Overclockers UK start selling high-end GPUs below their MSRPs
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If you are thinking on mining with them, just forget about it. You will never ROI the gpu
If you are a gamer you are going to have far better deals on the second hand market once GPU miners capitulate and finally accept that ETH cannot be replaced for another PoW algo and that there is no coin that will remain profitable after ETH PoS.
In either 2 options, just don't buy. Second hand market is going to be heaven for gamers.
If you are a gamer you are going to have far better deals on the second hand market once GPU miners capitulate and finally accept that ETH cannot be replaced for another PoW algo and that there is no coin that will remain profitable after ETH PoS.
In either 2 options, just don't buy. Second hand market is going to be heaven for gamers.
Why is almost every post you make a reference to mining? Sounding like a broken record.
Second hand market is not going to be heaven, in some places because the value of these cards are holding so strong that I personally see GPU prices almost the same price as retail even after all this time.
Thats always been the selling point for me given the lack of headroom alot of these cards have these days.
EVGA always provided the best. Sadly their pricing here is just astronomical now. Not their fault, its just how they are valued in Norway.
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AngryGoldfish
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I wouldn't buy a high-end used card unless it was from a forum member like one of you guys who I knew wasn't going to sell me a dud knowingly. I'd much rather pay more for it to be brand new. Love buying used stuff, but PC hardware is not one of them.
AlienALX
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Yup big part of why I bought a B grade from OCUK. I have three months to find out if there is anything wrong with it, and then I can move onto Asus. Obviously not as good as a brand brand new with full warranty.
EVGA has a good warranty. But you do pay for it, even in normal times. Plus in the old days you would have to send your GPU back to Germany which was about £30, as they insisted you use UPS. Now though apparently Scan handle it (which I don't know whether I would be happy or terrified about, given their sucky attitude on faulty returns).
Either way prices still have a ways to go. In the UK it's only really Gigabyte getting all aggressive so far. They are doing the cheapest 6800XT in the UK for £649. I think AMD have more to lose by not selling cards quickly. Chances are theirs cost them much more to make, given they went with TSMC and paid for the privilege. Nvidia IMO still have a ways to go, so definitely 100% DO NOT listen to this belmet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p79H_XOwpZo&ab_channel=JayzTwoCents
"I was just tipped off by a little birdie". Yeah, most certainly Jacob at EVGA getting Jay to pimp their cards so they can sell as many now at higher prices as possible. Funny how the video leads into him going on EVGA's site and pointing out the super low prices.
It's also funny how he says he has never seen Nvidia do this before. Funny because he either wasn't born when the 400 series came out or seems to have amnesia. But, for those that don't remember it went like this.
Nvidia launched the GTX 480 at £450. Within three months it was less than half that, as no one wanted it. The 470 launched at £350. I got one 7 weeks after launch for £170.
If he thinks prices won't continue to fall? he is clearly high. I understood this when I paid £720 for my 6800XT. However, in my defence? the 6800XT can drop to £500 and I would still have done good, given I specifically needed one with a 240mm water cooler on it.
But I reckon by the time all is said and done? you'll be getting 3080s for about £500 or less. I know Nvidia are leaking rumours that they are delaying the launch of the 40 series due to high stocks, but at the end of the day once they do launch the 40 series prices will fall to the ground due to the way people's brains work. It's amazing how many people are saying that current GPUs are all "EOL" and etc. Funny people seem to forget how well they perform even with new ones coming out LOL. That doesn't all of a sudden fall off a cliff because a new one is out.
But yeah of all of the videos I have seen? Jay is the *ONLY* one saying to buy now. Absolutely every one else is saying wait and force Nvidia's hand. So I reckon something is going on behind closed doors.
AlienALX
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I would watch this guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2aE9CSnU0&ab_channel=TechYESCity
This guy gets it. Especially where he points out that the cards Jay is pimping are the ones that never made financial sense in the first place, even at RRP.
TYC is the tightest Youtuber I have ever seen. Like you could shove a piece of coal up his ass and get a diamond. As such he picks the peanuts out of the poo on anything financial and I totally agree with his stance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2aE9CSnU0&ab_channel=TechYESCity
This guy gets it. Especially where he points out that the cards Jay is pimping are the ones that never made financial sense in the first place, even at RRP.
TYC is the tightest Youtuber I have ever seen. Like you could shove a piece of coal up his ass and get a diamond. As such he picks the peanuts out of the poo on anything financial and I totally agree with his stance.
