What Would Be a 'Buy It or Consider It' Price for The RTX 4080 for You?

morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:04

Just curious for folks. When reviews of the 4080 arrived, it seemed like the performance was good but the price was the issue.

Now that prices have started to fluctuate, with some sales starting to drop the price down to 1750 ish (given the ridiculous 2219 starting point Nvidia lists on the AU site) what price point do you think you would be tempted to jump at it? Or a price point that, though still pricey, would be at least a better value proposition.

Just doing a 1200 USD to AUD at the moment is over 1800, not taking into account GST or anything like that. I suppose given that the 3080 arrived at just over 1100 AUD and really never existed at that price, I'm curious where you all feel the equation changes from nobody buying it to snapping it up.

I feel it needs to hit 1500 AUD or less, which would equate to about 1000 USD currently. What do you all think?

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Comments

  • Jumpingmanjim on 11/03/2023 - 20:10
    +10

    I want GPU prices to go back to normal. Pandemic's over, ethereum mining is over. 1000/1100 is reasonable.

    • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:12
      +1

      Fair enough. I feel inflation generally has ruined our chances of getting back that far. Would be nice though.

      • Zorololo on 11/03/2023 - 23:58
        +3

        Probably more Nvidia's greediness and the idiots willing to pay their jacked up prices.

        • Sinnerator on 12/03/2023 - 08:41
          +1

          You nailed 2 main points.

    • Sinnerator on 12/03/2023 - 08:42

      YES

  • virsagomk2 on 11/03/2023 - 20:12
    +2

    $800, same as GTX 980 launch price.

    • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:15

      I think we might be waiting a while for that one. That was 8 years ago, and inflation is a thing generally, sucky though it may be.

  • bobvegas on 11/03/2023 - 20:13

    I would have said buy at $1600, at the launch, but watching how the prices keep on going down. $1500 sounds about right, but really now that you can buy a 4080 for $1700, it would only really sting if prices crashed to $1500 within the following 30days . If it takes months I wouldn't care much especially if I really needed a new GPU

    • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:17

      Are you tempted at the 1750 ish price point? Which would essentially be just under the US MSRP, with no Oz tax. I do think the 1200 MSRP is too high, given the jump from the 3080, so that's why I would want it to drop further.

      • bobvegas on 11/03/2023 - 20:28

        Yeah, when you see the PCB's especially the cheaper ones from pny/palit/gainward/inno3d it most certainly hurts thinking about those prices

        • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:30

          Totally. Just feels like the joy of PC building is being robbed or relegated to higher end luxury. I guess it always was to a degree, but now it just feels worse.

  • phatmonk on 11/03/2023 - 20:25
    +9

    $1000

    • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:28

      So you think it's worth less than the 3080 was? I'd probably snap buy at that price as well. Unlikely for new though.

      • phatmonk on 11/03/2023 - 20:41
        +3

        I think even the 3000 series was overpriced. Now they are just taking people for a ride, it’s ridiculous.

        I think you’re right though. Never going to happen.

      • [Deactivated] on 11/03/2023 - 20:47

        They were already price gouging with the 20 and 30 series

  • HU139AX on 11/03/2023 - 20:34

    $1100-1600 4080
    $1900-2400 4090

    • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:37

      Those ranges seem more, dare I say reasonable. Still pricey AF but I feel more people would jump at those ranges. Especially if the cheaper PCBs are sitting in the lower part with the more premium OC at the high.

  • SydStrand on 11/03/2023 - 20:37

    $1500 would be a tolerable increase from 3080's RRP. The rest is pure greed. But this will never happen because the 4070 Ti and every other card that will come out this year, will effectively set the floor on what they can price this at.

    • morkoz on 11/03/2023 - 20:39
      +1

      Maybe but at the moment they just aren't selling. So if enough people keep turning their noses up then that floor has to come down a bit.

      • SydStrand on 11/03/2023 - 21:42

        Only if they also drop 4070 Ti prices, which also means lowering prices of 4070, 4060, etc., before they're actually announced. They can't just drop 4080 prices in isolation, and I can't see Nvidia devaluing their entire current line up.

        Even if price-conscious consumer GPU buyers HODL, Nvidia can simply divert their purchased TSMC capacity to servers, enterprise, Nintendo, etc. It's not like they're losing market share, given AMD decided to also price their cards in the stratosphere.

  • AwesomeAndrew on 11/03/2023 - 20:59
    +1

    $1200 for the 4080, and $1600 for the 4090. All in AUD.

  • kipps on 11/03/2023 - 21:42
    +1

    Great video cards used to be $300-400 many years ago. I’m not paying more than $900 for any video card. Don’t care what it is - it ain’t worth it.

    • GregRust on 11/03/2023 - 22:48

      I still draw the line at $300-$350 for a mid-range GPU. Harks back from my first GPU purchase, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 😎

  • garetz on 12/03/2023 - 00:36

    $1200 for 4080 and $1800 for 4090

  • AIbot on 12/03/2023 - 12:34

    Inflation is being driven up worldwide by corporate profits/greed

    Sadly who know if it will go back to normal. It might if we do have a recession and no one buys any video cards for a long time, they may be forced to drop. But I think they wont and love making even more money then before. The capitalism model is to only make more and more money every year, the bigger the better. And there is nothing wrong with this apparently. The ones who create inflation and poverty are the ones less affected by it.

    • morkoz on 12/03/2023 - 15:02

      I don't know, Governments printing vast amounts of cash and injecting it into the system, whilst simultaneously locking industries down and killing supply capacity didn't help either. I do think there is a bunch of greed in it as well, but I hope the market corrects a bit now that affordability is such an issue across the board.

  • Bid Sniper on 12/03/2023 - 18:12
    +1

    Wanted to upgrade my 3070 to 4080 but prices are straight up rip off.

    I'm really happy with my intel A750 for my 1440p PC, runs great and just $380. For my 4K build will wait for "Battlemage" Arc GPUs, they should be far more reasonable price than what Nvidia and AMD.

    • morkoz on 12/03/2023 - 21:42

      How are you finding the drivers? I'm looking at a possible premium 4K build and it feels like Intel just wouldn't be a good fit at that level. Hopefully they can pull something off that upsets the apple cart a bit.

      • Bid Sniper on 12/03/2023 - 23:28

        Was shaky start but got it month ago after v3 drivers, so far been really good.

        I'm impressed enough that I will wait for ARC 4K cards, not supporting Nvidia anymore.

  • Eddysan on 28/03/2023 - 09:26

    Keen to pick this up as it fits inside my mini pc price is ok and comes with redfall so saving extra $100 but heard this company is pretty bad to purchase from….

    https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/msi-geforce-rtx-4080-…

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