That day you find a 3080 in stock...

[Burticus]

...but a $600 card costs $1009.

BTW this is the Richardson, TX store, if you're local, brave, and rich.

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio Triple-Fan 10GB GDDR6X PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - Micro Center

Get it now! The latest iteration of MSIs iconic GAMING series once again brings performance, low-noise efficiency, and aesthetics that hardcore gamers have come to recognize and trust. Now you too can enjoy all your favorite games with a powerful graphics card that stays cool and silent.

www.microcenter.com

 

[Space_Ranger]

That's about right... The ****ing 25% tariff is what's killing you there.. Even if it was the FE edition, that card would have been $700. 25% tariff passed on to the consumer makes that card $910. Now that it's a custom card, I can see/accept it being a $775 card, with the tariff pushing it over $1000...

Sadly this is the world we live in now.

 

[AntiQuark]

Buy a 3090 at normal price and be happy.
It was impossible to get a 3080 so this is what I did.
Am happy

Plus, if this happens you need to buy quick

Graphics Cards May Get Another Price Bump Due to Rising Memory Costs

Image: NVIDIA As if the costs of NVIDIA and AMD’s latest graphics cards aren’t disturbing enough (thank tariffs, scalpers, and alleged component shortages), Chinese website MyDrivers has published a bleak rumor suggesting that the prices of GeForce RTX 30 Series and Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs...

forums.thefpsreview.com

 

[MacLeod]

That's why I haven't looked since late November. I have completely given up on buying a new video card and will probably check back in around spring time. If they're all still out of stock in late April I guess I'll just ride my 2070 out til the 4000 cards come out.

One thing this gpu shortage has done is made me get more into my other hobbies.