The dilemma is transferred to the manufacturers when you don’t buy a card for such outrageous prices.

Hey Jay, I bought a used 3080 and it’s worked out really well for me. But I had to do some digging to find good ways to test the card before my buyer protection was over (bought through eBay). Think it would be really awesome if you did a dedicated video for how to test a used card inside and out!

Happy to postpone any GFX card update until the bottom drops out of the market in the recession, and we see true fair value market prices return. Glad to hear the 4080 isn’t selling well, exactly the message Nvidia need.

I bought a 6800xt in October happy with my purchase despite what people kept saying about prices coming down with the new generation it just doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon. The best advice when it comes to gpu shopping is get the best thing you can afford and then immediately stop looking at GPUs. You're probably going to be happy with your purchase as long as you don't convince yourself you could have gotten something better if you waited

I'm at the point where I'm just gonna walk away from the table. My EVGA 1060 6GB still works fine and plays all the games I allready own.

Meanwhile in Sweden: 4080 cost 1700$ minimum

Glad I got my 3070 for 475 from EVGA. To Jay's point warranty is a slight concern but I'm not OCing. Only lost on USD to CAD, however was still less than anything available in Canada.

If I had to choose some mid level graphics card(around 400-600$) it seems to me like RX 6700 XT/RX 6800 XT or RTX 3060 Ti is your best bet depending on how important ray tracing is to you.

Hi Jay, I think you may be missing the used market dynamic that got disrupted with the 30 series. People got used to selling their old cards after a year, year and a half for 60% of its value (65% or more for high end cards) to put toward a new card. With the shortage, which caused the prices to skyrocket especially on used cards, people who would normally only be able to afford a decent used card, weren't able to help support those who wanted to subsidise their upgrade. This buried those who bought a new 30 series card, just like buying a new car when you haven't paid your old one down far enough. If you paid $1500 or $2000 for a 30 series card... are you going to be able to take the 40% hit (50 or 60% appears to be market, based on your video) to sell it and pay the same again. Personally, I used to upgrade my GPU every 2 generations and my CPU every 4. I paid $700 for my MSI 1080 TI Seahawk AIO. I can't consciously spend the same or more on a used 30 series card without warranty in today's economic climate, even if I get $300 for my card (which I can't). I've put a much lesser amount of my money into RAM and fan upgrades and seen a pleasant change in my PC environment as a result. I'm buying older games and still enjoying my 10th gen CPU. I think you might be surprised at how many people are actually doing this type of thing, instead of upgrading. I believe this has caused the stalling seen in the retail market more than people not wanting new cards. Yes, there are always people who will be able to shell out the money for expensive cards. I used to be one of them, but everyone has their limit of what they will pay.

I’ve noticed that you can’t find any new MSRP/ cheaper 3080s, 3080ti or 3090s. I bought my 3080 Strix 12gb last July for $799. I think you were right about buying higher end GPU’s at that time. Cause now the 4080 isn’t the best value and the 4090 just cost too much.(for most people).

Back in the day (you know, walked 9 miles to school, uphill both ways in a blizzard) I paid $499.99 for my MSI Duke GTX1080. I loved that card, until it died, . GPU prices were insane, then a friend sold me his GTX 1080 FE for $300.00 and I was happy again. Then a short time back he sold me his EVGA 2080ti for, $200.00. I'm not shopping for a GPU right now. Oh, I GAVE the GTX 1080 FE away, I never sell my old gear, I prefer not to deal with that. I still blame the people who paid stupid prices for GPUs for the stupid prices we see on GPUs now. They would be stupid not to raise prices after seeing so many willing to pay three times the normal price. A fair price is what the market will bear, boy did people not show it would bear a lot. People NEED to get over this "I have to have it" mentality and wait for more understandable pricing.

I just bought my first AMD GPU after having been on Nvidia since forever. Its a 6800XT that I got for 650 USD (it had been used for two months and the owner had the original receipt). And its been a joy. Loving it! Its almost 3080-performance in the titles I play, but for way less.

