More Pain for Gamers :-(

[Greebo]

Not that I am defending them but it could quite purely be a rise in cost due to production. I would imagine the whole manufacturing pipeline is feeling the pinch and they are just passing on the cost increase to the consumer. Before Xmas Gibbo warned that RAM/memory was due to shoot up because they are expecting a massive shortage and I know there are issues with sourcing laptops in bulk through work having problems buying them.

Maybe but the cynic in me doesnt believe the costs of the 3090 have increased by $200.

 

[Mustak131]

That same store appears to have 4 different 3060Ti's in stock right now, ranging from £459 to £599

*Update* £459 cards now sold out. £519 is next cheapest now.

I saw it at the price you paid. Went for the 3070fe for £469 plus the tenner post

 

[DeathStorm]

Thankyou!

Signed up to PartAlert on Discord and managed to bag a 3060ti FE this afternoon

Nice.

Good to see a few 3080's floating around now too, I'm a little curious to see when we reach the point people aren't prepared to pay nearly £1k so they just sit unsold and what happens to the price.

 

[varkanoid]

Maybe but the cynic in me doesnt believe the costs of the 3090 have increased by $200.

£1650 for a 3090 is a good price.

 

[Greebo]

£1650 for a 3090 is a good price.

Original list price of the Asus Strix 3090 OC was £1500. I saw a few cards sold at that price. Since then most places have it for £1700+

So if Asus have now upped it to £1650 list price, it just means everywhere will have them for £1850+

 

[gpuerrilla]

Most miners use low end CPUs and don't mine on them, mining in the UK isnt always profitable due to the electricity prices but at the moment the returns are crazy high the ROI is quite low around 6 months then you are into pure profit for many cards at RRP...the profit is obscene right now.

 

[mr1000]

I saw it at the price you paid. Went for the 3070fe for £469 plus the tenner post

The 3060 alerted first for me and I jumped on it, had it been the other way round I would have got the 3070.

Still happy though.

 

[varkanoid]

3060ti FE is a very good card and a bargain at that price. Near 2080ti performance for £369 and its quiet and cool and overclocks like a beast.

 

[ne0]

Plugged a 3090 in today. Just got fed up with waiting and I can't see it getting any better any time soon. By the looks of things I was lucky I got in there quick as the prices are going to go up even more?

 

[Darujhistan]

Plugged a 3090 in today. Just got fed up with waiting and I can't see it getting any better any time soon. By the looks of things I was lucky I got in there quick as the prices are going to go up even more?

Yep things are getting worse not better by the look of things, glad I bought a 3060ti in December now. Just checking where I bought mine from and although they're all out of stock my card and others have all gone up by at least another £20.

 

[FishPolice]

I jumped on the bandwagon, signed up with Discord PartAlert yesterday, struggled for a bit trying to get my ancient brain around it, and literally just now managed to grab myself a 3070 .

 

[FishPolice]

Oops delete please

 

[Darujhistan]

I jumped on the bandwagon, signed up with Discord PartAlert yesterday, struggled for a bit trying to get my ancient brain around it, and literally just now managed to grab myself a 3070 .

I can't believe people are still in queues...their cards are being sold to people while they sit there like fools, their money sat in retailers accounts...

 

[FishPolice]

I can't believe people are still in queues...their cards are being sold to people while they sit there like fools, their money sat in retailers accounts...

Yeah it does feel a bit odd. Like where did my card suddenly appear from? OK it's not as desirable as a 3080 perhaps but even so, surely someone's got a preorder on the go for one?

 

[Darujhistan]

Yeah it does feel a bit odd. Like where did my card suddenly appear from? OK it's not as desirable as a 3080 perhaps but even so, surely someone's got a preorder on the go for one?

Exactly, all this pre-ordering and queueing was a complete mug's game from the outset. Just a way to part people from their cash for nothing in return. Thanks got your cash, now I can sell your card again to someone else...I'm amazed people can't see it!

 

[FishPolice]

Exactly, all this pre-ordering and queueing was a complete mug's game from the outset. Just a way to part people from their cash for nothing in return. Thanks got your cash, now I can sell your card again to someone else...I'm amazed people can't see it!

Yeah I suppose so. Its like they're thinking "OK these people that are prepared to sit in their queues are always going to wait, in the meantime there's these other frenzied "fomo's" desperately hunting cards. Might as well grab the desperate people's custom now and the waiters can wait in line like they always do and they can get their cards later when the frenzy has died down. "

 

[DeathStorm]

I'm not aware of any companies running a queue and selling stock meant for people in queue to new customers, did you just make that up?

 

[SkillTim]

What annoys me the most is whining (hypocrisy identified). If mining is profitable, get your act together and setup a mining rig.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

surprised nvidia dont accidentally shut down game streaming servers just to have them mine till they find out what the issue is. lol

 

[pc-guy]

Not bad if your into it.



Mentioned this to @TNA after he silently scoffed at my mid-life crysis purchase!

that sounds like an expensive outlay - $2000 for a 3090 now. 3080 apparently has much better return due to lower power requirement and lower capital cost.

i think the 3080 is around $6/day profit after running cost. that rig with 78x3080 looks like it will pay back the capital investment in 6months time assuming crypto stays as the same price as of 4th Jan.

the problem is who know what crypto will be like in 6months time, could be all time high or all time low. big big gamble