graphics-cards

[green harness]

It depends

[heady turtle]

Radeon offerings win in pure fps but rtx cards have better features nvenc, dlss etc

Rt perf way better on Nvidia if you care

[hot folio]

What exactly is nvenc and dlss?

I’m trying not to upgrade the card for the next couple years

[idle slate]

if you care about ray traced graphics (rtx) at all, nvidia wins by far

[hybrid kettle]

Nvenc is a gpu encoder on nvidia cards, useful for streaming because it doesn’t use too much gpu resources and allows you to not use the cpu as much. Dlss is super sampling, so basically you run the game at a lower resolution but use ai to upscale it to your monitor resolution, therefore getting better performance.

[heady turtle]

Nvenc is nvidias encoder for streaming/recording and dlss is an ai upscaler for resolutions to improve fps

[hybrid kettle]

Dlss especially useful when ray tracing which tanks your FPS

[hot folio]

That honestly sounds like a clear win for the Nvidia cards

Do they still have the stability issues as the original 20 series?

All three of the 20 series cards I had broke within 2 months of usage

[heady turtle]

My 3070 runs smooth as butter

[heady turtle]

That sounds very weird

[hot folio]

I might’ve just been unlucky but I know it’s not my system since my rx480 has been going strong since it’s release

[heady stratus]

My friend has my old GTX 660 that's pushing 7 years, still functions 💯

[hot folio]

My rx480 just hit 5 years

[heady turtle]

My r9 380 was about 5.5 years old before i upgraded and never had problems with that either

[heady stratus]

I've always wondered about the halflife of thermals

[hot folio]

All I had to do is change out the thermal paste in it last month

[heady stratus]

okay so right about there, good to know

[hot folio]

Started turning off out of nowhere so I changed out the thermal paste and it fixed it

[heady stratus]

I'm an Asus whore, I will not buy a GPU without their name on the case design

[hot folio]

Only gpus I refuse to buy are gigabyte

[heady turtle]

I didn't even change out my thermal paste and my temps where okay but probably should have

[hot folio]

Gigabyte has blown me off 6 too many times

[heady turtle]

My gigabyte 3070 is

[hot folio]

I sent my RTX 2070 to them 6 times because of artifacting and crashing. Every time they sent it back to me saying there’s nothing wrong

While under warranty

[hybrid kettle]

You mean 🔥

Rip gigabyte vram

[hot folio]

^

Gone within a month or two

[heady turtle]

Nope it's running fine just fine, don't go above 55c when gaming and hotspot goes from 50-60c when mining

[heady stratus]

I've been obsessing about my 3090 Vram since It hit 100 C on the first day

[hybrid kettle]

3070s don’t have vram sensors I thought?

[hot folio]

Any of y’all know where I can buy replacement vram?

[heady turtle]

That's why i said hotspot

[hot folio]

I’m thinking might as well try fixing it myself

[heady turtle]

You can't

[hot folio]

It’s possible, I know people have

I’m still trying to find out where

[heady turtle]

Technically someone did it before but it performed horribly

[hot folio]

That was because he put in 16gb of vram as an experiment

My card is out of warranty and broken so I have nothing to lose anyway

[heady stratus]

I restored by GTX 460 to functionality by sticking it in the Oven to re-sauder the contacts

[heady turtle]

Zotac 💩

[hot folio]

Never had a zotac card so I cant comment

[heady turtle]

Got gf a zotac 1650s and it worked a tiny bit then after she started using it fans would ramp up to 100% and black screen of death

Replaced with a msi rx 580 way better no problems at all

[hot folio]

Love msi, except ventus

I’m trying to hunt down an asus rog strix 3070 or 80 currently

Might as well keep it in the family since my mobo is a crosshair VIII hero

[heady turtle]

Msi pricing a bit whack atm but both my r9 380 and gfs rx 580 is msi and and 0 problems anyway i would recommend unless 30 series because pricing

Well idk about us pricing but my gigagbyte 3070 was 720€

[hot folio]

Gigabyte? More like giga💩

[heady turtle]

Mine was like 100-150ish over msrp

[dreamy dragon]

Patokav#2667 has been warned

Reason: Duplicated text

[heady turtle]

Sad

The vision lineup is

I just did that with 4 chefs kiss lol

True but 🤑🤑

[charred remnant]

Personally I'm not a fan of white hardware lol. So like the vision and the white strix were the only cards I actually avoided

lol I mean I was only familiar with what's on shuffle

[hot folio]

Damn I missed the shuffle

Not mad about it tho

White cards don’t fit my pc’s color theme and the only ones that weren’t white were not strix cards

[heady turtle]

🔥🔥

[hot folio]

And I don’t want to shell out extra for a custom loop for the water block 3070

[heady turtle]

Rgb in cases is just extra money to me

[hot folio]

If it’s white RGB then I like it but other than that it’s a nope

[heady turtle]

I mean I've a white se 224 and my card has a tiny bit of rgb but apart from that

[charred remnant]

Yea I'm not a fan of rgb either. I'm going for a mostly black/grey build. Since my FTW3 has such a huge rgb region on it I might end up adding color to it but I'm not sure since I haven't built it yet. That'll be monday or tuesday

believe so

[hot folio]

Honestly I’m not too big a fan of EVGA

Not really sure why tho

[charred remnant]

I'm led to believe yes but I won't know until I build. This is just a pretty big light region and a color might look better than the whitish plastic. (not my image my box is still sealed and back home)

I might do an orange? I gotta see. I did orange for my keyboard since it's my school color but it's also very subtle since its not lighting around the keys but just the letters on the keycaps.

Lol I just have a logitech G910 my buddy gave me for free after I killed the S key on my ancient dell keyboard

Not even sure if the keycaps are replaceable since it's not a standard stem. But at this point I've gotten somewhat used to these weird faceted keycaps

[heady turtle]

Weird? Look at my R key lol

[charred remnant]

bruh what

[heady turtle]

It's because it's all in caps ish and idk

It's a black widow chroma that's like 7 years old i think

Still going strong tbf

[charred remnant]

Mine just have these weird elevation with the sides and front slanting but it's hard to photograph

[heady turtle]

Weird

[charred remnant]

Granted this keyboard also comes from the geniuses who thought this palm rest was a good idea

[heady turtle]

Yeah it is clicky i recently put some o rings on the switches and that helped a decent amount especially considering there's an extra slot for a switch underneath my spacebar that just hits the case i think

[heady turtle]

Put the screen right under their wrist

https://tenor.com/view/feel-me-think-about-it-meme-gif-7715402

[charred remnant]

not only that but the fact that should I want to say type or use any other part of the keyboard there is essentially no palm rest

[heady turtle]

good luck

[charred remnant]

Good luck man, I have one tommorrow night and then one at 8am friday. Monday or Tuesday I'll finally build my new pc

Thanks

Yea I'm so explative excited

[heady turtle]

Mine don't start for another 2 weeks cri

Won't to get over with

[charred remnant]

When did your semester start?

