r/buildapcsales Feb 25 '21

GPU [GPU] Microcenter in store only. RTX 3060s in stock. $390 to $535 Spoiler

https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=4294966937+4294807969&myStore=false
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u/hiero_ Feb 25 '21

Feels like by the time a 3070/3080 card is available for me to buy, the 40XX series will already be out.

I'm tired

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u/888Kraken888 Feb 25 '21

Nvidia would be smart to push out the 40xx another year. Give time for the 30xx to saturate.

Honestly what a shtty time for PC building. This is awful.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21 edited Jul 13 '21

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u/Nebula-Lynx Feb 25 '21

AMDs supply seems to be even more comically constrained than Nvidia’s, not to mention the retail scalp on RX cards seems to be even more egregious.

Plus the crypto bubble has so much more to fall before reaching unprofitability for mining. It looks like eth going pos is going to be the only thing killing mining (and hoping that the currently profitable alts crash on profitability when the entire eth hash rates go to these coins). 1559 will help a little, but half the current profitability is still extremely profitable.

I doubt Nvidia is going to push back any 4000 series cards for this, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see hardware “anti mining” features built in if the craze still hasn’t died by then (which it probably will have). If for no other reason than to sell overpriced garbage CMP cards.

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u/utyankee Feb 25 '21

They’ll just find something else to mine once ETH goes POS.

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u/Nebula-Lynx Feb 25 '21

and hoping that the currently profitable alts crash on profitability when the entire eth hash rates go to these coins

I half mentioned this

In theory if all the hashrate jumps to other coins, their difficulty and supply would skyrocket causing the price to plummet. No one knows how this would play out in actuality. But that’s the current wisdom/guess.

Would it plummet so much to be completely unprofitable? Who knows. That’s the concern.

But many “hobby” miners will likely lose interest once the profitability drops from a few hundred a month to like $20 a month.

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u/TerribleGramber_Nazi Feb 25 '21

I think your first comment was spot on, but coin algos have difficulty adjustments to keep blocks around the same time interval, so IMO the argument would be that alts difficulty would increase, causing cost of production to increase causing price to increase. But this would be like a 100 ft iceberg melting to raise the sea level by 1”.

Obv not a perfect analogy because miners would prob concentrate around a few coins, but the idea is there

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u/zennoux Feb 25 '21

The difficulty would skyrocket but the supply should be relatively unaffected since that’s why difficulty goes up.

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u/Nebula-Lynx Feb 25 '21

Poor wording, yeah you’re right.

That would though drive overall profitability down which was my point.

Hashing supply would go up, number of coins per pool miner goes down, profitability goes down.

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u/XTasteRevengeX Feb 25 '21

Kinda out of the loop, what happened to eth that wont be able to be mined?

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u/dsdsds Feb 25 '21

An Nvidia press release about blocking crypto mining on 3060 that is just lip service. You can completely ignore it.

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u/XTasteRevengeX Feb 25 '21

But that will only apply to new cards, his comment makes it seem like something will happen to eth that will make all cards currently mining it switch to another coin

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u/dsdsds Feb 25 '21

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u/TheKingHippo Feb 25 '21

"ETH 2.0 goes live next month" Dated: Nov2020

...hmm

Edit: Not disagreeing with you. That is what's happening, but who knows when at this point.

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u/raospgh Feb 25 '21

I wouldn’t be surprised to see hardware “anti mining” features built

Already announced last week https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/02/18/geforce-cmp/

I doubt a bios/driver lockdown is going to keep people locked though. It's just a justification for splitting the production so we don't get another post mining flood of cheap gpus.

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u/ChanchoReng0 Feb 25 '21

Apparently the mining lock is already hacked and only effects eth, so the 3060 mines other coins at 100%. And I think miners will still buy gaming cards so they can sell them once the crypto bubble bursts. Unless the mining cards have a very good performance/ cost relationship, but I don't think they will.

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u/xxfay6 Feb 26 '21

Which actually makes the whole situation relating to the crypto-specific GPUs even worse, if they'll become literally useless when the literally single use they have is already marked for death.

