$950 for a 3070 on Newegg...

[RobJC 2,069]

The entire narrative around the 3000 series Nvidia cards being a lot of bang for the buck has so far been proven totally false. The only 3000 series cards I have seen available were all WAY over the MSRP. Ebay prices on new 3000 cards have scalper pricing. Even used prices for 2080Ti cards are ridiculous. I guess I will just milk this 1070 for a few more months or until prices come down. BTW, not expecting any improvement with AMD offerings. 

[orchestra_nl 927]

If you can wait, it's best to do so. Although AMD can hardly do as bad as Nvidia in matters of availability, I doubt they can do much better since there will be a huge demand for AMD cards as well. For some reason, lots of people have skipped the previous generation of cards and are now all wanting to upgrade at the same time.

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

3 hours ago, orchestra_nl said:

If you can wait, it's best to do so. Although AMD can hardly do as bad as Nvidia in matters of availability, I doubt they can do much better since there will be a huge demand for AMD cards as well. For some reason, lots of people have skipped the previous generation of cards and are now all wanting to upgrade at the same time.

Unfortunately it will be much worse than the Ampere launch if this is true.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-6800-allegedly-1-5x-faster-than-geforce-rtx-3090-in-cryptocurrency-mining

[RobJC 2,069]

1 hour ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Unfortunately it will be much worse than the Ampere launch if this is true.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-6800-allegedly-1-5x-faster-than-geforce-rtx-3090-in-cryptocurrency-mining

That sucks. 

[pgde 571]

FYI (hope this is true) -- https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-navi-10-blockchain-gpu-cryptomining

[z06z33 763]

17 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Unfortunately it will be much worse than the Ampere launch if this is true.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-6800-allegedly-1-5x-faster-than-geforce-rtx-3090-in-cryptocurrency-mining

Is Bitcoin still a thing,made a profit off it a few years ago buying and selling it but never really understood the purpose.

[stans 702]

4 hours ago, z06z33 said:

Is Bitcoin still a thing,made a profit off it a few years ago buying and selling it but never really understood the purpose.

Bitcoin and other electronic currency miners are still a big reason for new, higher end video cards being in short supply.  Couple that with those who bulk buy, then resell on eBay and it creates a condition where there is nearly no supply other than what the scalpers offer.

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

The rumour may not be true. The article I posted above was updated with new information. We will know for sure in 8 days I guess. Hoping for the best...

[Steve Dra 7,588]

On 11/9/2020 at 3:29 AM, orchestra_nl said:

Although AMD can hardly do as bad as Nvidia in matters of availability

Hehe....true....but in the spirit of TRUE competition between the 2 bitter rival companies....AMD just proved that they wanted to not only win the "best" video card race....but also the fastest sell-out time.  I was about 14.9987 seconds late to the party....

See here:

Would be cool to see the you tube reviewers actually do a "benchmark" on the 2 launches and see who actually "won" the sell-out-the-fastest competition.🤣