What to get if you need a vidcard now? - Page 2

andino · Jan 13, 2021, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by acroig

I did that and I never got any notification.

I got them every day.

I had to go in after they notified me and set it to notify again. Like I said, they kick you off the list after they e-mail you.

GTwannabe · Jan 13, 2021, 01:49 PM

Email notifications are useless because mass emails are sent in batches throughout the day and delivery can be delayed by tens of minutes or several hours.

There are basically 4 ways to get a new GPU this year:

1. Prebuilt tower
2. Gaming laptop
3. Use a bot
4. Buy from a scalper at inflated price

LordHawkwind · Jan 13, 2021, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GTwannabe

Email notifications are useless because mass emails are sent in batches throughout the day and delivery can be delayed by tens of minutes or several hours.

There are basically 4 ways to get a new GPU this year:

1. Prebuilt tower
2. Gaming laptop
3. Use a bot
4. Buy from a scalper at inflated price

I just bought my 3090 off an online retailer who had some stock. Ordered the evening of 17/12 and on my desk at 10.am 19/12. Paid 10% over MSRP which I think is reasonable for an AIB card. By all accounts, and I can't verify this, there are regular drops at Nvidia UK for the 3090FE a few times a week.

Obviously the 3080 is a different matter as is the 6800/XT and 6900XT. I've got my new GPU so not bothered about supply shortages anymore.

***Lupine*** · Jan 13, 2021, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OverclockN'

How fast of a card do you need, or are you looking for Lupine?

Frankly, my Fury was more than sufficient for my needs. However I did upgrade my home screen at Thanksgiving, moving from 1080p to an LG 35" 3440x1440 @ 100Hz, and a Dell 32" 2560x1440 @ 165Hz at work. Currently driving both screens with onboard graphics. Not like I can't survive, but its not preferable.

More pressing are the Ryzen 7 3700x based systems I just put together for editing use. I put my Fury in one of those, and an older Radeon card in the other as stopgaps. Last vs current gen is probably not a big deal here, but the stopgap is not optimal.

**Trunks0** · Jan 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

The 3070 handles 1440p like a dream from my understanding. But good luck finding one. Easier to get a hold of a 3080 and of course, that will work even better anyway

Nunz · Jan 13, 2021, 06:54 PM

Microcenter!! I walked in randomly yesterday and they had a 3070 sitting there at 12:30 in the afternoon.

bill dennison · Jan 13, 2021, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Nunz

Microcenter!! I walked in randomly yesterday and they had a 3070 sitting there at 12:30 in the afternoon.

that is a 400 mile walk one way for some of us

Nunz · Jan 13, 2021, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bill dennison

that is a 400 mile walk one way for some of us

45min drive for me. I was there for a Crucial P5 2TB, and they happened to have 3 3090 (1 STRIX, 2 TUF), a 3070, 2 6800XT, a 5900X, 5800X, and 5700X.

I had to run out asap

OverclockN' · Jan 13, 2021, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nunz

Microcenter!! I walked in randomly yesterday and they had a 3070 sitting there at 12:30 in the afternoon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill dennison

that is a 400 mile walk one way for some of us

I just mapped it...471 miles to the neareset Microcenter.

Nunz · Jan 13, 2021, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by OverclockN'

I just mapped it...471 miles to the neareset Microcenter.

Take the yellow Z on a nice cruise. Worth it

OverclockN' · Jan 13, 2021, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Nunz

Take the yellow Z on a nice cruise. Worth it

Haha...currently, I'd legit never make it out of my neighborhood for sure. Maybe not even my own driveway.

KAC · Jan 14, 2021, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Nunz

45min drive for me. I was there for a Crucial P5 2TB, and they happened to have 3 3090 (1 STRIX, 2 TUF), a 3070, 2 6800XT, a 5900X, 5800X, and 5700X.

I had to run out asap

So you are telling me you went into MC and did not pick up the 3090 and a 5900X?

andino · Jan 14, 2021, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTwannabe

Email notifications are useless because mass emails are sent in batches throughout the day and delivery can be delayed by tens of minutes or several hours.

There are basically 4 ways to get a new GPU this year:

1. Prebuilt tower
2. Gaming laptop
3. Use a bot
4. Buy from a scalper at inflated price

I used the e-mail notifications to get a better understanding of the scheduling of the drops.

Then I pressed CTRL+Shift+R on the card I was looking for around the times that they usually dropped. I was looking for a week before I got the card I wanted off of Newegg Business and I paid $100 over MSRP for it. Now the card is listing for $300 over what I paid for it.

