Leasing GPU's?

[TubsAlwaysWins]

So I watched a video that was advertising the ability to lease GPU's. The site is called cutting edge gamer.

Basically, you can get the latest and greatest GPU for not much money. For example I can get a Titan XP for $140, and have it for a year.

Do you think sights like this are good or bad ideas?

[Godlygamer23]

I think it's fairly interesting since NVIDIA releases new cards about every year, so someone could have a decent card for a while, give it back and then grab the latest one until next release.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I think it's fairly interesting since NVIDIA releases new cards about every year, so someone could have a decent card for a while, give it back and then grab the latest one until next release.

Kinda pissed I just bought a 1060. I could have had a Titan!

[Zyndo]

4 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

So I watched a video that was advertising the ability to lease GPU's. The site is called cutting edge gamer.

Basically, you can get the latest and greatest GPU for not much money. For example I can get a Titan XP for $140, and have it for a year.

Do you think sights like this are good or bad ideas?

You or I must have misunderstood something.... there is no way you can rent a titan XP at $280 per year.

they cost 1200 to buy... they will last less than 2 years until the next titan comes out (maybe less, but we're going to use 2 years for easy math). so over 2 years they will earn $560 and then they will need to drop their renting price because the card will be relatively weaker. in short they will never earn their money back.

[KillerGamingBro]

It's a good idea, allows you to still game while you save up so when you have to return it, you can purchase a graphics card.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

You or I must have misunderstood something.... there is no way you can rent a titan XP at $280 per year.

they cost 1200 to buy... they will last less than 2 years until the next titan comes out (maybe less, but we're going to use 2 years for easy math). so over 2 years they will earn $560 and then they will need to drop their renting price because the card will be relatively weaker. in short they will never earn their money back.

Wait I might have misunderstood it. Its either $140 a month or $140 over 12 months.

https://cuttingedgegamer.com/

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, rrubberr said:

Yeah they will, it's monthly.

Damn. Nevermind. I could have a Titan for a month!

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

Yeah they will, it's monthly.

Is the page laggy for you?

[Zyndo]

1 minute ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Wait I might have misunderstood it. Its either $140 a month or $140 over 12 months.

https://cuttingedgegamer.com/

definitely not going to be 140 per year... I could definitely see it being 140 per month.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

definitely not going to be 140 per year... I could definitely see it being 140 per month.

I guess it would be nice for anyone who wants to spread out the payments.

I thought it was 140/month because when I hear the term 'lease' I think cars. So if you lease a car you still pay money for it but you return it and you have spend significantly less money to drive it for x period of time.

So for a GPU it would be you pay x dollars for a Titan, you can have it for a year, and then you return it

[AshleyAshes]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

They make quite a profit. $1680 for a $1200 GPU that you only get for one year.

Aaaaaaand, you can't even resell it to offset the price of a new GPU!

 

What kinda sucker goes for this?

[TubsAlwaysWins]

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

They make quite a profit. $1680 for a $1200 GPU that you only get for one year.

I feel like you could keep it tho. IDK.

Maybe not a bad idea for reviewers so you pay $140 for the card, test it for a month, and then return it

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

And here you get to pay significantly more! What a deal! I can't imagine too many people are dumb enough to do this.

dissapointing

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

I'll bet anything you can't, but at that point, it makes even less sense.

If I could make $1000 on a titan review and loose $140 on it that would be worth it to me

[Zyndo]

1 minute ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

I guess it would be nice for anyone who wants to spread out the payments.

I thought it was 140/month because when I hear the term 'lease' I think cars. So if you lease a car you still pay money for it but you return it and you have spend significantly less money to drive it for x period of time.

So for a GPU it would be you pay x dollars for a Titan, you can have it for a year, and then you return it

Anyone with a brain goes to a bank and gets a loan for 1200 bucks (or some other loan place) and pays it back over a year rather than leasing at 140 per month for a year. even with interest the cost is roughly the same ($1200+int or $1680). but the end result is that you actually own a card lol.

 

 

 

buuuut this is the internet... most people don't have brains. excellent market choice for these guys

[AshleyAshes]

1 minute ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

dissapointing

Lets ask them.

 

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And our Buy Out Option – equal to one month’s payment – allows you to purchase the graphics card at the end of the lease term.

Ah ha ha,   So another $140 to buy what you already paid too much for!

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

Anyone with a brain goes to a bank and gets a loan for 1200 bucks (or some other loan place) and pays it back over a year rather than leasing at 140 per month for a year. even with interest the cost is roughly the same ($1200+int or $1680). but the end result is that you actually own a card lol.

 

 

 

buuuut this is the internet... most people don't have brains. excellent market choice for these guys

IMO someone needs a service where you can rent tech for x dollars for x months so before you drop $10,000 on the gold apple watch you can decide if you like it

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

I bet you couldn't do the prior, and, as a rule, I wouldn't think one should review anything they wouldn't buy, for the reason that it adds something of a bias, whether it be in a good or bad direction.

Well I would buy it but im poor

[TubsAlwaysWins]

14 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I think it's fairly interesting since NVIDIA releases new cards about every year, so someone could have a decent card for a while, give it back and then grab the latest one until next release.

I mean I feel like the people who need to have 2 titans would rather pay $600 a titan and then return it for the next year, and then someone could buy the used GPU for $800. Thats profit

[Mirdon]

I could see this working if the lock-in period was like 2 months at best. But a lock-in period for a year? WTF that costs more than the actual card and you don't even own it.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

That's the point I was trying to make though, it's more likely for someone who's used a 660ti their whole life to say "HOLY SCHNITZLE, BUY ALL OF THESE," (not to be mean), whereas I would say "Ya know, they marked it up $200 for a cut-down chip, and my Titan Z that I got for $300 beats it within an inch of its life for pro-applications, so might as well stay away."

How did you get a Titan Z for $300

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

Nobody else wanted it, so I bid.

Who wouldn't want a Titan Z for $300?!?! Anyways, nice steal

[Droidbot]

27 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Is the page laggy for you?

it's super slow for me, but I'm on a dual-core so that's probably why

[Droidbot]

15 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

Nobody else wanted it, so I bid.

you lucky fuck.. I need a Kepler card at the moment and AU prices on even original Titans went over $350

 

[NumLock21]

Nvidia has already thought of this.