Monday, September 5th 2022
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NVIDIA RTX 3090-series and RTX 3080-series in Free-fall: RTX 3090 Ti at $1,099; RTX 3080 Ti at $739
Prices of high-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-series "Ampere" graphics cards appear to be in free fall as the Summer demand is beginning to wear off, and the supply chain is under pressure to pave the way for the next-generation RTX 40-series. In the worst days of the crypto-mining craze causing graphics cards shortages, the RTX 3090 Ti could be sold for as high as $3,000. It's now down to $1,099 and in stock. The RTX 3080 Ti, which was credited by reviewers as being almost as good as the RTX 3090, can be had for $739. The RTX 3090 (non-Ti) itself is now firmly under the four-figure mark, going for $959. These brand-new cards face competition from two fronts—cypto-miners dumping used graphics cards at attractive prices that gamers are willing to buy; and from AMD's aggressively-priced RX 6000-series high-end, led by the RX 6950 XT at $900.
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47 Comments on NVIDIA RTX 3090-series and RTX 3080-series in Free-fall: RTX 3090 Ti at $1,099; RTX 3080 Ti at $739
Eth is taking forever to crash. but when it does, it would be raining GPUs or they'll just move to another coin.
There is no free fall, nothing is falling right now, only the impatient are falling to this weak seduction.
We are witnessing a free stagnation, the calm before the storm. yeah.
I was hopeful early on for a drop to ~$300 but my rough estimation is that ~$400 used is the price floor for the forseeable future. The card has only recently dropped to it’s $580 MSRP on Newegg for one model. And there aren’t many models available near that price in the first place. My impression is most Navi 21 went to 6800 xt/6900 xt due to good yields, so the stock for the 6800 is perpetually minimal.
The former 2 can probably still drop in price a bit. In fact I’ve seen some 6800 xts sell for close to $500 in the past week. I’m just a sucker for the nitro line, so I don’t regret snapping up this model. Also, I’d probably just undervolt the hell out of one of those higher end models to drop down closer to 200 watt power draw and end up closer to a slightly UV’d 6800 anyway.
I mean obviously im talking nonsense here, I would not really lose sleep over 500 bucks but well, will see what happens when the next gen launches later
Retail stores can choke on their 3 year old overpriced stock for all i care.
#2 A 3090Ti at $1099 is astounding. I bought my 3090 FTW3 for $1955 (with tax) during Cyberpunk's release weak and now, years later it's depreciated so quickly it's worth less than the launch MSRP of the 3090. Amazing!!!
I'd say most people who want a high end card are waiting for the 4000 series, rather than buying 3000 cards depreciated. My next machine will have a hybrid AIO card, rather than a fanblown.
I really don't get it, next gen is less than 2 months away, promising a rather decent jump in performance, crypto is down and ETH is (hopefully) doing it's merge in the same timeframe.
Who are they still targeting with those above MSRP levels?
Enthusiasts and high-end user are waiting for next gen and won't buy now. Everyone else is also waiting for next gen to either buy a then massively discounted card or “pre-order” a next gen budget to midrange card.
Without really massive price cuts, nobody with a sane mind is shopping right now. :kookoo:
Unfortunately the mid range has maintained its high prices. You still can't get a 3060 nor a 3060 Ti at MSRP, and we are just a couple of months to launch of the new gen cards. But it will be another 3 months after launch before the midrange GPUs are released, Q1 2023.
High end cards like 3080+ certainly start to look more appealing after price drops, I started to think about it then realized I'd need a new PSU for that. So suddenly +$200 over what I'm looking at turns to +$350. I'm really not interested in going much over 200W on any GPU.
If I could get a used one for like 600-700 I would do it in a heart beat, but seems people are keeping the used cards to close to the new price with no idea if they have been heavily mined on or not.