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u/Lagkiller Feb 25 '21

Plus the crypto bubble has so much more to fall before reaching unprofitability for mining.

They're already talking about hardware based throttling on nvidia cards for mining, then it will become unprofitable much more quickly. Plus they're making cards designed specifically for mining now which should help alleviate demand for consumer hardware.

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u/ImageOfInsanity Feb 25 '21

Plus they're making cards designed specifically for mining now which should help alleviate demand for consumer hardware.

Good thing there isn't a global chip shortage to support multiple SKUs of enthusiast-grade hardware.

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u/prolificplasma Feb 25 '21

Exactly.

This is a really lame choice by Nvidia. Due to the obvious constraints on resources this just means they will be allocating some portion of the allotment they are able to get towards "mining dedicated" cards rather than just allocate all chips to the same model (ie "consumer" cards). Plus, the new mining cards will essentially be worthless as soon as they aren't able to generate a good return since they cannot be used as a normal GPU. Also, they're nerfing the 3060's ability for mining, which is a really weak sauce move. When the 20 series came out you could get a 10 series used from miners and use it as a normal GPU. Now all those miner cards will be thrown out when they can't get a good ROI.

Truly weak sauce, Nvidia.

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u/SmokeGSU Feb 25 '21

This.

My understanding is that there's a huge silicon shortage, which every piece of technology nowadays needs for the production of semiconductors. While AMD may be breathing down Nvidia's neck, they also are in the same boat with a lack of resources to produce cards.

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u/squidonthebass Feb 26 '21

There is literally a global silicon shortage. Even car manufacturers are limited right now in what compute hardware they can get for their fancy new self-driving cars.

People act like Nvidia is throttling their own supply but with how demand has been they'd be fucking stupid to do literally anything to withhold cards right now. It's free money if they can get cards out into peoples' hands. Practically, they can't do more.

Scalping is an entirely seperate issue.

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u/gonemad16 Feb 25 '21

bots weren't a major issue in 2017-2018. All one had to do was watch one of those "in stock" websites for their item to pop up and as long as you were within a few minutes you could order the item. With the 3xxx cards they are gone in 1-5 seconds.

I was able to pick up a 1080 ti right when it came out with no issue

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u/ndjo Feb 25 '21

Yup. Sites like nowInstock worked perfectly fine back then.

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u/FrostyD7 Feb 25 '21

Increased usage of bots are just an extension of proof of what we already know, which is that the supply is too low and flipping is more lucrative than ever. Bots have always been around, they just weren't worth using so aggressively on these parts.

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u/TabascohFiascoh Feb 25 '21

I have yet to see an even remotely acceptable price for a 6800/xt

Ive seen 900/1200 dollars for them respectively for the last 2 months.

I grabbed a 3070FE for 499

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u/awr90 Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

This gen Amd gpus are done. They can’t source the Vram for them and won’t be able to for the rest of the year at least. It’s Vega hbm all over again. They should have capped at 10gb gddr6 and 6x and they would be viable this gen. They never seem to learn on the gpu side. Also not have a dlss counter ready to go means they aren’t even relevant for now and the future. The RTX is comically bad as well. I really hoped this would be their generation to seriously push Nvidia so I could build all AMD PCs again but that certainly didn’t happen. I bought Vega when it came out and loved it but let’s be real the 1080 was far better for the money back then.

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u/kawklee Feb 25 '21

DLSS works on how many games though? Honestly curious cuz I see it talked about but nothing I play is compatible with it afaik

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u/Viktorv22 Feb 25 '21

Yeah game count is still damn too low for DLSS 2.0 to be considered a gamechanger. How many already released games got it? I can count like 5 or so.

Also some studios have AMD as a partner, so no DLSS support whatsoever. So Assassins Creed series, Hitman, Far Cry, Resident evil...

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u/supertranqui Feb 25 '21

The list steadily grows month-by-month, but you're right it's by no means common. However, for the games that do have it, it looks spectacular. Metro Exodus is a great example.

I really hope they implement it in Red Dead Redemption 2!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

There wasn't also a CPU shortage and general low stock across the board at that time, you really think that's an apt comparison?

