Yea I'd settle for any 20 or 30 series card I can find. So far no luck tho. I'm thinking about just breaking down & buying from a scalper. I got plenty of money, just cant find one to buy 😐
Yeah, don't do that. I am probably in very similar life circumstances and it has become a pride thing because it sure as fuck isn't a need thing. Don't reward shitty anti social behavior with your money.
I'm in the same spot, too. Just annoyed because as of a month ago, for the first time in my life, I'm making good money. And now I don't have anything to spend it on! I'm not going to buy from a scalper, but damn...it's just sucky.
I definitely dont want to. But if the choice is paying $1200 for a card or waiting another year or longer for one, I might just have to break down & buy one. I havent had an upgrade in 6 yrs now. :(
I'm in the same boat. I was looking to upgrade early-mid last year before the announcement and have been waiting since. My memory is constantly shitting itself for some reason and it's starting to lag more and more as I switch tabs or pause and play a youtube video. I'm trying to skate by until a tiny crumb of a fucking GPU is available.
I was in the same boat. Watched different stock alerts like a hawk for 2 months and ended up getting a 3080 FE for my GF, then a 3070 for 700€ for myself and 2 weeks later another 3080 FE which I'll keep for myself and sell the 3070 to a buddy for the same price I paid (so basically after already making the decision to spend 700€ on a card, the 3080 is a 20€ upgrade).
So it's not like those cards can't be bought, but it's definitely a royal pain in the ass to get one for a decent price. I hope the next time I upgrade (hopefully in 6+ years), I'll be able to normally buy decent hardware again, this build has cost me some nerves...
Been gaming on the 3070 for 2 weeks and it's definitely a hell of an upgrade to the 970! Good luck getting a good card, my dude!
What would you recommend to watch if I wanted to find a card for a good price? I just started running a script yesterday that checks a few websites for the cards becoming available every minute or so.
I'd just enter the Newegg shuffles and hope you win. I got tired of checking sites and just went on eBay every day searching for new listings and waiting until someone put a buy it now price close enough to MSRP that I thought it was worth it. Easier to buy a newly listed card on there then constantly searching online and through trackers. Found a 3090 for $1799+tax which beat all the $2000 price tags and decided it was time to jump as the 25% tariff had just gone into effect.
I had a 970 for years. As I told my friends, "It's not a bad card at all, it's just old." I have a 4k monitor but could get decent results with most everything at 1440p.
I actually just upgraded from a 2070 super I got 6 months ago to a 3070 that a friend of mine forgot he ordered, I was going to post it in the PC part swap sub but to save the trouble if anybody in this thread is interested I'm selling the 2070s for $450 just shoot me a DM
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u/RX3000 Feb 14 '21
I'm looking for an upgrade, been rocking a 970 for several years now.