I recently upgraded my rig to a RX6700XT from a GTX1050 and I don't regret it. I had thought about a RTX3070ti but I am glad I went to AMD because I got the same performance for HUNDREDS of dollars less.

Bought a 3060ti about 6 months ago for 400 euros and when i bought it i was thinking of changing it with a 3080 12 GB by Christmas...as things stand it's still a perfect deal when i look at the prices. It's nuts in Europe right now, you're lucky in the states with those low prices. In my country a used 3080 is around 900-1000 euros...that's insane!

My 1080ti is serving me very well and has been for 4 years.

Thanks! Was looking to build a new rig after 9 years. First thing that shocked me was GPU prices and I knew this couldn't be right.

I've only had Nvidia GPU's up to this point and the recent prices have made me try AMD for the first time and honestly I have no regrets. I managed to get a new RX 6800 XT for £566 ($680) which is slightly less than what I paid for my old GTX 1080 in 2015 so seems like a good deal to me and hopefully it lasts just as long as my 1080 did before I need to upgrade.

I just bought an XFX RX 6950 XT for £740, for 1440p 144Hz after waiting 2 years to buy a new card due to prices. Amazing value card considering the state of things at the moment, and I have no idea why anyone would buy an Nvidia card until the prices plummet.

Please can you consider doing more videos like these...extended to other PC components. You rock!

Watching computer part prices is like watching the stock market. You almost have to just buy what you can when you can, never look at the market again and be happy with what you have until you need to buy again because you never know if the price of something is going to go up or down tomorrow.

I followed Jayz advice and upgraded to a new Asus TUF 3080 when it dipped to $700, that was a much pain as I could give myself.

I bought a used 3090 for 650 on Ebay. Former mining card but for 650 it was worth the lottery ticket, so far it's been great.

Still keeping my gtx 1080 that works ok with VR as well. With those prices, I will wait for a very long time! Crypto mining mania spoiled Nvidia and AMD!

I used to only buy used off eBay but UK sellers are expecting too much for used components. My 1060 6GB was such a good deal brand new (since it was equivalent to prev gen 980) that I have not been tempted to snap up a replacement in years. Nvidias price inflation means people have stopped caring about upgrading their PCs and I think it will have a knock on impact on CPU sales in the months to come.

I ended up getting a Radeon RX 6750 XT. They were going for about $449.99 on AMD’s website back when Nvidia first released their RTX 4000 series. It’s good enough for me for 1440p high settings and high refresh rate graphics.

I can only speak for myself here: When i upgrade, i always go for the card that gives me *at least* double the performance for the same price as the old one. Or better yet: double the performance for cheaper (requires skipping multiple generations). Example: since i have currently the RTX 3080 (bought for 730€ at release), my next upgrade will probably be a RTX 5070 or 6070.

Long time ebay buyer and seller here. FYI, anything you buy on ebay can be returned. Anything listed as used is presumed to be functional. If it doesn't work you can send it back regardless of what the seller wants. Ebay will force them to accept a return. Even items listed as "for parts" can be returned if they don't match the description in any way. Basically, you can always return anything you buy on ebay.

I ended up going for the zotac 4080 jay showed on the channel because I got a deal at £250 off which brought it down close to what the aib 7900xtx cards were costing. I don’t regret my purchase especially seeing some of the issues 7000 series is having

This makes me happy with the $300 3060 ti fe I picked up used this week, came with paperwork, used for 6 months, I needed a better card for my backup pc. I have stress tested this card and it works great.

nVidia needs to get back to the pricing where the 70 series are $400-$600, the 80 series cards are $600-$800, and the 90 series (or Titan or whatever) are around $1000-$1200. Even tacking on an extra $100 to each price point for inflation, the prices right now are too high.

I got really lucky with the used 1080ti i bought back in 2020. They were the original owner, bought direct from EVGA with a 5 year paid warranty, and they gave me the documentation for it if i ever needed to use it.

6950 XT for under $800 is looking like a pretty good deal right now until you see that you are able to get a 7900 XT at Microcenter for $100 more.

