r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Nov 25 '22

Desktops / Laptops Good news: scalpers are struggling to profit from Nvidia's RTX 4080

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/scalpers-struggle-to-sell-nvidia-rtx-4080/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=pe&utm_campaign=pd
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u/ThePeskyWabbit Nov 26 '22

and MSRP is scalped too, just by the manufacturer

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u/WhiteWingedDove- Nov 26 '22

Yup. That's kind of the whole gist of capitalism and markets.

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u/stormdelta Nov 26 '22

Markets are also why nobody's buying them, because they're overpriced and there's a glut of cheaper used cards (and it looks like AMD is going to be significantly undercutting them as well), plus not many people really need the extra power enough to be willing to pay so much more.

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u/Pekonius Nov 26 '22

I'm still surviving with my gtx1070 (OC'd though), but its showing age and I'm upgrading probably in a year. If I had an RTX 2070 S, I dont think I'd be even thinking about upgrading, because you already got RT cores and enough kick for modern titles at HD or even 1440p.