[heady turtle]

February can't remember i think 2nd week

[charred remnant]

Ah thats why, I started January 6th but also had a normal spring break

[heady turtle]

Normal spring break?

I've no idea how long thats supposed to belol

[heady turtle]

That makes sense tho

[charred remnant]

A week, just said normal since a lot of people either didn't get spring breaks or had them broken up because of covid

[heady turtle]

Ahh i see

[charred remnant]

Yea granted the news outlets had a lot to say about that since a lot of our students partied the whole week in Florida, but hey I mean the uni tests weekly and cases didn't get bad🤷‍♂️

[heady turtle]

We've a week for easter and 2 study weeks

[charred remnant]

Oh that's interesting we definetly don't get study weeks

[heady turtle]

Yeah it usually just means a load of work to do that week with no lectures tho lol

[charred remnant]

Which honestly having nothing but time to study since Friday and not having an exam until tomorrow night I can say I would make terrible use of a bunch of extra time to study.

ohhhh

That makes more sense I was like "dang 2 whole weeks of nothing but time to study"

[heady turtle]

Nah it's spread throughout the semester

[charred remnant]

Ohhh

That makes even more sense

[heady turtle]

Yep if i just had 2 weeks off now i would hardly do anything lol

[charred remnant]

Literally me right now

[lone pond]

hell yeah. Just got me a 3090 FTW3 Ultra

had to camp out overnight at Micro Center for it

pretty cool group of people that camped out. It was in Atlanta, and some people had driven all the way there from the Miami area just to get a card

[heady turtle]

Dam how where they price wise actually?

[drowsy kiln]

I've debated getting some friends and doing that. Got a MC 15m down the road.

[heady turtle]

15 metres? At that stage why not? You can just go back to your place to grab food or go the toilet n stuff

[drowsy kiln]

Minutes but yes

[knotty vortex]

Is the 3060 a straight upgrade over the 1080? I'm getting mixed information but it seems to have slightly better performance in games

[heady turtle]

Ohhhhhh

[drowsy kiln]

Still very close, but no can't take like 50 steps to get there

[heady turtle]

It's slightly better 1080 roughly 2070 roughly 3060 perf but 3060 like 5-10%ish better

[heady turtle]

I was like at that point you could see the shop lol

[knotty vortex]

So basically very similar but with 4 gigs more vram, a better encoder, and DLSS support

If I have the chance I'll pick one up!

[drowsy kiln]

Yea, wish it was like that. Bit of a drive but still lucky to have one that close.

[heady turtle]

Ignore the vram amount on 3060 it's useless because they used a smaller bus so cant take advantage of really

But yeah better nvenc and dlss

And rt if you care

[lone pond]

the 3090 I got was MSRP at about $1860+tax

[heady turtle]

Ohh nice

That's a steal

[lone pond]

they got like 8 of them on the shipment and only sold like 4 to campers. so they had 4 left over. no clue how long it took them to sell though

[drowsy kiln]

Honestly not bad for a 3090, don't have that kinda price but guess same pricing applies to all 30 series

[knotty vortex]

If I could pick up a 3090 for 1499 I would be dangerously tempted

I'd probably still talk myself out of it

400 to sell my graphics card, then six months of mining to recoup the rest of the cost sounds tempting 👀

[lone pond]

now I need to get some custom sleeved cables

[heady turtle]

Very

[knotty vortex]

Who cares if the card only lasts 2 years instead of 5 if it becomes a free card

[heady turtle]

Basically how i convinced myself the 720€ (including 23% tax) 3070 and sold my r9 380 for €170

[heady turtle]

It will last same time, possibly more because heat stays same instead of fluctuations

[vital pivot]

Crap. Best Buy is dropping 3080s

[acoustic ginkgo]

I'm over here still happy I have a 3060. It was just within range of what I was willing to pay/was lucky enough to win from the shuffle.

[heady turtle]

Good luck

[heady turtle]

Nice

[vital pivot]

Thanks pat

[green harness]

Oof had an evga 3080 in my cart but even though I hit atc and checkout asap it was already gone

[tender mulch]

Yup

same here with 3070FE

[green harness]

Sorry we had the same bum luck today

Still the furthest I've gotten with BB

[tender mulch]

Got my EVGA 3070 from BB back in January

[green harness]

Yeah I remember, I don't know if I'm just in a rough area for getting cards or what. I've been really early on several BB drops

But I do have a reputable pre-order with a June/July eta at least

Trying to hook my brother up if I can get another before then

[vital pivot]

They usually restock in a couple of rounds

[heady turtle]

Trying to get one for a friend?

[halcyon plover]

I want some 3060tis for mining

[heady turtle]

Don't we all :(

[willow elk]

I was stalking BB waiting for the card drop, and instead of saying add to cart it just told me unavailable nearby

The humanity!

[flat bridge]

same lol

[willow elk]

I've been searching for one for months, and have been present for most of the drops, and now this

[lone pond]

almost nothing was aviable nearby lol

I hate bestbuy

[drowsy kiln]

Rip, ofc it has to be the day you have finals

[lone pond]

BB is ass

[flat bridge]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-geforce-rtx-3080-ftw3-gaming-10gb-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card/6436191.p?skuId=6436191

[lone pond]

its coming soom about a year lol

[flat bridge]

atleast drop so it can sell out in my cart c;

[lone pond]

why bots pinging that watercooled 3090 on newegg 🤔

[green harness]

The FE and XC3 Ultra 3080s were available around me, but once I got to checkout the XC3 was gone and I never got that far with the FE

[vocal raptor]

Anyone knows where I can get a 2070 super or 2080ti

[acoustic ginkgo]

Yeah, if Best Buy requires you to pick one up at your local store now... glad I got the 3060 via shuffle. The closest Best Buy to me is in Memphis now. (The one that was within reasonable distance was destroyed last year.)

[charred remnant]

Yea they require instore pickup to discourage someone with a bot trying to snag all the inventory across the US

[acoustic ginkgo]

Also, heck no to braving traffic in a city that big.

[tender mulch]

Ebay used is the only option, they were discontinued almost a year ago

[steel bough]

The original nvidia GPUS were in stock at Best Buy today and they sold out fast.

[charred remnant]

Granted I only did the first quiz but personally I found the questions were extremely specific and not games I knew anything about so I don't feel like that's quite the best system either🤷‍♂️

[green harness]

The LTT thing is really not the best

[tight cave]

any tips on how to get my hands on a 3080?

[tender mulch]

Patience

[drowsy kiln]

EVGA Queues

Or camp at MC

[heady turtle]

Vidjya games*

[heady turtle]

This tbh i had to google a few

[heady turtle]

This tbh i had to google a few

[lone pond]

Bought a 6900 xt

Would rather get a 6800 xt, but I’m not complaining too much

[heady turtle]

A cards a card

[lone pond]

True

[charred remnant]

Yea that's why honestly I kinda just stuck with shuffle since I knew I probably wouldn't be the fastest for anything and it was a lot more passive than the others. That said that was also before literally everything was a bundle.