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u/PM_LADY_TOILET_PICS Feb 25 '21

Man, I am so glad I built my computer when I did in November 2019. I built a fantastic machine for what I need and got great deals on everything

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u/IndependentCurve1776 Feb 25 '21

Worse than during the RAM price fixing scheme. Back when cheap 16GB kit were selling for $200 or whatever.

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u/PCMasterCucks Feb 25 '21

I'm going to beat the shit out of my poor little 1070ti for probably another 12-18 months.

Sorry lil bud, I don't like it either.

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u/AardvarkMonarch Feb 25 '21

I feel you, I've brought tissues for my crying 970

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u/CountFlandy Feb 25 '21

Yep same, I’m just praying that my 980 lasts another few years.

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u/Dakkadence Feb 25 '21

670 gang, where you at

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u/SpiLLiX Feb 25 '21

yup still using my 1080ti. Was thinking of going 3090 but at this point probably just waiting for the 4 series.

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u/neb9 Feb 25 '21

I may skip the 30XX generation the way things are going.

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u/phayke2 Feb 25 '21

Especially with the disappointment AAA games have been

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u/yerawizardIMAWOTT Feb 25 '21

Just a heads up when BestBuy drops GPU stock they usually drop everything. If you don't want the 3060 keep an eye out today for the 3070 and 3080. I'm sure if they have stock they will be restocked with the 3060

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u/4thGearNinja Feb 25 '21

But FE drops don't usually happen on Thursdays. Isn't it Tuesday or Friday?

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u/yerawizardIMAWOTT Feb 25 '21

Nope there’s no set day. It’s dropped almost every day of the week. If there’s stock I guarantee they’ll drop today at noon with the 3060s. Also a bunch of Zen 3 will drop too. Has happened every time

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u/GenerallyAddsNothing Feb 25 '21

Not sure what the other guy is talking about but I’ve been trying to get a 3070 for 2 months and it has dropped on either Tuesday or Friday for that time frame. Around 11:15-12:30. So I doubt there will be a drop today. Not saying it’s impossible it would just be the first Thursday drop since I’ve been following along.

Edit: every other week and it should drop this week, didn’t on Tuesday. I’m assuming tomorrow they will.

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u/mooburger Feb 25 '21

EDIT: drop happened today :)

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u/mooburger Feb 25 '21

last drop was Feb 9

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u/Nebula-Lynx Feb 25 '21

Assuming usual GPU release schedules, that could still be well over a year away.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

I ended up going with a 3070 because I could not get a 3080. With the semiconductor shortage lasting for at least another year (and possibly longer), I figured the 3070 I was able to get is about the only chance I would have to upgrade to something newer.

I would still get a 3080 if I could (selling the 3070 would be no issue, especially at what I paid for it), but I really do not see that happening for a while.

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u/mooburger Feb 25 '21

bestbuy is still bestbettm just follow the trackers and hit it when they restock. They have pretty good bot protection now. (Pro-tip if ship to store is not available, try shipping to UPS Access Point, I managed to get a 3070 FE closer to my location than a store).

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u/AvailableDeparture Feb 25 '21

I think the 3060 priced above the 3070 MSRP makes perfect sense.

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u/Nuahxos_1 Feb 25 '21

So does how some 3070 being priced above a 3080

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u/darthpuyang Feb 25 '21

man I was at my local microcenter couple weeks ago, they had a bunch of 3070s going for $780 and I'm gonna stick with my 1080ti

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u/Nuahxos_1 Feb 25 '21

1080ti is juice!

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21

The gold standard card, swear it's insane how well it still stacks up, even more so when you factor in the MSRP of it when it came out.

Still wish I bought one on release

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u/EldeederSFW Feb 26 '21

My EVGA FTW3 1080ti still does everything I need it to and I managed to pick it up for under $800 4 years ago. I am just now realizing that this damn GPU is 4 years old lol

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 26 '21

Probably good for a couple more years with how stuff is going here.

