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Galax RTX 2080 Ti SG $1649 from MSY

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Galax RTX 2080 Ti SG $1649 from MSY
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Phreebee on 26/02/2019 - 09:02 msy.com.au (232 clicks)
Last edited 26/02/2019 - 10:26 by 1 other user

Promo email received today from MSY that for 2 days only (26 and 27th February), they will be discounting their Galax Nvidia 11GB RTX 2080Ti SG 1-Click OC PCI-E VGA Card from $1799 to $1649. Limit 2 per customer and limited stock.

Email deal shown here: http://edm.msy.com.au/2019/DODD/25.02/edm_01.png and http://edm.msy.com.au/2019/DODD/25.02/edm_02.png

As of posting the price hasn't change on their website, but I would expect it around start of business today. Stock levels seem low across many stores, so you may need to purchase this online if you're interested in it.

Personally, I'm still very happy with my 1080 Ti and think the RTX features are nothing but gimmicks, but this deal may please some.

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  • PlagueistheCheap on 26/02/2019 - 09:20

    RRP price drop inc

  • hhbb555 on 26/02/2019 - 09:23
    +1

    you could build an entire decent gaming PC with $1649
    heck, you might be able to build 2 with some luck.

    what kind of game would need that kind of card?

    • mrmc on 26/02/2019 - 09:26
      +6

      AAA games at 4k resolution with high settings

      • Letrico on 26/02/2019 - 09:32
        +12

        I see you are a man of 1080p. Maybe it is time for you to look into 4K and the performance of 10XX cards at that resolution.

        • phoenx on 26/02/2019 - 09:52

          my 1080ti struggles on bfv 1440p with ultra settings, not even reaching 60hz in action scenes, and getting nowhere the max 140hz a lot of monitors have these days. all these people saying it breezes through 1440p make me wonder if im doing something wrong.

          • fatal on 26/02/2019 - 10:03
            +2

            @phoenx: What's your CPU? BFV is also very CPU dependent.

        • Todes Angst on 26/02/2019 - 13:55
          -5

          Yeah, you're right the 1080 Ti is terrible at 4K. I don't know how people survive. It's definitely worth dropping a further $1600 for those 10 FPS you're missing out on

          LOL

          • Letrico on 26/02/2019 - 18:09
            +2

            @Todes Angst: No I am only answering your question that games are not pushing 10XX cards to their limit. Even 1080 ti struggles to game at 4k with more than 60 FPS.

            2080 ti puts you in a slightly better position with around 20-30% performance boost compare to 1080 ti and keeps you above 60 fps constant at 4K.

            No need to insult people that can afford to buy a 2080 ti if you personally cannot afford it. Makes you look petty.

            • Todes Angst on 26/02/2019 - 23:39

              @Letrico: You can go and keep putting words in my mouth all you like, the point stands that these are terrible value for the performance they give.

      • SergK on 26/02/2019 - 09:38
        +4

        I have GTX 1080 card and it is ok with playing 4k Overwatch, but things like PUBG, I have to put my settings on low to get decent fps

      • Major Mess on 26/02/2019 - 09:56
        +1

        You might want to have a look at the benchmarks for the latest games at 1440p.

    • KBZ on 26/02/2019 - 09:49

      You can buy a decent rig second hand off OCAU for less than a 1K.
      I saw a 1080GTX with i7, 16GB ram go for that. With an SSD and MOBO with SLi.

    • firsttimeuser7 on 26/02/2019 - 11:15
      +1

      People buying this card dont care about that stuff, thats like saying u can buy an car for the price of 1 part in an million dollar car. What kind of car would need to go that fast? Lmao you complaining about stuff like this? This is reality. People can afford 500k houses and others can afford 10 million dollar houses why would they buy a cheaper house when they can live in more comfort in their eyes? It's all the same. You want premium you pay premium.

      • hhbb555 on 26/02/2019 - 11:46
        -2

        but this is ozb, ppl that can buy this kind of things without any second thought don't usually spend their time looking for bargain…

        • Megahowler on 26/02/2019 - 12:34
          +6

          You couldn't be more wrong…

    • DmytroP on 26/02/2019 - 23:07

      helps to win kaggle, may even pay for itself

  • Knoxis on 26/02/2019 - 09:47
    +5

    FYI, this is the non overclocking version locked to 280w.
    These tends to be cheaper than their overclocking A variant counterparts.

    Would avoid these if you want to overclock.

  • webtherapist on 26/02/2019 - 09:53
    -4

    unless you need Ray Tracing feature that much, there is not much difference to upgrade from 1080 to 2080, same goes to 1070 and 2070

    • Major Mess on 26/02/2019 - 09:58
      +3

      There is a huge performance difference from the 1080/1080ti compared to this a 2080ti.

