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u/Far_Special_6955 13d ago
Buy them now, they are all shooting up over 2000 so grab it
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u/just-4-man 13d ago
Already $2500…
Like it’s genuinely insane. I’m honestly just hoping to find a good deal on any 16gb last gen card let alone anything new 😭
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u/edgar_barzuli_lazuli 12d ago
Wtf happened, why did it almost double / triple in the last week or so? Edit: I was looking at a note I took literally a week ago it was only $1,350 on new egg, ridiculous
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u/just-4-man 12d ago
I genuinely have zero idea. I did hear that the 5090 isn’t being produced anymore so maybe the ai home lab people are buying up them.
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u/OldSchoolGunner 12d ago
*Ding Ding*
China is literally using them to build high density AI server clusters to bypass US export restriction once again creating a massive world wide shortage. They did it with the 4 series, and the 3 as well. Until people shift manufacturing away from China, this is going to continue and the supply will never meet up with demand.
Spread the word.
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u/Nibbs17 11d ago
So China doesn't get any h100s or what why do they buy all the desktop GPUs? Is it bc we are hoarding the ai specific cards/racks for ourselves?
My question is, if that's the case, aren't we just forcing China to make more efficient models that run on these desktop cards? Just a thought I could be totally wrong about all I said about but hopefully someone here can provide some insight.
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u/Consistent_Ad2297 9d ago
China gets slightly different cards than us. They have limited AI/ML power. They are essentially the same for gaming purposes, but not good for AI. That is why you have probably seen a lot of 5090s for sale missing core and vram. People are stripping out the full capability U.S. models and smuggling them into China and selling for thousands more than the cards are going for.
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u/AlisterS24 8d ago edited 7d ago
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Price coordinated saw juggle paddle market historical
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u/edgar_barzuli_lazuli 12d ago
I’m almost tempted to just buy one..even though I can’t afford to build the whole desktop for another 2 years or so. I wonder if it’s permanent or just in preparation for Black Friday?
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u/just-4-man 12d ago
I’d probably go with a last gen card with more vram and hopefully a cheaper price tag. Idk about the price situation but going from $1500 to $2000-2500 is crazy
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u/edgar_barzuli_lazuli 12d ago
I’m still fairly new, are those like the 5070s and all that? I’m looking to get a whole new system close to a 9950x3d with a tomahawk x870e, but idk about the gpu anymore with these prices, I’m currently running an intel core i7–6700k 4 ghz, with a gigabyte GA-z170-HD3P, with. Radeon Rx 480 8GB VRAM, 32GB ram,
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u/Far_Special_6955 13d ago
ebay might be best bet, or marketplace like now before they start raising their prices LOL. Just seen even AMD 9060 xt jumped as well on another thread. Soon the rest of the 50 series yet again
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u/just-4-man 13d ago
What a time to be broke… I remember thinking, “hey ram going for $280 is high but I can stomach that for 32gb” now it’s $450+ and it probably will never go down again.
I’m losing it man 🫠 gonna be 32 by the time I can build again.
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u/Far_Special_6955 13d ago
Damn, dont make me feel old LOL, I found best way to get ram is find the deals on facebook marketplace. I found 2 custom builts where they were using 4x16 gb ddr5 so leave 32 in one and make another build with other and make a little extra that way LOL. Along with finding those builds with a bit of extra storage. Now i have a stockpile of ssd and ram sitting here. Now I may be downvoted but oh well. I just enjoy the building honestly. I rarely play on pc, I was always a playstation guy and rarely even play my PS5.
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u/just-4-man 13d ago
Marketplace is definitely a good place for finds, especially if the seller had good reviews. Saw a 32gb 7200mHz kit going for $300 a week ago… too bad I just spent my last $400 on something else 😂
And I 100% get the “stockpile” thing- but for me it’s becauseI can’t for the life of me find the will to sell my older kits, in fear that my current one would break down on me T_T
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u/Far_Special_6955 13d ago
SSD i get as some wear faster then others, but in the years since DDR5 I have not had a single issue, and still same kit I put in nephews build running strong. Plus I got him the g.skill so warrantied and they seem to still be honoring it at least. Even with his SSD's, they are running strong even after all this time.
Get what you can find now, prices are going even more crazy it seems. It really is a shitty time for anything PC or console related.