I would go with an AMD 6800xt or the 6900xt/6950xt if I was to purchase a card. I think team green go a little full of themselves over the last few generations. They burnt the bridge when the 20's series came out. They cost less for better performance over my 1080Ti. I kick myself for going with the 6800xt when it dropped down to 650.00 and a few weeks later the 6900xt dropped down to around 699. I go back and forth on my GPU and CPU. I usually go with the best performance for what I want to spend. If team green is 10% faster, but cost 15-20% more I usually go with the team red. Same with the CPU.

The company I work for sell under the eBay refurbished program. This is a strict program that ebay has implemented that sellers have to apply for and prove they sell great products that are the actual item listed. Typically for a " eBay refurbished " item it doesn't mean there was an issue it means that it was gone through by a seller who has proven to a great seller and trust worthy along with doing testing and cleaning the item up. As a trusted eBay refurbisher seller information like this " it's had an issue " is rather misleading and can be harmful to the sales of those of us who have to prove ourselves. I appreciate you advocating to look into eBay and to pay attention like you stated about the part of " for parts " but please be mindful in all the information that comes into play with " refurbished " appreciate you and all your videos and information I watch your stuff so much and love all your information and builds!! Keep it up and don't stop bro.

Built a pc for a friend for christmas, got him a 6700xt for 500 CAD at the store, there were some 3060ti for 580$ too, the high end cards were at 1k+ Not worth it at all.

I bought a 6800xt a few weeks ago for $540. I have only owned nvidia gpus so was a little hesitant to buy amd, but seeing how it beats the 3070ti and the 3080 in rasterization in most games, it was well worth it for me. I used the $200-$300 i saved to put towards a new monitor.

Refurbished doesn't necessarily means it was returned and worked on, this also encompasses product that was pulled off the line for QA testing (can't sell these as new due to being used). The problem is we will never know why the item is listed as a refurbished item.

After NVIDIA announced the price of the RTX 4000 launch lineup and some performance characteristics of the 3 cards got generally pinned down, I just decided to get a RTX 3080-12GB as it pretty much fell down to the 3080's OG MSRP New (650-750), despite pretty much being a shaved down RTX 3080Ti (and performing between them). Note, this was when Ampere GPUs were available again and before Lovelace came out officially, and the card is performing very well.

Was able to get a used rx 6800xt for $650 CAD which is around $480 USD recently. Consider that new ones here in Canada are in the $1k+ range and people are still selling used 5700xt for $500-800.

In regards to your question, as a first time PC builder who intends to build a "do it all & well" build with my son for $1600-2000, we decided to go with a Asus Tuf 3070ti OC edition for $623. OTD through Amazon on Dec 26th (It was a return). Overall build is a • Asus Tuf Gt501-case$129 •Asus Tuf 3070ti OC-GPU$623 •Asus Prime z790-A-Mobo$306 •TeamForce DDR5(6000mhz)(2×16Gb)$161 •Samsung 980 1TB evo/pro-SSD$78 •intel i713700k-CPU$427 •1000w 80% Gold-psu$129. •Asus Rog 240mm AIO(wht)$124 OTD @$1998 currently Love your channel for the great delivery of knowledge and simplicity of understanding the products in depth. Thank you! Lmk your feedback on my build. Ty

I waited for the new AMD cards to see how good they'd be but when I saw it wasn't all that much better, I ordered the RX 6800xt for $650 on Amazon. I'm upgrading from an rx 5600xt so it'll be great for me. Got a 2k monitor from Walmart black friday sale, I'm set. Can't wait for that card to show up.

Was kicking myself for missing black Friday prices, but the local microcenter came to the rescue. For the last couple weeks they have been getting random drops of 25+ cards at decent prices. One time it was TUF 6900XTs for $700 (I picked one up for myself). Next week it was $500 Powercolor 6800s. Just today they put up $780 MSI 3080s. Don't know if this happens at all the stores but potential buyers that are near a microcenter should keep an eye on their stock.

In EU there is a good price also for a 3090...800 1000 eur. When i think that in january 2022 the price is 2500 3000 eur is a good deal now!

