Waiting 8 months for RTX Series. Wait more or skip this generation?

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Poll Waiting 8 months for RTX Series. Wait more or skip this generation? (15 votes)

Skip a generation for the first time in over 18 Years 67%
Try getting RTX 3000 series 0%
Wait for RDNA 3/ Lovelace 33%

Today marks exactly 8 months since the official launch of the RTX 3000 series and I still haven’t been able to get my hands on one. Granted I didn’t want to get RTX 3080 because it has low memory and isn’t future proof for 4K Gaming (which I am targeting). So maybe entertaining that 3080 Ti which will have 12 GB which isn’t much better but still better than 10 GB for 4K Gaming, other option is to get RTX 3090 24GB which seem extra expensive and maybe overkill on the memory side. That’s what I don’t get about nVidia they are all whack with their memory GPU configuration. Originally the 3080 Ti was supposed to have 20GB which would have been perfected but they decided to go against it, probably because it will hurt their 3090 sales. nVdia being greedy as usual. Other option is to go with the 6800 or XT which has the 16GB memory but lacks in Ray Tracing performance, their FiedelityFX in response to DLSS has yet to come out. But since I already waited 8 months, should I wait longer. Rumors of RDNA 3 coming out in Q4 2021/ Q1 2022. Believe me I can wait 6 – 8 months as I have plenty of games to play. But I have been following every other generation and I am shooting for 4K 60 FPS with Ray Tracing enabled with good quality Ray Tracing performance so thinking about upgrading.

Upgrading history:

2002 – GeForce 4 64MB DDR

2006 – GeForce 7600 GT 256MB

2008 – Radeon HD 4870 512MB

2011 – HD 6950 (BIOS flashed) to HD 6970 2GB

2016 – R9 390X 8GB – Sold it

2017 – GTX 1060 6GB.

So, as you can see I upgrade every other generation. Skipped GeForce 8000 series and got the HD 4800 series (nVidia GTX 200 series equivalent). Skipped HD 5800 series and got HD 6900 series. Skipped HD 7000 series and got a Hawaii GPU, R9 390X series. Skipped Maxwell, the GTX 900 series and got GTX 1060 series and no longer have R9 390X since 1060 6GB had better power/performance. Skipped RTX 2000 series and now should be on Ampere/RTX 3000 series if I follow what I have been doing for the past 18 years. Note, I did have R9 Fury X as an impulse buy but didn’t really game on it as it was overkill for 1080P so sold, also had 9600 GT as place holder GPU while I got R9 390X series so those two don’t count.

So, what do you guys think? Should try to get RTX 3000 series or skip a generation for the first time in 18 years and wait for RDNA 3/Lovelace?

Note, looks like my AMD and ATI /nVidia ownership is 50/50 with slightly more nVidia GPUs owned. But I thought I was an AMD fanboy according to some on these forums. :P

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#1 PfizersaurusRex
Member since 2012 • 1503 Posts

It's not like you have any other option but to wait. Unless you wanna pay the regular price of a full gaming PC. I also have a GTX 1060 6GB and this would be an ideal time to upgrade. I even have a 1080p monitor which I got on purpose, so my future GPUs don't have to be expensive. But nope, not happening any time soon, sadly.

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#2 deactivated-642321fb121ca
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Try your luck for a 3080 ti, or pay through the nose for a 3090. You will likely have better luck with a pre-build though.

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#3 Grey_Eyed_Elf
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I'm just going to skip it... Mainly because I don't actually need it as the one game I wanted a upgrade for turned out to be hot garbage.

I am going to wait for a 4070.

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#4 DaVillain  Moderator
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@Xtasy26: As Random_Matt stated, you could try and pick up RTX 3080Ti and so far, I heard it'll be release sometime this June 2021, either wait in long at Micro Center meaning be their early and try to order online while waiting in line also helps. That's the best way of actually buying any RTX 30XX series.

I'm more interest purchasing RTX 3070Ti anyway and I'm gonna try to be at Micro Center so I too can get that 3070Ti for a fair price.

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#5 AlexKidd5000
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There are a lot more Radeon cards available now than geforce, sure they are expensive as hell, but at least you can have a current gen card.

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#6 LaP
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Sadly at the price the cards are selling right now i would skip. A gpu is simply not worth over a grand.

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#7 Obrien84
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At this point you may as well skip a gen imho

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#9 deactivated-631373f44e9fd
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vigilance.

I got a barely used one off craigs for just 50 over list. Guess thats cause it was an awesome seller tho, cause as soon as i indicated my desire to buy, he pulled the ad and sold just to me.

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#10 GeryGo  Moderator
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At the current prices I'd skip anything and be happy with Intel's built in GPU