[SOLVED] How is the market now?

[ClapTrapper]

In terms of close to MSRP prices and availability, how is the market now compared to 6 months ago?
I bailed obsessing about the graphics market and eventually completely ignored it for about 6 months now.

I won the Newegg shuffle but they screwed me and I am thinking about trying again to do my build I wanted to do close to 2 years now.

 

[logainofhades]

The market is still pretty grim, sadly. You may get lucky if you live near a microcenter, on a 6600xt, or maybe get lucky on a 3060ti at a best buy.

 

[Quanticriver]

In terms of close to MSRP prices and availability, how is the market now compared to 6 months ago?
I bailed obsessing about the graphics market and eventually completely ignored it for about 6 months now.

I won the Newegg shuffle but they screwed me and I am thinking about trying again to do my build I wanted to do close to 2 years now.

The prices are going down for sure here in eu, and the availability has improved too

wether the prices are "good" depends on you

 

[Eximo]

I'm too lazy to go hunting for a card.

Pop-in to the Newegg shuffle everyday and give it a go. Limiting myself to cards that are capable of fitting a custom water block, and aren't bundled with overpriced stuff. Wouldn't mind a spare motherboard in some cases, some ram. But the ones bundled with monitors are a little hard to deal with.

I think I have pre-orders with EVGA as well, haven't heard a peep from them.

 

[logainofhades]

I beat the bots, on an RX 6800, awhile back, from AMD direct. They have a queue system now, so you could watch out for that, on their direct buy page.

 

[Tac 25]

prices are so bad here in the Philippines. I scoured two shopping malls... and after searching multiple stores.. the only gpu's I found are 710 (60 usd when peso is converted to dollar), 1030 (120 usd), 1660 super (580-630 usd).

purchased a 1030, since it's the best one I could afford. And it's an upgrade to my old 460, because the 1030 has more vram, directx 12, and vulkan support. Genshin Impact is the most graphically demanding game I play, and the 1030 can handle it fine already. Gonna stick with the 1030 until prices settle down.

 

[ClapTrapper]

I'm too lazy to go hunting for a card.

Pop-in to the Newegg shuffle everyday and give it a go. Limiting myself to cards that are capable of fitting a custom water block, and aren't bundled with overpriced stuff. Wouldn't mind a spare motherboard in some cases, some ram. But the ones bundled with monitors are a little hard to deal with.

I think I have pre-orders with EVGA as well, haven't heard a peep from them.

Newegg is off probation today. I'm doing the Shuffle after about 6 months of not doing it regligiously.
I've dealt with them for decades,spending tens of thousands of $$ and never had a problem. If someone else had the same product at a slightly lower price,I didn't quibble over a few bucks. I knew Newegg has done me right in the past and I bought from them. This is their reward for years of good service. I always had a very good shopping experience.
But...
I won the Newegg shuffle! Finally! Yeah!!!
And then...
I was trying to put together a full rig. I'd wind up buying most the stuff at Newegg anyway,so on the Shuffle, I entered the stand alone graphics card (3070 I think) and I added a mobo/psu that I knew were decent.
In my cart was the mobo/psu - BUT NO GRAPHICS CARD!!
I freaked and hit the CHAT asap!
The Rep calmed me down immediately. His words were "don't worry. We know how much it means for people to get a graphics cards these days. It was a mess up,but on our next Shuffle you are at the top of the list".
So the very next Shuffle I called on voice. I got the most rude,arrogant woman that I didn't think could ever work at a service job,much less my beloved Newegg. She had a copy of my promise of a graphics card (the online chat transcript) and so did I. After a back and forth,she admitted I won the graphics. But she arrogantly, and with distain in her voice, said there was only the mobo/psu in my cart-so no graphics card for you!
If Newegg didn't build up decades of goodwill and trust,I would have never thought of them again. But they did,so I just put them out of my mind for a while. They were on probation. Of course if I get another rotten experience,I'll be done with them.

 

[Eximo]

I did manage a win once, just happened that my schedule didn't allow for checking my e-mail. Missed it. Was the Friday before the 4th of July weekend. Though I doubt I would have gone through with it anyway, bundled with a barebones system (They are still selling that bundle now, not sure what they are thinking with that one) Expensive designer case, cheap motherboard, and they have a ludicrous markup on it.

Haven't seen any pre-waterblocked cards in a while. At the prices they sell them, almost reasonable compared to getting an over-priced card and then still needing a $160 block for it.