Anyone Else Getting Tired of 'leaks' and Supply Limits in The GFX Card Industry?

frostman on 01/10/2020 - 09:49
Last edited 01/10/2020 - 10:02

I just wish nVidia and AMD CEOs would grow up and stop pandering with the leaks to gain attention and fame on their benchmarks.
This is such a shoddy tactic no different to click-baiting on Youtube, why are these leaks constantly being made, is it that hard to secure the benchmark tests of these cards?
Just release the benchmarks officially and people would take them seriously instead of creating a chaotic flood of forum idiots each throwing in their on rumour and perception on the performance.

Furthermore, why are stocks of the RTX 3000 so limited these days (6 week pre-order wait)? Is there a Mining Boom we're unaware of? Have they been discounted or something?

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Comments

  • Xistn on 01/10/2020 - 09:51
    +1

    It's just business.

    and

    Bots…

  • pegaxs on 01/10/2020 - 10:08
    +4

    Welcome to marketing 101… Leak information, don't confirm or deny leaks. Tease performance and drive up hype. Release a limited supply to drive up demand. Once demand has waned, dump remaining stock at dramatic discount, second wave of short supply demand.

    It's the same as scalpers. This shouldn't and wouldn't exist if people didn't let it and got over the whole "I nEeD tO GeT iT oN ReLeAsE DaY!!"

    Like all the idiots who buy consoles on day 1 and then get on forums and social media to complain that there are only 3 games that take advantage of the new features.

    They will still be making this shit months from now, you are not going to miss out. If anything, a few months from now they will be cheaper with much better support and an easier to get with much higher stock availability.

    • DarthAntz on 01/10/2020 - 11:44
      +1

      maybe v2, of the card too, with the fix.

      Dont pre-order, dont buy on launch.

      • pegaxs on 01/10/2020 - 12:08

        I never pre-order anything and I never buy on release. I always wait. Issues are always found on release and either need to be patched, updated or (like with cars) parts need to be replaced. xBox 360 RROD is a classic example of not buying into the first round of offerings.

        I only ever bought into two pre-orders in my life, Destiny 1 (meh, was ok.) and Anthem. Think I'll leave that last one to resonate with people on why buying shit that is hyped before release and pre-ordering it based on the hype and lack of "confirm or deny" marketing… (I'm also looking at you, No Man's Sky that I almost pulled the trigger on as well.)

        • DarthAntz on 01/10/2020 - 14:47
          +1

          We all have to learn this. It was only the last generation of GPUs that had the problems that soon followed.

          The overwhelming history teaches us to expect buyers remorse.

          I almost bought the GTX970, then discovered it was 3.5gig and not 4gig as advertised. I instead bought a GTX980 for over $800. 6 months later the GTX1080 came out for $700. They're marketing strategies are well versed in history.

  • get-innocuous on 01/10/2020 - 11:13
    +1

    I'm inclined to believe a lot of this "artificial scarcity" argument is nonsense. Nvidia wants to sell as many cards as they can and 6 week waits is not the way to do it, especially with competitor cards releasing in that time frame. It's just a perfect covid storm of reduced manufacturing capacity and higher than usual demand due to people spending more time gaming and a much improved price/perf ratio c/w last generation. It will settle down, don't worry.

    • frostman on 01/10/2020 - 22:59

      I'm inclined to believe a lot of this "artificial scarcity" argument is nonsense.

      100% and with the PS5 and Series X on the launch - some gamers will jump on these consoles given they're both operating at native 4K.
      So nvdia needs to keep the PC Gaming scene on the toes by suggesting limited supplies.

  • Bid Sniper on 01/10/2020 - 11:37
    +1

    "Paul Anka and Lisa Simpson - Just don't look"
    https://youtu.be/SlKao_Pox5A

  • abctoz on 01/10/2020 - 12:21

    simple fact, anticipation gives you more pleasure than the actual event
    of course its up to you if you actually want it…

    3080 currently earns you 95mhs on eth, thats currently $3/day USD before electricity, you do the maths

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