Nvidia RTX 4000 Launch

[FourWheelDrift]

In stock again, since 4pm. I wonder if they can go in less than 9 hours this time.

[Brainpox]

FourWheelDrift said:

In stock again, since 4pm. I wonder if they can go in less than 9 hours this time.

They’ve been available since 5pm Thursday! The 4090s went immediately, I wonder if it was just the returns from scalpers all coming through and so not much stock.

[FourWheelDrift]

Brainpox said:

They’ve been available since 5pm Thursday! The 4090s went immediately, I wonder if it was just the returns from scalpers all coming through and so not much stock.

You're right, I thought it was today but it's from the 8th.

Oh dear

[130R]

4090 stock still seems pretty scarce for some models (FE and stupidly priced Asus cards particularly). The FE is probably the one I want, although I'm not in a great rush to get one.

[Mr Whippy]

I’m still after a 3070Ti or similar in Strix form (to undervolt and de-shroud for htpc), but prices are still silly vs FE, and given how old they now are…

There has to be a supply glut coming… perhaps just a bit suppressed right now as people are catching up on GPU upgrades they’d deferred?

[Shadow R1]

I cant see much change in the 3070\ti price until the 4070 is released.
They are still above the msrp. Maybe it will take an incentive from Nvidia to the retailers, to get them below it.

[FourWheelDrift]

FourWheelDrift said:

EVGA's 4090 that never was to be.

The most expensive RTX 4090

EVGA are selling one for charity it's up to $9000 right now - https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/evga...

[Brainpox]

I’m half tempted to stop bothering with trying to get the FE. Either they didn’t make many or they don’t want to sell them for some reason.

The PNY card looks alright, physically smaller than other 4090s. Limited to 100% power but that’s fine as I am planning on power limiting it anyway. Maybe I’ll wait to see what happens in the new year.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

i still cant see why you would take a 4090 over the 7900xtx for the performance difference unless you really have to have them rays

the 60% cost difference is a huge stumbling block

yes the 7900 has bugs and quirks like its idle power consumption but they will be fixed soon

[Brainpox]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

i still cant see why you would take a 4090 over the 7900xtx for the performance difference unless you really have to have them rays

the 60% cost difference is a huge stumbling block

yes the 7900 has bugs and quirks like its idle power consumption but they will be fixed soon

The XTX needs to be cheaper than it is. Even if you don’t give a rats arse about RT, power efficiency, or build quality, DLSS alone almost justifies the jump to the 4080.

The 4090 is a 4K overkill card that can set its own price as there’s no competition.

[thatsprettyshady]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

i still cant see why you would take a 4090 over the 7900xtx for the performance difference unless you really have to have them rays

the 60% cost difference is a huge stumbling block

yes the 7900 has bugs and quirks like its idle power consumption but they will be fixed soon

Annoyingly all AMD cards are seriously awful in iRacing (the main game I play) so I'm pretty much forced to get Nvidia, I agree the XTX looks like a serious value proposition though.

[FourWheelDrift]

If I wanted one right now I could have got one.

[Brainpox]

No friggin way. After what I posted this morning - I was at the computer at a 4090 drop for once! Got my order in. Now for a new power supply.

ETA still available apparently. Big drop perhaps?

[FourWheelDrift]

Still now too.

[Brainpox]

And still available. Did they intentionally wait until the XTX had dropped perhaps? Not that I care, I'm glad I got the one I wanted, and looks like a lot of other people have been waiting for it.

Edited by Brainpox on Wednesday 14th December 15:38

[FourWheelDrift]

Still available now. As you say a lot in, or the scalpers have used up their 1 unit allocation and the others aren't bothering any more.

[Stevil]

Sorely tempted, but I'll wait til I've got more cash on hand before I go for one.

[FourWheelDrift]

Bloody hell, still available 70 minutes after dropping.

[Brainpox]

Nice timing with the Witcher 3 update coming out today. I can't wait to crank everything up.

[FourWheelDrift]

Jeez, 4090s still available. Over 2 hours.

Choices, choices, choices.