If they're good for AI then they might sell out quicker than even during the crypto boom days
Damnit.
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What could be done to stop bots for the 50 series launch?
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Damnit.
Associate
feeling the stress just by looking at this thread
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Man of Honour
I really couldn't care less anymore. GPU's are so expensive and overpriced these days I can't get excited by any new launches. I also don't understand why people need to buy as soon as they are launched either. It's not as if the existing card stops working or is suddenly unable to play games. Wait a while and the deals will start to appear rather than pay high launch prices.
There is so many things you could do; like one credit card per GPU, or GPU can only be purchased in store, or GPU can only be purchased with valid ID for identification to make sure it's one GPU per person, only people with 1000+ forum posts can purchase GPU, raffles
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This. But do retaillers really care? They sell their product for x amount, doesn't matter to who unless you're a small local business.
Soldato
Stop bots, just dont sell online, just do phone in orders or retail. Lose a lot of potential customers i guess but will stop bots checking online stock and prices etc.
Soldato
I still don't see any better value in aftermarket deals than the price of the original FE models at launch. FE has been best value since 30 series.
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Soldato
Release them at a price where anybody buying them with the intention to resell for a profit, looses money.
Soldato
Maybe a certain number reserved for proven members.
Problem with bots is they will just keep buying to control the supply and push up prices. Initial pricing may not make that much difference.
Problem with bots is they will just keep buying to control the supply and push up prices. Initial pricing may not make that much difference.
Associate
If supply met demand I can't see this situation existing.
Associate
Good point but i do not think that would be good for Nvidia profit margins
They might charge a higher initial price because they know they can, but they dont benefit from resellers. To a point it actually damages the brand.
With the PS5 Pro recently Sony put everyone in a timed que. Once through the que people had half hour on the website to make a purchase. It wasn't perfect but better than normal.
It worked very well. 4090's were readily available on launch.
Sure, specific flagship cards such as 4090 Strix were very limited - though this is always the case.
Soldato
Physical shops.
They absolutely were not in the UK. Sold out 10 minutes, OCUK came back online 2 hours later and was sold out on about 10 minutes as well.
Ufff imagine from £1599>£2500. Kopite didn't seem to think there would be a significant increase for the 50 series. I'm predicting around £2000.
You not remembering all the 3 month long where's my EVGA complaint threads and people asking for their position in the queue posts of eras gone?
The admissions of only ever having 30 cards in at RRP per brand. The subsequent 2 months of no stock baring clown cards. Nvidia pricing holding firm on all cards until 2/3 months before the next gen.
Pre bots it used to just make sense buying something on release day for Nvidia/Intel. This time round I can't see the AI-boys being interested in 16gb 5080s and below. Can't see any reason for scalpers to be interested. Who knows about the 5090.