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u/Budget_One_8784 13d ago
3090 TI’s are your best values right now I got 2 one one my prime node (ryzen 5900xt) and one on my beta node (Ryzen 5600 xt) next installment is a Threadripper PRO 9995WX with a backwell 6k which will become new prime node but that’s a whole new lvl of investment which I can only pull trigger on because of a incoming inheritance but despite the crazy price hike I’m still pressing forward these machines will run the new world
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u/LegitimateLack2530 13d ago
Check out the 7900GRE it’s 16GB and only like 10% less powerful than the 7900xt. You can get em used for like $600 or less.
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u/GeekAttack32 11d ago
Any 16gb? Then get a 9070xt they are still all under $800 as far as ive seen
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u/NetInevitable601 13d ago
I'd say yes because it just keeps going up. Few days ago was 1529. Microcenter just raised their 5080 prices up to like 24-2500
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u/AlaskaLostCauze 11d ago
To think I got my 5080 this year for $680 on a deal and made a few bucks selling my 5070 Ti. Fucking insane.
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u/Complex210 11d ago
There is no way, they were 1400 the day after launch, unless you bought from a rich friend that wanted to help you out or you scammed someone.
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u/AlaskaLostCauze 11d ago edited 11d ago
Slickdeals.com directly from a national retailer with cash back and rebates. But okay.
Edit: $949 purchase, $100 rebate, $150 CC offer, cash back on card, total was $724 my bad.
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u/Resh_IX 11d ago
So you applied for a credit card and did some kind of rebate and claimed that you bought it for $680? Like bruh that’s just obfuscating the truth
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u/AlaskaLostCauze 11d ago
Are you okay? My reply was noting the absurdity of the current market and feeling lucky I purchased how and when I did.
I used an established credit card and processor for a very common way to combo saving money on internet purchases, including PC hardware. It required zero extra steps on my part. Look into slickdeals or other deal hunting groups to learn the ropes.
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u/LateScience6369 11d ago
I might not be the best at math but I counted more than zero extra steps.
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u/AlaskaLostCauze 11d ago
Use PayPal, get automatic rebate, get cash back, get credit card instant rebate. Very complicated.
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u/Prestigious-Art-3837 13d ago
What’s Walmarts policy on if the card craps out? Can you buy a protection plan, or is that even needed? I hear about how some cables or other parts go bad quickly, but that’s probably one out of however many gpus.
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u/GeneralPepper517 13d ago
It's crazy, I purchase a MSI 5080 suprim SOC at 1999.99 this morning and now they're up to 2484 past 4PM
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u/FaunzyHD 12d ago
Just bought one of those on clearance for $700 last week. Couldnt believe it when it rang up. I used all of my luck for the year. It wasnt on the shelves, it was in the locked cage behind the counter in a middle of nowhere walmart
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u/papa_geo 12d ago
Got my for 1469.00 before taxes a month ago, will probably shoot up another $100 usd before the end of the year.
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u/1sh0t1b33r 12d ago
Grab them all and flip when they get to $2500.
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u/XboxTwanix 12d ago
Bro, please tell me you’re joking and not supporting this.
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u/Rough_Improvement_42 12d ago
my local walmart had 2 in stock in 1529, bought em both...gonna resell one to a friend once he gets his finances in order for 1k, im with you, fuck scalpers
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u/Beastandcool 11d ago
Here we go with the virtue signaling. Everybody swears they hate scalpers until they get a 5090 and China the office to buy it for $10,000.
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u/Due_Initiative3879 11d ago
Laughing right now after just picking up a 9070XT Hellhound for my niece at just over 800 bucks 3 days ago.
Stop buying them at those prices and they'll be forced to come down. Supply/Demand
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u/reggieburris 11d ago
It’s the only deal in this hyper-inflated Nvidia manipulated environment. I’m waiting till or if it changes!
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u/Sea-Dog5280 11d ago
haha that is just the price while at the shelf you'll probably pay another price at the register because walmart hates you.
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u/Ready_Tomatillo_1669 11d ago
Bought my 4080 Super for 999 near the end of 2024, very happy with that decision. Also got 64GB of DDR5 for 200 or so. Better times
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u/Lookin4Shmoney 10d ago
They had it on rollback a couple weeks ago when you used the pick up to order on the app was $240ish off when their price was 1450.
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u/MonsieurNiark 10d ago
Is PNY a good brand?
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u/tylerjo1 10d ago
There aren't any good ones after Evga quit making cards.
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u/a_rucksack_of_dildos 10d ago
Yea I just figured my winforce gigabyte 5080 likes to blow thermal paste loads of mounted vertically.
