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And they're actually saying the 'true price' of this card was actually $1499. I mean I don't think even the non-TI cards had their base price as low as the FE card. They're slipping, they're supposed to say this card is originally $1999 and you're saving $1000 or 50% off!
If there’s a ton of stock then no. If you can’t find a gpu until late 2023, then yes. No one knows.
If the rumors are true of 80% more performance from 3090 Ti to 4090 - then I guess it's "fair". lol
Kind of hope I'm wrong, but my guess:
I'll say:
No way in hell it will be that much.
Ya, weren't all the non FE cards $1800-2100
That's why it's likely not a great deal at all. In fact it's going to suck even worse when it's likely in a month or two the 3090 ti will be ~$500
Honestly I think you're being very generous with that 2-3%, Nvidia dun f'd up with how much demand they thought would go after these upper tier cards, now we're seeing how much the price is being cut. Notice it's only these upper tiers that are being cut, not the lower ones. They're probably hoping to get some of the people who were considering overpaying for 3080s with these prices feeling "it's such a great deal". They probably will/did, but I wouldn't be surprised if these drop even further as we approach the "alleged" release date of the 4090
The last 20 series 2080ti FE released at $999. The AIB's were more. You expect the next gen top-end should be the same price?
I'm only talking about the used market, because the scenario is you're buying this card today.
This is where following number/letter designation doesn't translate from one generation to the next. The 2080ti was not an upgraded 2080, it was a downgraded Titan card, so it was closer to a "2090" for a system that didn't use that numbering system. Same chipset as the Titan, same transistor count, die size, etc. but half the memory IIRC. Either way all of that was more than the 2080, 2080-Super cards which were both priced at $699. And FYI FE versions were actually priced higher (at least than the AIB base models some "ROG edition" obviously pumped the cards "value" up), the 30 series was the first one where the FE were actually cheaper than AIB base prices at launch.
Yeah you're probably right, I'm still suffering from the PTSD of seeing literally hundreds of people who would've never paid over $500, much less $700 or even $1000 in the past for a GPU physically lined up to buy them at BestBuy and MicroCenter. And this happened for over a year! In the past, before Ampere you were relatively safe in that $700+ range to get whatever card you liked if you were in that market and price bracket. Even when Pascal was selling out with the 1070 and 1080 for months at $400-600, you could still get a $1200 Titan Xp1 whenever you wanted.
The actual Nvidia FE was $1200, sold only at BestBuy and maybe PNY direct to OEMs/System Integrators and had the -A chipset which was supposedly better binned.
I'll take that bet.
If the rumors pan out to be true the RTX 4000 series will double the rasterization performance of the RTX 3000 series so it's probably worth holding out until late 2022/early 2023 for the new cards.
i gotta get mobo/cpu.
Turing was hot garbage. Regardless of which chip it came from, the 2080Ti was the ONLY Turing card that was an upgrade from a 1080Ti. I picked up a 1080Ti new right before the 2017 mining boom for $550, and instead of having a viable upgrade the next generation, Nvidia expected me to pay more than twice as much for ~35% more performance. That's not how generational upgrades work. And no, RT on Turing was not even close to worthwhile.