[heady turtle]

Yeah, i mean you get a few skips

3 skips and 3 lives iirc

[flat bridge]

damn i kinda want a 3090 now sheeeeesh

[pale canopy]

Gl getting one from here lol

[winter ember]

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING X Video Card thats a good gpu

[acoustic ginkgo]

It's good if you have it. In this market, any card that's functional and not ancient is a good card.

[heady turtle]

Any 3060/3060 ti is good for under 550 tbh

[winter ember]

but is GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X TRIO 12G original price $380]

if the gpu prices didnt go up

[heady turtle]

They all perform the same

So whatever is cheapest/you can get hands on

[winter ember]

alr than this is my new pc

when the gpu prices go down

GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X TRIO 12G]

DAMN

BROOOO

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wqjnVc

better

[acoustic ginkgo]

I think I just squeaked in when I got my EVGA 3060 for $398 two weeks ago.

[winter ember]

dam lucky

[heady turtle]

You're not getting a 3060 ti under msrp especially msi but yes better card

[winter ember]

its only $60 for a better card thats why i cahnged

i was gonna get the 3060 duo

[charred remnant]

Yea if you're in the states the tariff caused all prices to 20-30% higher except FE

[winter ember]

but for $60 more ima get the trio

[tender mulch]

3060TI isn't anywhere close to 380

Ti is on your list lol

[winter ember]

sorry lol

ehhh

wait

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Fk2xvf

there

[heady turtle]

Msi have put their prices way higher than the going rate rn and even then cheapest is the FE at 400

[winter ember]

when te gpu prices go down so ima wait

i think they may drop this year

[heady turtle]

That's got nothing to do with it

[tender mulch]

Two bad things there. 1) Politics. 2) bad words. Just don't, thx.

[toxic sinew]

What

[winter ember]

oh yeah sorry bro

wont happend again

[tender mulch]

Thanks!

I know it's frustrating and it sucks

[heady turtle]

They aint gonna drop below msrp anyway and they aint gonna drop that low anyway because of demand and profitability to mine with

If it drops 100% at least q4 2022 I'd say

My q2 or q3

[winter ember]

yeh

[cosmic salmon]

i have a zotac 3070 and under heavy load is can spike to 75 degrees Celsius. Should i maybe add a custom fan curve to it

it idles at 55 and the fans only turn on past 55

[tender mulch]

75C is perfectly acceptable

55C idle is also fine but if you feel it's too high you can add a custom curve for that, yes, in MSI Afterburner

[cosmic salmon]

would it be better to have my fans running at say 40% constantly at idle. or leaving the default curve where the fans only spin past 55?

[tender mulch]

IMO, having fans run constantly instead of starting or stopping is better for them

Like, 35% constant with a curve ramping to full speed at 80C or something

[heady turtle]

Most modern GPUs even with custom fan curve wont turn fans on until 50c or so

[cosmic salmon]

yeah I am trying to decide what is better for the gpu. constant fan speed at idle or on and off

[tender mulch]

Constant is easier on the motors

[cosmic salmon]

this is the fan curve that i have done. any suggestions or tweaks

[tender mulch]

maybe start at 35% instead

[heady turtle]

I prefer 100% to be closer to 80 or 85

But that's just a personal thing

[cosmic salmon]

where do you think i should move the second point at the top to? the very top im gonna do 100% at 80

ive set it to this. should be okay

[tender mulch]

Ya!

[cosmic salmon]

cool thanks

[tender mulch]

YW

[winter ember]

what gpu would yall reccomend for i-5 10400

i had 3060 in mind but idk

[tender mulch]

Depends on resolution and refresh rate not so much cpu

[winter ember]

ill be playing warzone

and i want above 100 fps high settings

and more games but warzone is my top 1

[tender mulch]

what resolution

[winter ember]

1080

under $400

[tender mulch]

3060 or 3060ti then

[winter ember]

oh alr

MSI GAMING X TRIO

will that one do?

[summer condor]

yeah i mean any of the aib cards will do, dependent on what you want it to look like and individual performance of the card

[winter ember]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9Fg3Jf

[summer condor]

looks pretty competent to me

you getting extra case fans?

[winter ember]

yea

i know it comes with only 2

4 more white fans

rgb

[summer condor]

little expensive for the corsair ones, but they come with a controller if you get a pack of 3

but thats 160$ in fans

but you might wanna go to #old-cooling as they will know something better for your buck and taste

[winter ember]

https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Moonlight-Motherboard-Computer-Multiple/dp/B08LK9LZTR/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=white+fan+rgb&qid=1619660379&sr=8-6

i think this will od

do*

[tender mulch]

Ehh, not great

[winter ember]

what will you reccomend

[tender mulch]

You're stuck with those fans, proprietary connectors and all

[winter ember]

what will you reccomend

[tender mulch]

Probs these so you aren't stuck with a proprietary connector and controller https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-SK120-DRGB-PWM-3Pack-PH-F120SK_DRGB_PWM_3P/dp/B08C2KCN2K

[sharp wadi]

holy

link

lmfao

[sharp wadi]

is the i5 10400F better than the i5 10400

[tender mulch]

No, just has no iGPU

[sharp wadi]

oh... so your telling ME... that i could run a 3070? i thought the highest my pc could run would be a 3060 or sum

bru this wack

[tender mulch]

GPu depends on resolution and refresh rate

[sharp wadi]

doesent ram needa catch up with cpu

for no bottleneck

or no

[tender mulch]

Not really CPU until you get to like, 200+ FPS

So 1440p 144hz is fine

[sharp wadi]

how can i check this

[tender mulch]

165hz too

[winter ember]

what about the gpu?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zyW9Hz

thats the new one

my max is 1300

[tender mulch]

3070 for $380?

Ain't no way, they're $550-$600

[winter ember]

OOPS

wrong gpu

wait up let me change it LOL

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qVFPkX

there

i lowered it to a duo not a trio

its 10fps or 20fps difference for $60 more

so i got a cheaper

[raven thunder]

there are no performance difference between the 3060ti FE and some other custom version right? (considering its like 150 cad more)

[winter ember]

i dont want the ti

my other option was MSI GeForce RTX 3060 trio

but ima get the no trio

its $330

$327.99

[tender mulch]

A little bit but not much

[winter ember]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8ZQyNP

thats my final

not gonna change it no more

[tender mulch]

sigh

[winter ember]

i have a question

[tender mulch]

MP33 is a really bad drive........just FYI

[woeful perch]

get the muskin piolet e 500gb

its rly good

[lone pond]

capellix

also dont question the pfp

the shiba will be back soon

[winter ember]

oh no thast old this one new

[lone pond]

i think it's $70 rn tho

[winter ember]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KRg3Jf

thast the new one

[lone pond]

[winter ember]

a mod assist reccomended me

[lone pond]

do you really need 32gb of ram?

