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NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - (PRE)ORDER DISCUSSION **NO COMPETITOR HINTING**

Ayahuasca said:
While I'm sure that's the case for the vast majority, that still leaves potentially thousands of people who want a discrete solution for a non-gaming use case. We saw it in the last generation with the 4090 and I still see it on Discord and the likes of Reddit where people don't just want one for gaming.

Given the situation with the numbers so far, it'll be months before you can go on the nVidia site and buy a 5090FE without using an alert system to grab one within 30 seconds. If we're talking about AIB models north of £2000, then things might get a bit better within a month or two.
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This is true, but I suspect that now the returns from crypto are lower, the people after 5090s for non-gaming aren't in as much of a rush as the people who want one so they can have the latest shinies in their games.If you're buying as a strict business decision, then waiting for prices to fall back to RRP is the obvious and rational thing to do. If , like me, you want it for gaming, you are making a luxury purchase where "rational" is less of a consideration. :)
 
Bizarre said:
Damn we are all being brainwashed. Posting 2500 like it's a good deal. It's not. In the grand scheme of things I guess it is though, especially when you see ocuk acting like butter wouldn't melt selling the same card for 2800. What a truly bad time to be a PC gamer or an enthusiast. Everyone, absolutely everyone, is out to take what they can get off you with zero guilt or morals on their way to doing it.

I remember building my first ever PC using an Athlon 2600 XP that you could trick the bios into thinking it was a 3200 XP via a multiplier change. 512 of ram and an ATI 9600 graphics card which I later upgraded to 1 gig of ram and a 9800 Pro. Much more happier and simpler none toxic gaming times.
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Seeing as a rtx 4090 sold for £2.2k on ebay yesterday, it is a good deal.

This is the market we live in.
 
Bizarre said:
Damn we are all being brainwashed. Posting 2500 like it's a good deal. It's not. In the grand scheme of things I guess it is though, especially when you see ocuk acting like butter wouldn't melt selling the same card for 2800. What a truly bad time to be a PC gamer or an enthusiast. Everyone, absolutely everyone, is out to take what they can get off you with zero guilt or morals on their way to doing it.

I remember building my first ever PC using an Athlon 2600 XP that you could trick the bios into thinking it was a 3200 XP via a multiplier change. 512 of ram and an ATI 9600 graphics card which I later upgraded to 1 gig of ram and a 9800 Pro. Much more happier and simpler none toxic gaming times.
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These posts will age like milk, and I've got a mind to come back in a year or two to collect them in a thread for comedic purposes. £500 more than one should be paying for a card... "snagged one!". More like you willingly ran in fron of the most easily avoidable bus.

Resellers are taking a p on peoples' legs, and people are acting like it's raining.
 
Bizarre said:
Damn we are all being brainwashed. Posting 2500 like it's a good deal. It's not.
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Depending on the purchaser’s needs, requirements and scope of personal resources to buy a 5090, it really doesn’t need to be considered by the purchaser as a ‘good deal’ IMO.

If they are happy with their purchase, then I’m very happy for them getting a card for what is in-line with the initial launch price for that card, when there is very low supply.

Whether anyone is willing to spend that much money on a card, or whether cards should be this expensive (especially considering all the issues with the launch) is a different matter.

Your opinion that it’s not a good deal is still valid, of course.
 
harmattan said:
These posts will age like milk, and I've got a mind to come back in a year or two to collect them in a thread for comedic purposes. £500 more than one should be paying for a card... "snagged one!". More like you willingly ran in fron of the most easily avoidable bus.

Resellers are taking a p on peoples' legs, and people are acting like it's raining.
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I don't think anyone cares that much? Did we do that for the 30-series and 40-series?

As much as we're all angry at the situation (and NVIDIA and the retailers and so on), coming back in a year's years time to laugh at some stranger on the forums ('ProStreet') because the card he bought at £2,499 has been reduced to £2,249 feels a little silly.
 
I did not want to necessarily spend £2499 on a 5090. I wanted a FE. I know it's a lot of money, I remember when the 3080 was the top tier card more or less and that was £699. This is almost 4x as much. I do think it's a bit excessive compared to the FE cost at £1939, but in this current time you get what you can get.

With all the news around tariffs, I wouldn't be surprised if the RRP goes up on the FE and other cards in a few weeks.

In addition, I did not want to make the same mistake as I did last time, and go for a cheaper card like the 7900xtx, when I had the chance to get a 4090 which was more expensive, but has far less depreciation.
 
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Zotac stated they won't ship any cards till beginning/mid Feb so anyone wanting a Zotac will have to wait till end of Feb before you see any movements on queue positions.

The thing annoying me most this time, is that no one is stating what stock levels they are expecting.
 
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ProStreet said:
Seeing as a rtx 4090 sold for £2.2k on ebay yesterday, it is a good deal.

This is the market we live in.
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Which is exactly my point. The market we live in is a brutal toxic rip off environment and to a very large extent has sapped the enjoyment out of being a PC enthusiast.
 
Matthew Hunt said:
Zotac stated they won't ship any cards till beginning/mid Feb so anyone wanting a Zotac will have to wait till end of Feb before you see any movements on queue positions.

The thing annoying me most this time, is that no one is stating what stock levels they are expecting.
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And they won't while there is no stock coming in. They want to hold onto that sweet, sweet preorder money.
 
This may have been asked and answered already but all those buying cards off the auction site. Even though they come with the sales receipt from where the card was bought from, does the warranty stand up still if something went wrong?

Just seems a massive gamble if not for the prices some of them are going for, crazy times.
 
Baldbloke said:
It's a competitors pre order. They show live tracking.
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Oh I see. I'm 10 there and I ordered on the 5th (basically got blocked as I got one to checkout but delivery and billing addresses differed). I got on here as soon as the preorders went up - but they are both zotac so as the other guy said I may be screwed both ways
 
Proc said:
This may have been asked and answered already but all those buying cards off the auction site. Even though they come with the sales receipt from where the card was bought from, does the warranty stand up still if something went wrong?

Just seems a massive gamble if not for the prices some of them are going for, crazy times.
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It's a crap shoot, really: you're at the behest of the seller. Even with an invoice, if the reseller or AIB doesn't sees a different name on it and you can't coroborate purchase information, they'll refuse.
 
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Matthew Hunt said:
Zotac stated they won't ship any cards till beginning/mid Feb so anyone wanting a Zotac will have to wait till end of Feb before you see any movements on queue positions.

The thing annoying me most this time, is that no one is stating what stock levels they are expecting.
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For the price I paid, worth the wait.
 

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce WB 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card £1999 /gasp surely the price is a typo​

 
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