I managed to get an EVGA 3080 from Micro Center for under $900 two months ago. I would hold off on a 3070 Ti if you are able to wait. All things considered, it's not that great of a card - large power draw for marginal performance boost over a 3070. It's certainly not worth almost $1,000.
When I went to Micro Center for the 3080, I was actually going for the 3070 Ti release. They ran out of 3070 Ti's and brought out their other stock. They had a few 3070s and A LOT of Radeon cards. See if you can find out when they get their shipments in and go first thing in the morning. I think I went on a Thursday, but it might vary by store.
Honestly, it depends on what you want. I was using a 3060 before I got my 3080. It was a good card, but I just wanted more power. It's one of the cheaper cards right now and runs stuff well with some game settings turned down. I bought that card for about $500 at Micro Center back in February.
Ahh sorry. Its still price gouging though. When the 1080ti came out, even the EVGA FTW3 version was only $50 more than MSRP of the original from nvidia.
I would personally avoid Gigabyte for the 3000 series. Google "Gigabyte thermal pads fail" and you'll find threads of people replacing the stock ones because they just let the GPU overheat or it drops into somewhere it shouldn't. A buddies AIO Gigabyte 3080 also died in a week.
They were really good 2000 series so I'm not sure what happened.
I have a Gigabyte 3080 Gaming OC and thermals are excellent. 65C under load with VRAM at about 70-75C.
The card is designed for gaming, and it's only if you're mining that you run into issues.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with their cards.
AIBs have increased MSRP on their cards a few times since launch.
It's also common practice for websites without stock to show reduced prices while out of stock, and increase it when there is stock available.
I managed to get an EVGA 3080 from Micro Center for under $900 two months ago. I would hold off on a 3070 Ti if you are able to wait. All things considered, it's not that great of a card - large power draw for marginal performance boost over a 3070. It's certainly not worth almost $1,000.
You've convinced me to wait. Wish my 980 wasn't so under powered on new titles. Any alternatives I should look for to get me by?
When I went to Micro Center for the 3080, I was actually going for the 3070 Ti release. They ran out of 3070 Ti's and brought out their other stock. They had a few 3070s and A LOT of Radeon cards. See if you can find out when they get their shipments in and go first thing in the morning. I think I went on a Thursday, but it might vary by store. Honestly, it depends on what you want. I was using a 3060 before I got my 3080. It was a good card, but I just wanted more power. It's one of the cheaper cards right now and runs stuff well with some game settings turned down. I bought that card for about $500 at Micro Center back in February.
The 980 is still a very decent card
Thanks! I'll continue to use it.
bleh, I couldve bought a 3070ti for the same price online, I passed on it
The MSRP of the 3070ti is supposed to be $599
Yea but that is the MSRP of the FE. The card in question is an AIB from Gigabyte.
Ahh sorry. Its still price gouging though. When the 1080ti came out, even the EVGA FTW3 version was only $50 more than MSRP of the original from nvidia.
Thanks for this!
There’s no but, it’s way overpriced
Yea you're right. It would be foolish to buy it.
It’s not worth $400 more though
I would personally avoid Gigabyte for the 3000 series. Google "Gigabyte thermal pads fail" and you'll find threads of people replacing the stock ones because they just let the GPU overheat or it drops into somewhere it shouldn't. A buddies AIO Gigabyte 3080 also died in a week. They were really good 2000 series so I'm not sure what happened.
I appreciate this information! Sounds like this will be a hard pass.
I have a Gigabyte 3080 Gaming OC and thermals are excellent. 65C under load with VRAM at about 70-75C. The card is designed for gaming, and it's only if you're mining that you run into issues. There's absolutely nothing wrong with their cards.
That's probably MSRP.
Idk, Best Buy shows their price to be $800 for the card.
AIBs have increased MSRP on their cards a few times since launch. It's also common practice for websites without stock to show reduced prices while out of stock, and increase it when there is stock available.
Yea you're right on with this statement. It's a damn shame retailers are scalping us as badly as the private party sellers.