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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
I'm curious how many people actually buy the newest cards. That seems to be their first mistake.   


I'll always buy last generation's cards for a steep discount. 6800XT for \~475 is looking pretty nice right about now.
gpt
Enough people buy them that they are usually out of stock.

Even if you put some of the stock issues down to scalpers, that just further highlights the demand since there's people willing to pay scalper prices to get their hands on one. Maybe less so with the latest bunch since most are already overpriced, but certainly the last few years.

I bought a 2080Ti shortly after release since I needed a new GPU anyway and it was the best I could get at the time. I usually buy the top available and then use it until it no longer runs at a standard I'm happy with, my GPU before (AMD 7970) I had like 6+ years and only replace with the 2080Ti because I got VR and the 7970 couldn't keep up.