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Arghh, don’t know what to do now.

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I was going to get a used year old one for £325 locally but picked up new Asus OC card for £395. As I got £350 for my old card this has only cost me £45. I am happy enough for now.

I know for a bit more again there will be better cards but I don’t care, I’ll upgrade next year when everything settles down.
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Very wise mate ,
 
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running the same cpu at 4.6gz and same ram 16gb 3200mhz and the asus dual evo oc 2070 super at 1440p g synch 144hz and its ok for what i play but cant max out the settings and averaging around 100fps, its a nice card but i really want the 3080 to max out and get more fps
 
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running the same cpu at 4.6gz and same ram 16gb 3200mhz and the asus dual evo oc 2070 super at 1440p g synch 144hz and its ok for what i play but cant max out the settings and averaging around 100fps, its a nice card but i really want the 3080 to max out and get more fps

To be honest I should have just kept the 1080ti as it did fine in everything I play, I just got the 3080 gas!

When I do upgrade this current PC will still be a perfectly capable machine. I might even dedicate it to my music production and the new one for gaming only!
 
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I was going to get a used year old one for £325 locally but picked up new Asus OC card for £395. As I got £350 for my old card this has only cost me £45. I am happy enough for now.

I know for a bit more again there will be better cards but I don’t care, I’ll upgrade next year when everything settles down.
Peace!

I sold my 1080Ti for about the same you did, and purchased a cheap 7870 for the mean time, xmas is really going to suck if the 3080 doesn't arrive before.
 
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I sold my 1080Ti for about the same you did, and purchased a cheap 7870 for the mean time, xmas is really going to suck if the 3080 doesn't arrive before.

Yep, I wasn’t going to wait around, checking daily to see if any stock updates. Plus not knowing if there were going to be technical issues with my £700 purchase, no thanks. I’m happy I’ve bought the 2070 Super, it will do for now.
 
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Yep, I wasn’t going to wait around, checking daily to see if any stock updates. Plus not knowing if there were going to be technical issues with my £700 purchase, no thanks. I’m happy I’ve bought the 2070 Super, it will do for now.

The only issue I see with the 2070S is the 3070 launch, that will probably cripple the resell price, that's why I sold my 1080Ti early and went with a cheap GPU I can keep as spare incase/when the 3080 kicks the bucket.
 
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Yeah no rush here either, i'll just grab one when i can :)

Just coming back to say that the RTX 2070 Super is doing great!

In Assetto Corsa Competizione (3440x1440) I am locked at 100fps and it looks and feels fantastic.
In Battlefield 5 (2560x1440) with settings cranked up everything looks and feels fantastic too.

Lesson learned - no need to upgrade for the sake of it when something shiny and new comes out! I can now sit back and watch everything unfold over the next few months.
By going this route it’s cost me £45 to get a brand new card instead of £2K+ for a new computer which probably wouldn’t have made game play any more enjoyable.
 
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