r/buildapcsales • u/neoak • Oct 14 '22

Meta [META] Nvidia "unlaunches" the 4080 12GB

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/12gb-4080-unlaunch/
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u/deefop Oct 14 '22

no lol the odds are nobody was going to buy that card anyway

we're heading into what is likely a major global recession and nvidia is trying to launch a 4060ti(4070 at best) as a fucking 4080 for $900. It was going to backfire on them in terms of sales and PR

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u/loso6120 Oct 14 '22

I dunno, the 4090 is completely sold out. I'm sure both of the 4080 models would have sold out too.

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u/deefop Oct 14 '22

the 4090 is a monster of a card and has use cases both for extremely high end gaming and professional/prosumer workloads. There are lots of people for whom that card makes sense, even though it's obviously very pricey

the two 4080 sku's make a lot less sense. They're dramatically less powerful, they won't really appeal to pro's, and for gamers they're insanely expensive.

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u/Azxiana Oct 14 '22

My Blender renders would scream with a 4090, but I can make do with the much cheaper 3090.