Nvidea must be laughing their heads off right now

[Bcat00]

the article claims the 1080gtx is the best selling high end card in history despite nvidea keeping the largest launch stock they ever did.

 

man wish i invested in their stocks before the card launch because the stock owners will be so happy if they cashed out now.

 

http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/40947-geforce-gtx-1080-sold-out-selling-excellent

[PlayStation 2]

I really don't understand why it's selling as well as it is. I genuinely don't understand paying an early adopter's fee for the GTX 980's successor.

[App4that]

3 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I really don't understand why it's selling as well as it is. I genuinely don't understand paying an early adopter's fee for the GTX 980's successor.

Epeen, pure and simple. I have a friend with one and he doesn't even game.

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Epeen, pure and simple. I have a friend with one and he doesn't even game.

oh god

does he literally have nothing better to do than just fling cash around

[App4that]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

oh god

does he literally have nothing better to do than just fling cash around

Does some graphic design work, and some light video editing. Showed him the proof that the 980ti is faster at those tasks than a 1080 and offered to trade with a little incentive. Nope, wants to be able to brag about having one. Which I find odd as only a PC gamer would care  

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Does some graphic design work, and some light video editing. Showed him the proof that the 980ti is faster at those tasks than a 1080 and offered to trade with a little incentive. Nope, wants to be able to brag about having one. Which I find odd as only a PC gamer would care  

Well it's his money that he flushed down the toilet and not yours, at least.

[Guest]

hehe 

my friend sold his NVIDIA stocks as the perfect time c;

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, App4that said:

Does some graphic design work, and some light video editing. Showed him the proof that the 980ti is faster at those tasks than a 1080 and offered to trade with a little incentive. Nope, wants to be able to brag about having one. Which I find odd as only a PC gamer would care  

Tell him to use that GPU for some distributed computing during free time... this would somewhat justify a rather dumb purchase.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

Tell him to use that GPU for some distributed computing during free time... this would somewhat justify a rather dumb purchase.

Agreed, but he's not into folding. I really need new friends...

 

[Imakuni]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Agreed, but he's not into folding. I really need new friends...

 

I never said folding. In fact, I don't even do it myself, I dislike their software a lot.

 

#BoincMasterRace.

[Lays]

15 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I really don't understand why it's selling as well as it is. I genuinely don't understand paying an early adopter's fee for the GTX 980's successor.

Maybe because it's legitimately good? Lol.

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Lays said:

Maybe because it's legitimately good? Lol.

I mean yes it is, but I seriously don't understand why people are ditching their 980 Tis for one. 

Yes, they have money flinging around, and maybe I'm looking at this in a way that doesn't fit this but eh.

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I mean yes it is, but I seriously don't understand why people are ditching their 980 Tis for one. 

Yes, they have money flinging around, and maybe I'm looking at this in a way that doesn't fit this but eh.

people bought the GTX titan X over a 980ti

there will always be people with more money than sense

[Curufinwe_wins]

8 minutes ago, Lays said:

Maybe because it's legitimately good? Lol.

In furtherance to this statement, the 980ti was the first standing "best in the world gpu" to breach 1% steam ownership (which it did in may.) The only other high end to do this was the 980, but it took till march and thus was no longer "best in the world" anymore.

[PlayStation 2]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

there will always be people with more money than sense

insert basically any American politician here

[Lays]

14 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I mean yes it is, but I seriously don't understand why people are ditching their 980 Tis for one. 

Yes, they have money flinging around, and maybe I'm looking at this in a way that doesn't fit this but eh.

I ditched my 980 ti matrix for one   I got $500 for it + shipping though, most are only getting 350-425 I think now. Either way,  the money spent upgrading isn't that much, if you just save $25-50 a month and sell your old card, you can always stay right on the top of the releases.

[PlayStation 2]

2 minutes ago, Lays said:

I ditched my 980 ti matrix for one   I got $500 for it + shipping though, most are only getting 350-425 I think now. Either way,  the money spent upgrading isn't that much, if you just save $25-50 a month and sell your old card, you can always stay right on the top of the releases.

If you got a sale of a lifetime like that on your 980 Ti then I guess it's reasonable.

[handymanshandle]

33 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I really don't understand why it's selling as well as it is. I genuinely don't understand paying an early adopter's fee for the GTX 980's successor.

Because... Frames and being the latest and greatest man.

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, Lays said:

I ditched my 980 ti matrix for one   I got $500 for it + shipping though, most are only getting 350-425 I think now. Either way,  the money spent upgrading isn't that much, if you just save $25-50 a month and sell your old card, you can always stay right on the top of the releases.

ASUS and MSI just got caught red handed stacking the deck on the performance of the 1080 and 1070. And once the RX 480 is in circulation my bet is we see a price drop back to the 550-500 range on the 1080.

[TriFlix Films]

28 minutes ago, App4that said:

Does some graphic design work, and some light video editing. Showed him the proof that the 980ti is faster at those tasks than a 1080 and offered to trade with a little incentive. Nope, wants to be able to brag about having one. Which I find odd as only a PC gamer would care  

980ti out perform 1080 at VFX? Not likely since the Vram is a huge improvement. 

Not to knock the 980ti, it's just not likely to outperform for medium to high end video editing.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, TriFlix Films said:

980ti out perform 1080 at VFX? Not likely since the Vram is a huge improvement. 

Not to knock the 980ti, it's just not likely to outperform for medium to high end video editing.

Would you like some salt on that shoe?

 

 

[Lays]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

If you got a sale of a lifetime like that on your 980 Ti then I guess it's reasonable.

I mean upgrading isn't necessarily a money smart idea if you already have a 980 TI, but "if" you had a lower end card, say a 970 or 980, definitely maybe worth looking into if current performance isn't great.  

 

On the other hand, if you were going to buy a 980 ti but waited for Pascal, then 20% upgrade for the same price you were already going to spend on a 980 TI is definitely worth it IMO!

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Lays said:

I mean upgrading isn't necessarily a money smart idea if you already have a 980 TI, but "if" you had a lower end card, say a 970 or 980, definitely maybe worth looking into if current performance isn't great.  

 

On the other hand, if you were going to buy a 980 ti but waited for Pascal, then 20% upgrade for the same price you were already going to spend on a 980 TI is definitely worth it IMO!

Yeah, I'll say if you have something like a 970 or even a 980 then it'd be worth it. Now if you got an insane selling price on your 980 Ti like you managed, then it'd also be worthwhile.

[TriFlix Films]

9 minutes ago, App4that said:

Would you like some salt on that shoe?

 

 

Different software runs differently. I don't use Adobe which is very different than HitFilm, 3DS Max, Vray, FCP, Blender... I don't consider Premier to be "high end." AE defiantly is though but again.. runs differently than the VFX in videos I do. For your friend though it does sound like the 980ti is a better option.

 

Like I said... not knocking the 980ti, just not better for ALL video editing. I use the 970 and will probably wait on an EVGA Hydro Copper 1080ti

 

* Brushes salt off of shoe *

[Lays]

8 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Yeah, I'll say if you have something like a 970 or even a 980 then it'd be worth it. Now if you got an insane selling price on your 980 Ti like you managed, then it'd also be worthwhile.

Only reason I got so much was because I sold it on hwbot's forums with my overclocking results from dry ice.  It helped to mention it was the fastest dry ice'd 980 ti on the entire website lol

 

I was hoping it'd go to someone that'd Ln2 it but nope