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people on these forums have about as much backbone as a jellyfish when it comes to holding back on nvidias scalped prices
My backbone went straight forwards into team Reds camp, now I am sleeping with the 6900XT.
That and the sharpening slider by amd, which is very good but nvidia have 2 methods of sharpening too, that and redux/sweetfx would do better than both, personally I don't like sharpening though as can notice the artifacts it creates.Yeah, can't argue with that.
The 4080 should have been no more than $799 and even at that price which would mean £900 here I would not have got one. As you say, it is not that I cannot afford it. For me it is simply the case of I can't justify it as there is nothing on the horizon that my 3080 Ti cannot deal with to my satisfaction. Let's be honest, there is a good chance next gen 4080 performance will be £500 at most, probably less. It is on such a small die that I cannot see why not other than Nvidia being greedy and AMD not bringing the competition. Not only will it be that price in the form of a 5060 Ti or something, it will be more efficient.
If I were you I would pick up a used 3080 Ti or 3090 and skip a gen. Nvidia won't be dropping prices any time soon. I mean what are you other options? A well over priced 4070 Ti? Sticking with you 3080? I mean come on, will 10GB be enough for the next 2 years? Hahaha
And still waiting on all these games where supposedly 10gb isn't enough.... Also they need to start focussing on what they can do to differentiate themselves from nvidia, always just following in nvidias footsteps (which doesn't give them the "leader & premium" brand image they want) e.g. of the top of my head, I don't care for most of things below but it's just examples
- freesync was what 1-2 years later? Not to mention getting it on par with gsync with having better ranges on monitors, LFC etc.
- RT
- FSR 1 several months later then fsr 2 a couple months later
- Frame generation/fluid motion, out of nowhere announced but no sign of it landing till next year and probably later in the year at that....
- Their Nvidia Reflex competitor announced after how long nvidia having this?
- shadowplay and nvenc, how long did amd take to catchup on recording/streaming capability and arguably still are not there yet iirc?
- RTX voice, think amd released their competing solution just recently or is it still in the works?
Only thing I can think of amd having "first" and doing better with is SAM i.e. resize bar but then nvidia enabled it on their end quickly after... Given amd have full access to the chipset as well, it's no surprise they see more of a benefit on all hardware. When it comes to "drivers/feature set", the main thing that people always refer to is "amd cp looks better", which it is by a hundred miles but how often do people use the driver control panel?
Maybe with the7800xt7700xt, which will be the main gpu for most people, they will be very aggressive in pricing and have a 3080 type of gpu but as they have shown on plenty of occasions now, they will just follow whatever nvidia do.
Still waiting to pick up grims 3090 for £350 and a half eaten ham sandwich
I'm good for now, like you, there isn't much on the horizon atm but portal rtx, cp rt overdrive, atomic heart will probably make me want a 4080 or even 4090
In all honesty though, I wouldn't be surprised if nvidia drop prices if rdna 3 does outsell ada, didn't nvidia do this once before, was it with the 780/ti?
I've been keeping my eye on 8tb hard drives recently. They have been typically £150 across several retailers for Seagate Barracuda in the last month.
You suggest OCUK don't stock them ? Its not their fault Nvida took the **** with the price , yes OCUK have to put their bit on top as would any company but to not stock a new gpu that has just come out is a suicidal move in business terms regardless of the price ... if people think it is that bad then vote with your wallet but looks like some of their " valued " customers think the price is ok as they have less stock now then they did at release yesterday so they are selling . Personally i think the 4080 is at least £250 to expensive for what it offers but some obviously think the price is ok and are willing to pay it which is why OCUK and every other place that sell gpu's want a bit of the pie.
I think £900 is a fair price considering the performance it offers . 3080 for £650 were a dream for most unless you were very lucky, you will still struggle to find a new 3080 today for £650! The 3080 is a great card ( i had one ) but certainly has its limits if trying to play in 4K
