GTX 980ti sale dilemma

[Syros119]

So there is a drop in price of the gtx 980ti and it is $400. The gtx 980 is now $315. There is a substantial difference between the performance of the 980 and the 980ti, So I decided to manage the budget of my build to accommodate the ti. So now I'm wondering, how long will it stay at a price like that? On newegg, when it says "see price in cart" it means that the item is cheaper than usual, but how long do those prices last?

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, Syros119 said:

So there is a drop in price of the gtx 980ti and it is $400. The gtx 980 is now $315. There is a substantial difference between the performance of the 980 and the 980ti, So I decided to manage the budget of my build to accommodate the ti. So now I'm wondering, how long will it stay at a price like that? On newegg, when it says "see price in cart" it means that the item is cheaper than usual, but how long do those prices last?

They are falling like crazy because they are trying to get rid of stock with the launch of the 10XX cards. The 980's are Yesterdays news and most people wont be buying them. The only reason it says "See price in cart" is because the price is below the MAP, or Minimum Advertised Price. This will be the normal likely for the 980 series in the coming weeks/months. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

2 minutes ago, Syros119 said:

So there is a drop in price of the gtx 980ti and it is $400. The gtx 980 is now $315. There is a substantial difference between the performance of the 980 and the 980ti, So I decided to manage the budget of my build to accommodate the ti. So now I'm wondering, how long will it stay at a price like that? On newegg, when it says "see price in cart" it means that the item is cheaper than usual, but how long do those prices last?

not very long...as soon as they will only have a few left they will increase the price and it will be back to pretty much an all time high because then they know the remaining cards they can sell to those willing to spend big bucks for SLI.

If you see a 980ti at good price my advise would be to buy it quick before it's over...or get a GTX 1070.

[shadowbyte]

video card prices always go down, so usually, the longer you wait, the better the deal

another option is going used. Check r/hardwareswap for people getting rid of their 980s and 980tis for 1080s

[Syros119]

2 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

not very long...as soon as they will only have a few left they will increase the price and it will be back to pretty much an all time high because then they know the remaining cards they can sell to those willing to spend big bucks for SLI.

If you see a 980ti at good price my advise would be to buy it quick before it's over...or get a GTX 1070.

Yea the 1070 is like $450 in the least and most are out of stock so my best bet in the 980ti.

[AresKrieger]

The 980ti has similar performance to a 1070 hence why the price fell to around 1070 prices, but they generally overclock better, but since they are going to eventually run out the price will eventually go up due to scarcity.

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, Syros119 said:

Yea the 1070 is like $450 in the least and most are out of stock so my best bet in the 980ti.

if you don't trust me on what i say...here is the price for a 780ti if you want one brand new right now..

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GTX780TI-3GD5-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00GI59GAQ?ie=UTF8&tag=pcpapi-20

here is the GTX 780

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-Graphics-Cards-VCGGTX7803XPB-CC-OC/dp/B00LZVNXA2?ie=UTF8&tag=pcpapi-20

 

so...just don't wait like a few weeks...because if they run out...you'll see GTX 980ti back at 899$ and maybe even more.

[Syros119]

3 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

The 980ti has similar performance to a 1070 hence why the price fell to around 1070 prices, but they generally overclock better, but since they are going to eventually run out the price will eventually go up due to scarcity.

 

5 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

not very long...as soon as they will only have a few left they will increase the price and it will be back to pretty much an all time high because then they know the remaining cards they can sell to those willing to spend big bucks for SLI.

If you see a 980ti at good price my advise would be to buy it quick before it's over...or get a GTX 1070.

So buy them right now? the one I'm looking at it this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500382

I don't know if this is a good card because people are saying "3 slots" or something like that so if you have the time, can you see if it is good? I'm getting an asus z170-a mobo and 750w psu is that helps.

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, Syros119 said:

 

So buy them right now? the one I'm looking at it this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500382

I don't know if this is a good card because people are saying "3 slots" or something like that so if you have the time, can you see if it is good? I'm getting an asus z170-a mobo and 750w psu is that helps.

yeah it's a very good card...very quiet and everything but it does take the space of 3 slots because the card is very thick (the cooler on it) so it's NOT a good card for you if you plan on using more than 1 graphics card in your system or if you have plans to populate other PCI slots around the card with somthing else...but if you don't then it's all good...very good card.

 

How much is it?

[AresKrieger]

2 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

 

 

How much is it?

399

[shadowbyte]

8 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

if you don't trust me on what i say...here is the price for a 780ti if you want one brand new right now..

