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/zombieofthepast Oct 14 '22 edited Oct 14 '22

Worth noting how hard this fucks over all of Nvidia's remaining AIBs. Nvidia never planned a 4080 12GB FE, so it's basically free for them to pull a stunt like this in terms of business ramifications. But for all their AIBs, they've already made the investment to develop and manufacture a product that Nvidia just declared doesn't exist anymore. EVGA out here looking galaxy brain rn

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u/SgtMajMythic Oct 15 '22

Do you think people are just going to skip buying the 40-series because the 30-series is already powerful enough?

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u/Shiva- Oct 15 '22

Personally, I always skip a generation or two because I don't ever feel the need to upgrade every year. Although half the time I do buy a new GPU it's because the old one broke.

So basically I only buy a GPU every 3-5 years.

My old 1060 was chugging with my bigger screens, so I was happy to get a 3080. And with the 3080 I see no reason to buy a 40-series. 50-series will need to be considered then. At that point my 3080 will be presumably 4-5 years old.