General Purpose RTX 3070 Launch Thread

jonathonsunshine on 25/09/2020 - 19:02
Last edited 02/10/2020 - 22:14

Hello!

Not a lot going on in the mWave raffle thread last night for the 3090 launch, dunno if everyone too exhausted by the 3080 one the week before, or if the 3090 is just ridiculously expensive for 12% gains over the 3080 that most gamers can expect…

Just a spot for thoughts, memes, links, anything of interest in the lead up to the 3070 launch.

Catalog of Useful Links

NVidia RTX 3070 Launch Moved to Oct 29th
* unsure of Australian Date.
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-delays-the-launch-of-the

The MWave Raffle
* ( it's the only way to get a "founders edition" )

Computing Computer Component Nvidia Video Card

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Comments

    • NixMo1 on 30/10/2020 - 07:03

      Agreed although I still pre ordered evga xc3 3070 for $919. I'll only be playing at 1440 res. Missed the launch so hopefully there isn't a long wait on the pre order. Not even going to bother with the xc3 3080 as who knows how long the wait is. Freaking absurd, low stock just feeding scalpers and high prices.

  • bart2 on 30/10/2020 - 08:04

    You guys reckon the same will happen with the 6800xt?
    With the price gouging/limited stock?

    • ln28909 on 30/10/2020 - 08:40
      +1

      Anyone who price gouge on the 3070 is taking on a lot of risk, since they'll have to sell it above $1300 to make it worthwhile, but used 2080 ti are generally around $1000 atm

    • MrMarket on 30/10/2020 - 09:14

      gives it a few months and it will be all over with both players pumping out cards to drive sale
      let the FOMO people paying big bucks for it and when there are plenty of stock available and not many buyers you be in good seat

    • cameldownunder on 30/10/2020 - 10:09

      I hope not. My plan is already a Ryzen 5900 ( soon ) and I am switching from long time Green Team ( 7800, 480, 880 ) because what Nvidia and third party sellers are doing is just ridiculous ( price wise, and advertizing "Available" if the only thing available is a waiting list).

      So lets hope AMD does better.

      • zCrimson on 30/10/2020 - 10:54

        AMD still jacked their prices up as they see what nVidia gets and are just matching them more or less, there is no reason for the 6900XT to cost $999 more like $799-849 as the card is the same with only 8 more CU atleast nVidia put more memory on the 3090 (insane price though still) if it had 32Gb I'd call it far enough on the price.

  • Jorgonaut on 30/10/2020 - 09:41

    What a joke.

    • zCrimson on 30/10/2020 - 10:56
      +1

      Mid-range gaming now only $1000+ from… $350-400. Mid range will now be a 3030.

  • DarkOz on 30/10/2020 - 09:53

    Initial reports place the RTX 3070 to be the equal of RTX 2080 Ti. Good luck to the people waiting for this to be cheap. It's going to be around the $1,000 mark.

  • Titan Tech on 30/10/2020 - 11:04

    Looks like shopping express still has stock in anyone is looking

    https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/search-results?q=3070

    • ATangk on 30/10/2020 - 11:22

      Thats because its way above the 809 of the FE, which was already kind of expensive given the 3080 has more performance per $

  • ATangk on 30/10/2020 - 11:22

    Does anyone know if Umart actually had any stock? They listed their cards as pre-order and never changed from it.

    E: Theyre refusing to say whether they had any actual stock of the cards.

    • Morphisis on 31/10/2020 - 15:50

      Someone recently posted on r/bapcsalesaustralia confirming they just picked up their 3070 ROG Strix card. I haven't heard anything about my order however.

      • ATangk on 31/10/2020 - 16:05

        A $1299 card…

  • Sepp on 30/10/2020 - 11:59

    I've got one locked in at PLE for an ETA of the 16th next month for $899.

    To me, 99 dollars more than founders for an AIB card is fine but if any of you paid 1100-1200 for a 3070 I would highly recommend cancelling your order.

    • achyd1 on 30/10/2020 - 12:08

      I bought the EVGA one for $919 about 5 minutes after midnight, and no ETA, and queue location = 4th box from the front. How….?

      • Sepp on 30/10/2020 - 12:09

        I bought the XC3 Black Edition, could be a different EVGA model. If you read their statement about 3080 stock and look at the manufacturers who have been giving PLE a lot of stock EVGA is one of them so I don't think you'll have to wait an extremely long time.

        • gmail92 on 30/10/2020 - 15:09

          XC3 Black was slightly cheaper than XC3 on PLE; not sure what the difference is.
          However, I think you can call them and ask if you managed to secure launch stock (as I confirmed).

          Got the notification my XC3 Black has just been dispatched :D happy days.

          • Sepp on 30/10/2020 - 15:15

            @gmail92: How did they notify you ?

            • gmail92 on 30/10/2020 - 15:54

              @Sepp: Both email and text that the stock has been dispatched.

              • Sepp on 31/10/2020 - 12:55

                @gmail92: Damn seems like I missed it then, I do have an ETA for the 11th of November though

  • Switchblade88 on 30/10/2020 - 13:20

    Anyone know what the equivalent international prices are for 3070's?

