When do the next generation GPUs drop?

[Penny_Dreadful]

I just briefly caught this on Amazon, but by the time I clicked, it was already out of stock again (not that I would ever be stupid enough to pay $1500 for a 3080).

EDIT - Oh never mind. Apparently 3rd party sellers are starting to put them up on Amazon now at huge markups. Joy.

[Balasarius]

A few years ago I grabbed the 1080 Ti Founders Edition direct from nVidia, because nVidia was the only vendor NOT adding a $300 markup.

[Woolen_Horde]

Just be grateful that the miners haven’t gotten involved yet. Availability would be like trying to find bread in the siege of Leningrad, and the price was be astronomical.

[Tim_N]

I am enjoying the memes:

r/pcmasterrace - 'Nvidia displays their entire stock of 3080s' - Sept 1, 2020

r/pcmasterrace - Re-edited the RTX3080 launch trailer to be more... fitting.

[Penny_Dreadful]

@Woolen_Horde

Just be grateful that the miners haven’t gotten involved yet. Availability would be like trying to find bread in the siege of Leningrad, and the price was be astronomical.

I’m pretty sure you’re describing exactly what happened today. I mean, does anyone here actually think these cards were all bought out by gamers? I assume the vast majority of the bots were run by miners, or people who are going to be selling the cards to miners. I could be wrong of course, but that was my first thought.

[lordkosc]

[MichaelD]

This ^

[Destarius]

Is there any sense thinking of grabbing a 2080 now or in the near future instead of a 3080? I’m not going to do 4k gaming or anything and I’m hoping that 2080 pricing will drop and give more bang for the buck.

[fdsaion]

Theres some claims floating around that basically all of Nvidia store’s stock was effectively snapped up by bots via DigitalRiver API

[AK_Icebear]

I’m in the same boat, although am wondering if it makes more sense to wait for the 3070 for better power efficiency and RTX/DLSS, or go for the 3080 on the basis that it will age better.

[AK_Icebear]

It’s embarrassing or monumentally negligent (or worse) that they don’t use captcha or another method to weed out bots. So anti-consumer…

[Tim_N]

@AK_Icebear

I’m in the same boat, although am wondering if it makes more sense to wait for the 3070 for better power efficiency and RTX/DLSS, or go for the 3080 on the basis that it will age better.

One of the benefits of the shocking launch is that you have no choice but to wait for the 3070 to be released to make a less impulsive decision!

[Dan_Theman]

I suspect the pricing of the 2080 will drop as the availability of the 3080 (and 3070) increase, so I personally wouldn’t go for one unless it was an amazing deal.

In a little more than a month, we’ll see:

• AMD’s 6xxx series
• More (and BETTER) 3080s on the shelves
• The release of the 3070
• More info about the versions with higher VRAM

[stusser]

Typically, pricing does not drop on new obsolete product. Instead it’s sold at full price until it’s out of stock and then never replenished. If you want a 2080 you can probably find a used one cheaply, though.

That said, I wouldn’t buy a used 2080 for over $300. Maybe $350 for a 2080S. And that’s only until the 3060 is announced.

[Scotch_Lufkin]

I’ll be selling my 1080 Ti EVGA FTW3 here in a bit if there is interest. Probably want to let the new card sit and work for a week or two just to be safe first, but after that, fair game.

[Destarius]

I’m never one for a used product because I’ve nowhere to go if it’s a lemon! Thanks for sharing that bit of industry experience that pricing doesn’t drop - if so it may make sense to just sit tight and see where the chips fall on the other cards.

[Tim_N]

@Destarius

Thanks for sharing that bit of industry experience that pricing doesn’t drop - if so it may make sense to just sit tight and see where the chips fall on the other cards.

In Aus at least the prices of 2080, especially 2080 Ti, dropped significantly with the announcement of the 3080. At the moment a 2080 Ti is sitting at between 70-95% of the price of a 3080 (depending on which model of each). I’m not saying that makes it a good buy, but the prices you’re looking at now probably already reflect the price drop they’re willing to do.

[Destarius]

I guess I just want to maximise my performance per dollar here (at a reasonable rate). Digital Foundry reports up to an 80% performance jump over the 2080 so that discounting doesn’t seem all that attractive.

That said, isn’t Australia also where everything is priced inordinately high (because death lurks any and everywhere)? I do wonder if the price disparity in Australia would create market behavior that would be unique.

[Soma]

What do they care??? As long as those bots pay real money not fraud money, it is all the same to them. It may even create an impression that 3080 is a must-buy item for quite a long time, even long enough to overshadow new cards from AMD. (Let’s face it, all expectation is that AMD still can’t compete on the top end, maybe with 3070.)

[Editer]

@stusser

Typically, pricing does not drop on new obsolete product. Instead it’s sold at full price until it’s out of stock and then never replenished. If you want a 2080 you can probably find a used one cheaply, though.

Asus and Zotac Massively Slash GeForce RTX 2000-Series Pricing

https://hothardware.com/news/geforce-rtx-20-graphics-card-price-cuts-en-route-ampere

Prices are cut up to 50% in parts of Asia already. Right now US retailers haven’t followed suit because the 2000 series is in stock, but given these cuts from the actual manufacturers, I wouldn’t be surprised to see similar cuts in the US once the 30x0 series stock catches up more.