locked into the Nvidia ecosystem.
I can't bring myself to pay £650 for a 3080 in 2022. The tech is 2 years old and still selling at RRP.
So not much choice but to splash out on a 4090.
Hopefully manage to grab an FE card as the AIB ones will be much more expensive.
The fact that it's still selling for £650 just shows what a good card it is for the money, how much will a 4090 or 4080 be selling for in 2 years time? I'd guarantee no where near msrp.I can't bring myself to pay £650 for a 3080 in 2022. The tech is 2 years old and still selling at RRP
The fact that it's still selling for £650 just shows what a good card it is for the money, how much will a 4090 or 4080 be selling for in 2 years time? I'd guarantee no where near msrp.
DCS in VRIts staggering to me the amount of people on here prepared to blind-buy a £1700 graphics card for gaming??
Especially the ones already running 3090s.
What games are you playing that you are not getting a good experience in to warrant spending so much?
Whats most staggering to me is that they clearly wont be spending any time waiting to see which AIB cards turn out to be the hot picks this time around? As I understand it, the reviews should go up a day or 2 before the launch. Barely enough time to watch a few and get a feeling for whats what.
If I was looking to spend £1700 on a GPU... id want to be dam sure its a good one. I don't want coil-whine, or a crappy cooler. Or even things like ****** RGB software to spoil the purchase.
The 4090 is the first to launch... and while it will be the fastest... will it be worth it over a 4080?
What about AMDs new cards?
I just cant wrap my head around it.
If the 30 series launch taught me anything, its that a fast card is still fast in 3 months time or in 2 years. People turning there nose up at spending £xxx on 30 series card now as if it somehow slow now?
New shiny is always round the corner. And if you hitch your wagon to always having the bleeding edge, your only going to see more of these crazy prices going forward.
Good luck to you day 1 buyers. Cant see it going the way of the 30 series.
Ah the Apple approachNvidia know what theyre doing. The 4080 particularly are overpriced then eventually when nvidia bring the prices down it'll be 'oh better value , oh 650 for a card is such a good price!'. just like the 3080.
yes the 3080 was 650 but then the price went up and up- they were selling and nvidia have learnt from that.
I don't agree that its right but then it's more money and a a longer term plan for nvidia. That's my take on it
the 4090s are going to be a lot because they are catering for the ' money no object' customer.
The 4080 16gb would have to drop to around £650 before I considered it and the 12gb would only end up a side grade over my 3080 so not worth bothering with even if the price drops.Nvidia know what theyre doing. The 4080 particularly are overpriced then eventually when nvidia bring the prices down it'll be 'oh better value , oh 650 for a card is such a good price!'. just like the 3080.
yes the 3080 was 650 but then the price went up and up and nvidia have learnt from that.
I don't agree that its right but then it's more money and a a longer term plan for nvidia. That's my take on it
the 4090s are going to be a lot because they are catering for the 'no money no object' customer.
That pricing is clearly made for either 100% enthusiasts/hobbyists or people who earn money on these cards (creators, scientists etc.). Typical gamer has been priced out and pushed either for 3k series or AMD cards below £1k - most people buy GPUs in the range of 200-300 quid, as far as I read last time. Enthusiasts are usually willing to spend a lot but even they have psychological limits plus NVIDIA is really not that consumer friendly and they do not even hide it anymore.
Considering that I am much less of a PC enthusiast these days, who plays little (and it's not that new games are any good in most cases, or require such fast GPUs), I can't justify spending that kind of money on a toy, which will also lose value very quickly too. Most other hobbies usually involve buying things that last many years, hardly lose value (often grow up in value) and are more than just toys. GPUs for gamers are just that - pure entertainment, toys in a way. Way overpriced for such use-case, IMO.
The existing cards can cope with existing games they're mostly console ports and theres an oversupply of 3xxx cards so arguably the market is saturated right now so drip feed at the highest end and charge the earth for what will sell in relatively low numbers seems to be where the margins are right now
For a long time NVIDIA wanted to be the "Apple" of GPUs and they're still pushing for it. Especially their CEO.Ah the Apple approach