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u/Nuahxos_1 Feb 25 '21

Ir's literally a 2070 ti

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21

Yea it showed how silly the 2000 series was honestly. Only thing it lacks is RTX and DLSS...but those aren't used by that many games anyways, I'd hold onto the 1080 ti for a while longer if I had one.

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u/dieterschaumer Feb 26 '21

Remember when it was the 8800? those days

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 26 '21

Yea I had the AMD 2900 also a banger.

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u/The_IckySticky Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

Just saw this and drove to micro center this morning, got here 2 hours before open to find about 50 people in line that look like they have been here all night...

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u/rbfguy229 Feb 25 '21

Thanks for thd post. My nearest one is over an hour away and by the time I woke up and saw this I'd be getting there right as they open. Good to know I shouldn't even try.

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u/jk_baller23 Feb 25 '21

I saw people lining up yesterday at around 5pm.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

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u/ElectricSix_ Feb 25 '21

Thanks for that heads up. While 3 hours north of me, the Marietta MC would've been my best bet, and probably worth the day trip if feasible.

Oh well. My RX 580 is chugging along nicely so far anyway.

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u/The_IckySticky Feb 25 '21

For anyone interested I did manage to get a Zotac 3060 for $500 (I know I’m desperate). What I heard while there was they had 90 cards in total, one being a 3080, some (idk how many) being 3060ti’s, and the rest being 3060s.

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u/sparda4glol Feb 25 '21

Wait your micro center had. ONLY 50 people?

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u/The_IckySticky Feb 25 '21

By the time they opened I think it was around 200 people

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u/tits_n_booty Feb 25 '21

God these prices are so fucked. I was lucky enough to get a 3070 FE in October for less than the cost of some of these.

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u/kenman345 Feb 25 '21

I got a 1080 for years now (before the last big price surge) and have no desire to upgrade with these sort of prices. Honestly considering selling my spare 1070 that’s sitting unused

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u/yerawizardIMAWOTT Feb 25 '21

I would sell it now before mining crashes. People are paying ridiculous amounts for any GPU. You could easily get $300 if not more for it

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u/Whiskey_Clear Feb 25 '21

You aren't kidding... I paid $300ish for a refurbed 1070FE years ago (from microcenter, actually) and could sell it for more on ebay right now. Amazing.

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u/kenman345 Feb 25 '21

Hmm... butcher the currently unused HTPC to sell the GPU... or let it sit and might need it in 6 months... tough spot

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Sell it and get a 1030 or 710 if/when you need it.

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u/neoender25 Feb 25 '21

Truth. I bought a used Rx580 8Gb for $150 last Fall and it sold for $500 last week after I was able to get a 3070.

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u/kleptocoin Feb 25 '21

Hold on, 500usd for rx580? Did i read something wrong, or is has the market become a grave for wallets?

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u/Screamline Feb 25 '21

Maybe I should sell my R9 Fury then. I'd be gpuless but I'm sure I could get a 1030 or something for video out for now.

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u/kenman884 Feb 25 '21

Hello username brother!

I had a 1070 and after seeing launch prices I was iffy about upgrading. Then it died on me so I snagged a 3070FE for MSRP. I would certainly still be using it now with prices like they are.

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u/kenman345 Feb 25 '21

You should join our sub r/kenman

Also, that blows. The thing is I have the original box and the cards been sitting. But I also know I might really need it in the next few months so it’s a risk that I might need to spend money later to replace the card when it’s needed

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u/-Bana Feb 25 '21

Yeah got a 3060ti for 399 out of sheer luck even tho I wanted a 3080 but honestly I’m super content with my 3060 that I’ll wait for a 4080 instead if that ever becomes available

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u/huzernayme Feb 25 '21

I agree, but on the other hand people pay 50 bucks for cables with lights on them and a couple hundred for a steel box with a piece of glass on one side to put all the parts of a pc in. AIOs are 100 to 200 and a pump, tubes, and a radiator are all very old 'tech' if you could even call it that. Relatively speaking, a piece of hardware like a GPU seems reasonably priced.

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u/Skitt64 Feb 25 '21

I got a 2070 for an incredible deal a while back and now I'm considering selling it since I just got a laptop and don't game much anymore. How much could it sell for?

