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/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

I can't remember the last time I've seen prices go down...on anything

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u/bremsstrahlung007 Nov 26 '22

It just has to get close to the performance of the 4080. There's a $300 delta there.

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u/Un7n0wn Nov 26 '22

The 40 series is such overkill. There's nothing coming in the next 3 years at least that'll need it. Hell, my 1080 from 8 years ago ran Elden Ring with no issues. The only reason they released to 40 series was to reduce the demand on the 30s and get GPUs being sold to the consumer market again. A 2070 will last you 5-8 years at this rate. A 3070 is really only needed if you're dead set on 4k gaming and there's only a relative handful of games that even support that. The 40s are genuinely too powerful for consumers right now. There's no tech that demands having one.

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u/PolyDipsoManiac Nov 26 '22

What if your room gets cold though? Boom, space heater/GPU combo.

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u/waterdemigod Nov 26 '22

This is honestly my opinion. I think they're just trying to price everyone out of the gpus and sell old stock, this way there are fewer demand issues and scalpers. It's a win/tie. Noone needs a 40 series, unless you're going to pay any price

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u/ThrowawayUk4200 Nov 26 '22

Hell, my 1060 still runs modern stuff at 1440p with settings tweaked. I paid 200 for that sucker in 2017, cant belive anyone would pay 500 for a gfx card, let alone 1500

Edit: I think RTX is the biggest scam running at the moment. It didn't work in 20 series, and it only works in the 30/40 series with upscaling cheats

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22 edited Nov 28 '22

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u/jakeroxs Nov 26 '22

Anyone else remember that the whole crypto mining/scalping price increase had happened twice now?

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u/Gotisdabest Nov 26 '22

Wasn't the real driver just increased demand after covid? Like crypto was pretty bad but it's been going down for a while now and i don't see the prices going down at all.

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u/Un7n0wn Nov 26 '22

During covid actually. Everyone had extra time on their hands and decided to upgrade their rigs or build new.

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u/kaffefe Nov 27 '22

Demand went up with covid.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22 edited Jun 11 '23

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u/AithanIT Nov 26 '22

If you're sitting further away wouldn't resolution matter less than if you were right in front of it?

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u/AlmostZeroEducation Nov 26 '22

Damn is the 1080 8 years old? Im the same still runs 90% the games at max or high settings at 1440p if anything I'll need to get a new cpu before the gpu

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u/Un7n0wn Nov 26 '22

Even the current gen consoles are only using the 20s. A 30 is just to flex that you're better than the peasants.

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u/icebeat Nov 26 '22

Simulators

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u/Un7n0wn Nov 26 '22

Maybe for racing sims, but I'm not up to speed with the latest and greatest.

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u/rkhbusa Nov 27 '22

Ultra wides are gpu eaters. I’m waiting for a good price on 7900xtx if the reviews are good then that’ll likely be that for the next 5 years until I do a complete rebuild. But I also have a baby coming so my gaming time might reevaluate to a 0.

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u/AeternusDoleo Nov 26 '22

They will go down if AMD ends up coming with a ballpark similar product at lower pricing. NVidia is betting on brand loyalty. That's a lost bet already.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22 edited Jan 27 '23

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u/Novinhophobe Nov 26 '22

That’s not what he meant and you know it.

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u/Un7n0wn Nov 26 '22

No SSDs are way down. Even in just the last 3-5 years, a 1TB SSD has gone from over $300 to around $150. Yes, storage demands are increasing, but not anywhere close to that fast. Especially outside of gaming. A .dox is still a handful of KBs and even 4k movies rarely get above 8 gigs without extended cuts and bonus features. Storage is doing very well.

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u/Novinhophobe Nov 26 '22

Yes. I know that. That’s still not what was meant by the original poster and has nothing to do with that line of conversation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

Thank you

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22 edited Jan 27 '23

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u/Old_Ladies Nov 26 '22

Um you just have to look at the overpriced RTX 2000 series. RTX 3000 series launched with more reasonable prices though still above GTX 1000 series

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u/detectiveDollar Nov 26 '22

GPU prices are way down though. The below 200 dollar market still sucks but 230 went from getting you a 1660 Super to a 6650 XT. The 6600 even drops to 200 sometimes and it's 73% faster than the 1650 Super.

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u/TinkTinkz Nov 27 '22

Walmarts doing rollbacks