Krodge wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 19:15:
Taiwan has been earmarked by the communist party for invasion in the next 5 years. They openly state it.
The most democratic and progressive nation in Asia with a population the size of Australia and our government's and corperations won't recognise its existence.
So much for all our values.
RogueSix wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 18:46:jdreyer wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 17:49:Jivaro wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 17:46:jdreyer wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 17:43:El Pit wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 14:22:Verno wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 14:16:3080 Ti? RRP $999 - buy it (not just from scalpers, but also from common webstores) for just $1,399 - and this being the cheapest price.
I'm hoping for a 3080 Ti with 16GB of memory release in Feb. Oh and hoping I can actually obtain one!
Let's face it - this is not a free market, this is a crooked market.
It's actually classic free market. This is what happens when demand outstrips supply.
*cough*intentionally created by manufacturer*cough*
True, but not intentionally IMO, otherwise they'd have charged $1500 as MSRP. Nvidia is an incredibly successful multi-billion dollar company. They do their market research.
Nope. Not true at all. nVidia are always selling their own FE cards at MSRP from their own store and they are also enforcing their MSRP on those dealers who sell FE cards. The RTX 3080 FE may rarely be available but it's always $699.99 at BestBuy. Go check.
As far as the board partners are concerned, nVidia just supplies the GPUs and does not have any influence on the prices of the final product. The board partners have their own MSRPs and they have no influence on what the distributors and dealers do with the cards. The cards that are selling now have been manufactured many weeks or months ago. The prices we are seeing for AIB cards are no fault of nVidia, probably no fault of the board partners but all the way the fault of the distributors and greedy dealers who try to make a buck from the supply vs. demand situation. Same for AMD, of course.