High End NVIDIA GPU Prices on a Slippery Slope as RTX 3090 Ti Hits $1599

[maxfly]

Easy killers, were all on the same team
Save that angst for the one that deserves it!

 

[Upgrayedd]

People just won't buy if they suspect it's a ex mining card.

Choker case you so funny Doctor jones, it's better than a R4 with the solid front panel and a few vets around it. I have 4x120mm sucking air in, funny choker.

I only said "you" cause you said "you" first.
I leave the front door open and panel open. Last case I bought was a meshify C.
People will buy. They just pay less.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I only said "you" cause you said "you" first.
I leave the front door open and panel open. Last case I bought was a meshify C.
People will buy. They just pay less.

They might, but no one on TPU would buy them.

If you have to leave the panel open, then there is not enough venting on the case. I do not have to leave my front or side glass panels open and it has enough air flow through it.

 

[Chrispy_]

The 3090 Ti's premium over the 3090 was always so ridiculous that even now, at $400 off, it's still worse performance/$ than the previous record holder of worst performance/$; The insultingly-expensive 3090.

Buy a 3080. Nvidia is trolling you beyond that.

 

[Upgrayedd]

They might, but no one on TPU would buy them.

If you have to leave the panel open, then there is not enough venting on the case. I do not have to leave my front or side glass panels open and it has enough air flow through it.

We'll see I doubt it seriously

 

[Chrispy_]

Has any actual controlled, empirical testing been conducted on former mining cards to verify that they've undergone permanent and perceivable degradation in performance? Such an experiment would be tremendously valuable to the PC DIY community. I'm personally looking to upgrade my 5700xt, probably to a 6800XT or even a 6900XT if there's a really good bargain to be had. I believe RDNA2 GPUs were not as popular as the RTX 3000 series for mining, and I'm willing to buy 2nd hand to get a good deal, but I'd like to avoid any potential issues...as anyone here ever actually used/purchased a former mining card? What was the experience?

I successfully sold all 24 of my mining cards on ebay back in March, having also posted pictures of the neat and clean rigs they were in, offered returns window of 14 days in case they weren't happy, and listed them as "mining BIOS" or "original factory BIOS". I stated the typical CPU & VRAM temperatures, the static fan speed I used for the 18 months they were mining, and the voltage/clocks of the undervolt.

I made good money, the cards were a bargain, and not one person has come back to me yet with a single question. I can't speak for all miners, but part of my assumption when buying cards for mining was to treat them well so that I didn't lose a card or waste profits on having to repad and repaste as a result of pushing them to the limits. Perhaps I could have earned 5% more ETH by doing that, but then I wouldn't have had 24 cards in great condition to sell on later...

My early mining test was the 5700XT I bought for myself and it is still working fine as a normal desktop GPU despite having been mining 24/7 for about 9 months during the pandemic. As long as they're not abused by idiots they should be fine and the constant unchanging load is very low-stress on the card indeed. All you really have to worry about is fan bearings because they'll have had a harder life than a desktop GPU which is probably turned off for 70% of the time.

 

[HBSound]

Let the price keep dropping. Make up for the overpricing of the GPUs for the last few years.
Everything has to flow with the ebbs and flows of life - everything!

 

[Nanochip]

The last thing I'd do is to purchase a used graphics card from a miner.

Exactly. Don't reward their behavior. They (collectively) created a GPU shortage, increased prices for 2 years, and now after they used and abused their cards and crypto is in the toilet, they want to make a quick buck. No thank you, I'd rather use Intel UHD graphics than to buy a card from a miner. And no way I'm going to use Intel UHD graphics.

 

[64K]

This was pretty shocking. A man in Brazil ordered a RTX 3090 Ti from Amazon only to receive pots with sand. Why is Amazon even selling sand?

Brazilian man orders GeForce RTX 3090 Ti from Amazon, gets SAND instead - VideoCardz.com

What a waste of sand A Brazilian man ordered GeForce RTX 3090 Ti from Amazon only to receive… pots with sands. RTX 3090 Ti box with sand, Source: MauriSousa_ These are no urban legends. People receiving either wrong products or no product at all happen all the time. We just rarely get to see...

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[Ruru]

For once those price drops are true even in Finland, hell, the cheapest 3090 Ti is cheaper than the cheapest 3090.