[winter ember]

yeh

[lone pond]

what are you doing with the pc

also the 10400 really does not need an aio

most consumer chips dont

[winter ember]

editing,gaming,streaming,work,and downloading big files

[lone pond]

also newegg has a deal on ballistix 3200 cl16

[winter ember]

my budget is 1,300 so me good

[lone pond]

the diff between 3200 cl16 and 3600 cl18 really isnt that big

[winter ember]

true

[lone pond]

and ballistix is $75

[winter ember]

i like your pfp

lol

[limpid ravine]

i finally got lucky in a shuffle and managed to get a vision 3080

[lone pond]

i dont :/

i got money out of it and another month of nitro

but i have to use it for a week

[winter ember]

damn

well you should keep it

its noice

[lone pond]

whyyyy

i want my shiba back

[winter ember]

i liek that one

it looks good

9.5/10

[lone pond]

yea bit this is gooder

[winter ember]

actually 10/10

i prefer your pfp

the one you are using

[flat bridge]

shibas head looks like a butt

[lone pond]

this prolly shouldnt be in #graphics-cards lmao

[lone pond]

mean

[winter ember]

ehhhh

his for head THO

is that head

or butt

or a peach

[lone pond]

anyways back to yelling at you for the list

[winter ember]

;-;

vetroo v5

[lone pond]

you dont need an aio, if you want rgb grab a vetroo v5 or something
memory overpriced go ballistx
gl on that 3060 lmao
mag is good but i like p360a but it's subjective anyways :/

[winter ember]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KRg3Jf

but the msi logo

its cool

[lone pond]

it looks so clunky tho

like

even tho nzxt aios are SO bad for their price

they know how to make a waterblock look good

[winter ember]

iT LLOKS GOOD

LOOKS

[lone pond]

wrong

[lone pond]

anyways YOU DONT NEED AN AIO

IT'S A 65TDP CHIP

[tender mulch]

TDP means nothing lol

65W TDP intel can pull 200W

[lone pond]

isnt that only when the power limits are unlocked tho

[tender mulch]

No

TDP is only base clock

So for example if 3.5 is base and 4.8 is boost, TDP only applies at 3.5ghs

at 4.8 it may pull 150W

[winter ember]

but still

looks good

you know

[raven thunder]

doesnt look good for your wallet

[tender mulch]

Budget, you know

[winter ember]

my budget is 1300

this pc gonna cost 1,200

soooooo yeh

LOL

[tender mulch]

Well aware, people are helping you and you're ignoring them so

[winter ember]

is cause people help me

but then other people give me different options

and making my brain go BURRRR

[tender mulch]

mmmhmmmm

[raven thunder]

btw vintageracer, the 3060ti FE is the best post to performance 3060ti right?

[winter ember]

what would you reccomend

[tender mulch]

yes

[winter ember]

vintage?

[charred remnant]

I think any FE card is best price to performance since they weren't impacted by the tariff

[raven thunder]

is it harder to get than some of the harder ones? and why is it like 150 cad cheaper than any other model?

oh the tariff

[tender mulch]

not only that, Best Buy only

[charred remnant]

Yea i think there is a lot less stock of the fe cards and they're only on best buy

[tender mulch]

here in the US anyway it's Best Buy only

Probs canada too

[raven thunder]

yea i think same thing in canada

[static zinc]

bestbuy had all the 3000 series FE in stock today, sold out in under a minute

[raven thunder]

in the US?

[static zinc]

yeah

at 3:33pm

[raven thunder]

was on sale a couple days ago in canada, didnt even try to get one

bc i wasnt trying to get one then and now

i regret it so bad ahhhh

is there any other 3060ti's that are good for the money?

just in case i cant get a FE

[lone pond]

ive heard galax makes some good stuff for their price

their ex 1 click oc is also $400 iirc

[raven thunder]

Iirc?

[static zinc]

3060ti offers the best value this generation so far

[lone pond]

if i remember correctly

[raven thunder]

Oh alright lol

Sorry

[charred remnant]

Evga is also really good on their pricing. My 3070 FTW3 set me back $700 and that's less than the base price of most other brands. (excluding FE which is still $500)

[static zinc]

unfortunately evga queue is terrible, im on day 230 or something

[raven thunder]

Yea fe so much cheaper than anything else

[lone pond]

i dont get some of the super super expensive aibs tho

like

ive seen 3060 tis over $700

like get a 3080 at that point

[raven thunder]

I’m prob not gonna get one unless it’s the fe version

Everything else way too overpriced ngl

[static zinc]

Nah the FE are just an insanely good value

[charred remnant]

Yea Asus is being a nightmare with their pricing. Their 3070 Dual was more money than my 3070 ftw3 which is evga's flagship. I mean over $700 is pretty much any 3070 unless its an FE and if you can't get an FE you're stuck with the increased pricing

[raven thunder]

Yea....

[charred remnant]

As far as I'm aware Nvidia's FE cards are the only ones not assembled in China and therefore aren't subject to the tariff

[lone pond]

their 3060 ti tuf wasnt bad tho

$470

but like it's a 3060 ti

[static zinc]

@charred remnant pretty sure PNY makes them

[raven thunder]

I’m prob willling to even get 3080 if uts not overpriced

[lone pond]

it doesnt need the triple fans that badly

[raven thunder]

How much better thermal performance can you get from that extra fan?

[static zinc]

not much

[charred remnant]

Was that pre-tariff because they sell their 3060 non ti tuf for $520

[static zinc]

thats almost 50% over msrp

[charred remnant]

Yup

[raven thunder]

Wait a moment , just to be clear, a 3060ti from Best Buy sells out in less than a minute

[static zinc]

yeah

[charred remnant]

Yes all cards do

[raven thunder]

Can someone put that into perspectives

[lone pond]

their strix?

[raven thunder]

Well yes but that one specifically

[static zinc]

I had a 3090 and 3080 in cart in 10 seconds, didnt get either

[lone pond]

yea i think so

[late haven]

whats better a gtx 970 or a rx 570 4gb???

[raven thunder]

Just how hard is it to get one?

😳

[charred remnant]

I have a friend who bought this

[static zinc]

Some people have been trying for 6 months

[charred remnant]

extremely

[coarse spindle]

Yep

[pastel current]

ive been trying since October

[lone pond]

[static zinc]

its easier to get a prebuild if you can

[raven thunder]

Roughly how often do they restock?

[static zinc]

every 2-3 weeks

[raven thunder]

Lol I already got a build just trying to get a gpu for mining

Oh Kay

[coarse spindle]

Back when scalped 3070s were like 80s i just ebayed a 3070

[raven thunder]

Since they restocked just last week prob won’t be in stock for a while

How do people even get them?

