Nvidia 3000 Series Tonight

[Rick_1138]

DuncsGTi said:

I fall into the bracket of could wait but bored.

I'm 100% not going to have buyers remorse. I'm buying a card for £500 with the performance of the last generations £1200 flagship.

Pretty much the same, i technically do require an upgrade, as my card simply wont work with ray tracing on, but it still plays not too old games at 40+fps on ultra on ultrawide 1440p.

However the state of the build up and lack of stock 9which depending on what you read could last till early next year)

Apart from CP 2077 and couple of other games coming in 2022 for PC i dont have a burning need to upgrade the PC, and the wife said i can get a PS5 if i want, though as its in the lounge it wont get used much, as it takes over abit, and the spare telly is only a 24" 1080p, so bit rubbish in my work studio.

But tbh with all the crap i think ill enjoy the 4k blu ray upgrade and backwards compatibility of my ps4 games(many of which i haven't even loaded up yet (only got the PS4 Pro for free with a new phone last xmas)

The more i think about it, id be better with a ps5 (when in stock) then upgrade once the hype has died down and all reviews are out for the various cards.

[littlebasher]

I was there at 1pm on the Scan website

What a shambles, I got to the payment page 3 times, used PayPal and yet none of them seemed to go through

Ah well, that's one disappointed teenager.

[Mr Whippy]

I’ve been using Scan a lot in recent months.
Not to buy a new RTX.

But in every other way they have been absolutely top notch in my experience.

RTX are just the tech-world’s toilet rolls right now

Wait and you’ll get BOGOF come Jan/Feb when the economy tanks.

[Rojibo]

I've had some absolutely dire service from Overclockers recently, they used to be great, but I'm about done with them. I also don't agree with how they keep taking money for pre-orders despite having zero stock. There's literally 1500+ people in the queue for a single AIB card...

Anyway, all my business will be going to Scan now. Do you know if their shop is still open?

[8bit]

So my reason for wanting to move quickly on this was I suspect that prices of anything imported from overseas is going to go through the roof after Brexit.

[PaulWoof]

Rojibo said:

I've had some absolutely dire service from Overclockers recently, they used to be great, but I'm about done with them. I also don't agree with how they keep taking money for pre-orders despite having zero stock. There's literally 1500+ people in the queue for a single AIB card...

Anyway, all my business will be going to Scan now. Do you know if their shop is still open?

OCUK have been a rip off for years.

They mentioned on the forum that they are intentionally just leaving all cards as "pre-order" regardless if they are due stock or not, So you would have no idea if the card you are ordering is in stock or you are going to be waiting for months. But OCUK will take your money from day 1.

[Rojibo]

PaulWoof said:

OCUK have been a rip off for years.

They mentioned on the forum that they are intentionally just leaving all cards as "pre-order" regardless if they are due stock or not, So you would have no idea if the card you are ordering is in stock or you are going to be waiting for months. But OCUK will take your money from day 1.

At least you could usually get next day delivery on that niche part that you need, even if you did pay a little more for it. Sadly, doesn't seem the case anymore.

Agree about the cards, I think it's fairly disgusting business practice, good for their bank account though!

[8bit]

That's pretty poor, they shouldn't be charging customer cards until the parts are ready to go. Hopefully the fact that Scan have charged mine means they haven't oversold on the FE cards...

I was a bit dismayed when I ordered a Noble chair via the Noble website and the UK reseller turned out to be OCUK. Having said that, I've had problems with the chair since day one, Noble were useless at sorting it out but so far OCUK have been much more helpful. I'm expecting an entire new chair to be delivered soon.

[Durzel]

I haven't heard of someone saying they got an order confirmation from Scan and didn't get their FE card, and I'm on a few Discords and Reddit etc.

[maniac886]

I ordered a EVGA XC3 Black Gaming 3080 on release day - money has been taken already and I have no idea when the card will arrive. Scan have been sending queue positions but mine has moved by 1 over a 3 week period.

[8bit]

I now have my new RTX 3070

[Rojibo]

8bit said:

I now have my new RTX 3070

Nice one. My darling fiancée went to pick up the bits I need to finish my loop.

Looking forward to playing some tonight

[8bit]

Oops, hit enter too soon - I now have my 3070's serial number

I guess that means it really is coming but blimey, Scan don't half seem to be stringing this out...

[rugbyleague]

Order a build from Scan with a 3070 current forecast is Monday/Tuesday according to website.

[mikef]

Cancelled 3080 order from OC and ordered 3070 from Scan. Money tied up for maybe a couple of months but at least it’s less money

[Rojibo]

3080 installed, went from a score of 5,527 on Time Spy, to 14,077, which is just comical, and that's before I've even overclocked the thing.

Lets see if I can get another 6 years out of this card...

[Durzel]

Nice.

[Rojibo]

I feel like it was worth the wait and the fuss to get one. The nicest thing is I can now drive my monitor at it's full refresh rate!



Now I need to go and buy a game with ray tracing

[Millenialwithtoast]

What's the best way of staying informed of when cards are in stock? Twitter? Discord?

[Monty Python]

Millenialwithtoast said:

What's the best way of staying informed of when cards are in stock? Twitter? Discord?

I don't they'll be in stock until next year. The number of outstanding pre-orders and the number of cards delivered means it'll take at least a couple of months to clear.