advice from some veteran builders..

[AllaboutBudget]

hello everyone, just wanted to know yall thoughts.

I am planning on buying a new gpu, probably on december

I am planning on buying a 1660 super

should I go for it? 
or
should I wait for RTX 3050ti/3060?

I live in a country where RTX 3070 goes up to 700$ and 3080 goes to 1000$ so prices are inflated unlike in the US..

 

my budget is only 200-250$

[Alireza]

you better wait for 3050ti or 3060

trust me

it worth it

1 minute ago, AllaboutBudget said:

hello everyone, just wanted to know yall thoughts.

I am planning on buying a new gpu, probably on december

I am planning on buying a 1660 super

should I go for it? 
or
should I wait for RTX 3050ti/3060?

I live in a country where RTX 3070 goes up to 700$ and 3080 goes to 1000$ so prices are inflated unlike in the US..

 

my budget is only 200-250$

 

[LpoolTech]

It all depends, if you can wait then do it 3050ti or 3060 will be better but if you need GPU now then buy it 

[AllaboutBudget]

what are your estimations for the price of the upcoming low end RTX cards?

[LpoolTech]

3 minutes ago, AllaboutBudget said:

what are your estimations for the price of the upcoming low end RTX cards?

I think they will range from 200-350 USD but who know really we won't know until Nvidia confirms release date and pricing. Right now its a pure speculation 

[Mark Kaine]

27 minutes ago, AllaboutBudget said:

I live in a country where RTX 3070 goes up to 700$ - snip- so prices are inflated unlike in the US..

You don't say! 

 

 

(this is Amazon US btw...) 

 

 

That said I would wait, and generally availability should be a bigger concern to you than non binding MSRP prices that aren't met anywhere... 

[RasmusDC]

it will take a long time for the cards to get down in price, the 1660 is just extremely slow, a used 2070 or an older 1080/1080ti might be a better solution

[AllaboutBudget]

16 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

You don't say! 

 

 

(this is Amazon US btw...) 

 

 

That said I would wait, and generally availability should be a bigger concern to you than non binding MSRP prices that aren't met anywhere... 

man oh man. how come prices are like this? 

[AllaboutBudget]

12 minutes ago, RasmusDC said:

it will take a long time for the cards to get down in price, the 1660 is just extremely slow, a used 2070 or an older 1080/1080ti might be a better solution

after my rx 570 failed after less than a year that I have bought used with all my savings as a student, I would not buy used again. can't have peace of mind not having any warranty

[Mark Kaine]

7 minutes ago, AllaboutBudget said:

man oh man. how come prices are like this

Basic demand and supply. 

 

Happens when a manufacturer of highly popular items does a "paper launch" ie never planned to have enough supply to meet the demand. 

 

As for *why* they do this is up for speculation... 

 

Though a few reasons seem obvious

- "launch" before AMD

- free advertising due to high prices / low availability (basically everybody wants one and it's a main point of conversation) 

 

They're losing nothing by doing this, supply will ramp up at a later (planned) point, it's already known they will switch to another chip manufacturer that can produce a lot more chips (TSMC) at a later point (next year)