Enter bank info before hand?

[static zinc]

the drop today was rare, the normally happen on tues/thurs

[charred remnant]

I got my 3070 from shuffle and so did my friend. But yea save payment info be logged in etc.

[raven thunder]

And what else could you do?

Shuffle makes the prices horrible cause of mob bundles yk

[pastel current]

is there anything i can do to imporve my odds for shuffle? ive entered every time for the last few months. never picked

[static zinc]

some of them make you do a challenge like SMS/email code to prevent botting

[raven thunder]

And I already have a mob and everything so it’s kinda overpriced

[charred remnant]

Yea my friend and I got our stuff before everything was bundles

[lone pond]

oh yea is anyone else doing jayztwocent's zotac giveaway thing?

3080 and 2080 on the line

[raven thunder]

Ah lucky

[charred remnant]

Yea I entered it before I got my gpu

[raven thunder]

No wdym?

[lone pond]

wat

[raven thunder]

Was saying how he got the gpus before bundles

Lol

What is the giveaway about?

[charred remnant]

its a giveaway for a 3080 for 1st place and a 2080 for second place

[raven thunder]

Oh what do you have to do?

[frozen quartz]

https://youtu.be/quzKVpo5zeM

[tender mulch]

Worldwide giveaway? Don't bother lol

[raven thunder]

Uh yea lol but worth a try

[spare relic]

yea

I mean I entered lol

not gonna win anyhting but whatever

[raven thunder]

Btw should I get a 144hz 1440p monitor and return my 1080p one if I get a 3060ti?

[frozen quartz]

i mean the only entry requirement is visit the link and put in your email

so why not try

[raven thunder]

Wasn’t really planning to get such a good gpu so just got a 165hz 1080p monitor

Is it worth it to spend like 150 cad more to get a better one

[tender mulch]

yeah, it's easy but your odds of winning are so low..........

[frozen quartz]

still

why not try

because there is no reason not to

[tender mulch]

Not saying there isn't

I just don't see the point because the odds are terrible

[charred remnant]

what you don't like your .000038% chance of winning for 5 entries

[karmic crag]

another day, another rejection email 😔

[frozen quartz]

well you have about a one in a million chance

[tender mulch]

Pretty much

[lone pond]

yea but like

[frozen quartz]

and you do basically nothing

[lone pond]

im gonna take every chance i can get

[frozen quartz]

worth a shot

[charred remnant]

You're probably more likely to win shuffle two days in a row

but free is free

[frozen quartz]

you’re probably more likely to win shuffle 3 or 4 days in a row

[raven thunder]

You guys know how Linus’ giveaway works?

[frozen quartz]

the verified actual gamer thing?

[raven thunder]

And can someone answer my question about getting a new monitor if I get a 3060ti?

Yea

[frozen quartz]

that’s not a giveaway

it’s like newegg shuffle but you actually have to try

[charred remnant]

You got to watch all his videos he'll give the info about the drops in his videos then you gotta go to the page and follow the directions and answer like quiz questions in order to buy your gpu

[raven thunder]

Bruh wtf

What is the chances of your actually getting one

[late haven]

whats better a gtx 970 or a rx 570 4gb???

[charred remnant]

i mean he does it to guarrantee they end up only with gamers

but probably not great

[raven thunder]

Yea but bruh

[frozen quartz]

rx 570

[raven thunder]

But can’t you prove that

You are a gamer

By playing a game

With a webcam or smt

[charred remnant]

It's more of a publicity thing more than anything. He would never be able to get enough stock to fix availability so it's just to appear to do things

[raven thunder]

And send it to him

[frozen quartz]

yea

that’s basically it

[charred remnant]

The quiz questions are a whole bunch of gaming related trivia

[raven thunder]

I’m not gonna go out and watch like 100 videos

To have the chance

To be able to buy a gpu

[frozen quartz]

it’s not every vid

just new ones

[late haven]

isnt the 570 a bit weaker tho?

[raven thunder]

Oh

[charred remnant]

You don't have to watch old videos its just you want to watch new ones as they come out

[frozen quartz]

no it isn’t

the 970 is older

[raven thunder]

And go answer some quizzes?

[late haven]

the 4gb one

[raven thunder]

Can’t you just search up answers 😐

[frozen quartz]

idk

it’s a publicity stunt

[raven thunder]

Like if they ask you some random quest in some random game

[charred remnant]

someone will beat you to it if they know and all the quizzes are manually reviewed

[raven thunder]

When it was released

Then how r u supposed to know

[raven thunder]

Oh yea?

Welp then

[frozen quartz]

yea

[raven thunder]

Bruhhhh

[frozen quartz]

you can get gpus

but shuffle is a better bet imo

[raven thunder]

Yea but they so overpriced with combos

[charred remnant]

But if you just want them to mine won't you make profit back? and it's not like you can't try to resell the bundled motherboards or power supplys

[frozen quartz]

sell the item you don’t want

[raven thunder]

I really want a 3060ti fe from Best Buy but the chances of that happening is UHUH

[raven thunder]

That’s a bit risky to me idk why

[frozen quartz]

it’s really not

[raven thunder]

Tru ig

Really?

[frozen quartz]

yea

craigslist

[raven thunder]

People actually buy those mob?

[frozen quartz]

ebay

easy

[frozen quartz]

definitely

[raven thunder]

But heard they aren’t good mob tho

[charred remnant]

You won't make full price back but people will buy them if you discount them a little

[raven thunder]

Oh Alr

[charred remnant]

Particularly if the box is still sealed

[raven thunder]

And it’s kinda annoying

Since

I’m in canards

Canada

So it’s hard to get it here to

Yk*

Sorry for all my typos lol

[frozen quartz]

no they definitely are

[raven thunder]

Then why would people buy em?

[tender mulch]

what's not good mobo

[raven thunder]

The ones included in shuffle

[tender mulch]

Most of em are fine

SOme PSU's are sus

[raven thunder]

Oh

[tender mulch]

Gigabyte PGM

[raven thunder]

Alr Alr but fe edition still cheapest atm

[tender mulch]

yes

[raven thunder]

But if I win shuffle

[tender mulch]

NO taxes on that because made in Taiwan

[raven thunder]

I prob will get them

[raven thunder]

Can you try to get gpu actually from China, like get some friends to buy em there

[tender mulch]

Could but have to pay import taxes on them

[spare relic]

[raven thunder]

How come?

[spare relic]

import duties can be big

[raven thunder]

Can’t you just get a friend to buy them and ship to you

[tender mulch]

Because if something ships from China it has to go through Customs........

[raven thunder]

Oh well but say it’s a gift

Then no import fee

Right

[tender mulch]

Heh

They xray a lot of that stuff

good luck

[raven thunder]

Lmao

Yea

[tender mulch]

Im' not joking

[raven thunder]

But a gpu still could be a gift

[tender mulch]

Still subject to import tariffs

[raven thunder]

Really?

