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they overproduced the 1080 series If they did, 1080Ti wouldn't be "out of stock" on their website.

by p1esk 8y ago

dragontamer 8y ago
NVidia doesn't make many cards. They mostly make chips. The "Founders edition" are an exception, but the mass market products are made by EVGA, MSI, and other such companies. The fire-sales on EVGA 1080 Ti chips make it darn clear that there's too many 1080Ti and 1080 cards out there. https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/939592-nvidia-have-a-huge-inventory-excess-problem-300000-gpus-returned-from-a-single-board-partner/ https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/939592-nvidia-have-a-hu... https://camelcamelcamel.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-GDDR5X-Technology/product/B06Y13N2B6?context=search https://camelcamelcamel.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-GDDR5X-Techn... Second: these RTX 2080 chips have been in the rumor mill since June, maybe earlier. The fact that NVidia delayed until now is proof enough. NVidia has been stalling on the release of the RTX series.
- p1esk 8y ago
  Doesn't this mean that EVGA or MSI overproduced them, and NVIDIA sold everything they made?
  - dragontamer 8y ago
    With the explanation I said earlier, yes. But there are alternative sources for what is going on. In particular: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nvidia-results/nvidia-forecasts-revenue-below-estimates-on-weak-crypto-demand-idUSKBN1L12FJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nvidia-results/nvidia-for... >> Nvidia previously had forecast sales for cryptocurrency chips for the fiscal second quarter ended July 29 of about $100 million. On Thursday it reported actual revenue of only $18 million. So its not entirely clear who overproduced things per se, but what we DO know is that NVidia was expecting $100 Million cards to be sold to cryptominers between April and July. Only $18 million were sold. In any case, it is clear that there's a lot of 10xx cards laying around right now. And NVidia clearly wants to extract as much value from current stock as possible. Pricing the 20xx series very high above the 10xx series is one way to achieve what they want.
- krisroadruck 8y ago
  Firesale? EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 prices on Amazon right now are more than I paid for that exact same card in 2017... Am I missing something?

they overproduced the 1080 series If they did, 1080Ti wouldn't be "out of stock" on their website.

by p1esk 8y ago

they overproduced the 1080 series If they did, 1080Ti wouldn't be "out of stock" on their website.

NVidia doesn't make many cards. They mostly make chips. The "Founders edition" are an exception, but the mass market products are made by EVGA, MSI, and other such companies. The fire-sales on EVGA 1080 Ti chips make it darn clear that there's too many 1080Ti and 1080 cards out there. https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/939592-nvidia-have-a-huge-inventory-excess-problem-300000-gpus-returned-from-a-single-board-partner/ https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/939592-nvidia-have-a-hu... https://camelcamelcamel.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-GDDR5X-Technology/product/B06Y13N2B6?context=search https://camelcamelcamel.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-GDDR5X-Techn... Second: these RTX 2080 chips have been in the rumor mill since June, maybe earlier. The fact that NVidia delayed until now is proof enough. NVidia has been stalling on the release of the RTX series.

p1esk 8y ago
Doesn't this mean that EVGA or MSI overproduced them, and NVIDIA sold everything they made?
- dragontamer 8y ago
  With the explanation I said earlier, yes. But there are alternative sources for what is going on. In particular: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nvidia-results/nvidia-forecasts-revenue-below-estimates-on-weak-crypto-demand-idUSKBN1L12FJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nvidia-results/nvidia-for... >> Nvidia previously had forecast sales for cryptocurrency chips for the fiscal second quarter ended July 29 of about $100 million. On Thursday it reported actual revenue of only $18 million. So its not entirely clear who overproduced things per se, but what we DO know is that NVidia was expecting $100 Million cards to be sold to cryptominers between April and July. Only $18 million were sold. In any case, it is clear that there's a lot of 10xx cards laying around right now. And NVidia clearly wants to extract as much value from current stock as possible. Pricing the 20xx series very high above the 10xx series is one way to achieve what they want.
krisroadruck 8y ago
Firesale? EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 prices on Amazon right now are more than I paid for that exact same card in 2017... Am I missing something?