Mining and scalping has messed up the prices. Will be back to normal soon so i would wait. If supply catches up and crypto stonks then we will have them back to msrp. I will wait until i get a 3080 for 800euros and will not pay a cent more for it.

me to will wait, the ryzen 5 5600X looks like a good deal for 299 dollars considering the price in india is way high than that, looking to get it replace my ryzen 5 3600 or il just wait hopefully b4 i leave usa by march nxt year the gpu prices are down so i can pick up a rtx 3060ti or 3070..cant stay with the 1050ti for long its getting slow day by day

just grab a rtx 2060 / 2070 , just as good as the newer 3000 series

Right now even the 2000 and 1000 series is not worth it. Prices are mad. Should wait out all this nonsense before upgrading the gpu. Im sitting on my 1080ti hoping it wont die
The rtx 3000 does do ray tracing and dlss better. Performance boost overall is awesome. a 3070 beats a 2080ti. Just like the 1070 beat a 980ti. The 2070 failed to beat the 1080ti tho.

If you have the money and you really want it then just buy it. Life is short

got 2 1080's for sale

its not about beating other gpu's its about being efficent in power use and the use of that power to deliver better core speeds and voltage limits, as for the OP , upgrading to a trx 3060 will be a massive improvement over teh 1050 ti. reason why gpu's are expensive is this . nvidia and the likes buy up factory slots on a guestimate on how many gpu's they will sell say like 2 million units , but covid had everyone at home thats billions of people now wanting to upgrade or play games

Most ppl who play pc games will go for the faster cards and the ones with extra tech like better ray tracing and dlss. Marketing a faster gaming card always wins the ppl over. Ppl want better framerate and visuals. They make there cards more efficient just to pack in more power in the same size of silicone. Gpus are more expensive because of scalpers and miners buying up all the decent gaming cards. Also there are companies taking advantage of the situation.

the 3060ti still at 1000 + dollar 3 more months left to get back home..

is that brand new john ? if i was you keep checking the nvidia website

yes new and then there are sites selling for 700+ but out of stock everywhere

i just hope the prices come down 500 would still be a decent price not anything above that

i could build a ryzen 9 5000 series with a b550 board for around 600

Still waiting for the 3080 to come down in price. I think they will come out with the 4000 series and the 3000 will sell out. Bad thing is the second hand market is small on those and it will keep crazy prices up for used cards too. I dont see a price drop any time soon.

even the 3050 and the rx 6600 xt has crazy price will need to continue with my gtx 1050ti

I cant believe im saying this but with the current scalping its better to get a console. Series s and x even have keyboard and mouse support in many titles. Ps5 digital costs around 400euros and plays games well. 4k ray tracing 120fps mode in some games. Fast ssd. Cant get a pc like these for that price. I ordered straight from sony a ps5 for the actual price because i cant get a gpu to replace my gtx 1080 ti for a reasonable price. Can get two ps5s for the price of a 3060ti

I was thinking about building a new PC this year, until I was made aware of all the breakthrough technologies that is just about to come out. So now I will be waiting till at least the new microchip plants are running.

Theres is nothing exciting to get right now. The current intel cpus are not good. Those extra e cores are useless weight. Amd is also better to wait for the next am5 platform. Ddr5 is also expensive and not matured yet.