Gifts are subject to tariffs now?

[spare relic]

it's best to buy things domestically

[raven thunder]

Truu but the options aren’t very good here ughhh

[torpid lake]

So I bought a 980 ti off of ebay and even after installing drivers, the fans don't spin and the rgb doesn't light up
is there a fix for this?

[green harness]

Trying to evade taxes is a bad idea

[spare relic]

https://tenor.com/view/nagito-komaeda-hajime-hinata-meme-danganronpa-tax-fraud-gif-18022797

get MSI afterburner and enable manual fan speed

see if that doesn't do anything

might have to get new fans, should be able to find some that go to the specific card, but if not you could make a janky setup and have some case fans strapped to it instead

[raven thunder]

Lmao jkjk was kinda joking when I said that 😅😂

[spare relic]

https://tenor.com/view/fbi-closing-gif-17983557

[charred remnant]

oops realized that gif was drawn to be political not just about tax evasion😅

[spare relic]

https://tenor.com/view/bigbang-theory-sheldon-ball-pit-youll-never-catch-me-ball-swimming-gif-3438692

everything is political

[charred remnant]

My bigger problem is there are so many good irs gif's but none of them are pg

https://tenor.com/view/accountants-busy-season-tax-season-busy-our-office-gif-16136723

[torpid lake]

will msi afterburner work with a gigabyte card

[spare relic]

yea

works with everything pretty much

[charred remnant]

except my good ol' gtx 650 because it was too old lol

[spare relic]

rip

gtx 6xx and older is probably too old

7xx is fine tho

I wonder if there's older versions of afterburner for older gpus

[lone pond]

Check to see if the fan controller is plugged in and reseat it if it is

Yall goin backwards on the troubleshooting

1. physical booboos happen randomly during shipping
2. its old and something is broke
3. if the gpu still works just strap some regular fans to it using zipties

[nimble swallow]

[torpid lake]

It's real finneky lmao

i just have to open msi afterburner and then minimize it again

then its fixed

[lone pond]

Hit the win button on afterburner and it will open on startup

[tepid isle]

guys is r5 5600x with gtx 1660ti good? has on a reasonable price, wanted a 3060ti but it's like 5x the msrp

[heady turtle]

Don't buy a 1660 ti they're going for like 500 and only worth like 200-250

If you already have yes its a good processor to upgrade too but if your cpu is only a year or 2 old I'd wait another year or 2 before upgrading

[tepid isle]

my cpu is only a month old

gpu is the problem

[drowsy kiln]

For the time being honestly just try and find something like a GTX 980 or RX 580 something like that. Can find locally on used marketplaces for like $150. Then once the prices go back to normal getting a 3060ti at close to MSRP will be easy.

[tepid isle]

yes I have 1050ti rn

feels bad man

[drowsy kiln]

Yea, might be good to keep that for about 10 months now.

[heady turtle]

Just keep the 1050 ti till you can find a 3060 ti through newegg shuffle or best buy drops

[coarse spindle]

I am dailying a 9 year old AMD card oof

[drowsy kiln]

How do you know when BestBuy drops happen or do you not? Someone mentioned something a long time ago in here but can't find it again

[tepid isle]

gpu prices back in 2020 were fine

I don't have the money back then but now I do have the money but the price is sht

[drowsy kiln]

Eh, depends on the card. Early 2020 they were fine. But come July prices we're slowly going up.

[tepid isle]

yeah that

[heady turtle]

Every 2 weeks Tuesdays or Thursdays iirc

[drowsy kiln]

Ok, so then 2 weeks from this past Tuesday most likely

[heady turtle]

Probs

[late haven]

whats better? a 4gb rx 570 or a gtx 970

[nimble swallow]

My dad's approval

[karmic crag]

970

[late haven]

thx

[next adder]

What is better Radeon rx 5500 xt or rtx 2060

[heady turtle]

2060

[steep wind]

RTX 2060, by a long shot.

[next adder]

because i found the 2060 for $871

[drowsy kiln]

That's REALLY overpriced even in 2021

[steep wind]

I wouldn't pay that even for 2021 pricing.

[next adder]

the cheap ones are already out of stock

[tender mulch]

OH heck no, that's a $299 GPU

[steep wind]

Well, yeah no shirt sherlock.

[tender mulch]

They were discontinued last July

[drowsy kiln]

Yes, but like eBay? While they are like $550 there thats not nearly $900.

Not that I would pay $550 for a 2060 but it's better than nearly $900.

[vital pivot]

@drowsy kiln Best Buy dropped a couple of cards yesterday afternoon. They might be dropping some cards today as it is the 2nd week since the last drop

[drowsy kiln]

Gotcha, what time should I be looking for? I've seen generally before 12 noon EST is when they happen

[late haven]

how much should a 2060 cost once the shortage is over?

[tender mulch]

I've never seen them drop two days in a row

[tender mulch]

used, maybe $200. They stopped making them last July.

[late haven]

nice

imma just wait ig

[tender mulch]

I'd honestly get a 3060

[late haven]

aight then

[tender mulch]

2060 is kinda poo, I had one, it was disappoint

[drowsy kiln]

Yea, RTX isn't great on a 2060 tbh

[tender mulch]

Even raster wasn't the best

[late haven]

what about a 2070 super

[drowsy kiln]

Like $400 maybe come the new year.

[late haven]

imma just get a 1660 super. i only game at 1080p anyways

[heady turtle]

Don't pay 400 for a 1660 please

[drowsy kiln]

Whos paying $400 for a 1660 Super lol; from what I've seen near me they are $500 plus

[heady turtle]

Well yes i was being generous

[drowsy kiln]

r/hws might have some decent deals. Saw a 1060 3gb for $60 like 2 weeks ago; for a temp card not the worst

[karmic crag]

pretty good for a temp card when you consider the gt 710 retails for $70

[drowsy kiln]

Yea, card isn't great but to keep for a year can't go wrong with a 1060 3gb

At least it can game

[green harness]

tbf if someone is looking at a gt710 as a temporary card they should probably just get a used one for 30-40

But yeah a 1060 (even a 3gb) as t a little more offers much more performance

[drowsy kiln]

Yes but they are not 30-40 right now, wish I was saying that as a joke. While eBay is bad since it's what the actual market rate is you can find them cheaper. But on eBay GT 710s are selling for like $50-80

[green harness]

Huh, I had seen some at that price. They must just sell out quickly.

[drowsy kiln]

Yea, looking at recently sold ones they are at the lowest $50

[tender mulch]

https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

[drowsy kiln]

Much better than yesterdays 2 PS5s

[tender mulch]

Uh

yesterday had a crap ton of GPU's

They were added later

[drowsy kiln]

Ah, well didn't check the updated list

Guess I should have then

[tender mulch]

Always check 10 AM PST

[normal hawk]

Maybe I'll win tonight 😭

[shut jewel]

I just want to buy a card ... take my money and give me a 3080!

