Nokra Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I'm just curious what has worked for people over the past few months: How did you actually acquire your GPU? Did you get lucky with getting into a manufacturer's queue? Win a Newegg shuffle? Camp out outside a Best Buy? Pay scalper prices? Offer a blood sacrifice to Satan? What was your strategy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 EVGA queue. I tried stockdrops.net discord and even telegram for weeks and gave up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I'm also curious to hear from both of those people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussShooter Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 EVGA queue, almost missed out because it was in my junk email. Was able to add to cart after the time-limit that the email stated by about 30 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokt Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Bought a pre-built with a FE 3080. I tried for months to get a 3080, I got a 3070 once and a couple 6800XTs, but never a 3080. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I purchased a 2080 Super just before the 3xxx series release and used EVGA's step-up program to get my 3080. Ordered the 2080 in September and received my 3080 FTW3 Ultra in November for about the price of shipping. My bastard child of a son decided randomly one morning that he wanted a new graphics card and went on Newegg's Shuffle clicked on one of the 3070 FTW3 Ultra and got an email saying he was selected. He had it the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I got an Asus TUF 3080 and I paid the dark (StockX) price. But I managed to get in before prices really exploded so I probably paid maybe a 30% premium over MSRP. On the plus side, GPU prices did explode, I sold my 1080 for way more than it would normally have been worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Bought a whole prebuilt PC with one, which worked out because I needed to upgrade my PC at the time anyway. This route *still* works for getting one if you're willing to do a whole PC upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 5 hours ago, legend said: Bought a whole prebuilt PC with one, which worked out because I needed to upgrade my PC at the time anyway. This route *still* works for getting one if you're willing to do a whole PC upgrade. If I hadn't recently built a new system with a 3900X and 1650 Super about a year ago, I would absolutely be going this route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 You can't even get into EVGA's queue anymore. Sadface. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Evga sign up list. Got my card over a year ago now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbk_3 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I have had 4 3080s and a 3090 Lined up at Canada Computers launch day and got a 3080. Got a better one on Newegg last November and sold the first one but it had terrible coil whine so sold it. Placed a backorder at Canada computers and got another one couple weeks later and it overclocked like shit Got a 3090 and sold that one Got another 3080 through the EVGA que in August and sold it to my buddy. Much more difficult now to get than last fall though. It was pretty easy then but miners fucked that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Nvidia CEO expects global chip shortage to last into next year WWW.GAMESINDUSTRY.BIZ Jensen Huang thinks �demand is going to far exceed supply� amidst ongoing GPU production constraints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 Holy shit, after only trying for about two weeks I actually won the Newegg Shuffle! I got an MSI 3070 Ti and a 2 TB MSI M480 Spatium M.2 combo. $1400 for both, so only about $50 over MSRP total. $1400 is a tough pill to swallow though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 days and nobody even congratulates me on the new card and being $1400 poorer so that the terrorists don't win? Son, I am disappoint in PCCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I think I wanted to make a joke about swallowing but ended up saying nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Got lucky back in January when Best Buy had a drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickey Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Scored my 3060 in the EVGA line yesterday. Super pumped! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 I've said fuck it and signed up for GeForce Now. Gonna give the regular $10/month version a go for a month or two and see what it's like before I shell out for the 3080 tier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Actually got one for retail price off Newegg for a side build that I have been slowly putting together. But looking at the prices on ebay it is really tempting to try and flip it, I must be honest. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 3:19 PM, Littleronin said: Actually got one for retail price off Newegg for a side build that I have been slowly putting together. But looking at the prices on ebay it is really tempting to try and flip it, I must be honest. Did you end up flipping it? I admit to being very tempted when I got my 3070 Ti, but ended up keeping it. From what I hear, things aren't likely to get better any time soon so I'm glad I have a good GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Nokra said: Did you end up flipping it? I admit to being very tempted when I got my 3070 Ti, but ended up keeping it. From what I hear, things aren't likely to get better any time soon so I'm glad I have a good GPU. I think I am going to keep it. It really is damn tempting. I only got it for a mini ITX build I am doing so I entered a shuffle the day they released to see if I can get one. Wasn't trying to break the budget with this built since I didn't really need a gpu (just needed a motherboard and ram) but figured a lower powered one might be a nice way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Yesterday, I got my Alienware delivered with a 3080, 64 gigs of RAM a I9-ridiculously fast processor and a physical gaming girl who arrives to press the power button every morning. It was massively expensive, but I finally decided to just treat myself instead of try to find a card to upgrade my older system. My one problem now is I have no idea what to install to take advantage of this monstrosity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I've been trying to get a 3080 since launch, but I'm close to giving up. If they keep their release cadence up (which is far from a guarantee given covid + chip shortage), they'll release the 4080 in September. At this point maybe I'll just wait for that. Then again, that won't be any easier to get, and if I did manage to snag a 4080 close to launch, odds are the 3080 would still be easy to sell, so maybe I'll keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 11:50 AM, brucoe said: Yesterday, I got my Alienware delivered with a 3080, 64 gigs of RAM a I9-ridiculously fast processor and a physical gaming girl who arrives to press the power button every morning. It was massively expensive, but I finally decided to just treat myself instead of try to find a card to upgrade my older system. My one problem now is I have no idea what to install to take advantage of this monstrosity. A few days later, how are you liking it? What have you played? Did you get an i9-12900k? I have so far been kind of an idiot with my 3070 Ti and rather than playing anything new that I own (e.g. GTA V, RDR2, etc.) have mostly just played my old standby, Team Fortress 2. But it sure has been glorious maxed out at 240 FPS with G-Sync! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Nokra said: A few days later, how are you liking it? What have you played? Did you get an i9-12900k? I have so far been kind of an idiot with my 3070 Ti and rather than playing anything new that I own (e.g. GTA V, RDR2, etc.) have mostly just played my old standby, Team Fortress 2. But it sure has been glorious maxed out at 240 FPS with G-Sync! My problem is finding games that are new enough to feel like I'm really pushing my system. Lately, I've been playing Destiny 2 and Lost Ark, but that's just because I need to find some really awesome games to start playing with the new system. It also doesn't help that work is just taking way too much time that should be used for playing games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickey Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I need to upgrade my cpu, cant stream/record anymore lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickey Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 21 hours ago, Stickey said: I need to upgrade my cpu, cant stream/record anymore lol Fuck it, ordered the 5600x. I better be able to stream/record now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 My 3050 build is done. It is for the wife's classroom as a mess around computer for the kids so, more lights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/15/2022 at 5:59 AM, brucoe said: My problem is finding games that are new enough to feel like I'm really pushing my system. Lately, I've been playing Destiny 2 and Lost Ark, but that's just because I need to find some really awesome games to start playing with the new system. It also doesn't help that work is just taking way too much time that should be used for playing games. Have you played Red Dead Redemption 2? Having that with DLSS enabled should be a good workout for the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I've been trying and failing at the Newegg shuffle for awhile now. The fan is dying on my current card so I'm kind of on a clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Children have good taste, they know RGB is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 3 hours ago, BlueAngel said: Replace the fan. Intended to. Tried. Apparently it's an el cheapo model and the fan housing is glued directly to the board. I can't get it off without damaging the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 28 minutes ago, BlueAngel said: What brand and what card? AMD Radeon R9 390 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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