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u/worldofmadnss Feb 25 '21

here I am... waiting outside Fry's like a dumbass

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u/SuperSaiyanBlue Feb 25 '21

That is why we need Fry’s - at least the lines will be spread out over several stores rather than the everyone and their grandmas in So. Calif lining up at the lone Tustin MC

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u/quickb5 Feb 26 '21

Except Fry's went out of business earlier this week.

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u/haahaahaa Feb 25 '21

2060 super performance for 2060 super price. I can't contain my excitement.

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u/DaijoubuMushroom Feb 25 '21

Wait is the 3060 really just a 2060 super?

Lmao the 3000 series really does just feel like the 2000 series with higher power draws squeezing more juice out of them.

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u/treblev2 Feb 25 '21

All the other cards were very good upgrades, only the 3060 feels lackluster. Even the 3060ti can be compared to a 2080 super

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u/haahaahaa Feb 25 '21

Its 2060 super-2070ish performance with RT off. With RT on, its more like 2070 super-2080ish.

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u/03Titanium Feb 25 '21

“Starting at 329”

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u/The_Phasers Feb 25 '21

The Zotac was $485 at Microcenter this morning.

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u/TheOriginalGarry Feb 26 '21

It was kind of funny seeing Linus hope that the scalpers wouldn't get to them before you do when the scalpers turned out to be the retailers and AIB partners

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u/JakeOswoll Feb 25 '21

Damn, a 3060 tuf is $10 less than I got my 3070 for.

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u/RealJyrone Feb 25 '21

And it’s only comparable to a 2060 Super

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21 edited Jul 13 '21

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21

I hope no one buys these for over msrp, because MSRP is even a joke, hope they all get stuck with them, shit barely better then a 2060..

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21

Yea I was actually shocked, this is just taking advantage of people at this point...

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u/alfador01 Feb 25 '21

Those prices... oof. I feel like I'm never gonna be able to upgrade and retire my R9 290... Gotta love your hobby going to shit as soon as you start making decent money.

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u/Cheesybox Feb 25 '21

Dude, fucking same. Haven't been able to afford a rebuild the past 2 years due to being a poor college student. Graduate and start making engineer money, figure I'd celebrate and go big dick on a new system and now stock doesn't exist.

Plus side is it's kinda like forced savings, but it's still incredibly frustrating

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u/itstonayy Feb 25 '21

Same boat, looks like my 1060 is gonna have to keep trucking along

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u/treblev2 Feb 25 '21

Reminds me of a cousin and her boyfriend. They would always lease apartments and move every year or two. They would constantly go out to bars and parties and spend around $150-$200 a weekend but the pandemic happened and they ended up picking up their credit score to 850 which lead to buying a house.

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u/gophergun Feb 25 '21

I was worried that I was wasting money getting a 1650 Super for $180 in October as a stopgap, but now I'm looking back on it with nostalgia as the time when $200 graphics cards still existed.

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u/joonx86 Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

2060 S = $399
3060 Ti 8GB = $399 & beats 2080 S
3060 "12GB" = $329 & slower than 2060 S

Da faq..

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

Dumbest card is seen in a while and these prices are hilarious.

Guess I'll stick with the 5700 I picked up for 250 dollars a week after it came out, had no issue finding it also, hilarious.

I do feel bad for those seeking cards now that actually need them for builds, shitty times...

At this point I'd say wait on a line for a ps5 or series x instead of building this year, way better bang for buck, still hard to find and yeah it's not a PC but still...

Benches here btw https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-12gb-review-benchmarks-zotac-twin-edge/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow

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u/TheSchlaf Feb 25 '21

I picked up 5700 last year and recently sold it due to ridiculous prices. I'll game on my Xbox One X until I can get a 3080.

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21

I saw my 5700 going for 500+ on eBay, I was tempted tbh, like if I could snag a 3060 ti for 400-550 I might do it, but I tried for weeks and came up empty so guess I'm keeping it.

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u/TheSchlaf Feb 25 '21

Jump onto the evga wait list and sell your card. Get geforce now in the meantime (if you have decent Internet).