Been postponing ANY GPU upgrade since the 1070 ti... Prices went full tarded and stayed there. Secondary market here I come..!!

I’m still happy with my 980 Ti. I can wait until sanity and prices return to earth.

Hey Jay and friends, I don't know how much this may help. I've been having all of the issues online with Best Buy specifically, but I walked into a store today, and they were able to order me an FE 4090. The AIB models were out of stock, but if you are interested in a 4090, try visiting a store for a special order.

4:00 if you want to know what they're going for, sort by Completed/Sold listing instead of currently live listing. That way you'll see what prices people are willing to buy at

The 6700 XT is still 430€+ in germany, the Red Devil is even 550€. Gaming on PC has never been more frustrating.

Picked up the Red Devil 6950 xt you talked about in the video for$760 from Microcenter last week.

The problem for me is that things like the 20 series and most of the 30 series doesnt justify a big enough jump from the 1080 ti to even upgrade, so its go 3080 ti or higher, which is 1000 plus which is alot of money. 3080 ti is 1200 or more now. so buying used is the only option for gpus now in my mind .

I built my system like 6 months ago and wound up going with two Asus Posiedon 1080 ti cards I got for a deal from a friend. GPU prices are insane. I am really watching Intel Arc hoping they turn out to be good cards with realistic price points.

1080p does me plenty especially at ultra. Very happy for getting my first new gpu (rx6600 nonxt) was a huge upgrade from my ebay bargin bin 1050ti and I did editing on that thing. I hear all the time that editing is only decent on Nvidia and in my experience it's been pretty smooth transitioning from team green to team red.

Thank God I haven't been in the market for a new-ish GPU in years! There's a lot to be said for playing all those wonderful games from yesterday that I didn't get round to trying at the time. I could pick from the limited selection of today's best games that require today's hardware or I can open my options up to all the games from the whole of time, most of which will run on a potato. I can even dabble in emulation if somehow that isn't enough.

I just bought a second handed Gigabyte 5700XT for 175USD...that's a very good deal...

I bought a refurbished MSI Z270-A Pro almost three years ago and it's still going strong. It had a 1 year recertification protection plan, and I wouldn't have bought it with no safety net, but I don't shy away from used, refurbished, and open box. Got a good deal on open box PowerColor RX 590 for my daughter's build back in 2019.

The 3070ti is around £700, as is some of the RX6800XT and for £50 to £100 more a RX6800XT and as you said the 3080s / 3080ti here is around £1,500, which is more than the 4080, and the 4070 could be close to the 3070. So like many, I don't know what to do and know that if I get something now and pay a lot then I am also keeping the process high.

I got lucky and one of my classmates sold me his 3070 for $300! Works like a charm too.

Upgrading from a Vega 64 for a 1080p, 165hz panel. 6900 XT made perfect sense. I was watching prices for a few months, and the Red Devil (The one I was really going for) never got below my $800 threshold in that time. However, Microcenter listed an Asus Strix Hybrid card for $730. Apart from a little bit of the usual driver weirdness, it's been amazing.

I bought a 3050XC back when I built my rig earlier this year. Spent about $325 for it, and in 1440p, I'm loving every title. For the future, I might want to leave Nvidia and investigate AMD. That Red Dragon has me intrigued for the FPS/$ ratio.

Is it the norm for gamers to be buying gpu over $600? When I upgrade, I set a budget for around $3-400. Looks like I am in the minority now. Settled for a 6700xt for $400. Didn't feel like waiting until the new series cards release gpu in that range. Who knows when that will be.

Kinda done with the Nvidia tax, I just bought a new MSI Gaming X Trio 6900 XT for £670.99 new delivered here in the UK, ray tracing isn't high on my list so this will be a great for for my system as I run a 5800 X3D at 3440 x 1440P

I bought a $700 eBay Strix 3080ti a couple months back with one wobbly fan and consider myself extremely lucky. Spent another 100 bucks on new fans, thermal pads, and a repaste when it got delivered and couldn't be happier. Get yourself an iFixit kit and dive in, you might surprise yourself.

