Really Starting to Think I Should Spend My Money on Something Else!!!

[pp111]

With continuing shortages, perhaps now until March, and with me realising that 10GB isn't future proof at all ( at least for me ) , I am really starting to think that I should just cancel Christmas so to speak and spend my money elsewhere. I mean at this rate I can see the higher memory cards coming out in March and not really being available in numbers until April/May. This entire 3000 launch has just been a joke and I am thinking now best to just forget it for six months. Anyone else thinking the same?

 

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Don’t see the point in waiting if you could benefit from a new card.

I would have bought a 3080 if I could actually find one. I am not kidding when I say I have not yet seen any of the 3000 for sale... apart from pre-orders of the 3090. But now it's just too late. The 3080ti is on the horizon and probably some cards that would suit me better.

 

[pp111]

Same here i don't know what all the stress has been about with people wanting to upgrade to a 3000series so badly and quickly as games have been running great on my 2080ti

I was looking forward to the 3000 series for some time, I bought a monitor that my existing card just can't handle at all, so this botched release has been a huge disappointment to me. If I had known what was going to happen in advance I would have bought a 2080ti. Now I can't buy anything.

 

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even though its marketed as a 4k card....ok

I think this is the reason we get some posts 30XX underperforming. It really is a 4K card and anything less and you aren't going to see the performance increase you may be looking for.

 

[pp111]

I'm getting very frustrated now. Since getting an Index I find my 1080ti is underpowered to play some of the VR sims I like playing, so I could do with a 3080.

The one time I actually have the money to buy one I can't actually get hold of one.

Same here, I went out and bought a ( nearly ) 4K monitor and I am stuck with an under-powered graphics card. I put by £1000 for a card but ... now, to not get one is beyond disappointing. Especially so when I read people who have managed to get one but really haven't got the supporting gear to get the best out of it. Even worse the people who bought two!! I mean... teeny bit selfish there!

 

[pp111]

It strange this time as PC's have always normally been way ahead of TV's & game consoles in screen resolution for many years
Now there more people with a 4K TV then there are people with a 4K PC monitor

I am not sure why 4K caught on for TV's really.