Finding a New Graphics card help.
 

Hi Everyone we are sort of new here but would like to ask a question

Dad and ourselves want to invest in a new graphics card for the home gaming PC we want a 3000 series Nvidia but cant seem to find any, everywhere seems to be out of stock.

I wont buy from ebay as some manufacturers wont honour the warranty if bought on there.

Can anyone help please?

A 3060 or above would be nice.

Re: Finding a New Graphics card help.
 

Stock of the 3000 series are extremely low, it's just a case of waiting for stock levels to go up or to keep checking the good sites like Scan.

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All the suppliers are probably waiting for the same single container ship from China to arrive.

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i've checked sites such as Nova tech, Scan, Amazon & Ebuyer and came up blank.

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3090 cards are about, but they are pricey (~ £1400)

Scalpers are taking the legit 3080 and 3070 cards. The only way to get one in the UK is to buy a full pre-build from a major online retailer (Scan, Overclockers, eBuyer, et cetera), as any stock they get goes straight into those right now. 3080 cards are what people really want (bang for buck). That said, I believe the 3080Ti is due for release in the next few months

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There's no way we wanna spend £1400 on a card, we were thinking a max of £600.

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2080 then...

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Hugh NVidia were selling a 3060 super for £499.

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How many did they have in stock?

I'm wanting a new inbuilt fridge, lots of places sell the size I require, but none have them in stock ;)

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When I get a job I will but a gaming PC and had a budget of £1,500.


With the M.2 SSD.

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A 3080 can make between £5 and £10 a day Ethereum mining. That is why they are expensive and rare just like last time mining was a viable option

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b...bank-nfrdt79wj

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Yeah Like any investment you take a risk. It only says could it does not say it will be. Plus with Mining if you have a card (or a few) you could always sell them and not lose to much if you jump at the right time

I remember when it all started. I bet like myself there are a lot regrets not jumping in when you could mine fragments a lot easier and quicker

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There's a difference between buying a digital currency as an investment, and mining it, which is in effect "printing" money.

If you're looking as a simple single PC setup possibly generating over £3,000, that not too bad an "investment". You can still use the PC anyway, whatever happens.
Been thinking of setting up a new PC to replace my current one built in 2013.
Looks like I'm going to have to buy a pre-built one, rather than build one from components I select myself.

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You should still be able to get one custom specced easy enough. I would like to play with an all new AMD system just to see in person how the Smart Memory Access feature works but I have a 9900K so just can not justify the fortune it would cost me

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The problem is that I want to be able to add items that I already have. Eg Hard Disk drives for non-system storage. Worried that might invalidate any warranty, although effectively if I build it myself, there isn't much of one anyway.
Also been waiting to see if Intel will have PCI 4. Looks like it may take another year for that.
The constant dilemma of how long should I wait for new features to appear and lower prices. Every six months a new set of features is added to something.

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Buy a pre built and tested motherboard cpu ram and cooler bundle from someone like Scan or CCL they both give 3 year warranty with these bundles so you can then throw them in a case with anything you want and have warranty on the expensive stuff ( not including GFX of course)

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Similar to me, but looking at (ever rising) component prices has pushed me onto console gaming at 10% of the price.
How long before PC gaming upgrades are the realm of the rich and the Youtuber?

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The ZX Spectrum was good enough for Jet Set Willy and Chuckle Egg. What else do you need ? ;)

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<Checks IP address to see if it’s the same as Dude111>

;)

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By the looks of it we are gonna have to keep ahold of our GTX 1080 for a while longer.

Re: Finding a New Graphics card help.
 

I know this seems a little off topic but can i ask a simple question about my current card.

Its an Inno3D 1080 here the link to the card on the manufacturers website....
https://www.inno3d.com/products_detail.php?refid=259

Why does every piece of software such as SISandra, AIDA64 Extreme and Belarc Advisor say its a founders edition card?

Thanks
Georgie.

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https://www.inno3d.com/products_detail.php?refid=260

Per Nvidia:

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Pip but thats not my card, my card is the link i supplied in my last post.

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Everything but the heat sink and 2 fans will be the same. They should really have changed the ID in the GPU though (or wherever it is kept).

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Maybe all the software are reading components on a base chassis for the foundation, your 1080 has the base chassis but not the 'extras' for a foundation?


edit: didn't see Pips reply ;)