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GTX780TI-3GD5-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00GI59GAQ?ie=UTF8&tag=pcpapi-20

here is the GTX 780

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-Graphics-Cards-VCGGTX7803XPB-CC-OC/dp/B00LZVNXA2?ie=UTF8&tag=pcpapi-20

 

so...just don't wait like a few weeks...because if they run out...you'll see GTX 980ti back at 899$ and maybe even more.

but that's stupid high amazon prices

look used, and you'll find 780tis for around 150 and 780s for around 110

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, shadowbyte said:

but that's stupid high amazon prices

look used, and you'll find 780tis for around 150 and 780s for around 110

we are talking about NEW cards here...obviously you can find them used for cheap.

[petem]

13 minutes ago, Syros119 said:

So there is a drop in price of the gtx 980ti and it is $400. The gtx 980 is now $315. There is a substantial difference between the performance of the 980 and the 980ti, So I decided to manage the budget of my build to accommodate the ti. So now I'm wondering, how long will it stay at a price like that? On newegg, when it says "see price in cart" it means that the item is cheaper than usual, but how long do those prices last?

The 9xx prices are being pushed down by the GTX 10xx series cards.  Same as last time, just a newer generation.  9xx prices will eventually bottom out when stocks get low enough, so the bottom is probably still a ways off as people go for the 10xx's - would not be surprised to see them go lower still, so I wouldn't sweat it too much.

[shadowbyte]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

we are talking about NEW cards here...obviously you can find them used for cheap.

ah, okay

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-1536MB-PCI-Express-Graphics-VCGGTX480XPB/dp/B003CFAVUO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1467691352&sr=8-4&keywords=gtx+480

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

399

well yeah obvisouly that's a good price for this card...but for 30$ more you can have the MSI lightning at B&H right now...i would rather have that instead personally since this is pretty much one of the 2 best 980ti models available...it's stupidly overbuilt and it's also a binned GPU:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1234597-REG/msi_gtx_980ti_lightning_le_geforce_gtx_980_ti.html

 

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, shadowbyte said:

ah, okay

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-1536MB-PCI-Express-Graphics-VCGGTX480XPB/dp/B003CFAVUO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1467691352&sr=8-4&keywords=gtx+480

 

what's your point?

what are you trying to prove son?

like i said...older gen cards when they run out of stock the last few they have in boxes get huge price increase...and it will happen sometime in the near future for the 980ti cards as well hence my recommendation to NOT wait and wait and wait because by then the few last cards they have in stock will be back at 899$ again.

[shadowbyte]

2 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

what's your point?

what are you trying to prove son?

like i said...older gen cards when they run out of stock the last few they have in boxes get huge price increase...and it will happen sometime in the near future for the 980ti cards as well hence my recommendation to NOT wait and wait and wait because by then the few last cards they have in stock will be back at 899$ again.

I'm just saying it's silly to go for an older card that's new

you're paying 2-3 times more for the factory seal and accessories.

in this case, don't wait. 

Buy now, when prices are much lower

[Syros119]

3 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

well yeah obvisouly that's a good price for this card...but for 30$ more you can have the MSI lightning at B&H right now...i would rather have that instead personally since this is pretty much one of the 2 best 980ti models available...it's stupidly overbuilt and it's also a binned GPU:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1234597-REG/msi_gtx_980ti_lightning_le_geforce_gtx_980_ti.html

 

 

I would go for that but when you are on the limit of a budget every penny seems like a lot. So long as the zotac version isn't bad (i mean come on its a 980ti) im going to get it.

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

I'm just saying it's silly to go for an older card that's new

you're paying 2-3 times more for the factory seal and accessories.

in this case, don't wait. 

Buy now, when prices are much lower

there you go...see we agree...buy it NOW while it's cheap and readily available...don't wait for supply to run out and prices to climb back to an all time high...like i said in my first post...prices will only go so low...and i think right now they are as low as they will ever be.

And NO you don't buy an old card like that usually...but some people might have a GTX 780 and might judge it's a good idea for them to buy that 499$ brand new GTX 780 and ''double'' their performance...even though i would NEVER recommend a stupid move like that, stores know that someone somewhere will do it someday and they are just waiting to catch a fish.

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, Syros119 said:

I would go for that but when you are on the limit of a budget every penny seems like a lot. So long as the zotac version isn't bad (i mean come on its a 980ti) im going to get it.

 

it's a perfectly fine card if you are not interested in SLI like i said the amp omega is also a very high-end model from zotac and it should overclock very well and remain very quiet...it's an excellent ''above average'' model for the GTX 980ti...go for it!

[Syros119]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

it's a perfectly fine card if you are not interested in SLI like i said the amp omega is also a very high-end model from zotac and it should overclock very well and remain very quiet...it's an excellent ''above average'' model for the GTX 980ti...go for it!

alright thanks man!