    I recall that the 3070FE was supposed to be $500USD, but I wasn't sure if that was low compared to other brands as it is here currently.

    Is it supposed to be the RRP? i.e. when the stock levels come good, should we expect an equivalent value of $750AUD as the norm eventually?

  • ATangk on 30/10/2020 - 15:35
    +1

    Wheres my Mwave FE email :<

    • achyd1 on 30/10/2020 - 15:43

      Lol at their tweet "Now closed. We'll begin the processing of randomly drawing the winner and will update once the first wave of emails are out."

      Winner, as in singular. It seemed a bit on the nose today. Even though they corrected it later to say winnerS.

      • ATangk on 30/10/2020 - 15:45

        Apparently emails were sent out starting 25 mins ago. Little hope left of getting a 3070…

        • achyd1 on 30/10/2020 - 15:55

          Yep, not looking good.

          • Marx on 30/10/2020 - 16:51
            +2

            @achyd1: Got the email for winning raffle. Can confirm that I am not in any way related to them. I didn't even know that I'd signed up for 3070 as well, since I only wanted the 3080.

      • Pace210 on 30/10/2020 - 16:16
        -1

        Congratulations to all our staff.

  • Pace210 on 30/10/2020 - 16:13

    Oh well, lots of us wanted this, no one needed this, hopefully, black Friday brings these cards down to rrp.

  • achyd1 on 30/10/2020 - 16:21

    Bit bullet and pre-ordered that $809 Inno3D one. Best non-PLE price - since I can't order another 30 series card from there with 3080 coming.

  • xauke18 on 30/10/2020 - 16:52

    am i the only one whos really mad at mwave ? their prices seem %10-20 higher then other stores except the founders edition and they do a raffle which no one knows about i doubt they even let people buy those anyone was lucky enought to get one ?

    • mfletch on 30/10/2020 - 17:40

      Yup, was lucky enough to get one in the raffle. I'm not affiliated with them in any way. Regarding third-party cards, agree that last night Mwave's prices didn't look especially competitive.

    • jonathonsunshine on 30/10/2020 - 17:42

      One of their staff sold them all on eBay. They brag about it being "a park of being in the industry". There's a screenshot either in here or in the mwave thread.

      Hope they get firebombed.

      • FireRunner on 30/10/2020 - 18:26

        Is this for real?

      • jonathonsunshine on 31/10/2020 - 08:22
        +1

        The mwave thread is 14 pages long. I know I saw it though. TBF, I have no proof screenshot is real. And if someone just wanted to get riled up, that would have been a good way to do it

  • jonathonsunshine on 31/10/2020 - 09:46

    Anyone else spooked they might not get there card in time to redeem Watch Dogs: Legion?

    • Sepp on 31/10/2020 - 12:56
      +1

      its a 15-20 hour campaign, worst case is you pay 20 bucks for uplay+ and beat it within a month

      • gmail92 on 31/10/2020 - 15:44

        Looks like 3070 doesn't qualify for it.

        • Sepp on 01/11/2020 - 14:45

          Doesn’t surprise me a whole lot, people don’t seem to need incentive for buying a 3070

  • jonathonsunshine on 02/11/2020 - 15:48

    uMart released a statement regarding general 30xx availability and pre order distro status etc etc

    https://help.umart.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/360002102876

  • TheLurker on 04/11/2020 - 21:47

    Spotted stock on the Galax 3070 at Umart. In Milton and Chermside, with online / delivery option. $999 if anyone keen

    https://www.umart.com.au/Galax-GeForce-RTX-3070-SG-1-Click-O…

  • jonathonsunshine on 10/11/2020 - 23:25

    https://videocardz.com/newz/galax-unveils-geforce-rtx-2080-2…

    Its beautiful, but why isn't it 3080 / 3070 ?

  • scrimshaw on 14/11/2020 - 14:50

    Looks like Nvidia has a case of RAM size envy (because AMD cards have 16GB) and rumours are that they plan to have a slew of new GPU's with even more VRAM

    https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-rumored-…

    RTX 3060 "rumour" up to 12GB of VRAM in January. The news that quote this is probably not trustworthy.

    RTX 3080ti "confirmed" to have 20GB of VRAM to launch in January as well.

    Kinda boggles the mind that Nvidia in just a short span of a few months that they will have a new flagship GPU that cannibalizes their recently released RTX 3000 cards..

    • jonathonsunshine on 14/11/2020 - 16:39
      +1

      they will have a new flagship GPU that cannibalizes their recently released RTX 3000 cards.

      All 7 of them that have been manufactured…

  • jonathonsunshine on 05/12/2020 - 20:09

    If you still in queue for a card, RIP Watch Dogs Legion. RIP it right in your rear. 2020 the year that just doesn't stop taking…

    Hope you like Call of Duty…

    https://support.ubisoft.com/en-AU/Article/000079879

  • Outsider on 11/12/2020 - 15:55

    Hopefully this is the right place to post, seems like Shopping Express is doing a RTX 3070 Galax cards for $849+Delivery thing:
    https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/Vote-Boxing-Day-Price

    Personally waiting for the 3080Ti, 3060 12GB, 3050Ti benchmarks, but hopefully the above helps someone out.

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