Technically I did not get the card off of notifications. I used it as a tool to give me a better understanding for when the cards dropped. Then spammed the Newegg Business site. It worked because less people are hitting up that site. So the chances of landing the card are greater than being 1 of 50,000 people hitting up the newegg.com site daily.

On a side note, I did use a bot and it got nothing. I had a couple of close calls but not much came from it. Bots were useful early on when you were competing with a few hundred people. Now that thousands of people are using the bots they are less useful.

The best technique that I could use to get the card was to time when the guy dropped them at newegg business and then spam the hell out of the page until it popped up. And it worked.

**Exposed** · Jan 14, 2021, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nunz

45min drive for me. I was there for a Crucial P5 2TB, and they happened to have 3 3090 (1 STRIX, 2 TUF), a 3070, 2 6800XT, a 5900X, 5800X, and 5700X.

I had to run out asap

Did you manage to see the price of the 3090's?

acroig · Jan 14, 2021, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Exposed

Did you manage to see the price of the 3090's?

Yeah, more expensive than the one I had gotten.

**Exposed** · Jan 14, 2021, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by acroig

Yeah, more expensive than the one I had gotten.

LOL yeah, thanks for reminding me I should have gotten it from you. If you had it right now I would send paypal asap asap asap. 3090 FE paired with afterburner seems like a great combo, surprised no one else took your offer.

KAC · Jan 14, 2021, 10:10 AM

I also regret not purchasing the 3090 from acroig.

. I even called dibs but then the 40 db sound at load just threw me off.

Nunz · Jan 14, 2021, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exposed

Did you manage to see the price of the 3090's?

Yeah. $1979 for the STRIX before tax. $1839 for the TUF I believe.

@KAC yeah I walked out without either. I nearly grabbed the STRIX because I wanted to hook my dad up since he's still running a 2080TI, but I can't stomach $2100 after tax to help him out. I'm perfectly happy with the 3080.

I also have no interest in Zen3 since it's as fast or slower than what I have now.

**logical** · Jan 14, 2021, 11:14 AM

I think there is 0 chance walking into my microcenter and finding a 5900x/3000 series anything sitting on the floor. I hate microcenter its musty in there and smells of nerds

acroig · Jan 14, 2021, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Exposed

LOL yeah, thanks for reminding me I should have gotten it from you. If you had it right now I would send paypal asap asap asap. 3090 FE paired with afterburner seems like a great combo, surprised no one else took your offer.

I was surprised as well. I know it's an expensive card but this one was the least expensive, especially now with the tariffs kicking in.

acroig · Jan 14, 2021, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by logical

I think there is 0 chance walking into my microcenter and finding a 5900x/3000 series anything sitting on the floor. I hate microcenter its musty in there and smells of nerds

Oh snap, he called us nerds.

Hello, USPS, please return back my package....

***Lupine*** · Jan 14, 2021, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nunz

Yeah. $1979 for the STRIX before tax. $1839 for the TUF I believe.

@KAC yeah I walked out without either. I nearly grabbed the STRIX because I wanted to hook my dad up since he's still running a 2080TI, but I can't stomach $2100 after tax to help him out. I'm perfectly happy with the 3080.

I also have no interest in Zen3 since it's as fast or slower than what I have now.

Holy crap. You guys are throwing these numbers out like they're halfway worth considering lol. Even a $500 card has me shaking my head and moving on. Sounds like current gen will be out of my range even when stocks and prices normalize.

KAC · Jan 14, 2021, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nunz

Yeah. $1979 for the STRIX before tax. $1839 for the TUF I believe.

@KAC yeah I walked out without either. I nearly grabbed the STRIX because I wanted to hook my dad up since he's still running a 2080TI, but I can't stomach $2100 after tax to help him out. I'm perfectly happy with the 3080.

I also have no interest in Zen3 since it's as fast or slower than what I have now.

That’s weak dude. I thought you would’ve gotten a Zen 3 and 3090 already. Also there was TUF. Damn I would’ve been all over it.

J/K btw.

acroig · Jan 14, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Lupine

Holy crap. You guys are throwing these numbers out like they're halfway worth considering lol. Even a $500 card has me shaking my head and moving on. Sounds like current gen will be out of my range even when stocks and prices normalize.

3060 next month for $330?

Nunz · Jan 14, 2021, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KAC

That’s weak dude. I thought you would’ve gotten a Zen 3 and 3090 already. Also there was TUF. Damn I would’ve been all over it.

J/K btw.

