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Founders are £70 cheaper now by the looks of it and AIB models can be had for under the FE. This never happened last gen so it looks like they are not selling so well in the current conditions..
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A £70 price reduction is still above the original $1599 MSRP at the current exchange rate + 20% VAT.Founders are £70 cheaper now by the looks of it and AIB models can be had for under the FE. This never happened last gen so it looks like they are not selling so well in the current conditions..
A 70% performance uplift for 14% extra money is good if you're used to paying that much anyway but look at it from other peoples perspective further down, you have a 4080 which delivers 48% performance for 84% more money, a 4070ti which delivers 43% more performance for 52% more money, a 4070 which delivers +30% for 28% more money and a 4060ti which is around 10% faster for 8% more money so can you not see why most people are moaning.I looked at it's performance increase over my 3090 and decided I wanted it, even with the price increase. Evidently many others did, as 4090's have been a huge success and big seller for Nvidia.
A 70% performance uplift for 14% extra money is good if you're used to paying that much anyway but look at it from other peoples perspective further down, you have a 4080 which delivers 48% performance for 84% more money, a 4070ti which delivers 43% more performance for 52% more money, a 4070 which delivers +30% for 28% more money and a 4060ti which is around 10% faster for 8% more money so can you not see why most people are moaning.
Thats how its been for years now and not just the 3000 series, the 2nd tier card never had a performance gap of 33-40% though, that sort of margin is where the 70 class usually sits.In terms of product stack, the 30 series was not linearly priced, which I think is a big part of the problem here. The 40 series is very linearly priced. So when you compare against say 3080fe which was very keenly priced it's not much of a value jump, but the 3090fe was only a bit faster than the 3080 but over double the price so terrible value. The 4090 is a fair bit faster than the 4080.
If it wasn't skewed by the last gen, linear pricing is actually a reasonable approach that we should have been pleased about.
In terms of product stack, the 30 series was not linearly priced, which I think is a big part of the problem here. The 40 series is very linearly priced. So when you compare against say 3080fe which was very keenly priced it's not much of a value jump, but the 3090fe was only a bit faster than the 3080 but over double the price so terrible value. The 4090 is a fair bit faster than the 4080.
If it wasn't skewed by the last gen, linear pricing is actually a reasonable approach that we should have been pleased about.
Last gen wasn't skewed, linear pricing is not the norm and never has been. This generation is skewed.
Don't have a gpu and its been many months now so I did cave, off selling my 30606 ti for £250 took the sting out of it but it is still bad, really wanted a 4080 but no chance.Your actions don't speak to your desires. Hoping prices come down but caving to prices you know are too high are why prices are so high. Send them a message!
Don't have a gpu and its been many months now so I did cave, off selling my 30606 ti for £250 took the sting out of it but it is still bad, really wanted a 4080 but no chance.
Was looking at those but the problem with was my power supply, I'm using a sfx build with a 550w, I know a 4070ti will run off it with a 5600x and an undervolt but a 3080/ti probably wouldn't, £450 is what I just paid for the 4070ti so is not terrible after selling my old gpu. I reckon in a couple of years I can sell it for a good chunk and get a used 4080 at a more reasonable price.Look into used 3080/3080 Ti models..
Yer, like the ATI 5850 was about 200 quid, then you could get the 5870 for 300 that was around 15% faster, those that didn't want to pay more already got near top tier.Last gen wasn't skewed, linear pricing is not the norm and never has been. This generation is skewed.
Yer, like the ATI 5850 was about 200 quid, then you could get the 5870 for 300 that was around 15% faster, those that didn't want to pay more already got near top tier.
Those were the good times. The last time we had that was with the 3080. I saved around £800 and the difference was around 15%
That is what I want to see again going forward. Loads of people will still buy the top end card for various reasons, milk those guys
3080 had 85% of the performance of 3090 for 45% of its price. Was an excellent deal. However it did have some planned obsolescence in it with 10GB of ram at launch. Applying that to this generation, 4080 should have been priced $630, rather than $1200. The relative value of 4080 is almost half of 3080 (at MSRP, for those of us who got them).
I'm not giving my money Nvidia again until I can get good value for it.
Perhaps not but if your willing to go AMD I can see the XTX coming down to 900 and below this year.Im just praying 4070ti prices come down to £700 and then I'll cave and buy one, even though its still overpriced I cant see 4080 getting down to £900 unless second hand anytime this year.
£700 for a mid tier gpu that cant even do 4k properly is depressing to say the least, my next upgrade cycle will def be a console if the prices carry on.
Not the case.Last gen wasn't skewed, linear pricing is not the norm and never has been. This generation is skewed.