Update: Back in stock "In store only" stock likely very low
says low in stock not sure how many available, click & click available in Vic, shipping ranges from $8-$18 depending where you are..
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 8GB $599 "In Store Only" @ Centre Com
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I don't trust Galax, but thought this is a good buy for less than $100 more:
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Get 2 1080's or 1 1080ti?
Always get 1 over 2 unless you are doing GPU computing.
Supposedly 2 x 1070 makes more sense than using 2 x 1080s from cost vs. performance in any case if you want to go SLI. But single card is better.
OK, I admit I am a noob when it comes to graphic cards etc, but why are they so damn expensive and somehow tend to be out of stock/expired pretty quick after they're posted? Do the manufacturers/distributors make/release small quantities each time in order to sell them high, or what's going on?
They're just expensive to make, and one of the last components in your PC that gets appreciable upgrades on a timely scale. CPUs have been getting very incremental upgrades each year. Intel's been super complacent for the past 6 years due to lack of competition from AMD. That might change now with Ryzen though.
But nVidia has made significant upgrades with each new gen.
Graphics cards like the GTXx80 series have never been cheap. This is not expensive by x80 standards.
I see. That makes sense. Thanks for the detailed explanation. I don't play video games, nor edit videos or anything, so I always wondered why these cards cost anywhere north of half a grand all the time.
These are also the top tier video cards. Think of them of the Ferrari of the graphics card world.
However right now the prices seem to be priced the same way as Mercedes hence why people are just snatching them up.
Lack of competition is part of the problem. AMD isn't producing anything that can compete with Nvidia's top tier cards at the moment. The new AMD RX 580 is roughly on par with the GTX 1060. If you want anything better than that it, must be an Nvidia.
Nvidia's pricing of the top end cards reflects their lack of competition. When they released their now top tier product, the GTX 1080 Ti, earlier this year, the pricing of the GTX 1080 and 1070 did drop. If AMD ever gets a competing product to market I would expect Nvidia's pricing to drop again.
Another issue is the silcon size, the more powerful graphics cards have more silicon being used and that is a major cost.
Top tier GPUs use more silicon than desktop CPUs, even though CPUs have a large area dedicated to cache.
For example Intel Haswell at 22nm process used 177mm squared of silicon and the latest Nvidia 1080 Ti uses 471mm squared of silicon. So 1080Ti uses 2.66 times more silicon than Intel Haswell CPU. Intel haven't released their die size for Skylake or Kaby Lake, bit since they use the same cache size and number of processors, while shrinking the process being used, it's a lot less than Haswell.
Your question is good. If its getting sold out so quick, why not up the price and wait for it to sell at a slower rate when you will get the money eventually anyway. I'd imagine there's marketing value in a low stock undercut, get a lot of exposure on sites like this and people buying from the site in future, as well as people just buying more than one thing when they get the cheap card.
I'd imagine there's marketing value in a low stock undercut, get a lot of exposure on sites like this and people buying from the site in future, as well as people just buying more than one thing when they get the cheap card.
That was exactly what I had in mind when I asked that question. There are a lot of expensive items (heck, all Apple products and most of today's pro level DSLR and mirrorless cameras are way more expensive than these cards, and when they go on sale they don't expire or become out of stock as these graphics do). Something just doesn't add up. As you've said, it's probably a marketing tactic, since they know that limited stock = high demand, and the target population is mainly gamers, those who know about this stuff, and will jump on them when they see even a 5% discount. It's like manipulating a drug addict. Sorry gamers. lol
Got taken down. Price error?
Nah just limited stock
Finally bought a 1080 G1 to replace my ageing 560 Ti. Checked last night and there are currently no free games after purchase (For Honor/Wildlands offer which has been advertised a lot has expired), only way to get a free game atm is to also buy an Oculus Rift.
Feels a bit crap after shelling out almost a grand.
Almost a grand? I hope you're exaggerating :S
Free games are generally only offered for early adopters as an incentive to buy the cards. At this stage the only incentive is cheaper price (which is less than what I paid for my 1070 lolol)
Decent deal here if you missed out fam: https://www.centrecom.com.au/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-armour-oc-….
Oh Oh! Turbo edition!! Gtx 1028 is more pixels google info too
Wow at this price who cares if it's louder than jet turbines or is hotter than the flames at defqon 1 end show