rmarcusky

It frustrates me when people say to wait for 7nm or wait for AMD next gen.....why not just wait till 5nm, or 4nm, or 1nm...…. if you are constantly in a wait state, they you will always be waiting. If you had a good run with your current GPU, then just upgrade already. If 7nm comes out in 3 months, then you can most likely still get a good resell from your current gen card, pay a small upgrade fee and get 7nm. SOMETHING BETTER, FASTER, SMALLER, CHEAPER, LARGER, HIGHER-RESOLUTION, MORE FEATURES, VR READY, IS ALWAYS COMING...….jump off the wait train and like Tom's hardware said, "Just Buy It!"..... I feel sorry for all those on the 'wait train' that will not be able to acquire a 2080Ti, because they will most likely remain sold out till 2019, and even then, if these cards can make mining efficient again, good luck EVER getting a card. If you are into tech, GPU's or gaming, and have the funds to get a card, DO IT, stop letting others talk you out of it.

I was running 2 x 1080Ti Evga K|ngp|ns and immediately sold them to pre-order RTX 2080Ti, I think if you were serious enough to be running a Strix, and you have the cash, you should have pre-ordered the 2080 Ti. Alas my friend, I believe they are going to remain 'sold out' for most likely the remainder of 2019. I anticipate the reviews that get released Monday will create a frenzy and the 2080 non-ti's will sell out quickly. It is so frustrating reading all the posts from RTX haters, that have probably never owned a 1080ti, Titan, Geforce Ultra or any other high-end ($800-$1200) GPU over the years. They are constantly chiming in, 'Like they know' when they truly don't. High-end PC gamers (Those running i9's, High Refresh or Multi monitor setups, multiple GPU's, custom loop cooling, etc.) have all pre-ordered the RTX 2080 Ti's, that is why Nvidia and ALL it's partners launching the cards next week have completely sold out of THOUSANDS of cards.......WE WANTED MORE.....and this was it....The last several generations of Titan's were $1200, and they always sold......this is no different.......I'm in.....AMD HD7990 = $1000+, NVIDIA GTX 690 = $1000...both garbage by today's standards but we paid those amounts 6+ Years ago.....Why is everyone crying this time around? Non-educated (regarding GPU's) or those that don't budget properly and can't afford the card are deterring would-be buyers. Cost is not an excuse, when I was 13 I saved all summer (working for $3.35/hr) to purchase the newly released Pentium 90mhz CPU for $1,100 and felt like a king (until the 100mhz came out just after). People had two years to save $1,200 for a GPU, whether it was a Titan T or 2080Ti, we all new a $1,200 card was coming. $10/week in the GPU fund would have covered the cost, even less when you figure any value 1080Ti owners have for resell. High End PC gamers are crazy, but passionate about every single extra FPS we get, every single point on 3dMark.....many will not understand this obsession......Haters always gonna hate!