Daagar
7886
If they can make these well under the MSRP of the new 3060, there could be a good market for them. An 8GB 2060Super at ~$230 fills the market for an entry-level card in place of the previously rumored 3050/3050ti.
There is currently no worthwhile card on the market right now at this price. You either dip too low into the 1650 line of cards, or you are looking at $500 (prior to the 3060 @ $330)
Houngan
7887
True, and then you look at ebay and holy shit, donāt take any previous 30xx prices as valid for quite a while.
More like a RTX2060 for $750. Amazon Renewed.
https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-06G-P4-2066-KR-GeForce-Backplate-Renewed/dp/B08J1THVCG/
The gpu card shortage is in full effect.
LockerK
7889
I was ready to upgrade with a completely new build this spring jumping from an i5 7th gen and GTX 1070. Looks like Iām going to stick with the PS5 until things get less ridiculous. Maybe spend that money on a decent OLED TV instead.
I hear you; I was barely able to get a 5600/3070 build put together in time for the holidays for my nephew. My dream of my own 5900/3080 build (at retail price) is kind of a joke at this point.
Aceris
7891
Iād be surprised if there isnāt some kind of 3050Ti. Every other chip goes into two different cards so they can bin the weaker chips into the cheaper card.
On the plus side this means the new 2060/2060S might be priced low to really push out the 1600 series cards!
Or NVidia are just trying to make as much money as possible out of some extra TU106 production and want to exploit the GPU shortage.
Houngan
7892
I guess the big question is whether itās the raytracing or the base horsepower that is most valuable to the miners.
fdsaion
7893
I see thereās been a commensurate rise in prices for used lower tier GPUs too (1070 used prices have increased to 250ish it seems)
Aceris
7894
BRB inventing a cryptocurrency based on rayfire proof of work.
I got my 3070 notification from EVGA today, so Iāll consider myself fortunate.
Now Iām going to probably go blind trying to figure out if itās worth the effort to get a new pc with the shmancy new AMD Ryzen stuff or just be lazy and pick Intel againā¦
Daagar
7896
No doubt. Iām in the happy new 2021 world where prices/production comes back to ānormalā. My sonās machine is rocking a GTX 960 still, so a $230 card is the right-sized upgrade which is why Iām hopeful for this to happen.
Soma
7897
The big question Iām asking right is how good a GPU do I need to power a full-fat 1080p60fps raytraced experience with my older Skylake i7-6700, since a new 5900X+3080 is pretty much out of the question at this point or in the near future. 3060 Ti or 3070 or 6800??? The benchmarks are of some use but usually they donāt pair the new cards with old CPU. I would hope 3060 Ti would be enough but it is still not cheap. Unless the rumoured 2060 Super would be super cheap and a no-brainer for a slight upgrade, I feel like Iām kinda stuck at this point. #fomo T_T
3070 is plenty for 1440p, so a 3060Ti should be fine.
3060 Ti is doing excellent with full settings on a 1080p ultrawide, thatās more than enough.
The only good thing I see from these issues is that itās going to delay these new cards becoming the baseline for new games for PC, so, maybe buying a 2060 for a decent price isnāt a desperation move, the way it would be if in just a few short months every new game assumed you have a 30XX.
Soma
7902
@Misguided @AK_Icebear cheers. Now to start hunting for one in the wildā¦
Agreed. As someone who was thinking of upgrading his 1080ti but wonāt pay the silly prices for a 3080/3090 Iām somewhat relieved to think that itās going to be several more years before I really have to.
stusser
7904
Most PC games are console ports, and consoles have RTX2080 equivalent GPUs, with RTX2060-equivalent ray-tracing. So you basically want a 2080/3060ti minimum if you want to play games at console-equivalent settings for the next couple of years.