[normal hawk]

I want a 3090 for the VRam

[green harness]

Welcome to the club 😆

[normal hawk]

I'm like, stalking microcenter even though I'm out of country. That 3090 pops up at my local microcenter and I sound the alarm

That's how I managed to secure a 5950x

[livid idol]

Are you doing massive 3D editing projects or something? 99.9% of people won't even use half of 24GB

[normal hawk]

So maybe i got lucky

[tender mulch]

If you need a cPU hit up AMD.com, it's Thursday, they usually do a drop

[green harness]

Yeah, amd is currently OOS but they often drop in like 20 minutes

So could be anytime now tbh

[normal hawk]

I mess around with unreal doing landscapes and my 8gb isn't great because it renders in the whole map rather than in sections cause I'm lazy

Stitching maps together ain't fun if i don't have to do it.

Yes

[livid idol]

Fun stuff. The 12GB on the 3060 should be enough still, though.

[normal hawk]

I think so as well. Or the 12 in the 3080 TI.

I would go AMD for the 16gb's but Nvidia cards seem so much better at rendering. Comparing my 2070 super and the 5700xt my friend gave me

[livid idol]

3060 would be a small step down in gaming performance from a 2070S, so 3080ti would be a decent option that you don't need to spend 2k to get from retail.

[normal hawk]

That's true.

Do you think less people try to get the 3060 in the shuffles?

[livid idol]

No idea. Newegg has been quiet about details. Personally I enter for everything.

[normal hawk]

I'm not too worried about gaming performance cause I'm not gonna get rid of my 5700xt or 2070 super. I got plans for em

[shut jewel]

i think most try all the 3000 Cards

[normal hawk]

But 3090 + 5950x would mean my workstation is set for a long while.

[livid idol]

Then it wouldn't make much difference, and you could even mine with all those GPUs and make around $15 a day

[peak night]

what should get for i5-2520m

[normal hawk]

A 1050ti

[livid idol]

That's quite generous lol

[normal hawk]

1050ti goes with like, everything.

[peak night]

will it work if i use it as a egpu? because the i5-2520m is a laptop processor

[tender mulch]

EGPU not worth the cost

[normal hawk]

Oh does your laptop have a thunderbolt port?

[tender mulch]

External power supply, setup, all kinds of things

[peak night]

no but i think theres one for the wifi card thing

[livid idol]

That uh, won't work

[heady turtle]

Egpus run pretty meh anyway

[peak night]

oh

[livid idol]

For the cost of the gpu plus the adapter and power supply, just get a new laptop

[shut jewel]

you may be better to get geforce now for cloud gaming opposed to an egpu

[peak night]

my wifi kinda sucks

[normal hawk]

Then I'd get a new laptop

What's your budget

[tender mulch]

This

[peak night]

i tried it before it wasnt that bad

but it would lag and it would be annoying but its probably my wifi

[shut jewel]

increasing bandwidth (and using wired connection) is much cheaper than an egpu setup

[peak night]

yes

[vital pivot]

So about today’s shuffle.

What happened they sell out of the overpriced gigabyte combos

[normal hawk]

Probably

[green harness]

Well they had the Gigabyte combos for what 2-3 days? Makes sense they'd run out eventually

[spare dawn]

reee

[vital pivot]

Well. I’m in it for the evga cards. Good luck to everyone

[vital pivot]

Do both

[vernal needle]

I never enter the shuffles. They dont apply at all to people in my country :/

[heady turtle]

It's us only yeah

[vernal needle]

Yeah, kinda disappointing. Wanted to get a 3070/3080/6800/6800XT Tuf Gaming GPU for my rig.

or a 3070/3080 FE.

[charred remnant]

Well the FE's aren't on shuffle, they're only at best buy which they do have in canada

[vernal needle]

I know, and they dont take backorders, so Im kinda out for that one

[charred remnant]

I mean in fairness if they did take backorders it would probably be just as bad as EVGA's queue where there are still people who joined it in November without gpu's

[vernal needle]

Yeah.

Hopefully those new upcoming refreshes of the cards will keep them out of alot of miners's hands, and into our hands.

[slate inlet]

Any gpu with 120$?

[vernal needle]

A gt 710 maybe?

[slate inlet]

@vernal needle rx 460 or gt 1030?

[vernal needle]

Lmao, Nope. XD

[slate inlet]

?

[calm crow]

You can get a 1030 for about that much

[vernal needle]

If your lucky.

[slate inlet]

Yeah i got someone who sells 130$

[calm crow]

no. New egg just kinda sells them on their website for about that much

[heady turtle]

If you had to choose 460 but not for that price, a r9 380 4gb would be better

[slate inlet]

Maybe

I need one fan gpu

[heady turtle]

Why

[slate inlet]

My case is kinda small

Optilex

[heady turtle]

How much space do you have?

[slate inlet]

It can store small gpu only

[heady turtle]

Yeah but did you find measurements or measure it yourself?

[slate inlet]

Yup yup

[heady turtle]

And?

What where they?

[slate inlet]

My friend bought 1650 and didn't get enough space then he bought single fan

Also all youtubers uses single fan

[heady turtle]

You don't have enough length for a 2 fan?

What model is it?

Or can you link it if you have a link?

[calm crow]

Alright. Have you tried getting a smaller two fan gpu...or actually checking the dimensions

[tender mulch]

Just because Youtubers do it doesn't mean it's good lol

[heady turtle]

That's why I'm asking for dimensions

[slate inlet]

I want to send the photo of the space inside it but i cant here

[heady turtle]

Can you just measure it?

[slate inlet]

Yup i tries two fans its so tightt

Check dm ill send u a photo

[heady turtle]

But there's small 2 fan cards

Okay

That's the pic

[slate inlet]

Yup

[heady turtle]

You should be able to fit a smaller 2 fan in there

[calm crow]

^

[slate inlet]

No i tried🙂

[heady turtle]

A small 2 fan tho?

What card?

[slate inlet]

Show me a photo

Of 2 small fan

[heady turtle]

Idk any off the top of my head

But what one did you try

[calm crow]

He said the 1650

[heady turtle]

But what exact 1650

[calm crow]

True

[heady turtle]

But anyway you can get 1 fan 1650s although yikes poor things gonna be choked

Especially in a dell office machine

[slate inlet]

Super

Its same like that

[heady turtle]

Okay let me look up dimensions

So you have less than 20cm of room?

[slate inlet]

Check dm

[lone pond]

Im so pleased i just purchased a GPU. Lets hope that this solid Nvidia GT 710 will go with my Ryzen 5800x and Asus TUF x570 Pro new build. 👀

Hard times man... hard times...

