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Well it depends on how old your computer is. My main rig was just about the top-of-the-line 3 years ago and still pretty capable today.
I totally get that, and I certainly remain a PC user first. For a mid-tier computer from a couple year ago, though the consoles' value proposition is certainly there:
And that's assuming that all the games you played on PC are even available on console, too. Entire genres like RTSs, flight sims and MMORPGs are slim pickings at best, and even for more mainstream stuff like FPSs, you sure as hell aren't gonna find something like ArmA 3 or Escape from Tarkov on console.
Thought the same thing. Just because current gpus are gone, would anyone pay such an exorbitant price for such an ancient gpu???
Yea my MC in MD also has a 7750bfor $220 lol.
Wow definitely not the case here. They had some Strix 3080 earlier this week and that was the first 30-series I had seen listed in a few weeks. Previous was a single 3070 if I recall.
And just because it’s old doesn’t mean it costs significantly less to produce.
Then something happens, and then profit. lol
We were all so hopeful it would get better.
I know right? I was like I'll get a 3080 or a 6800XT in the new year.....
Slava computer is an ebay account from Isreal, I would not assume they paid MSRP for it or that commanding from the USA computer part from a small Israelis "shops" (that also sell perfume) without even an website would work using USA msrp.
Lawmakers have no control over this. If they outlaw scalping they'll drive the market underground and you'll see even higher prices on ebay and craigslist. This is simple supply and demand. A product is valued at what people are willing to pay for it, and clearly there is way more demand than there is supply right now so people are willing to pay more than normal. In normal times this would be an outrageous price, but times aren't normal and everyone in the world is stuck at home wanting to play video games apparently.
If scalping were outlawed (and it is for certain products, so no reason to not do the same with electronics) you would never see higher prices on ebay/craiglist - if it's underground, it'd go to the dark web, not to publicly and easily accessible sites. I'd much rather products be out of stock than sold at insane prices. Many argue about the capitalist market functioning this way as a plus, I'd say when your consumers can't buy your products, that market has utterly failed. The products and manufacturing aren't the issue, the abuse of purchasing methods, where you can't even buy a product in 20 seconds is the actual issue. Prices should be dictated by the market to a point, within reason. Bots should be outlawed. The worse right now - online stores could combat this by adding steps, queues, and other ways to mitigate bot abuses, but they are choosing not to. Once this is over, I'll take their 0 interest in my consumer experience accordingly.
Sure, but Nvidia and AMD have some responsibility for this situation. Maybe that means we should all buy Intel GPUs if they launch anytime soon. With this duopoly, I so hope Intel gets into this market. And I'm NOT an Intel fanboy. I'm rocking an AMD 3900X in my new build.
What can they do? Do you really think they're holding back? You can be sure if they could sell more they would. It's simply demand is way too great for what the supply chain can... supply. It's happening in other segments as well.
1) I'm willing to pay the price the manufacturer has deemed its product to cost, not a penny more. That's not an unreasonable position.
