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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Memory Express has pretty good stock of video cards, especially 3080s. Are things starting to get back to normal finally?
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Doubt it. The pricing is still far from msrp for alot of A.I.B cards. The reason there's stock is mining isn't profitable anymore, those who really need a card bite the bullet and got one at a way higher price and those who are waiting the extra few months till next gen overhaul in a few months.
Most cards at places like best buy and canada c9.puters etc are still charging 1200 to 1700 for a card that's 699 usd for a 3080 FE and most aibs should only be only 150 to 175 over FE pricing. If you want a lower tier of msi,zotac or gigabyte. That's like the Venus,trinity or gaming cards. Not great built cards and all 3 have terrible rmas. The cut corner cards run hot and you get all of this still for 3 too 500 bucks more than it should be priced at after taxes.
I was looking at getting a different 3080 than what I have . (Aorus extreme 3080) because gigabytes software sucks and dosent recognize the cards leds and I can't chance the lcd panel off that ####ing stupid chidi egg. I'm happy I have a 3080 but Wanted a good asus card which still would cost me 1900 after taxes from Canada computers . That's still almost double what msrp is suppose to be for that card. I only got a 3080 due to trading up3 times from a 3060ti out of a dell pre-built I had to buy to get it lol
I might just get a 3070 again for a new system as the are only 15 to 20% over msrp. With the money saved I can get a hyte 60 case, noctua fans and upgrade my 5800x to a 5800x3d.
Well now that I ranted ...no , until pricing drastically continues to fall then no it's not going to be normal as retailers won't lower prices that much.
The cycles just going to continue again in August/September. Scalpers made alot of money last time around so they will try again and the millions who waited this long will do battle once again with the chip shortage predicted to last till the end of 2024........
Realistically we could be near the launch of the 5000 or 6000 series for nvidia before things balance out as the new intel and tcdm plants won't be up and running till then at least.