[summer kiln]

idk where to talk about mice but ig i will here

so where can i get a roccat kone pure owl eye?

i have one for $68 and it’s shipped from china but i don’t know if i can trust it

[toxic sinew]

#peripherals-and-displays

[fallow vortex]

I feel you man, got a ryzen 7 5800x as well as a b550 board and 32 gigs of ram, and to top it off, a gt 1030. Times are indeed hard.

[calm crow]

Same

A lot of people are there

[sleek olive]

When is the 3080 going to be in stock again

[livid idol]

https://tenor.com/view/joey-friends-shrug-maybe-i-dont-know-gif-7667589

[spare relic]

No more 3080

https://tenor.com/view/no-more-fortnite-gif-20406775

[fallow vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/3080-rtx3080-graphics-card-graphics-gif-20280580

[fossil talon]

3080 are the rarest, other cards are much easier to get

[fading ivy]

is $500 for a 3060 good\

[willow tartan]

yup, where you getting it?

[fading ivy]

too late

[green harness]

It's not good, but it's not unusual in this market

[fading ivy]

and it was amazon

[willow tartan]

if it's one of the amazon drops, you gotta be quick or the bots will beat you to it

[fading ivy]

it was up for longer than i expected

a solid 5 minutes

[willow tartan]

sold & shipped by Amazon should be MSRP

[willow tartan]

it'll only last a few seconds, trust me 🙂

[fading ivy]

lol

[willow tartan]

yup, tried for it, bots are just like "It'll be gone in (.)60 second(s)" 😆

[tacit pecan]

bots keep getting the cards in seconds, its anoying

[charred remnant]

Depending the brand $500 is msrp, asus 3060 TUF is $520.

[livid idol]

Amazon isn't even trying to stop bots at all

They don't care, money is money

[charred remnant]

That's because they're in a position where they really won't have any damage done to their brand by doing nothing. Newegg, Best buy, and other retailers have a lot more to lose in terms of image.

Amazon knows you'll still buy from them regardless how pissed you are

[nimble swallow]

I do like me two day shipping

[charred remnant]

Personally I order from pretty much anyone else as long as it's not more money. I don't really like amazon and never had. But even then there are a lot of retailers who only sell on amazon or sometimes it's just cheaper and I end up ordering from Amazon

[light pagoda]

just came to check for 3080s

[lethal bluff]

same with me

[flat timber]

The ever elusive 3080..

[merry yew]

3080 these days isnt only worth your kidney, its worth twice that qith scalpers

[charred remnant]

Its easy just sell both your kidneys

[vital leaf]

woahh

is that the fortnite card guy

[spare relic]

https://tenor.com/view/19dollar-fortnite-giftcard-fortnite-whowantsit-gif-20877966

[vital leaf]

waah

[soft pulsar]

so how ridiculous is the price for a 3060 Ti?

[hybrid kettle]

About 1200 - 1300 market value

400-600 msrp

[soft pulsar]

for a $400 card?

wow

[hybrid kettle]

Yep

[soft pulsar]

guess I will hold on to my 1660 ti for a bit longer

[hybrid kettle]

Demand does be like that

[hybrid kettle]

If you can get a 3060ti or similar at msrp you could probably sell your 1660ti and make back what you spent

Or close

1660ti going for like 400 i believe

Would have to check

[soft pulsar]

thats the level of performance I would want I just dont game enough to want to pay for anything higher than that

[hybrid kettle]

Lol same

[peak night]

i think if you join a server that has stock drops for graphics cards then you can get a chance of getting one

[heady turtle]

Good luck shufflers

[tender mulch]

https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

[heady turtle]

3060 tis perhaps?

[tender mulch]

Lots

IDK

No one has ever answered that

Choose everything you want I guess

[hybrid kettle]

Didn’t yesterday they add like amd cards last minute

[tender mulch]

Yes

So it might change again today

It was also all PS5's at first

Then GPU's added

[hybrid kettle]

Had enchiladas for breakfast feeling good

[karmic crag]

everyday i'm shufflin'

and losing

[rough arch]

rip

you would never think that one day the 1660 Super would go for $600

[karmic crag]

yep

[charred remnant]

In fairness it was $400 pre tariff so every card but the FE got hit with a 20-30% price increase

[normal hawk]

Maybe less people will pay for those 3090's :( but probably not.

[tender mulch]

https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

[empty knot]

hi

[hybrid kettle]

Except eagle

[sonic vigil]

wow... it just clicked that I can actually filter shuffle lists

I really only want 3080... and 3090 tend to be a bit out of my budget, but as I'm stuck with no GPU at all in my PC I've started to bid on 3070s too this week

3080ti should comfortably fall within my budget, one more card I will soon(hopefully) be able to look at and not get 😄

indeed, there seem to be many more, and the card is okay -- I used to have a 1080 and at the very least I want something solidly beter than that

My 1080 is sitting in my old gaming PC with my wife in another country

[steel bough]

I’m using nerd spark and stock drops servers on discord to alert me when a GPU is in stock and buy it fast before it is sold out. Some people on there have been lucky enough to buy GPUS.

[sonic vigil]

LOL this is the first PC I was building woithout a tight 2k or less budget

and yet it's the one that months later I still haven't finished due to no video card

it is... but this one, including perhipherals, was... 4k

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pfQMYg

[ionic falcon]

In 2018 or so I built a 1060 6g i5 8500k pc for under $1500 (had monitors)

[sonic vigil]

still haven't bought my SSD either, but just waiting on that for the moment

[sonic vigil]

Not bad at all

[ionic falcon]

I used Bing searches to bank Amazon gift cards also.

[sonic vigil]

I started with nothing this time -- repatriation flight, limited capacity, left my entire setup in the caribbean

lol then I had to spend the entire PC fund I came home with on re-establishing, so went months with no PC at all

[ionic falcon]

I feel bad for anyone building a PC right now and trying to get a GPU.

So are you just constantly trying to get in the Newegg lottery?

[sonic vigil]

Like me?! 😄

Yep

[ionic falcon]

Or just searching every single site.

I heard even 970's or whatever that gen is are being bought up.

[sonic vigil]

Ugh I don't want to invest in what I'd need for software to luck into one on most sites

oh pretty much all cards are way over price right now going back like 8 years

770 will cost you a pretty penny right now

[ionic falcon]

I guess we should just all get Raspberry Pis and do emulators.

[sonic vigil]

but, older card prices ARE coming down

and ebay scalper prices are plumetting

[ionic falcon]

Let them have those cards and suffer the loss!

[sonic vigil]

which means maybe, just maybe, supply is closing the gap with demand

[young quarry]

Me looking at my pc that got an upgrade to everything but gpu which is my old 750 ti.

[sonic vigil]

haha I'd happily have a 750TI right now -- I'm on intel's iGPU

I think it's equivalent to a 730 😄

<15 min to shuffle

no 3080 😦