I have a 1070 card.

 

A friend of mine is selling his card because he is going to a 3090

Selling:  I’m looking at getting a 3090 mid to later this month. If you want, I’ll sell you my EVGA 3080 10GB  (less than a year old) for $1200 cash once I have the 3090 installed.    Canadian dollars

I saw at some stores here in Toronto the following

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card, 3 x WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 384-bit GDDR6X, GV-N3080GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

$1,699.00

 

With tax its around $2000    Does going from 10gig to 12 gig make a big difference

Thats an extra $900 dollars

 

Any thoughts

 

Whilst the 1070 is still a respectable card - the 3080 will be a substantial improvement over the 1070 and the price seems good.

It looks like a good deal PROVIDING you have a use for the 3080 and can spare the cash.

Basically so long as the rest of your PC is up to scratch (SSD, i7/i9 or equivalent and 16GB or more ram) and you have a need for the power (running VR or a 2K or 4K screen) the 3080 will substantially improve performance.

There is also the opportunity cost of what else you could spend $1200 on.  It would buy, for example something like a Yoko or Fulcrum Yoke and possibly a good set of pedals if your current gear is more basic.   Whether the money is better spent elsewhere will depend a lot on your personal priorities and the current state of the rest of your rig.

TLDR - providing the rest of your rig is up to scratch it is a good deal.  Just make sure you are not doing the equivalent of putting a $1000 stereo system into a 2nd hand $500 pickup truck.

Edited March 15, 20224 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

Yes it is a (SSD, i7/ equivalent and 16GB or more ram)

Probably go with the 3080 10gig.  Thanks for advise

Used though?  If you are great friends 1200 is fine... but for a used RTX 3080 I wouldn't pay over 1000 personally.  You can get a new 3080 ti for 1500-1800 USD right now.  RTX 3080 new going for 1200-1500 USD.  Also GPU prices are dropping due to RTX 40 series coming soon-ish.

What's your monitor resolution?

Wow ! More than what I earn per month in a video card .... WOW !!!!

Edited March 15, 20224 yr by jcomm

7 hours ago, wan2fly99 said:

Yes it is a (SSD, i7/ equivalent and 16GB or more ram)

Probably go with the 3080 10gig.  Thanks for advise

Can you provide more information with your CPU, currently I'm using an Ryzen 3800x, planning on getting an 5800X3D later this year, but I have two old computers that have an I7 CPU but are old and past it, an I7 930, and an I7 4790K, so what type of I7 do you have? It makes a massive difference. 

I'd hold off until the prices go down, I know I am. No way I'm shelling out $1500+ on a GPU, lol. 

Unless you are bloody lowered don’t be paying that for a card….bloooodyhell…ridiculous….I have a 12GB RTX 3060 and I paid 500 pounds for it 4 month ago and runs FS2020 as smooth as silk …it’s fantastic….I had 1060 and I cud see a massive difference…

Loaded…not lowered🙄

Might as well spend a couple more hundred for the upcoming 3090ti and have the top GPU in the world.

Here in Canada ridiculus prices   

Bough the computer and really have not done nothing with it 

That loving feeling sort of gone, but now want to get going

 

I have Intel I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60 Ghz

Ram 32.GB

64 Bit Windows 10

 

U think prices will come down on the cards

 

7 minutes ago, wan2fly99 said:

U think prices will come down on the cards

Not until people stop paying idiotic amounts of money the 3k series and not until the supply chain comes back to pre-covid state. 

Prices are coming down now.  And they will continue with the release of the 40xx series.  I just saw a rtx 3080 ti for 1600 on amazon.  that's not awful since msrp was 1200 at the start of covid.

Anyway I think we're long gone from the days of 400 USD mid range video cards.  I'd guess the 4060 would be around 600-800 USD.

Edited March 15, 20224 yr by ryanbatc

2 hours ago, wan2fly99 said:

Here in Canada ridiculus prices   

Bough the computer and really have not done nothing with it 

That loving feeling sort of gone, but now want to get going

 

I have Intel I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60 Ghz

Ram 32.GB

64 Bit Windows 10

 

U think prices will come down on the cards

 

Best thing as others have said is not to feed the inflated prices being charged

I regularly see people on Kijiji trying to sell these premium cards for 3K plus !!! It is outrageous. Prices will come down and then all the scalpers will be stuck with them !!!

I am hanging onto my trusty old 1080TI for the time being, I will upgrade in the future but I will not be selling any internal organs to do so lol

7 hours ago, Drumcode said:

I'd hold off until the prices go down, I know I am. No way I'm shelling out $1500+ on a GPU, lol. 

My nightmare is my current card failing.  With current stock levels and pricing the PC may be off for ages!