Upgrading a GTX 980 Ti ?

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Hi all,

Despite living under a rock for a while now, I realise that there is a huge shortage of the new RTX 3060/3070/3080 cards. One of them would have been my go to choice but since there is next to no chance of me getting one any time soon without paying a scalper a huge markup, I was wondering if the collective hivemind here could suggest alternatives, that are more readily available?

I play at 1440p on an Alienware AW3420DW so I think potentially a 2080 or 2080 Super would do?

 

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Thanks all, I did think that that would most likely be the best way forward. Will try to pick up a 3060 ti!

 

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Thanks. I am not too fussed about getting 120 FPS... you might question why I bought that monitor then, but to be honest I bought it during the Black Friday Alienware event plus I still had some Dell Vouchers and another Dell Code that meant I got it for like £750 or so.
@Bazippy what is the best way to keep an eye out for stock?

 

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thx! i just joined a few, some of them seem to be US though

 

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Wanted to say thanks @Bazippy - I followed your advice and just managed to snag a 3070. It's the PNY GeForce RTX™ 3070 8GB UPRISING Dual Fan Graphics Card - hopefully a good card? Haha

 

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Glad it worked for you and so quickly, im quite surprised. Stock must be getting much better or youve got some really quick ninja click skills!
Even a 3060ti is a decent upgrade from the 980ti so you should be very happy, im so excited for my 3080 tomorrow!

Thanks! Was quite lucky I guess - although I just cancelled that order and went for the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 SUPRIM X 8GB instead!

EDIT: Looks like I made a massive mistake, no pun intended, as the MSI seems to be 33.5cm long compared to the 28cm

 

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I cancelled it

Back to the drawing board for me, hopefully I will get another chance to get one. Should not have cancelled the PNY card - that one would have fit. Pretty annoyed with myself .

 

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Oh well seems you've bought a card, and now returned it, there's a reason the 3080 is in huge demand vs the 3070.

Think most 3080s will probably be too big for my case/board (NZXT H440)... my current card (MSI 980ti) is around 27-28cm long and there is not much of a gap between the card and some of the internal structure of the case. And I won't do 4K gaming either so might be overkill?

 

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Ive been looking for 3060tis. Not had a sniff at a reasonable price

Honestly follow these Twitter Accounts and enable notifications and you will get one, I am sure:

https://twitter.com/PartAlert
https://twitter.com/UKStockAlert
https://twitter.com/CtrlAltStock

 

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Stockinfomer never works for me. I got my card(s) through the twitter accounts above