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Probably not at MSRP, especially given the card they're talking about is the 6800XT which is very in demand. Based on personal experience of being involved wit

Probably not at MSRP, especially given the card they're talking about is the 6800XT which is very in demand. Based on personal experience of being involved with orders of similar magnitude (~$30k-$40k), I'd guess you could get within 25% of MSRP rather easily, and within 10%-15% if you got lucky (and are good at negotiating). > That's small enough that people could coordinate group buys instead of going through retailers if it were easily doable. You'd have to trust somebody with several hundred dollars to a grand of your money. There's very few people I would do that for and I don't think I could easily put together a group big enough. Also there's other ways to get near/at-MSRP GPUs as an individual (ex: weekly AMD.com drop).

JCharante 5y ago
> You'd have to trust somebody with several hundred dollars to a grand of your money. There's very few people I would do that for and I don't think I could easily put together a group big enough. Also there's other ways to get near/at-MSRP GPUs as an individual (ex: weekly AMD.com drop). Hmm if you know enough video game players at the office you could coordinate this through work. Might try it for the next generation.
- wlesieutre 5y ago
  Yeah, I was imagining through some kind of existing organization where you know people personally and have someone trusted enough to handle the money. Worst case if someone backs out you have to sell the extra, which isn't going to be very hard right now.
nicolas_t 5y ago
Why is the 6800XT so in demand? And is it worth selling mine to buy a 6900XT or an nvidia? I don't do crypto
- cmeacham98 5y ago
  > Why is the 6800XT so in demand? I don't know for sure. If I had to guess, it has good performance per watt for mining, and miners generally care more about that than performance per dollar. > And is it worth selling mine to buy a 6900XT or an nvidia? If you're able to sell yours and buy a 6900XT (or Nvidia GPU better than the 6800XT, basically 3080 and up), then I don't see why not. If you can sell yours and upgrade for a small cost - how much is the performance worth to you? You're probably only getting 10%-20% more performance (depending on GPU), is that worth $50, $100, etc?

JCharante 5y ago

> You'd have to trust somebody with several hundred dollars to a grand of your money. There's very few people I would do that for and I don't think I could easily put together a group big enough. Also there's other ways to get near/at-MSRP GPUs as an individual (ex: weekly AMD.com drop). Hmm if you know enough video game players at the office you could coordinate this through work. Might try it for the next generation.

wlesieutre 5y ago
Yeah, I was imagining through some kind of existing organization where you know people personally and have someone trusted enough to handle the money. Worst case if someone backs out you have to sell the extra, which isn't going to be very hard right now.

nicolas_t 5y ago

Why is the 6800XT so in demand? And is it worth selling mine to buy a 6900XT or an nvidia? I don't do crypto

cmeacham98 5y ago
> Why is the 6800XT so in demand? I don't know for sure. If I had to guess, it has good performance per watt for mining, and miners generally care more about that than performance per dollar. > And is it worth selling mine to buy a 6900XT or an nvidia? If you're able to sell yours and buy a 6900XT (or Nvidia GPU better than the 6800XT, basically 3080 and up), then I don't see why not. If you can sell yours and upgrade for a small cost - how much is the performance worth to you? You're probably only getting 10%-20% more performance (depending on GPU), is that worth $50, $100, etc?