Nvidia's 3000 Series RTX GPU [3090s with different memory capacity]
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you have to wonder how you can buy one of those safely. Not only because of the usage, or how close they are to the verge of breaking, and still they are almost sold out.
NVIDIA RTX 30 'Ampere' GPU Supply Evaporates From The Market As Second Hand Prices Increase By Up To 200%
Almost a month after Ethereum's Proof-of-stake consensus mechanism went online, the market has been flooded with used GPUs. RTX 3060s could be found as low as $99 and if you were willing to take the risk that the GPU might conk out on you after a few months - then there were some seriously sweet...wccftech.com
This is also going to contribute to nVidia's absolute dominance even if for the first time in many years, Nvidia released a GPU, the RTX 4080 and it's not out of stock. Retailers are worried and calling it already a flop.
When people ask me which GPU you they should get, they almost always mean which NVIDIA GPU should they get. I know a small handfull of people (both online and IRL) who have AMD cards, and they either really know about PC hardware or have no clue. Everyone in the middle who isn't either an expert PC veteran or absolute nooblet has NVIDIA.
Silent_Buddha
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This is going to be an interesting graphics cycle. NV are determined to greatly increase the prices of GPUs and AMD appear to be holding steady to their previous gen pricing (which had been increased due to the crypto-mining bubble) and we're now going into economic headwinds where you're average PC gamer is finding it hard to justify either of those prices GPUs.
That drop from Q2 to Q3 is historically massive.
Previous gen, some GPU buyers could justify paying a higher price by telling themselves they could do some mining to recoup the cost if they wanted or that they could resell it to miners (potentially for a profit) when they upgraded. Neither of those are a factor now.
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SB
GPU Tariff Exemption Expires December 31, Could Spell Higher Graphics Card Prices
December might be a good time to buy a new graphics card
At least US prices might be going up after new years, GPU tariff exemption is running out.
DavidGraham
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HUB thumbnails are always farcical ..
It’s up to 35% in their selection of games.
Flappy Pannus
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When watching that video I thought at least the familiar cadre of posters here can't possibly defend this, looks like I was wrong.
Ok, so they put the worst-case scenario of the performance drop in their thumbnail. I mean ffs, this is your 'gotcha' moment? Come on. They can engage in hyperbole of course, but why even bother trying to put lipstick on this pig.
It's a ridiculous product and deserves all the scorn it's going to get. As they said, if this naming scheme was even slightly altered, such as calling it a 3060 LE (should be a 3050 TI imo), and the price was also every so slightly altered to reflect the different category it was in, the tone of the review would have been decidedly different. This product is purposely designed to obfuscate. It's perfectly reasonable to call that out.
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Unfortunately it doesn't matter what the criticism is, whether it's justified or not. They will defend their beloved company at every turn... for some reason. No idea why anyone gets so obsessed with any company unless they're specifically paid to do so.
If DF call out Nvidia on something then it's crickets here by them.
Can someone give a summary of what HUB are saying here?
They stealth released a 3060 with less VRAM and bandwidth at the same price with no naming differential.
If it's slower by as much as those thumbnails suggest then yes, that's obviously BS.
Generally speaking Nvidia are legends from an engineering perspective and total twats from a corporate perspective.
Generally speaking Nvidia are legends from an engineering perspective and total twats from a corporate perspective.
I would describe it as deliberate con man "artistry", it doesn't reach fraud level because the customer is buying and being delivered an actual product, just not the product they think if all they see in the OEM in the GPU description is "NVidia 3060" (likely with the "image may not represent the final product, for reference only" shenanigans attached somewhere) and omiting the memory and the very casual consumer who can't distinguish in detail what is actually buying.