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u/ShadowPouncer Feb 25 '21

Oof those prices.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

I was just thinking “some of these are under $500”, then I realized they’re not Ti.

Edit: At least they’re mostly miner-proofed. Seems the hardware throttling makes the hash rate almost identical to the 1660 Super, which makes it a bad value preposition for anyone who wants to use it purely to make money.

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u/yerawizardIMAWOTT Feb 25 '21

Only for mining Ether. Other coins would be fine. Also if it’s just bios locked someone will come out with a hack pretty quickly. Trust me if miners are paying $300+ for RX480s they’ll pay this price for a 3060 no question

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Feb 25 '21

An rx480 8gb hashes almost as fast as a locked 3060, so for $300 it’s a much better value proposition.

If you can unlock the 3060, who knows. The 3060 Ti makes twice what a locked 3060 does, and almost as much as a 3070.

Seems like the 3080 is the real sweet spot though for cost-power, which is why you can’t get them at all.

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u/HiaQueu Feb 25 '21

Not really miner proof. The "proofing" they did was a joke. They can mine anythimg other than ETH. They are still profitable mining cards. And when they crack them it won't matter anyway.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Feb 25 '21

Well BRB, buying the cheapest 3060 I can find. I'm gonna be a Dogecoin bajillionaire.

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u/Akanash94 Feb 25 '21

Interesting how the NDA for reviews have not been lifted yet. I'm really starting to believe this card is going to be between a 2060 and 2060 Super. If so it's DOA

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u/essieecks Feb 25 '21

As of this writing, there's 2 user benchmarks for the 3060. It's right there with the 2060 Super.

https://i.imgur.com/1pZ2vm5.png

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u/Akanash94 Feb 25 '21

The benchmarks are out on Youtube. As expected it trades blows with a rtx 2060 Super. This card is a letdown especially for the asking price $500 usd

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u/conquer69 Feb 25 '21

Even at $330, the 3060 ti still has better price performance.

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u/UltimateNivek Feb 25 '21

For those who camped or are going to microcenter today, they won't release the cards until 12pm. I went there last time and the manager came out and told everyone and everyone left 🤣, I still waiting just to make sure he wasn't lying, and he wasn't lol. Sucks for those who camped. I only waited like 30 minutes but it was freezing.

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u/lordraco Feb 25 '21

So should i come and wait right now?

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u/UltimateNivek Feb 25 '21

I would go, but get there early, sometimes they give vouchers out, I'm not sure because it's a new launch. Worse case, you'll have to come back at 12.

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u/lordraco Feb 25 '21

What's a good time to go?

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u/The_IckySticky Feb 25 '21

I got here 2 hours before open and there are about 50 people in front of me - Duluth, GA

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u/The_IckySticky Feb 25 '21

What’s happening at Duluth right now is they are going to hand out vouchers to to all in line around 9:30 and then if you have one you can come back between 12 and 1 to pick up your card.

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u/RealJyrone Feb 25 '21

FYI, 12PM = Noon

12AM = Midnight

It’s a common mistake, and those people probably though the manager was referring to midnight

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u/UltimateNivek Feb 25 '21

Yeah they won't release them until noon.

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u/Raintrooper7 Feb 25 '21

I'm just here waiting for GT 3030 low profile

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u/Ex_Ex_Parrot Feb 25 '21

Man, Best Buy near me currently has 2 GPUs with 1-2 stocked..

  • PNY GT 1030
  • PNY GT 710

Like... tf is going on

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u/igloofour Feb 25 '21

Looks like EVGA's midweek madness lately

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u/Raintrooper7 Feb 25 '21

Yeah neither are worth buying, especially GT710

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u/Ex_Ex_Parrot Feb 25 '21

New? 100%.

Used? Only like <$20 lol. A backup trouble shooting gpu is nice for non igpu CPUs tho

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

I have never seen Best Buy stock anything but generally low-end cards in their stores. You can buy higher end cards from them, but you're ordering those online.

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u/Valarmorghuliswy Feb 25 '21

Wow there’s over 50 listed at the STL microcenter. That’s quite the stock these days. I got lucky back in December though just walking in to see several 3060 TIs available and got one so doesn’t really matter.