I don't know why anyone would want a 2x 8pin 3090. The 3080s struggle hard enough with power limit.. the 3090 would be even worse.

No point in Zen3. I was more tempted by the 10980XE they had in stock.

***Lupine*** · Jan 14, 2021, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acroig

3060 next month for $330?

That would be very tempting. For my own build, I'd probably "splurge" and step up the the 3070 if it would only hit the ~$500 MSRP.

For the work systems (graphics, video editing builds), even $330 is a stretch. I need to research their use cases, specifically if their editing apps take advantage of / get a significant GPU boost, vs what the 3700x procs provide alone. I only have a couple of Windows users in this group, and the Mac team will be getting M1 Mac builds shortly. Bang/buck very present on that side, which is a weird thing to type, being Apple lol.

acroig · Jan 14, 2021, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lupine

That would be very tempting. For my own build, I'd probably "splurge" and step up the the 3070 if it would only hit the ~$500 MSRP.

Only way to get one at that price is from here:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-...?skuId=6429442

OverclockN' · Jan 14, 2021, 01:23 PM

Lupine, if you're really hard up for a card "for now"...we could try and make a deal on one of my 1080Ti's if you like. I have one literally just sitting here and I was going to toss it on EBay soon for as much $$$ as possible. I'd be willing to get less for it if it helps you out, within reason.

Shoot me a PM if you're interested.

Nascar24 · Jan 14, 2021, 01:43 PM

Yea looks like if I waited I could have got a couple hundred more for my 1080 Ti

**Trunks0** · Jan 14, 2021, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lupine

That would be very tempting. For my own build, I'd probably "splurge" and step up the the 3070 if it would only hit the ~$500 MSRP.

For the work systems (graphics, video editing builds), even $330 is a stretch. I need to research their use cases, specifically if their editing apps take advantage of / get a significant GPU boost, vs what the 3700x procs provide alone. I only have a couple of Windows users in this group, and the Mac team will be getting M1 Mac builds shortly. Bang/buck very present on that side, which is a weird thing to type, being Apple lol.

The 3060Ti's is where I wanted to go for the my rig with my 32:9 Super Ultrawide(2k resolution really with it being 3840x1080). I just waffled on buying a launch card, they didn't come back in stock and then nVidia pulled that BS on HardwareUnboxed. Resulting in me voting with my wallet.

But it's an even sweeter spot than the 3070 imho. Totally a good way to go

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Jan 13, 2021, 05:19 PM	#35
Trunks0 Keeping an open mind Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 19,820	The 3070 handles 1440p like a dream from my understanding. But good luck finding one. Easier to get a hold of a 3080 and of course, that will work even better anyway __________________ -Trunks0 not speaking for all and if I am wrong I never said it. (plz note that is meant as a joke) System: Gigabyte Z87X D3H - Intel i5 4670k @ 4.2Ghz - CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Black RGB - 16Gb Kingston HyperX Black DDR3-1600 - Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD±RW - Samsung 850 Evo 250Gib - 4TiB Seagate - Asus Radeon R9 Fury STRIX - X-Fi XtremeMusic(darkside lives on) - Windows 10 64-bit

Jan 13, 2021, 01:49 PM	#32
GTwannabe Radeon Northern Islands Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,197	Email notifications are useless because mass emails are sent in batches throughout the day and delivery can be delayed by tens of minutes or several hours. There are basically 4 ways to get a new GPU this year: 1. Prebuilt tower 2. Gaming laptop 3. Use a bot 4. Buy from a scalper at inflated price

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Jan 14, 2021, 10:10 AM	#47
KAC RGB mofo, do you have it! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lahore Posts: 61,361	I also regret not purchasing the 3090 from acroig. . I even called dibs but then the 40 db sound at load just threw me off.

Jan 14, 2021, 11:14 AM	#49
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,739	I think there is 0 chance walking into my microcenter and finding a 5900x/3000 series anything sitting on the floor. I hate microcenter its musty in there and smells of nerds __________________

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Jan 14, 2021, 01:23 PM	#58
OverclockN' Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 24,404	Lupine, if you're really hard up for a card "for now"...we could try and make a deal on one of my 1080Ti's if you like. I have one literally just sitting here and I was going to toss it on EBay soon for as much $$$ as possible. I'd be willing to get less for it if it helps you out, within reason. Shoot me a PM if you're interested. __________________

Jan 14, 2021, 01:43 PM	#59
Nascar24 EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: BOINGGGGGGGG! Posts: 12,865	Yea looks like if I waited I could have got a couple hundred more for my 1080 Ti

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