Apart from the measly 10Gb VRAM.Basically the 3080 is the gift from Jensen that keeps giving! At this rate it will become immortal lol
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That's true but it did come out in 2020 so for me it's served that time well at MSRP , other options was much more expensive 3090 and it's not like the extra ram on that would have been worth it upto now and hasn't fared badly to 6800xt 16gb
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That's very true! It still is a great card though for it's age.
I've actually just sold my one so away to go fit it to a local lads computer. His 3060 has started artifacting so upgrade time for him.
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Question:
So realistically, how much do you think a card like Sapph Pure 9070xt would fall, if prices go back to MSRP?
Maybe pulse would become £600, but what about Pure and Nitro? Since they are the OC versions and the brand charges their own "premium" on it.
So realistically, how much do you think a card like Sapph Pure 9070xt would fall, if prices go back to MSRP?
Maybe pulse would become £600, but what about Pure and Nitro? Since they are the OC versions and the brand charges their own "premium" on it.
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There never was an MSRP those prices were early sale discounts to drum up interest. Unless supplies improve prices will never go back down and will remain elevated until it becomes the new normal.
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£600 - £650 I'd imagine. I doubt either of those cards would dip below £600.
I bought an xt quicksilver today for £615, the market will self right.
Same, but I think this was a double coupon code glitch rather than an intended price.
Congrats to both.
Basically the 3080 is the gift from Jensen that keeps giving! At this rate it will become immortal lol
You mean the card with Nvidia's Planned Obsolescence baked in from day one... Remember all the VRAM threads that some on here kept saying 10GB was enough... well watch the above video at the point it plays from.. Then go back and read all the locked VRAM threads related to the 3080, some people now look very silly and why they should never be listened to as we see now.
People on here kept saying how amazing it was the 10GB model while they released a 12GB one after at almost double the price in real world as they even didn't give it a MSRP.. Then the disgrace again with the 3080Ti with again 12GB at £1200/$1200..
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That reminds me of when AMD R9 Fury launched and AMD fans were defending it talking about how 4GB was fine because HBM was somehow magical even though NVidia were offering 6GB-12GB as standard and even AMD's previous generation had offered 8GB. The moral of the story is that both sides talk a lot of rubbish at times when it comes to defending their favourite team shafting them and that's why it will keep on happening.
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That reminds me of the general attitude if disdain among reviewers and gamers for the AMD R9 390X 8GB refresh of the old 290X Hawaii cards.
Got the folks a £250 Gigabyte 390X back in 2016 I think, they're still gaming on it nine years later!
Awesome card.
Got the folks a £250 Gigabyte 390X back in 2016 I think, they're still gaming on it nine years later!
Awesome card.
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Lets not forget the excuse Nvidia gave us all about the 3080 10GB and why it had 10GB.
Clearly that excuse can't work in 2025 now with 8GB cards.. and never really worked when the 3080 came out too as we saw.
The real excuse is just greed and a way to make sure people keep upgrading and buying a new card due to a known limitation that was deliberately placed on them from day one. Here we are in 2025 with silly priced 8GB cards that clearly have enough GPU power but have clearly been kneecapped.
The last line of the above statement really tells you enough, especially when they released a 12GB model with no MSRP later and had a real street price double of the 10GB version, does 2GB extra really double the price ?
No... all it does is make it better for the customer and would need updating/spending more money later than the 10GB, which is what Nvidia knows.. So more E waste sooner than really needed, AKA Planned Obsolescence.
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Pretty much, I would have likely kept my 3080 until next generation if it wasn't limited with the 10Gb VRAM.
Lets not forget the excuse Nvidia gave us all about the 3080 10GB and why it had 10GB.
Clearly that excuse can't work in 2025 now with 8GB cards.. and never really worked when the 3080 came out too as we saw.
The real excuse is just greed and a way to make sure people keep upgrading and buying a new card due to a known limitation that was deliberately placed on them from day one. Here we are in 2025 with silly priced 8GB cards that clearly have enough GPU power but have clearly been kneecapped.
The last line of the above statement really tells you enough, especially when they released a 12GB model with no MSRP later and had a real street price double of the 10GB version, does 2GB extra really double the price ?
Double the price? Why not get a 3090.The last line of the above statement really tells you enough, especially when they released a 12GB model with no MSRP later and had a real street price double of the 10GB version, does 2GB extra really double the price ?