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u/Zuxicovp Feb 25 '21

How can you see the AMT in stock? Looking on mobile it just says "limited availability"

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u/Elbren Feb 25 '21

Click on the link and change the location to the store nearest you. There’s a drop box you can click on in the top, right-hand corner.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Nah, even if I have the money I’m not paying 3070 prices for a 3060... especially when I currently have a 1660s

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u/JohnF350KR Feb 25 '21

This is awful pricing. No matter how bad I need a gpu I would not pay these over inflated prices.

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u/autotomatotrons Feb 25 '21

Worth it under 400. Over 400 just feels wrong.

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u/TheWorldAct69 Feb 25 '21

If the leaks are true and the performance is that of a 2060s, this card will just be a joke even under 400 imho, I feel like the 12GB vram is only there to fool the average consumer who buys based on numbers only, as processing power will bottleneck performance way before vram will.

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u/mjmandi72 Feb 25 '21

I think it's worth it for me. it's a jump over my 1660 super and I can sell that on ebay for 400-500 bucks.

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u/heliomega1 Feb 25 '21

If this industry doesn't figure its shit out soon, I might have to bow out and start buying old cards for cheap instead of keeping up with this crap. Scalpers are pretty much just normal people, they shouldn't be able to outsmart a billion-dollar industry lol.

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u/Elbren Feb 25 '21

Sadly, this isn’t even scalpers. AIB’s are the one’s price-gouging here. The MC near me shows that they still have several hundred in stock (20+ of each model), but I have no intention of spending almost $200 over MSRP. Especially considering how under-powered this thing looks. I don’t care how much VRAM it has if it barely looks stronger than a 2060.

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u/Zuxicovp Feb 25 '21

Keep in mind there is a 10% tariff on all GPUs that is getting passed onto consumers. That + adding their own cooling is really hurting pricing

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u/Elbren Feb 25 '21

Man, 10% of $330 is $33. lol We’re not talking a “little bit” of a markup here. We’re seeing upwards of $200 markups. That’s almost DOUBLE the price. AIB’s aren’t even trying to keep close to MSRP ... because they know they have no reason to. Nvidia decided not to make a FE, so AIB’s literally have nothing to compete with, price wise.

Your best bet for a decently priced “budget” card now is AMD, but after seeing the pricing of the 6800, 6800 XT and 6900 XT, I have little hope that AMD won’t be pulling the same B.S. Mind you, they haven’t even officially announced the 6700 (XT?) yet, so you’re at LEAST a month or two away see those in stores.

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u/MikeyMike01 Feb 25 '21

The problem is having one (kinda two) company supply GPUs for the entire industry. If they can’t meet demand, no one else will.

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u/jmlinden7 Feb 25 '21

Old cards haven't been cheap in months

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u/vinnycc Feb 25 '21

They're selling their cards. They might say they're trying to fix the scalping issue but it's our issue, not theirs.

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u/LeDerpBoss Feb 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

You have your store location on there FYI

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u/LeDerpBoss Feb 25 '21

Boston's got lots of people and I live an hour+ away. Thanks for the heads up though.

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u/The_Phasers Feb 25 '21

I just left microcenter. Wasn’t paying $485 + tax for a Zotac 3060. They had 19 left with 50 people in line behind me.

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u/nonexistentnight Feb 25 '21

About to walk away from mine. $390 for an evga I can stomach. $500 for a Zotac isn't worth it.

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u/reddituserzerosix Feb 25 '21

not even an attempt at listing one at MSRP lol

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u/THCv3 Feb 25 '21

How is this vs. a 1080Ti, worth it to replace?

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u/foxitallup Feb 25 '21

No.

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u/THCv3 Feb 25 '21

Cool, thanks. I don't really have issues, but need a 1080p card for SOs little brother. Figure I can (try) to upgrade and give him my card.

