
The desire for the RTX 3080 GPUs are real, the parasites know, and they’re out for all of the blood they can get. It seems unlikely that NVIDIA will step in and break the rampant aftermarket immediately, but one thing seems perfectly clear. Perhaps the most audacious of these listings put pricetags of $5000 or higher on the list. The aforementioned ZOTAC edition RTX 3080 Trinity is also priced at $699 retail, but is appearing anywhere form $930 up to $1500. A “ sponsored listing” on Ebay has even a Founders Edition RTX 3080 that retails at $699 currently priced for $1350. A glance at the likes of eBay shows absurd range of asks when it comes to the cards, but almost none of the listings are anywhere near retail. Even a cursory glance at RTX 3080s on eBay shows an absurd range of price, ranging from a few hundred extra over retail up to more than $5,000 in asking prices.Įven secondary sellers of the RTX 3080 GPU such as NewEgg and ZOTAC are showing zero stock for the time being, and without any sort of real preordering available, buyers are pretty much at the mercy of resellers, barring patience while the next supply of cards come in. It’s unknown when stock will become available again (NVIDIA hasn’t said anything on the matter), but resellers saw the opportunity and are now taking to places like eBay to get a dastardly premium cut from people desperately trying to get their hands on the new GPU. Otherwise, they sold out nearly instantly after sales opened up. If you were paying attention or scanned our preorder guide leading up to the sales day, then you may have gotten your hands on one. The NVIDIA RTX 3080 GPU went on sale on NVIDIA’s website and other retailers on September 17, 2020. The initial wave of product sold out instantly and, as you might have guessed, aftermarket resellers are already going to work on trying to take desperate buyers for every penny they can pinch with the RTX 3080 GPUs. And the RTX 3080s come at a very economic cost for the boost in power. Early looks and testing show a substantial boost in performance over the prior RTX 2080 cards in most environments and settings.
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EK’s offering performed well overall but it doesn’t have the same aesthetics as the other two.The hype of NVIDIA’s new line of RTX 30 series GPUs is proving to be more than warranted. Alphacool had the exact opposite and was much better at GPU cooling, and again this may be quickly addressed. While the Corsair did well with cooling the VRAM, the GPU ran hotter than the competition which is something Corsair may be addressing in the next iteration. All three coolers are compatible with RTX 3080/3090 cards from various vendors and all feature a plethora of RGBs so you won’t lose out on the pretty lights found on the shroud you removed.Īll three coolers are priced similarly and are the first generation from each company, which doesn’t help make one a clear winner in the review. They took a look at three NVIDIA compatible water blocks, the EK-Quantum Vector Trinity D-RGB, the Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N and the Corsair Hydro X Series XG7 RGB. To help you decide which one to get you can read up on Kitguru’s recent findings. There is something you can buy though, that at least bears the name of the GPU you are searching for and will be worth the investment if you run a system with a watercooling loop water blocks!
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The running gag that no one wanted continues, with barely any GPUs available for sale and those few that appear tend to come bundled with a full PC. You Can’t Buy A Card But You Can Get Ready For One
