I guess I will just sit out till 2023 or something. I find the 3080 Ti price ridiculous, 3070 Ti doesn't have enough VRAM, and 3080 is still impossible to get.
I also got to think this situation is affecting PC gaming industry in general as it's much more expensive for newcomers or folks out of "the scene". Plus for people looking at $300ish range of cards (ie most people) and that doesn't exist.
I also got to think this situation is affecting PC gaming industry in general as it's much more expensive for newcomers or folks out of "the scene". Plus for people looking at $300ish range of cards (ie most people) and that doesn't exist.
It wasn't bypassed, Nv fucked up and released a developer preview driver which had it disabled.
This driver won't work with the new cards, even the new 3060s. They've changed the chips on them.
I said even before scalper prices in my post. But by all means, everyone go "team red". Maybe then it will be easier to buy 3080 Ti's and AMD can possibly provide better GPU's next series of cards. I think Nvidia could have provided a little more VRAM at this price point but people making it seem like the 3090 is a better value seems wild to me. At least in a gaming only scenario. Imo, it was completely expected for the Ti to be at this price factoring in tariffs.
AMD cards are ridiculously expensive (as bad or worse vs NVIDIA) whenever I see them in Newegg shuffle and seem to have even worse availability. It's a shit show either way.
Same. I'm off of this train until 2023. I'm thinking prices will normalize by then... If not, then I hope I'm making more money.
Yea I'm chillin with my 3090 Strix.
Approximately zero chance I get into anything resembling what the end of last year was like. I was losing sleep trying to get cards for people. You couldn't pay me enough. No fuckin shot. Sorry to those still in the trenches. Best of luck to you.
Approximately zero chance I get into anything resembling what the end of last year was like. I was losing sleep trying to get cards for people. You couldn't pay me enough. No fuckin shot. Sorry to those still in the trenches. Best of luck to you.
Part of me wants to sell my 2070S for the ridiculous prices they're going for and just game on consoles until I can get my hand on one of these cards/40xx series next year
That's a lot of bones for the 3080 Ti, what a joke.
Still incredibly happy I was able to snag my 3080 when I did.
Still incredibly happy I was able to snag my 3080 when I did.
has anyone written about how this affects the PC market? I hope it doesn't mean that it'll be contracting and publishers and devs will be less likely to make PC versions of their games because of a declining market due to this crypto bullshit and chip shortage.
Pretty much. :( PC building is becoming a disappointing hobby.
Seriously, I've managed to get a best buy gpu in my cart exactly once since September (and even then I didn't get it) 😭
Same here got it after launch for same price. Crazy how things have changed since Oct.
I would've thought about upgrading from my 3080 if the TI was 999 with 12 GB VRAM but at 1199 you might as well cough up the rest for a 3090.
At least in this hypothetical world where you can buy GPUs at MSRP. The cheapest 3080 I can find right now sits around 1900€, lmao.
At least in this hypothetical world where you can buy GPUs at MSRP. The cheapest 3080 I can find right now sits around 1900€, lmao.
Cool. Let's the bots get their prep work done. Can't have them be at a disadvantage, Best Buy.
Anyone know if these are going live today? I thought it was the 3rd?
It's kinda nuts to me that they are shipping out Ti models when the base ones aren't available or mature driver wise.
There are still some real oddities with the 30 series drivers that need to be ironed out and the pace they are going it could be another year.
There are still some real oddities with the 30 series drivers that need to be ironed out and the pace they are going it could be another year.
It's crazy that GPU's are now MSRP of what used to be a cost of a whole high end build 10 years ago, shit just keeps climbing lol I remember the outrage when the 8800 GTX was like $599.
Everyone is being squeezed by chip shortages. Right now there is unprecedented demand for video cards and consoles. So much that everyone is having a hard time finding one. If anything, I would say there has never been a better time to make or publish games given how healthy the PC and console ecosystem is right now.
There has been a shift in high end PC gaming just this past 5 years. It's no longer a smaller niche. It's mainstream now and when things becomes more mainstream it draw more people with much deeper pockets. It's why scalping on ebay is so successful. People are willing to pay even more then these MSRPs.
"General availability starts on June 3rd. For the EVGA.com store, EVGA Elite members will have 24hr exclusive access beginning June 3 at 6AM PDT to sign up for an EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti via the auto-notify queue. General availability to enter the auto-notify queue will begin at approximately June 4 at 6AM PDT for non-ELITE members at the EVGA.com store."
Oh yeah, I'm in there! Just got EVGA Elite status recently so hopefully my chances of getting a 3080 Ti this Summer are good!
Oh yeah, I'm in there! Just got EVGA Elite status recently so hopefully my chances of getting a 3080 Ti this Summer are good!
3080 looks to be the crown jewel for this generation, especially if you got it at launch or through an at MSRP queue such as EVGA's.
Nvidia's newest Flagship Tie
taboo but may as well mine until you can get a 3xxx series or 40xx series to fund the purchase before it ends up Proof of stake
Was that sent in an email? I got elite status but no updates on my end from EVGA.
Edit:
Just saw the text on the forums.
Yeah. I need a card since my current PC is giving me signs that it's about to peace out, but this whole process seems like a huge financial boondoggle. I've only picked up a CPU, Mobo, and SSD, and I'm already sitting at the price I paid for XSX/PS5. Now I need to track down one of these ridiculous GPUs, which apparently is significantly more difficult to find than anything else.
Didn't it come out that the only reason TSMC is behind is because they ordered low last year ? if so I would imagine they could easily ramp up again but the supply constraint is good for their pockets.
I am an EVGA elite member. Now to wait and see how worthless this is once the MSRP is jacked up.
PC is my favorite platform by far, but at this point i don't blame anyone who chooses to buy a 500 dollar console instead. Prices out of control on pc. Consoles are hard to find, but there are still more of them being produced, and MSRP still being used.
PC is my favorite platform by far, but at this point i don't blame anyone who chooses to buy a 500 dollar console instead. Prices out of control on pc. Consoles are hard to find, but there are still more of them being produced, and MSRP still being used.
This joke is aging really badly already, especially as "Ti" is a periodic table name for "titanium" which in fact is pronounced as "Tie" and not "tee eye".
But alas the joke's on Jensen I suppose.
June 3 for Elite members, June 4 for general public (those 24 hours probably will add 6-12 months to the wait lol)
Will Nvidia create a new chip and new driver again to fix this?
Yeah Nvidia ordered pretty low.
In fact they ordered 0.
Because Samsung are manufacturing their GPU dies. Lol.
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Truth. I miss the days when the 3060s of the world retailed for $299. I honestly feel like I'm being priced out of PC gaming. (If you can even get the parts, haha!)
It's one of the reasons I've switched back to XSX as my primary platform for most games.
oh trust me i'm very much aware I still loved my Geforce 4Ti which was beast at the time
100%. My general budget for a gaming PC before was roughly $1000-1200. Even then I only did a new build every 3 years. I cannot justify building a PC anymore, and it the price of parts are the primary reason people are getting pushed out of the market or turning to either a console or prebuilt systems.
Cryptocurrency needs to die in a fire.
To fix what? If they'll fuck up a second time and release another driver without hash rate limiter active then they deserve to burn for that really.
I think it's more likely that the limiter will be broken through some driver vulnerability this time though.
But from a technical perspective making a change in vBIOS ID and making an incremental increase in chips markings isn't a big change to perform and they may certainly repeat this again in such cases.
