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NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards
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Daidraco
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Prices, thankfully, are getting back to normal and vendors are keeping things in stock for a change. Pretty recent change, so maybe wait a bit more and we may start seeing some killer deals on particular parts.OK, so now for my seemingly quarterly check in....
How bad is the rapening on prices still?Mrs. Haus wants either a new gaming rig, or me to do a tech update on hers (new video card(s) and new SDD setup) otherwise.
Mist
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If you want a 3080 ti the prices on them are actually quite reasonable I think.
If you want something else its still hard to find decent ones in stock.
Like if I wanted a video card RIGHT NOW I would buy one of these:
Because I feel like its the thing you get least fucked on.
If you can find a 6800 XT for under a grand that's good too.
If you want something else its still hard to find decent ones in stock.
Like if I wanted a video card RIGHT NOW I would buy one of these:
Because I feel like its the thing you get least fucked on.
If you can find a 6800 XT for under a grand that's good too.
spronk
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it depends on whether you think spending $1300 on a new GPU is awesome or "holy fuck what"
if the former GPUs are available a-plenty but you are buying literally months before the 40xx series is announced which is likely going to be double the $/performance of 30xx but also return to a cycle of "you can only get a GPU if you try finger but hole" aka lube up
if the latter, well... console gaming is pretty cool right now
if the former GPUs are available a-plenty but you are buying literally months before the 40xx series is announced which is likely going to be double the $/performance of 30xx but also return to a cycle of "you can only get a GPU if you try finger but hole" aka lube up
if the latter, well... console gaming is pretty cool right now
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Tmac
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I think thats partially the reson for the availability right now. I think everyone in the know is waiting for the 40xx series. But then again in this market you get what you can because im sure the availability of the 40xx is going to be shit as well.
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Newegg had a Gigabyte 6900XT for 999.99 after a 150 MIR yesterday.
Still in stock as of 22:43 CST, sold by Newegg themselves:
www.newegg.com
So if you have to have one today, they're out there now. All of Mist's caveats still hold true: It's the end of a gen, new cards that are going to make top end cards seem like mid range cards are going to launch in 4ish months, but that was always going to be true. Buying at the start of a gen just makes it easier to take. There is another gen potentially another 12-18 months behind this one that is even more mind-blowing than this one, so assuming the Great Reset/New Cold War/UnknownVID or we aren't in the middle of starving, these cards we buy now or even later this year will seem underwhelming yet again, forever the viscous and fantastic cycle.
Still in stock as of 22:43 CST, sold by Newegg themselves:
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING OC Video Card, GV-R69XTGAMING OC-16GD - Newegg.com
Buy GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING OC Video Card, GV-R69XTGAMING OC-16GD with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
So if you have to have one today, they're out there now. All of Mist's caveats still hold true: It's the end of a gen, new cards that are going to make top end cards seem like mid range cards are going to launch in 4ish months, but that was always going to be true. Buying at the start of a gen just makes it easier to take. There is another gen potentially another 12-18 months behind this one that is even more mind-blowing than this one, so assuming the Great Reset/New Cold War/UnknownVID or we aren't in the middle of starving, these cards we buy now or even later this year will seem underwhelming yet again, forever the viscous and fantastic cycle.
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Xarpolis
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When I was younger, a friend of mine from the pool league bought a tanning bed for her hair styling salon. The room she wanted to put it in had an outlet, but it had a strange connection. One of the plugs was sideways.
Fortunately, I was comfortable with electricity, so I could take the outlet out of the wall and swap it out to a "normal" outlet that her tanning machine needed.
I made the change, and everything was good. Then we turned it on, and "BOOM". All the ballasts blew, so it became a very expensive swap. Oh well. Turns out the plug pictured above was actually a 220v, not a 110v. Whoops. I didn't get hurt, and she brought in a proper electrician to fix it.
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spronk
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even amazon is starting to have GPUs at msrp
ASUF 3070ti TUF at $699
www.amazon.com/ASUS-Graphics-DisplayPort-Military-Grade-Certification/dp/B096YPLGHG
ASUF 3070ti TUF at $699
www.amazon.com/ASUS-Graphics-DisplayPort-Military-Grade-Certification/dp/B096YPLGHG
Crone
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WTF? That's cheaper than EVGA, and no one has EVER been cheaper than EVGA through-out all of this at MSRP.
ASUS must be already putting in the no-tarriff prices while EVGA hasn't yet?
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Pro tip, if the plug will not fit into the outlet, hire an electrician to find out why. It's on purpose.
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Mist
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You were comfortable with electricity but you'd never moved an electric stove before to clean behind it? Installed an electric hot water heater or a large AC unit?
jfc.
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That plug above he showed is not like the huge 220v plugs they use for dryers or stoves. Its normal size except for the different prong config.
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