Good time to upgrade the GPU ?!

[neatfeatguy]

Nvidia stops production RTX 3080 12 GB due to falling prices

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541046054904541184

Makes sense.

So many people cried about lack of VRAM on the 3080. Nvidia took advantage of stupid people by adding 2 more GB (which really isn't going to make a difference) and gave the new 3080 12GB a slight bump in performance. Then they tack on $300-400+ and let stupid people gobble them up for that extra 2GB of VRAM and around 5% performance gain over the 3080 10GB. Win for Nvidia.

Now that things have officially quieted on the GPU end, why waste resources on a GPU that's being priced to the point of the 3080Ti.

 

[eidairaman1]

Nvidia stops production RTX 3080 12 GB due to falling prices

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541046054904541184

Good ol ngreedia

Finally i've got a 6700xt for 360 USD from a miner in warranty 18 months left... So i will keep this card till the new generation on GPU will drop

LE - I've sold my old 1080ti for 310 USD

You may be surprised at this rate. If that thing is dirty clean it

 

[eazen]

Makes sense.

So many people cried about lack of VRAM on the 3080. Nvidia took advantage of stupid people by adding 2 more GB (which really isn't going to make a difference) and gave the new 3080 12GB a slight bump in performance. Then they tack on $300-400+ and let stupid people gobble them up for that extra 2GB of VRAM and around 5% performance gain over the 3080 10GB. Win for Nvidia.

Now that things have officially quieted on the GPU end, why waste resources on a GPU that's being priced to the point of the 3080Ti.

It wasn’t that expensive. 3080 12 GB was a bargain compared to 3080 Ti and about same performance, maybe 0.5% less. For that kinda performance and more vram it was worth the 200$ more compared to 3080 vanilla, 3080 Ti 99% of time was overpriced on the other hand.

 

[neatfeatguy]

It wasn’t that expensive. 3080 12 GB was a bargain compared to 3080 Ti and about same performance, maybe 0.5% less. For that kinda performance and more vram it was worth the 200$ more compared to 3080 vanilla, 3080 Ti 99% of time was overpriced on the other hand.

All prices I saw put the 3080 12GB $300+ over the 10GB models. When you could buy at 10GB for $1000-1100, the 12GB were (if you were lucky) starting at $1250, but usually closer to $1400. The 3080Ti were usually around $1600 at the time. So, yes, the 12GB models were that much more expensive over the 10GB for a while.

If you feel that an extra $200/300/400 was worth the extra 5% over the 10GB model, that's good for you. Enjoy it. Nvidia sure did enjoy folks willing to fork over that extra coin.

 

[eazen]

All prices I saw put the 3080 12GB $300+ over the 10GB models. When you could buy at 10GB for $1000-1100, the 12GB were (if you were lucky) starting at $1250, but usually closer to $1400. The 3080Ti were usually around $1600 at the time. So, yes, the 12GB models were that much more expensive over the 10GB for a while.

If you feel that an extra $200/300/400 was worth the extra 5% over the 10GB model, that's good for you. Enjoy it. Nvidia sure did enjoy folks willing to fork over that extra coin.

Not for me. It’s just 5%-8% and the 2 GB extra vram are only useful for 4K gamers, I don’t think it will benefit 1440p gamers like me anytime soon. What I know for certain is, I don’t like the 3080 with just 10 GB I would’ve probably bought the 3080 12 GB now, not with the atrocious prices back then. Luckily I didn’t need to buy anything because i found a better deal right before the mining boom happened.

 

[stefanels]

Just sold my 6700XT and for 40 USD more i've got a Sapphire RX 6800 Nitro+ OC brand new (sealed)

 

[AMF]

i need to go for the 3070 i guess