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NVIDIA 4000 Series

Tinek said:
Depends on the vendor. Some do not recognise 2nd hand warranty at all (example is NVIDIA with FE cards - they specifically state that on their website), some other do not care or don't ask. Best to check particular vendor's terms of service about it or forums.
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I actually contacted Nvidia yesterday on their online chat and specifically asked them this - even if the card is brand new and unopened and un registered they said the warranty could not be transferred - I am not too sure how legal that is but the bottom line is do not buy from someone scalping as there effectively is no warranty then.
 
ExcitableBoyUK said:
So you have zero consumer rights if something goes wrong?
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Not exactly. If you pay with credit card you have many months to have a chargeback. If you pay with PayPal, there's protection as well. And eBay themselves are usually on the side of consumers too (at least for first 30 days since purchase). And of course there's also small claims court as last resort. None of that replaces warranty, but definitely isn't nothing.
 
I think I have decided I want a 4090. I have a 5900X with 32Gb 3600, mainly play MSFS and FH5. I currently have a 980 ti! Playing on a 42' LGC2.

I was considering just waiting for a FE drop and hoping I would get one but now thinking I might just go for an AIB card. Is there any real terms difference between them (apart from those with water cooling?). I hear Zotac ironically with the longest warranty also have rubbish CS (although I had a Zotac card in the past and it was excellent). Any thoughts, much appreciated.
 
Major774 said:
I will gladly help out a genuine user (who receives, opens and uses it). Not someone that will need to sit on it and thinking about it.

It’s my skip generation anyway, so can help with any warranty matters.

I had the FE in the basket a number of times but decided it’s not for me.
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I only need to get one in the basket just the once! I did see the 'buy now' last Monday but when I pressed it nothing happened! Hopefully, as long as Nvidia keeps the FE drops regular, it will get easier to get one.
 
Grim5 said:
These benchmarks make the 4080's price look bad as the performance per dollar is higher on the RTX4090. For example the 4080 generates 11.8 points in Timespy Extreme for each Dollar spent where as the 4090 generates 12.5 points for each dollar. The 4080 needs a $200 price cut.
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Till now it was almost always the opposite - halo top cards were the worst in perf/£ ratio and lower xx80 SKUs were much better. But this time, if you want top pef/£ it's 4090 or older gen cards on sale. 4080 12GB would be horrible and 4080 16GB doesn't seem good either. Radeon 7900XT or XTX might look much better (benchmarks will reveal) and perhaps also force NVIDIA to drop prices a bit, but I highly doubt it (NVIDIA changing prices).
 
MidKnight said:
I actually contacted Nvidia yesterday on their online chat and specifically asked them this - even if the card is brand new and unopened and un registered they said the warranty could not be transferred - I am not too sure how legal that is but the bottom line is do not buy from someone scalping as there effectively is no warranty then.
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It's 100% legal in a way that warranty is not compulsory and 100% depends on the vendor's terms. Legally speaking you can't demand any warranty at all. This does not replace your consumer rights either, as warranty has nothing to do with such.
 
It's a 4080 16GB competitor, expect a 7950 class card at some point I guess. Nvidia is still the best for productivity workloads though. AMD cards still fall to the bottom of the graphs when factoring in application use for GPU acceleration. Since AMD made no mention of productivity, I suspect there is no change in this part of GPU usage, so for many of us that do gaming /and/ productivity, Nvidia is the only option.
 
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mrk said:
It's a 4080 16GB competitor, expect a 7850 class card at some point I guess. Nvidia is still the best for productivity workloads though. AMD cards still fall to the bottom of the graphs when factoring in application use for GPU acceleration. Since AMD made no mention of productivity, I suspect there is no change in this part of GPU usage, so for many of us that do gaming /and/ productivity, Nvidia is the only option.
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Chances are that RDNA 3 will be MUCH faster in productivity, judging by TF alone. However, vendor support of various 3rd party apps is another matter. Time will tell.
 
4080 16gb is trash tier and should have been a 4070 for 600 quid.

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Hmm did not realise the 4080 16GB was so low, I knew the 12GB (now cancelled lol) was low anyway because it's basically a different card, but not the 16GB. Ah well!
 
So whilst it may be a bit better in games than a 3080/90 Ti card, it would be a downgrade in terms of productivity or situations where the CUDA cores come into play. Ouch at £1400 :cry:
 
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