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Prepare to wait a bit if you didn't secure one yesterday. The 3000 serie launch is the exact definition of paper launch.

dispat0r 6y ago
paper launch means no hardware. This is just very limited supply. The only atrocious thing is the FE edition is 100$ less then the cheap AIB models.
- apetresc 6y ago
  You're not operating on the same definition of paper launch as everyone else. It's generally used also for limited-quantity releases. Lots of chips can be produced in small batches that can't be mass-produced yet.
- Pet_Ant 6y ago
  > paper launch means no hardware If it's effectively a paper launch because they aren't available in commercial quantities. Much like Intel's overly binned high end chips.
- pixl97 6y ago
  >The only atrocious thing is the FE edition is 100$ less Some people are calling this rather scummy behavior on nvidias part. "Nvidia has the cheapest card that this performance level ever!" is what the headlines will say. But if only a few hundred/thousand of these cards show up at this price over the next 6 months or so, and the AIB models go for $100+ more is really more of a way of manipulating headlines with no desire to follow up on the savings.
cillian64 6y ago
Apparently the supply of hardware was similar to the last few nvidia launches and it was demand which was substantially higher this time.
- bserge 6y ago
  /r/gaming is fuming about scalpers/resellers, and someone (allegedly) made a bot to bid on eBay listings just so they can't sell. Some were going for over $90,000 as of today.
  - gambiting 6y ago
    I just think the problem of bots is hugely exaggorated - only at my office, in the small circle of my coworkers, I know at least 5 people who were trying to buy it yesterday. The actual real organic demand must have been huge, bots or no bots.
    - srtjstjsj 6y ago
      >trying Did they buy? At what price?
      - gambiting 6y ago
        None, the cards went out of stock on Nvidia's website instantly. They got the cards from other brands from 3rd party sites at regular prices
  - jandrese 6y ago
    Those ebay auctions ending with crazy figures in the dollar column aren't real. People are trying to screw over scalpers by making huge fake bids.
    - jjoonathan 6y ago
      Good.
numpad0 6y ago
It's just scalpers ran swarms of Selenium against every web storefronts. Happens for everything buzzes on the Internet these days.

dispat0r 6y ago

paper launch means no hardware. This is just very limited supply. The only atrocious thing is the FE edition is 100$ less then the cheap AIB models.

apetresc 6y ago
You're not operating on the same definition of paper launch as everyone else. It's generally used also for limited-quantity releases. Lots of chips can be produced in small batches that can't be mass-produced yet.
Pet_Ant 6y ago
> paper launch means no hardware If it's effectively a paper launch because they aren't available in commercial quantities. Much like Intel's overly binned high end chips.
pixl97 6y ago
>The only atrocious thing is the FE edition is 100$ less Some people are calling this rather scummy behavior on nvidias part. "Nvidia has the cheapest card that this performance level ever!" is what the headlines will say. But if only a few hundred/thousand of these cards show up at this price over the next 6 months or so, and the AIB models go for $100+ more is really more of a way of manipulating headlines with no desire to follow up on the savings.

cillian64 6y ago

Apparently the supply of hardware was similar to the last few nvidia launches and it was demand which was substantially higher this time.

bserge 6y ago
/r/gaming is fuming about scalpers/resellers, and someone (allegedly) made a bot to bid on eBay listings just so they can't sell. Some were going for over $90,000 as of today.
- gambiting 6y ago
  I just think the problem of bots is hugely exaggorated - only at my office, in the small circle of my coworkers, I know at least 5 people who were trying to buy it yesterday. The actual real organic demand must have been huge, bots or no bots.
  - srtjstjsj 6y ago
    >trying Did they buy? At what price?
    - gambiting 6y ago
      None, the cards went out of stock on Nvidia's website instantly. They got the cards from other brands from 3rd party sites at regular prices
- jandrese 6y ago
  Those ebay auctions ending with crazy figures in the dollar column aren't real. People are trying to screw over scalpers by making huge fake bids.
  - jjoonathan 6y ago
    Good.

numpad0 6y ago

It's just scalpers ran swarms of Selenium against every web storefronts. Happens for everything buzzes on the Internet these days.