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NVIDIA 5000 SERIES

Absolutely Clueless said:
It’s not that straightforward, you’ve missed the effect of exchange rates, which is what drove all the 4090 FE price changes. That’s why its price fell £100 just a month or two after launch to £1599, and subsequently to £1519. Thanks to Reeves the £ is down against the $ (most important exchange rate), so that £1,939 MSRP may actually be nearer £1,999 for AIB cards, whether Nvidia adjusts their FE price or not.
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I'm talking about release day prices apples to apples. Could well be the 5090 drops £100 to £1839 after a month too, although if Trump tariffs do come in (They have already been imposed by Executive Order on Canada and Mexico starting 1st February), Nvidia could substantially increase the price in a month or so. Who knows
 
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Curtis vincent said:
Ye but actually getting one of those can be tricky. I managed it with a 4090, I didn't get a 3080 for about 8 months post launch it was that difficult.
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3000 series was a different ball game. It was a huge generational jump, it was during the pandemic, supply chains were broken and there was a crypto boom.

I had no problems getting a 4000 series on release day
 
Varys said:
Americans have no paid holidays, and if you break your leg it costs £100k for an x-ray and a pot. Europeans are probably better off
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This is exactly correct, and a few of the reasons I'm still here (nearly as important as my Kentish "Mrs.") :) I get 10 more vacation days/year, actual mat/pat leave, and pay NI tax for universal healthcare that's actually cheaper -- and I've done the math -- than paying for crummy baseline US corpo health insurance if you're healthy, dire and potentially family destroying if you're sick (you kid on £100k x-rays, prescriptions etc. but that's not far off).

It's a valid trade off for lower PPP, and relatively higher retail e.g. graphics card prices (and they are ~10-12% higher, despite the mental somersaulting some people do, even after state/local taxes). We also get far better consumer protection and warranties over here. Paying $2000/£2000+ for a video card in the US is a riskier venture.

We just don't have Microcenter (think giant brick-and-morter OCUK equivalents) over here which is a genuine reason I'd consider moving back :). I grew up near the first one and visit like it's church when back, and have a few madlad friends and my niece who will be camping out for a 5090 on the 29-30th.
 
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harmattan said:
This is exactly correct, and a few of the reasons I'm still here (nearly as important as my Kentish "Mrs.") :) I get 10 more vacation days/year, actual mat/pat leave, and pay NI tax for universal healthcare that's actually cheaper -- and I've done the math -- than paying for crummy baseline US corpo health insurance if you're healthy, dire and potentially family destroying if you're sick (you kid on £100k x-rays, prescriptions etc. but that's not far off).

It's a valid trade off for lower PPP, and relatively higher retail e.g. graphics card prices (and they are ~10-12% higher, despite the mental somersaulting some people do, even after state/local taxes). We also get far better consumer protection and warranties over here. Paying $2000/£2000+ for a video card in the US is a riskier venture.
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Probably get shot in the queue trying to buy a 5090 outside New Egg too
 
Varys said:
Probably get shot in the queue trying to buy a 5090 outside New Egg too
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Super off topic, but Newegg hasn't ever had brick-and-mortar, but I think you can do local collection at a dist centers. They were bought out by a Chinese outfit through a SPAC a decade ago who promptly killed their member programs, deals, and CS quality. But yes, I'm sure people are taking precautions with some going concealed carry. Incidentally, I actually worked with the orginal founder of "Egghead software" -- always confused with NewEgg -- years ago when I was a young innocent analyst/dev. Nice guy, but it irked him NewEgg overtly copied their brand. Egghead was in turn acquired by Amazon and they adopted a lot of their storefront UI.

Be glad we have stores like OCUK and strict gun control.
 
Ascendancy said:
I'm not even joking. I have one and it enables 4090 gaming even when it's 30C outside :p
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I understand. My room is also small, and that summer we had in England where it was hitting 40c was absolutely traumatizing. I actually had heat stroke multiple times. Even my big fan didn't help, because all's it was doing is blast hot air in my face. So yeah I think I will get some sort of AC this year. I ain't going through that again.

(Sorry off topic)
 
ooStevo said:
I understand. My room is also small, and that summer we had in England where it was hitting 40c was absolutely traumatizing. I actually had heat stroke multiple times. Even my big fan didn't help, because all's it was doing is blast hot air in my face. So yeah I think I will get some sort of AC this year. I ain't going through that again.

(Sorry off topic)
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Do it. Best purchase you will ever make (including pc parts).
 
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