I have been seeing really amazing prices for AMD cards from last generation all over the place. I ended up buying a red-Devil 6800xt for $569. I was waiting to upgrade from last card because prices we still so high for mid to high level cards. I really think that looking into to AMD as a real option is something a lot of gamer would benefit from. I love my AMD card and it works great for what I need.

In my country a 3080 costs $950 while a 4080 starts from $1500, shit has gotten too much out of hand...

Thinking of getting a used 3070 off Ebay for up to £400 ($400 equivalent accounting for taxes and exchange rate), to replace my GTX980. Gonna be a temporary measure until there's something in the high-mid range for a reasonable price.

I sure hope things settle down soon--I want to buy a new GPU this spring, and I can't afford the higher-end cards at all. My current card is like ten years old. Ghod, I hate being poor. Last time I bought a used card, it turned out to be broken...and I didn't get it into the computer until it was too late to try returning.

Just fixed my RX 590 with some new thermal paste… Works better now then when it was new! Those new cards are crazy expensive so that was a big relief when I got away with just buying some new goo! 😂

I will buy a 4080 when 50 series comes out and the price drops. 😂

Right now for 1440p gaming as I mostly target mid-tier cards anyway I am going to get the Arc a770. Not a popular choice and I am typically on team red, but I want to see Intel succeed in bringing a third option to the graphics card market and hopefully help prices in a positive way. Not that Intel is know for positive trends in pricing, but I can hope with more competition that prices come down.

"write phil the hate mail." gives nic's mail LUL

Didn’t know you live in my hometown area! I’m Rancho Cucamonga born and raised man! Cheers! Happy New Year!

I'm hoping to build a new AMD system early in 2023 (assuming the mid-high ranged stuff comes out in a reasonable timeframe, which it probably won't and then I have to make another rough decision on if I stick with my 6.5 year old setup or go with what's out now). I was hoping to spend under $700 on the GPU. But that PowerColor 6950 XT you showed is insanely tempting. About a hundred more than I planned for a better card than I planned.

I know people that paid $1300 for 3070ti's and $1600 for 3080ti's over the past couple years. I waited and these prices for better performance isn't a dilemma, it's validation that waiting paid off.

I got a used 3080 on OfferUp for $500 about a month ago. There's usually one or two every couple weeks that pop up for $500-550 (at least in the Seattle area) so I waited for one that looked good and jumped on that. I've been very happy with my purchase so far

Been helping my mate with his new PC so I've been looking around for the best deals. I think one of the best deals right now is the RX 6700 (non XT). Managed to get one for £330 brand new. Considering 3060 Ti are going for £430+ I think it's a good deal.

I’m looking to build in the January/February timeframe and I’m hoping a 4070 Ti announcement will let me snag a 3080 for around MSRP. If prices are the same as they are now I think I’ll be deciding between a new 3070/3070 Ti or a used 3080. Like others have said the lack of a 4070 is really putting consumers in a difficult position.

Here's a dilemma I've been through buying a graphics card, i have a STRIX 2080 Super and decided to sell it back at the end of 2019 to prepare for the upcoming 30 series then i decided to hold off and check first if it's worth the upgrade and It was however the shortage forced me to stick to my 2080s until the prices go down and almost two years later after the shortage "end" i thought it was a good time to upgrade to a 3080 but it felt wrong paying full price for a two years especially with the 40 series around the corner, finally i decided to skip the 3080 and wait for the 4080 (and boy was i wrong) after seeing the ridiculous pricing of the 4080 i decided to hold off AGAIN for the 50 series hoping that Nvidia might learn and correct their stupid prices for the 80/70 class ('cause i know for a fact that Nvidia wouldn't sell 4070 at $500 range it won't make since the gap in pricing between the 4080 and 4070 would be massive). it would be hilarious if Nvidia releases the 50 series with 10-15% price increase over the 40 series.

Thinking of getting a used 6600XT for around $250 only thing holding me back is the lack of creator support. Nvidia really has streaming/editing/3D rendering down pat. But I REALLY don't want to give them any money.