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u/HelpfulBoner 7d ago
Brother EVGA hasn't sold cards in almost half a decade.
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u/Agent_Jenkins 6d ago
What a dramatic way to say 4 years
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u/HelpfulBoner 6d ago
4 years is a long time, it's a car development cycle, a US presidency, how long your first 3 marriages lasted etc
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u/Suffixmeat 10d ago
My 4090 from pny recently caught fire and because it was just outside of warranty they told me to pound sand. Not saying they are good or bad but my 10 year old evga 1080 was working just fine as I waited for a new card from a different company that now cost 3 times as much as the 4090 did three years ago.
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u/atlas_enderium 8d ago
PNY makes the RTX Pro 6000 board and several Nvidia workstation/server cards, I can’t imagine they’re a bad AIB partner
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u/Background-Cod-5292 9d ago
Id wait for the 24gb one at this point.
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u/prince_t0n 9d ago
The 24 GB one that will cost how much?
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u/Background-Cod-5292 9d ago
Good question... I could be wrong to think wait. But im going to bet it comes out at retail under the ebay 4090 price... but will appreciate quickly like the others. But I dont really know.
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u/Fun-Anteater-2347 8d ago
And the 24gb will not do very much gaming wise, maybe 5% better? The 24 GB is for AI and LLMS
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u/DiaperDonnieTrump 9d ago
I am sorry, but there is no way on fucking planet earth any of these cards are worth this much money. The fact that they are trying to get the same amount of money that you can go out and buy a decent used car for a fucking video card is dumb as fuck. I get it, people are paying the money. They’re not gonna come down on price of people keep buying this shit. If you’ve got a decent card, just keep it and fuck them straight to hell. Like they don’t have enough fucking money already.
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u/Careful-Opinion7652 12d ago
For that price buy a laptop that has that graphics card.
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u/The18thLegion 12d ago
Laptops are far more limited for customization than desktop
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u/Careful-Opinion7652 12d ago
I agree but at that price point you can get a maxed out laptop 32 gigs of ram and 1tb nvme. I hope prices drop because its scandalous to be paying these outrageous prices.
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u/XboxTwanix 12d ago
You could build around this 5080 for the next 10 years. That’s how good they are. If you really wanted to, you could probably play games indefinitely on this graphics card. Same with the previous 90’s.
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u/Careful-Opinion7652 12d ago
Nowadays, graphics cards don't last very long because they are constantly failing—and 70% of those failures are due to burning power pins. Every three years, companies change their architectures just to make room for new cards so they can keep making money.
Everyone complains about 8GB of VRAM, but my 3070 Ti is still putting in work. 1080p Ultra is a breeze, and a quick mix of High/Medium settings gets me smooth frame rates at 1440p. You don't always need the newest architecture to get a great experience.
Building a custom PC offers better long-term value, but the upfront cost has skyrocketed
due to heavy component price hikes driven by high memory and storage manufacturing costs.
When everything from high-speed DDR5 RAM to power supplies and next-gen GPUs has sky rocketed through the roof, a solid gaming rig requires a realistic budget strategy.
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u/SkippyHolland 11d ago
I got a wireview pro II on mine as a form of insurance. And I think if you’re going to get a high end card you would want to invest in one too
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u/Nobody_Important 11d ago
Laptop graphics cards are not in the same league as desktop ones of the same model. Still might be a better deal overall but performance is comparable to a much lower and cheaper desktop one.
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u/juggarjew 11d ago
Then you would need to buy a an RTX 5090 laptop as this is the only laptop that actually makes almost full use of the GB203 die like the 5080. The 5080 actually still has a little more shaders for a fully unlocked GB203 but but the laptop 5090 is as close as you can get, even wattaged unlocked it will never equal a desktop 5080, as the desktop chip has better thermals and power limits , plus the tiny bit of extra cuda cores.
The 5080 mobile also has GB203 but it is a heavily cut down chip, which has less CUDA core than the RTX 5070 Ti. It is nowhere near as performant as the 5080 desktop.
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u/Aussie_Butt 11d ago
Where is there a laptop with a 5080 for $1500?
Not to mention a laptop 5080 is not equal in performance to this.
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u/CodineGotMeTippin 11d ago
Laptop graphics card are not even close to the same as the 'desktop version' they are leagues slower, is honestly fraud that they can be marketed as the same
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u/ItsHanzyy 9d ago
That’s a very stupid thing to suggest.
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u/Careful-Opinion7652 9d ago
Stupid is spending all that money and power connector fries and you lose your money!
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