    • Garbotoxin on 26/02/2019 - 10:07

      Not sure where you got those numbers from, but the RTX 2080 performance wise is more similar to the GTX 1080 Ti (which is 25-30% more than the GTX 1080), and the RTX 2070 is more similar to the GTX 1080 (which is 20-25% better than the GTX 1070)…

      The RTX 2080 Ti is about 30% better than the GTX 1080 Ti if you don't factor in RT and DLSS

    • Ryxxi on 26/02/2019 - 10:15

      There is…..u got ur gpu names worng. 2080 is 1080Ti level perf and 2070 is at 1080 level.

  • wisc on 26/02/2019 - 09:57
    +1

    man i remember when a stupid expensive card used to be about 1/2 this price… actually i remember when 1/2 this price was unheard of… and the Voodoo / banshee graphics card was crazy expensive - and they only retailed for 300 bux! - although that said, 20 years of inflation…

    • Major Mess on 26/02/2019 - 10:02

      It started in the late 2000's. Top cards were pushing $600 or more, and the enthusiast cutting edge performance cards were close to $1000 or over. Considering inflation, the current pricing is pretty much on par. nvidia should really be increasing the 2080 pricing considering AMD's uncompetitive cards at expensive pricing.

      • wisc on 26/02/2019 - 10:13
        +3

        yeah, nah, not really 300 bux in 98 is only worth 500 bux 20 years later…

        even if we look at 1K in 2005, (mid 2000's not even late) that's only 1,365.47 today… quite a bit off almost 1700…

        AND, pretty sure it wasn't until after 2010 we had 1k cards ,one of the more expensive cards, the 5970, (which was 2x cards anyways) - released (almost) 2010 - with a rrp of 599 USD - back then the AUD was pretty much on par…

        So it was probably closer to 2013-2015 that we started approaching 1K graphics cards…

        so no, its not on par at all. Maybe it was exponential you where thinking of? ;)

        (But it really does come down to as what you classify as cutting edge, as professional rendering cards have always been multi thousands of dollars)

        • dcep on 26/02/2019 - 10:39

          8800 ultra in 2007

          • wisc on 26/02/2019 - 10:49
            +1

            @dcep: $830 USD, looks like the average exchange rate was about 1.20 (depends what month though), so yep, that's about right with the Australia tax, so you win the interwebz today. I do stand corrected… 2007, 1K in 2007 equals about 1,288.60 after inflation… (very far from the 1.7K)…

            • dcep on 26/02/2019 - 11:10

              @wisc: ahh memories…

              3 of them on SLi still struggles to hit 30fps in Crysis on max

              that's how "But can it play Crysis?" started.

        • scuderiarmani on 26/02/2019 - 12:53

          I'd disagree with $300 in 98 being $500 in 2018…. wages have gone up far more than that in my experiences… lots of things are far more affordable these days. I think the difference is more stark.

          Not in any way justifying a GPU at $2k… that's just lack of competition.

    • magic8ballgag on 26/02/2019 - 10:17
      +1

      I also remember when fuel was $1/L, things change.

      • justtoreply on 26/02/2019 - 11:10
        +1

        Yes, another great example of a huge price hike that has happened "because they can get away with it"

        • firsttimeuser7 on 26/02/2019 - 11:22
          +2

          If anyone could in a business aspect, they would. Even you would if u owned a business like that. Why wouldn't you?

      • scuderiarmani on 26/02/2019 - 12:54

        I started with 60c a litre and 12c a litre for LPG… that was good… but wages sucked.

    • jasswolf on 26/02/2019 - 10:26

      They never used to make chips this big. Here's the more recent info:

      • The 590 was a multi-chip solution that came out 6 months later for $700 MSRP at the time
      • The 690 was again MCM, this time for $1000 but a month after launch (this series was pushing the upper limits of the silicon of the time)
      • The 780 Ti was $700, 6 months after initial launch
      • The 980 Ti was $650, 9 months after launch
      • The 1080 Ti was $700, 10 months after launch

      So as you can see, manufacturing scale and yield need to improve a lot for these kinds of cards to be affordable, and these days that typically happens 6-10 months after launch. The 690 is a good comparison point because this series also pushes the upper limits of the process node, but there's pressure from both sides of the market (professional cards and prosumers/researchers) because of how powerful even the RTX 2060 is for certain ML and RT workloads compared to what came before.

  • parallelparadox on 26/02/2019 - 10:39

    How is Galax as a GPU manufacturer? Haven't had any experience with them but have heard they heat up significantly more compared to say Asus or Gigabyte from the people that own one.

    • justtoreply on 26/02/2019 - 11:11
      +3

      They are underrated. Huge player worldwide. Nothing wrong with them AFAIK for quality of manufacturing, but I can't advise on ease of warranty.

    • scuderiarmani on 26/02/2019 - 12:55

      They were bigger before from memory, not as common these days.

  • ywpn on 26/02/2019 - 11:55

    Bought 10. Thanks, OP!

    • scuderiarmani on 26/02/2019 - 12:55

      Receipt?

    • Jaduqimon on 26/02/2019 - 13:23
      +1

      until you realise mining isnt a thing anymore.

    • ywpn on 26/02/2019 - 16:54

      Bought like baby formula - walked in and out 5 times with 2 in each hand.

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