Hello! I have been tracking the price of this graphics card for a while now, and this is the lowest it has been locally since the pandemic began.
It has definitely been much cheaper (details below) before the pandemic, and this is still at the higher end of pre-COVID prices. However, I thought I'd post this because those who would consider buying this RTX card probably have very specific needs (high-end cooler, quiet operation, unobtrusive RGB), and may consider this a deal given the current situation.
IMPORTANT notes on Shopping Express checkout
- Unfortunately, I found out that there is a 1% surcharge for a PayPal and credit card payments; while I understand, I personally think it's kind of poop because I don't like bad surprises at checkout. I'm not sure what kind of buyer protections there are for electronic transfers (ETs) these days (probably none), so proceed with caution if you choose to pay by ET. There is also zip, which apparently requires, which does not incur a surcharge; but I can't comment on it because I don't use zip.
- By default, the checkbox related to signature on delivery is checked, but it means it doesn't require a signature. I find that default rather counter-intuitive.
Other considerations
These are just my opinions base on my observation and that I thought I'd share in case it's useful to someone else. Please take them with a healthy dose of salt, and I'm not responsible for any decisions that you make base on my comments.
- You can probably afford to wait if you are just upgrading, and you don't have the aforementioned special needs and/or need it to make a living with.
- GPU prices appear to be slowly coming down, which coincides with the pandemic easing a bit around the world and is consistent with reports about supplies slowly getting back to normal. Current prices for RTX cards are still obscenely high compared to pre-COVID prices.
- The RTX 30 series will apparently be announced in the coming months. That could be a reason to wait for better prices, but keep in mind that some say that you may be waiting until next year.
- I haven't looked at other RTX 2070 Supers in the same tier too closely; but I did come across the ASUS ROG Strix Advanced on Amazon going for ~$935 last week. Stock was gone by the time I got the chance to sit down to post about it.
- Please see chepsk8's comment regarding 5700 XT as an alternative, provided that you don't need an Nvidia card for software compatibility reasons.
Price history on PCPartPicker
Prices on staticICE
- Some local prices (note that Shopping Express doesn't show up here)
Pre-pandemic deals
Please see **Mintchip and tsugnev's comment below regarding these prices being unrealistic references**
- https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/502485 —- $719.20 @ FTC eBay (price got jacked to $759.20, see below)
- https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/502529 —- $759.20 $ FTC eBay (this is probably a "better" reference, FTC appears to price jack all the time like this base on both recent and past comments, please correct me if I'm wrong about this)
I hope this helps! Good luck!
Edit: 1. included references to tsugnev and chepsk8's comments. 2. I missed tunnel-visioned Mintchip's comment, added reference to it, too!
AUD against USD has recovered, prices should be much lower for a upper-mid range card