I advise staying patient for longer since it's a decent upgrade over the 5070 ti. If you absolutely cannot wait, just get the 5070 ti or the rumored 5070 super.

I'd just go for the cheapest custom 5080 you can find over the FE, they should be very similar prices by now everywhere, or look for a second hand 4090 'bargain'.

Oprindeligt skrevet af 3kpk3:

I advise staying patient for longer since it's a decent upgrade over the 5070 ti. If you absolutely cannot wait, just get the 5070 ti or the rumored 5070 super.

Damn it is too long then. If they keep focusing on making Ai cards instead of gaming cards, the refresh won't have a better stock than the current state we are in

Oprindeligt skrevet af full of aura:

Oprindeligt skrevet af 3kpk3:

I advise staying patient for longer since it's a decent upgrade over the 5070 ti. If you absolutely cannot wait, just get the 5070 ti or the rumored 5070 super.

Damn it is too long then. If they keep focusing on making Ai cards instead of gaming cards, the refresh won't have a better stock than the current state we are in

Unless you are putting it in a very small case, you don't really want an FE this gen anyway.

OK just looked, the US (I'm guessing thus us where you are) still has inflated prices, still newegg has a few open box cards at 'good' prices, I saw an asus TUF and astral at $1300 and 1400 just now when I checked.

Why get an FE? Get one from MSI

Oprindeligt skrevet af Bad 💀 Motha:

Why get an FE? Get one from MSI

It is the cheapest

Oprindeligt skrevet af Monk:

Oprindeligt skrevet af full of aura:

Damn it is too long then. If they keep focusing on making Ai cards instead of gaming cards, the refresh won't have a better stock than the current state we are in

Unless you are putting it in a very small case, you don't really want an FE this gen anyway.

OK just looked, the US (I'm guessing thus us where you are) still has inflated prices, still newegg has a few open box cards at 'good' prices, I saw an asus TUF and astral at $1300 and 1400 just now when I checked.

i don't trust open box stuffs as much especially ordering via online

As long as its from a respectable seller and has a warranty, I don't see a issue, heck my 4090 had the retaining clip snapped off it during delivery in a oremade so scan were selling it at a huge discount, like, I paid £1300 for it instead of £2100-2300, same sort of thing for my cpu, mobo and ram, as long as it works, who cares if it's not fresh off the shelf if the savings are there.

Oprindeligt skrevet af full of aura:

...man the lowest currently available 5070 ti + tax is nearly same as 5080 fe

So how much are you willing to pay for a New RTX 5080?

FE FTW

Oprindeligt skrevet af DirtBag:

FE FTW

It's the worse option this generation, the cooler is small, higher temps = lower clocks and it's not even any cheaper in many areas, certainly not a notable ammount.

wait for the 5080 super.

Not sure if you do this already but.

1: Every morning when you wake up. Check the Nvidia store.
EVERY morning.

It's what I had to do too get my RTX 5080 FE and it took me 3-4 months before I got mine after launch. But this is in Sweden and if you live in USA or some other big country it will be harder.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Monk:

Oprindeligt skrevet af DirtBag:

FE FTW

It's the worse option this generation, the cooler is small, higher temps = lower clocks and it's not even any cheaper in many areas, certainly not a notable ammount.

Here in Sweden it's about 4000 to 6000 cheaper on the Nvidia store page. It's about 420$ too 630$ cheaper.

Temps right now on it is 29 degree Celsius. I think it's gone up to 50 or 60 at most. So not really an issue.

Oprindeligt skrevet af full of aura:

I have been waiting for a 5080 fe since launch and it seems like it never restocked. Should I give up in getting it as my schedule doesn't allow me to compete with others to get it? and instead getting a 5070 ti? man the lowest currently available 5070 ti + tax is nearly same as 5080 fe

Wow that's tough on your region if you got something decent and you can wait it out wait for the super versions to come out. A lot of people will sell their non super versions to get the 24 vram the 5070ti and 5080 super models should get so in theory you should get a good deal with all those opportunities.

Oprindeligt skrevet af full of aura:

I have been waiting for a 5080 fe since launch and it seems like it never restocked. Should I give up in getting it as my schedule doesn't allow me to compete with others to get it? and instead getting a 5070 ti? man the lowest currently available 5070 ti + tax is nearly same as 5080 fe

Just go with amd card