wait for volta ? or buy pascal ?

[Yash_rc]

So im getting a gtx 1060 3gb at 210 $ where in my country its usually above 350$ ... its second hand though.. but im actually scared now as rumors are that nvidia might announce volta IN GTC AND THEY ARE USUALLY IN MAY but what if i wait for gtc and they dont announce i really dont wanna miss the gtx 1060 3gb deal i have pathetic gpu (HD 6670) .. soo should i just maybe like buy the gtx 1060 3gb at 210$ and when volta comes out sell it for more like 260$ ? because as i have mentioned already here gtx 1060 3gb are 350$ ...

 

[majorgeneralalbeard]

So im getting a gtx 1060 3gb at 210 $ where in my country its usually above 350$ ... its second hand though.. but im actually scared now as rumors are that nvidia might announce volta IN GTC AND THEY ARE USUALLY IN MAY but what if i wait for gtc and they dont announce i really dont wanna miss the gtx 1060 3gb deal i have pathetic gpu (HD 6670) .. soo should i just maybe like buy the gtx 1060 3gb at 210$ and when volta comes out sell it for more like 260$ ? because as i have mentioned already here gtx 1060 3gb are 350$ ...

I would get the GTX 1060 now. When the volta comes out it will be mega expensive but pascal pries will probably drop to $210 for a 1060. It would be worth it to get the 1060 now cause if you look it up, The Titan V uses Volta and its soo ******* expensive. (Its like 3k usd). The best you can hope for in volta would be maybe $1000 for a low end one. I would definitely go for the 1060 before its gone

 

[Johan Kryger Haglert]

The launch price of the GTX 1060 3 GB was $199 I think and $350 by far isn't a normal price for it it's an inflated price due to mining and graphics card shortages potentially because the sellers want it that way (and because new cards is coming.)

The profits has been taken by the retails but for the manufacturer sure they could try to make a lot of cards and get a larger part of the market share but on the other hand the market collapsed they would be stuck with a lot of cards which they had to sell at a discount or something. Even more so if they actually earned more money on the inflated prices then the trade-off is simply doing what they do safe and sound and still earn a lot of Money per card or make more and sell more at a lower price with a lower profit per card and then take additional risk. Sounds nice?


As such $210 isn't a great deal considering the card is used. Had prices been normal something like $120 would had made more sense. And if Nvidia launched a 1160/2060 why would people want to buy a used 1060 for $260?

We don't know when the new cards will come out but the last gen had 1080 come out in late may 2016, 1070 early june and 1060 6 GB in july and more models later so if that's something to go by the launch may be done in steps and even if the 1080 come out "soon" you may have to wait a bit more for a 1060.


Nvidia has just said that they will put the same GPU which is in the 1080 and 1070s into 1060 cards in China. As for whatever that's simply to meet up demand from them where the income is lower and they have happened to have a bunch more of GP104 GPUs sitting around in inventory which can be turned into 1060 cards or if it is because 1080 replacement is imminent and they won't need / be able to use those there and hence decide to use them for 1060 cards which they can still sell for a while I don't know. Possibly a combination in that 1080 come first and China have a demand for graphics cards so that's where they end up.


Your old graphics card is indeed much slower than a 1060 though and getting a low/mid-range card of the Ampere/Touring line-up make take two months or maybe more depending on when they are released so what you should do kinda depend.


But of course a $210 used GTX 1060 3 GB isn't AMAZING considering what they actually launched at.

And once new cards are out I don't think you'll get $260 for it. $160 maybe.

 

[Yash_rc]

The launch price of the GTX 1060 3 GB was $199 I think and $350 by far isn't a normal price for it it's an inflated price due to mining and graphics card shortages potentially because the sellers want it that way (and because new cards is coming.)

The profits has been taken by the retails but for the manufacturer sure they could try to make a lot of cards and get a larger part of the market share but on the other hand the market collapsed they would be stuck with a lot of cards which they had to sell at a discount or something. Even more so if they actually earned more money on the inflated prices then the trade-off is simply doing what they do safe and sound and still earn a lot of Money per card or make more and sell more at a lower price with a lower profit per card and then take additional risk. Sounds nice?


As such $210 isn't a great deal considering the card is used. Had prices been normal something like $120 would had made more sense. And if Nvidia launched a 1160/2060 why would people want to buy a used 1060 for $260?

We don't know when the new cards will come out but the last gen had 1080 come out in late may 2016, 1070 early june and 1060 6 GB in july and more models later so if that's something to go by the launch may be done in steps and even if the 1080 come out "soon" you may have to wait a bit more for a 1060.


Nvidia has just said that they will put the same GPU which is in the 1080 and 1070s into 1060 cards in China. As for whatever that's simply to meet up demand from them where the income is lower and they have happened to have a bunch more of GP104 GPUs sitting around in inventory which can be turned into 1060 cards or if it is because 1080 replacement is imminent and they won't need / be able to use those there and hence decide to use them for 1060 cards which they can still sell for a while I don't know. Possibly a combination in that 1080 come first and China have a demand for graphics cards so that's where they end up.


Your old graphics card is indeed much slower than a 1060 though and getting a low/mid-range card of the Ampere/Touring line-up make take two months or maybe more depending on when they are released so what you should do kinda depend.


But of course a $210 used GTX 1060 3 GB isn't AMAZING considering what they actually launched at.

And once new cards are out I don't think you'll get $260 for it. $160 maybe.

i mean 210$ is still great here as its soo ******* overpriced + the used one has a warranty of 4 years ... soo its a good one for me because even used gtx 1050ti doesnt get sold here below 190$ .... soo its good considering the warranty and the price .. i guess . cause maybe volta cards will be soo F8888 high price ... usually people sell used gtx 1060 here for 280$.. that also without warranty soo i guess its a good deal i dont know ;/ (only IF F8888 nvidia announced the date and price of volta ffs)