GPU Upgrade Early 2018

Mattfreyer45 · January 18, 2018

I've had the same Powercolor R9 270 for the past 4 years that I got from Newegg in an open-box deal and now I'm a looking to get a upgrade. I checked Newegg, Amazon,the closest Microcenter and finally Ebay but to avail either the prices were either through the roof or non existent. I know that mining was the reason that higher end RX series gpus have been out of stock/overpriced since the summer of last year but I thought that nvidia was bad at mining. The most surprised was when I went Ebay to see if i could get a decent deal on a used 1060 or rx 570 but they're just as overpriced there a everywhere else. I know the best solution for this is to wait a couple months for the crypto-currency to take a dive like it did in late 2013 when it was the R9 270X that was being bought in bulk for mining and then its price when down after a while.

Glennieboyyy007 · January 18, 2018

well, since about 1 or 2 weeks gpu prices have risin even higher and stock has dropped even lower. so unfortunately this is even a worse time to buy a gpu

Jrasero · January 18, 2018

51 minutes ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

well, since about 1 or 2 weeks gpu prices have risin even higher and stock has dropped even lower. so unfortunately this is even a worse time to buy a gpu

nah just auto notify directly from retailers. I have had a ton of success with EVGA

https://www.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+10+Series+Family&chipset=GTX+1060+6GB

These chips are at MSRP, shipping is $20, tax if you are in CA. These cards seen to be restocked almost daily for the past 2-3 days

Mattfreyer45 · January 19, 2018

22 hours ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

well, since about 1 or 2 weeks gpu prices have risin even higher and stock has dropped even lower. so unfortunately this is even a worse time to buy a gpu

Yeah I'm not a fanboy for either Nvidia or Amd, I just want to get what has the best price to performance ratio. I wanted to get a new graphics card mostly so i can get high settings and 60 fps on Skyrim Special Edition, Fallout 4, and Mass Effect Andromeda. I probably should of upgraded my gpu back in November instead of upgrading my cpu from an Amd Fx 6300 to an Amd Ryzen 7 1600.