Just picked up a lightly used 2080ti off eBay for $492 USD all in, taxes + shipping. Upgrading from the 950ti that served my dad well since he picked it up at release. Got his PC when he passed last year. He was holding up on upgrading until prices went down. I think he’d approve. Miss you dad 🫡

I got a 3070ti when the prices were finally down at 875$ after tax AND shipping. That same card now is something like 930$ before tax and shipping. If you want to get a new gpu, honestly just wait a little longer at this point. Or go with something cheap like I did before. I got a cheap ass 1650 to hold myself off tell I could spend more.

I have a 4k/120hz monitor. If I were starting from scratch and had to pick something on a relative budget to drive it right now, I'd probably pick the 6950XT for $800 or less. That card is fantastic for its current asking price. It holds its own with some of the newer-gen cards in some titles for a fraction of the price.

Since I went through the chaos of getting a 1080ti before the prices were getting out of hand in the past, I’ll wait for the 40 series to cards. The most important was to upgrade the guts of my main PC’s Athon build to Ryzen for more process-hungry tasks, and being able to use it for gaming will be a bonus.

I ended up getting a used watercooled 3080ti. I get my used pc hardware from a forum and have had good experience in the 8 or so years I have been doing so. For watercooled stuff its usually worth it since used a watercooled card is barely more than the air cooled ones.

You should do a video showcasing how many gallons of milk or something like that you can buy with 1000 dollars. Because to me is that people get "accustomed" to see the same price range for something everywhere, and so like unconsciously they start thinking that's normal, and then they see that price vs something higher and say "oh this one's cheap!". No, it's not. It's a ton of money regardless, the other one is just more expensive.

Hey Jay, big fan here from Malaysia. Thanks to your videos/advice, i managed to build my first ever budget-build. -NZXT H210 -Asrock B560 m/itx -I5-11400f -PowerColor RX6600 (wish i could get a better one but it's what i could afford...) -Kingston Fury 8GBx2 3200mhz -ID-Cooling Frostflow X 240 - PushPull Intake Config using 4 120 static pressure fans (thanks to your push/pull/pushpull vid and fan types vids) wish i could send you a picture but it's nothing compared to the ones featured on your videos 😅 Keep up the good work (especially the tutorials), it really helps us newcomers!

What angers me the most, is the amount of sly bidding that happens and ebay isn't catching it. I've been chasing bids on a 3080 founders, and I found TWO listings, where the sellers were inflating their own price with alt accounts, and when it didn't sell for the price they wanted, they relisted it. I kid you not, I have seen this happen on TWO concurrent listings... I ended up giving up on those, and getting another 3080 that was more expensive. I ended up paying MSRP for a used one, but it still had warranty, so whatever. I found one where the seller had the audacity to not only specify that it was used for mining, but also selling price close to 2x MSRP? Bruh...

I'm in line to get a 7900xtx. I really feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place with these prices and availability. A 7900xtx at MSRP in my country seems like the "best" option above midrange.

About 3 or 4 months ago I got an RTX 3070 for my system for $350 plus $15 shipping used off of eBay. Guy used it less than a year, it's a 3-fan MSI model. It's been nothing but great to me, and I couldn't find a new 3070 anywhere else for less than $550-600. Used parts can save you big time, you just have to be careful with them.

In November I paid (converted to USD) around 330 USD. For an AORUS triple fan RTX 3060 TI. But it was second hand, from a store, with sealed/unbroken stickers on the card/screws and I doubt it was used for mining, since it was manufactured in March or April 2022. But even if so, then not for long. And I got still 1 year warranty from the store. Lucky moment that my old AMD RX 480 not died earlier or much later lol...

Having sold 47 of them implies to me, miner. So then the expanded description might read "Used with box, run flat out 24x7 for 3 years"

Historically I'd be a premium buyer where price point is irrelevant, but since the pandemic it's about what's in stock. Also, the output of these cards drastically exceeds my monitor resolution and framerate (3440x1440 @100 fps). In any game where my current card struggles (a 2080 TI, still going strong), I've been more likely to turn graphics down from Ultra to High than reach for my wallet and face this dilemma, and it gives me back the frames with barely-noticeable quality sacrifices. I expect the only difference a newer card would make is lower heat and fan speed for the same capped performance.