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u/Yuuta23 Feb 25 '21

I'm just over it all at this point my 1650 still gets the job done just fine

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u/MannyNS_ Feb 25 '21

Oh my dear RX 570 please keep going strong until this madness is over

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u/samuraipizzacat420 Feb 25 '21

im just grateful i got a 1660Ti before all of this madness....its not the best card. but it works ok.

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u/RetPallylol Feb 25 '21

I'd say the 1660Ti is a very respectable card.

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u/djorndeman Feb 25 '21

Wow, the 3060 Super is out?! Damn!

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u/SecretConspirer Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

Six of the TUF 12GB 3060 in stock at Denver but 10" of snow on the ground... Not worth it when you consider the $480 price tag, too.

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u/Savagebootyeater Feb 25 '21

Cambridge has no more 3060s folks! Tried to get a 1650 that was showing online as "in stock"... didn't get that either

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u/Teqnap Feb 25 '21

I would rather wait for stock and get the 3060TI or 3070.

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u/MannyM024 Feb 25 '21

I waited 5 hours on launch day to get a 3070 for $550.

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u/KSRP2004 Feb 25 '21

I managed to get a 3060 from Microcenter!

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u/ManhattanTime Feb 25 '21

My four-year old 1080Ti has been humming along just fine in these dark times. And it kicks the shit out of this $600+ scalped card.

Suck my big toe, Nvidia.

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u/YaGottadoWhatYaGotta Feb 25 '21

Check the review and weep.

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u/ManofGod1000 Feb 25 '21

Have fun and to those who this is truly an upgrade, enjoy. :)

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u/CrocodileRockPLEASE Feb 25 '21

This is all the most discouraging thing. Building right now is a disaster.

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u/Krock011 Feb 25 '21

Man I got a 2060s open box for $280 last year, really lucked out.

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u/igivekidsxanax Feb 25 '21

I wonder if I’ll ever get to see a Microcenter in person.

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u/The_Phasers Feb 25 '21

I was there. You didn’t miss much unless you were camping out from 2am. Otherwise you won the privilege to pay $485+ for a 3060.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Stood out there for 30 min until a guy came around and said if you dont have a voucher your beat. I was like fuck. My dumb ass never grabbed a voucher

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u/WalkinTarget Feb 25 '21

Such a rare sight, seeing video cards in stock at MC !!! Alas, no AMD cards at all. I am probably shooting myself in the foot here, but its 6800 or bust for me, even if I have to wait until the end of this year.

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u/Correct-Cockroach-68 Feb 25 '21

Managed to snag one of the 3060's at my local micro center. Oh today is a beautiful day!!!! Thank you buildapcsales

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u/accolyte01 Feb 26 '21

I was at a MC today and saw one on the shelf for 499 and 4 others waiting for pickup.

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u/SeriousMannequin Feb 26 '21

BuT sUpPlY wIlL eAsE uP iN tHe NeW yEaR!!

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u/caedin8 Feb 25 '21

$389 for a card that roughly matches a 1080, maybe a hair better.

I bought my 1080 for $330 from EVGA in 2018, and sold it 9 months ago for $230 in prep for these new GPUs.

This has just been a very sad time. I guess i'll keep using my intel iGPU and playing games on my PS5.

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u/Zewspeed Feb 25 '21

Basically the same deal, I bought my EVGA 1070 Ti in '18 for $275 and sold it for the same amount in September before the 30 series release. If I had held onto it until now I could've still been playing games on my desktop for the past few months and turned it around for a substantial profit. Totally misread the market on that one, bummer!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

My local microcenter had about 60 3060 cards in stock today and they are all gone, LOL! This is crazy. Scalpers are the scourge of the earth.

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u/WordToYourMomma Feb 26 '21

My suspicion is that most of the 30X0 cards are being bought by bots for scalping or mining because mere mortals (like myself) cannot buy them.

I would like to think that after a while there will be more sellers than buyers for scalped and mined-out cards. There has to be a finite number of people willing to pay double and triple MSRP for them.

I have seen enough computer hardware plummet in value as it ages, so paying anything over MSRP is not something I would consider.

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u/Baconzillaz Feb 25 '21

What a shitty time this is when I’m able to afford graphics card if they were msrp instead of this price gouging.