Tuesday, November 6th 2018
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Supply is Reportedly Dwindling, Prices on the Rise
Multiple sources confirmed to GamersNexus that the GTX 1080 Ti is starting to be really difficult to find. Supplies are decreasing and the reason seems to be clear: NVIDIA could have stopped the production of those graphics cards. This has had an immediate effect on these cards' prices, which in the last few days have increased everywhere in the world. The performance differences with the new GeForce RTX 2080 are not that important if you don't need the RT part of the equation -we could confirm this on our own review-, but the price of these new graphics card have made considering a 1080 Ti a viable option for many users that are looking to upgrade their systems.
Prices for the RTX 2080 start at $769 at Newegg for example, while the cheapest GTX 1080 Ti costs $850 there. The story is the same at Amazon, where we can find the cheapest RTX 2080 at $799,99 versus the $878.12 for a used model of the GTX 1080 Ti. The high-end model of the Pascal series competes directly with the RTX 2080 and was cheaper not long ago, but that's not the story now. With prices climbing, some are claiming the same will happen to the GTX 1080, GTX 1070 or GTX 1070 Ti in the next few weeks. Reports of RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti inexplicably dying on users could also be fueling consumer-fear, as well as a [temporary] erosion in the value proposition of the RTX 20-series itself, as Microsoft pulled Windows 10 1809 Update, leaving fewer people with DirectX Ray-tracing, the software foundation for RTX.
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GamersNexus
Prices for the RTX 2080 start at $769 at Newegg for example, while the cheapest GTX 1080 Ti costs $850 there. The story is the same at Amazon, where we can find the cheapest RTX 2080 at $799,99 versus the $878.12 for a used model of the GTX 1080 Ti. The high-end model of the Pascal series competes directly with the RTX 2080 and was cheaper not long ago, but that's not the story now. With prices climbing, some are claiming the same will happen to the GTX 1080, GTX 1070 or GTX 1070 Ti in the next few weeks. Reports of RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti inexplicably dying on users could also be fueling consumer-fear, as well as a [temporary] erosion in the value proposition of the RTX 20-series itself, as Microsoft pulled Windows 10 1809 Update, leaving fewer people with DirectX Ray-tracing, the software foundation for RTX.
84 Comments on GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Supply is Reportedly Dwindling, Prices on the Rise
Your question and response doesn’t change the fact that if you find a 2018 model year car on a lot after the 2019 releases, it is a leftover. Every car sold, at least here in the USA, has the car’s manufacture date readily available, so you can verify when that 2018 car was made.
As to Nvidia, let me give you this. April 15, 2016 980Ti, 980, and 970 production ends.
linustechtips.com/main/topic/582268-rumor-has-it-nvidia-discontinued-production-for-gtx970-980-and-980ti-gpus-to-be-replaced-with-pascal-chips-this-june/
The 1080 was then actually announced on May 6, 2016 with a release on May 27, 2016.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_10_series
And the Kepler to Maxwell transition, again indicating that Kepler discontinued when Maxwell announced, and whatever is available is what is already in retail pipeline.
www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-releases-549-gtx-980-beats-780-ti-in-benchm/1100-6422422/
What the OP of this news piece left out was the Reason that 1080Ti is in short supply. “Multiple sources” conveyed that production ended some time ago. Based on the last two cycles, that is not hard to believe at all.
www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/11/05/report-nvidia-gtx-1080-ti-no-longer-in-production-supply-running-low/amp/
Because, in the link about Kepler to Maxwell transition you provided, it says this:Notice it doesn't say "have been discontinued": that is "the core" of our difference of opinion, the way i see it. I say they are currently phasing it out while you say they have already done so quite a while back. Ramping down production of the older product while ramping up production of the next product is what makes sense to me, but this doesn't mean the ramping down phase is a long lived one: could be over 3 months but could also be over 15 days until it ends up discontinued.
IMO, it would be stupid to cut off production of the older model until they know the new product is selling competitively, by which time it indeed makes sense to discontinue the older model but what you're saying is that they already have when they started production of the newer model. Why stupid? Because should some issue with the new model arise that end up making it's adoption much more difficult than anticipated, they would have nothing to fall back on.
What we do know is that A “RX 590 fighter” is going to be offered with GDDR5X. Either they have an excess of 1060’s or GDDR5X on hand. It’s unclear. This is the news they have given us on the 1060, and it leads me to conclude nothing, since it doesn’t even talk about producing, just selling.It really doesn’t matter what your OPINION is, it isn’t the way Nvidia produces through their contracted fab, TSMC. Go ahead and offer them your OPINION on what you think is smarter. Maybe they will adopt your suggestion.
I only argue points to which I have knowledge and experience. In the case of this article, history speaks for itself. When the GTX280 was released, NVidia continued to make the 9800 for a solid half year before fully committing to the 200 series. The same thing with 700 series to the 900 series and 900 to 1000. There's no reason to believe that this generational switch will be any different. So until NVidia themselves announce that they have ceased production already, there's no real reason to conclude they will change their business plan.
Thus the shortage is likely because of the less than stellar reception of the RTX series and people buying up the next best thing in large amounts. Seems a far more reasonable and logical explanation.
Yet you continue this delusional charade because you do not know how to admit you are wrong. I observe way more than I participate, and I see you arguing endlessly with numerous other members, just to argue. You think I am not the only one that sees it?
Go ahead and write your own script for the shortage.
now nvidia is doing it too
its still laughable that so many people actually bought the rtx 2080ti, a card with 60% higher msrp than the card it was suppose to replace