Just bought 3 new GPUs to upgrade the PCs at home. Two went from RTX 2060 to RTX 3070 and one from GTX 1060 to RTX 3060. My son with the 1060 to 3060 got the best deal. He gained a lot for the money. My wifes and my PC not that much. On my RTX 2060 i had to reduce couple of details, was a mix of Medium and High settings and depending on the games i play, i used to get around 60-180fps. I play at 1080p 144Hz. Now with the RTX 3070 i get the same result, except i can put a mix of High to Ultimate settings. Fact is, with all the image quality technologies of today, there is a barely noticeable difference between a mix of medium+high and high+ultra. So if you are playing at 1080p and are running an RTX 2060 or anything equivalent, there isn't much need for upgrading. The only real noticable gain i noticed was in 2 VR games.

Thank you for your great work and sharing your thoughts.

Mine is a 1st world problem. TLDR - I purchased a 7900XTX as i found one for £1,049.00 in stock fingers crossed delivered 24th Dec! Thats acceptable loss to me given this card is worth realistically £800 ?? ---- I don't get much time to game during most of the year, but when Dec hits, it's my peak gaming time! (I travel a LOT with work, and no SteamDeck does not scratch the massive screen candy itch). I've been waiting to upgrade for years and years, and running stuff on low settings just takes the fun and immersion for me. As much as I hate the situation of the pricing at the moment, I also want to enjoy the hobby I basically get to use for a very short time of the year. I can 100% afford to get a 2K 4090, but it breaks any logic to spend that much F*****g money on a single component its just plain wrong and I point blank refuse! MSRP yes ok fine, but that is rarer than unicorn tears. Totally agree with Steve's take on MSRP is just thrown out there to never be reached after launch. At first i was supper annoyed with AMDs 7900XTX pricing as AIB cards are plus 150-200 on the MSRP which is 4080 territory which is overinflated. Initially I thought AMD done what NVIDIA done and basically MSRP is like a dream price that is never going to be achievable. However, it seems that the Reference cards are trickling through and stocks are being replenished, hopefully this carries on and if people are happy with this over inflation loss better than the 4080 inflation loss then its a buy a just enjoy, stop reading all the rubbish and blank it out. I managed to snag a PowerColor reference card for £1,049.00 (yesterday 22nd Dec) delivery 24th Dec (fingers crossed!). Its a case of horses for courses - for me i am happy with a 200-300 loss, totally get that some people are not in the same position as me, but equally this is my hobby and i want to enjoy it.... sadly these companies are taking the p*** out of us! Sorry if you think i've fed the devil by making the purchase, but equally life is short and i want to enjoy the things i want to enjoy.

2 years ago just a week before the pandemic here in the UK I managed to get a GTX1070 Jetstream for £200 after upgrading from twin EVGA GTX780ti’s in SLI and was lucky as managed to sell them at £125 each. I’m itching for a new card as using dual monitors but at the prices of GPU’s at the moment I’m staying way clear

The dilemma you are describing is exactly what the manufacturers were counting on. The only solace is that there are some legitimately good deals on some AMD 6K series cards.

Hello from Sweden. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Or as Swedes say God Jul & Gott Nytt År 😊.

I paid 500 bucks for a referbished laptop off newegg around 2016. It was only 500 and it had an i7 in it with an SSD. It's still running great. Definitely one of those times where buying refurbished paid off

I actually bought the 6700xt Eagle. Great card! Paid $420 on Amazon and I am playing newer triple A titles on high settings while not dropping below 75 fps (and that’s the lowest of the low). Averaging around 110 fps for most games which is plenty for me.

I was getting greedy but I'm sticking with my 1080Ti PC. Even though I am finding 2080Ti for the price I paid for my 1080Ti PC over a year later. What can you do.