Are we? Seems like GPUs are not available on launch, or even after a long while. Scalpers are at it again. Should I not wait and look into the used market?
Have you seen the issues with the 50’s? I’m voting to skip until na-euv is widespread
Are we going through another scalping apocalypse?
Submitted 1 week ago by penquin@lemm.ee to gaming@beehaw.org
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Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 week ago
penquin@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah, I’ve seen the melting wires. Good thing I’m a Linux user and don’t mess with Nvidia anyway.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Ye, it’s nice to be stuck with less options
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I think we’ve never really left, and it’s been going on for much longer. All the popular tech gets scalped. Switch, PS5, Phones GPUs, etc. If you can’t launch with infinite products available, it’s going to get scalped nowadays.
luciole@beehaw.org 1 week ago
I’d say not. During the last crypto fuelled shortage there was practically nothing available and anything you could get your hands on was ludicrously expensive. Just checked on a few stores and there is currently some offer at varying prices. Just don’t obsess on last gen Nvidia products.
jarfil@beehaw.org 1 week ago
What are you looking for?
RTX 50 just dropped, they’re in the “beta early adopter” phase, AKA expensive for people with more dough than smarts. They’re the same TSMC 4N process as the RTX 40, and unless you have a PCIe 5.0 motherboard, the RTX 50 makes little sense. No need to go to used market, but I’d personally stick to the 4060/4070 for the time being, or the Radeon RX 7600/7700.
If you need some serious AI oomph… then go to the pro line, there are some nice RTX Ada for less than $10k, or rent some cloud H100s.
penquin@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Nope, none of that. I was just wondering seeing all these people online not being able to get any GPUs for the last like 5 years now? I have an RX6600 that I got from Facebook for $100 and it has been serving me well. Waiting for the new AMD GPUs to see how good they are (that is where my post stemmed from) so I can snag one and give the 6600 to my son. If I can’t get any of the new AMDs, I was going to get the 7800xt and call it a day.
NastyNative@mander.xyz 5 days ago
Im still on a 3080ti playing 4k screw upgrading!
penquin@lemm.ee 5 days ago
3080ti is actually a badass GPU. Upgrading from it would be only a luxury and for someone who’s perusing those extra frames. I’d be so grateful if I had a 3080ti
Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 week ago
Tariffs probably not helping. Probably raw materials/components also being hit from retaliatory tariffs, making it harder to produce stock…
megopie@beehaw.org 4 days ago
There definitely has been some scalping, but also, just, not a huge amount of inventory available. A bit of a paper launch TBH.
TSMC only has so much throughput available and NVIDIA has other products they’re selling that they can make better margins on than consumer GPUs. I’m a little surprised they launched at all given how few they’re shipping.
I wonder how much of launching now was to generate buzz to get studios to adopt methods of rendering that work best with with software, make it harder for competitors to compete on hardware.
Obelix@feddit.org 5 days ago
Just be patient. Those new GPUs are so new, expensive and rare that no game has them as target hardware. Stay on your current setup and wait until games are catching up and prices go down.
penquin@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Honestly, you’re right. I’ve been patient for a long time and I can pull another year or two. I’ve been eying the RX7800xt. It’s on Amazon for $550ish. Maybe it’ll get cheaper when the new GPUs launch and I can then snag me one of them. Or maybe even the 7900xt? Will see
HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org 1 week ago
Newegg has gotten some 5080 stock around 4:30 PST the past few days. They’re only in stock for a few minutes so mash F5 and buy whatever is in stock and figure out the rest after checkout. Most are bundled with a PSU, but the ones I’ve seen aren’t crap PSUs they’re trying to get rid of like the 40 launch. www.nowinstock.net/computers/…/full_history/
I manage to get a 5080 at launch with a bundled PSU, then sold the PSU and my old 4080.
kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Why upgrade from a 4080 to a 5080?
HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org 6 days ago
So I have a reason to sell my 4080 to my friend at the discount friend price. They got a 4080 for $700 and I got a 5080 for ~$700.
infinitevalence@discuss.online 1 week ago
No nvidia’s just greedy AF. The AMD card due out in March is expected to demolish the 5070 and nearly match the 5080 at $500.
penquin@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Is it going to be available or is it going to be gobbled up by these ghouls scalpers?
infinitevalence@discuss.online 1 week ago
Unlike Nvidia they will not be artificially restricting production. It’s already in backrooms and shelves they’ve been bringing them over from manufacturers for months now. There will probably still be some scalping but it’s expected to be enough supply to actually meet demand.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 week ago
I would never expect anything day 1, ever. Scalpers ruined day 1. And though I would be surprised if they were out of stock a week later. Unlike Nvidia they actually want to sell cards.