RTX 3090 price fell 900 €/$ in the last 3 months, I expect another 400-500 decrease, and further until original MSRP or below in another 6 month from now as we await the 600-800 watt RTX 4090 monster in september, something to keep in mind just in case anybody was planning to also get a new PSU. 😊

Edited March 15, 20224 yr by turbomax

4 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

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

I'd definitely go lighter and cheaper on the GPU and wait for prices to drop, potentially towards the end of 2022, not sooner. I really think overpaying for GPU's as is today is total madness, unless you're well off on cash and seriously don't care.

Yeap I agree over priced  Ill will see if friend is going to sell the3080 10g and get that

 

Thanks everybody

I would hold my cards until the DLSS patch for MSFS happens later this year and then decide, because who can know the future?

 

 

EVGA had 3080Ti cards for not much more than that in stock for awhile today. I wouldn't pay that for a 3800 at this point - prices are finally coming down and cards are becoming (a little) more available. If you can wait even a month or so, you'll probably be able to get one as good or better for what your friend wants for his used card.

 

 

Edited March 16, 20224 yr by eslader

Ok thank you

 

Also finally going to down msfs202 from the store

Confusing this down  Says something about XBOX.  Sfte that I want to actuall install on my F drive

Like to go to F:MSFS202

 

1 hour ago, wan2fly99 said:

Confusing this down  Says something about XBOX.  Sfte that I want to actuall install on my F drive

Like to go to F:MSFS202

This confuses a lot of people! Xbox refers to Microsoft's gaming platform, not just consoles, so don't worry. When you go to install, open up the Xbox app, go to your profile (top right of the app and click on General. There, you can change the location for installation. You also must tick the box "Ask me for install options on every install". You might find a problem when you try that - a message might tell you it can't change the directory to F (or anything other than C). This is a Windows issue where it doesn't allow a program to install a program in a folder with the same name as one on your C drive. If so, just create a new folder in F (Games, MSFS, MSFS2020, whatever you like) and you should be alright.

In Aus, prices for some models of 3080 are as low or lower than 2020 pricing when released

https://www.umart.com.au/product/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3080-eagle-10g-oc-lhr-graphics-card-rev-2-0-62427?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6I3KqY7S9gIVTTsrCh1vIgJJEAQYASABEgJwmfD_BwE

 

3090 is getting down to 2020 pricing too. $2450 was the cheapest I saw back then

https://www.mwave.com.au/product/asus-geforce-rtx-3090-tuf-gaming-24gb-video-card-ac38088?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1L-J6Y7S9gIVs51LBR1DJATxEAQYAyABEgKnEfD_BwE

Edited March 19, 20224 yr by dogmanbird

@wan2fly99 Price sounds too high, and don't expect too much gains on the fps front either. I just upgraded to a 3080 rtx (had a 1080 gtx previously) and only paid $1150 + local tax for the 10GB version from Newegg.

FPS wise in MSFS I only gained about 20%...so not much...but what it really does is allow me to turn all the graphics settings up now without fps loss. Other more gpu dependent games, like COD for example, my rates at least doubled or more to over 200fps and rocket league to over 400 fps, lol. But to be perfectly honest in games like that I didn't need any gains to begin with.

I bought the card mostly due to wanting to play in VR as a 1080 just didn't have enough horsepower to do me justice in VR.

The 2 extra GB, as of today, will not get you much benefit to be worth an extra $900, lol. Not at all worth that extra expense.

Just go win a new one on the newegg shuffle as I did. It only takes a month or so if you play every day. but be sure to enter only for the bundles you're actually willing to buy, otherwise you'll be wasting time. In my case, for example, I won on a bundle that contained a new SSD nvme drive and since I needed more space for MSFS I now have the sims (Xplane included) on their own 1TB drive.

Edited March 19, 20224 yr by hangar

Thank you for all the replies    My friend is waiting to buy the 3090  So maybe I will pick up the 3080 card  Will see

Now the dilemna of how to down load this MSFS2020  very confusing

 

If your friend has not sold it by now he will not get what he wants for it, in the UK prices are dropping fast some now around MSRP, and may drop even more now the news of the next GPU`s are out some will what.