I want to build myself a new computer before tariffs bring prices to "bonkers zone", and it looks like getting any Nvidia 50x or even 40x GPU is nearly impossible.

Are scrapers and scalpers still an unsolved problem? Or might there be Gamers Secrets that I am unaware of?

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hollyhoppet wrote on February 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM

come to the amd side... it's warm and cozy here

twovests OP wrote on February 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM

Unfortunately, I also use my GPUs for machine learning (not gen ai! i simply specced too much time into software which only runs on CUDA) and blender (which prefers nvidia). I posted in games but I'm a poser of a poster

hollyhoppet wrote on February 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM

as someone also hamstringed by workflow requirements i fully understand

twovests OP wrote on February 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM

hollyhoppet wrote on February 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM

as someone also hamstringed by workflow requirements i fully understand

devtesla wrote on February 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM (edited on February 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM)

yeah don't expect to get an nvidia card for months. it's a paper launch, where they technically have cards available for purchase but are so under demand that almost no one can get one. it's not even a scalping problem really, it would be a problem even if they weren't around. the scalpers couldn't get them either.

there's been launches like this before, 2020 was notorious, but this is bad even by graphics card standards.

gamers nexus did a video about it. they can only guess about why nvidia even launched in this state, I think the most likely reason is that they didn't know what the tariff situation would be in a few months so they're getting as many cards as they can into market now, even if it's not nearly enough.