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@norbertz
Not paid for - one of the largest national newspapers here have their own tech-department
If they had been paid, or had been sponsored, they would have to inform about it in the article, no such thing, so this was on their own dime
As for price, the cheapest card I can find here, currently, is being sold for €1280 - so not that far off (and this is in Norway, one of the more expensive countries)
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Not paid for – one of the largest national newspapers here have their own tech-department
I'll take your / their word for it.
Yeah I'm a skeptic alright, I don't trust the media one bit 🙂As for price, the cheapest card I can find here, currently, is being sold for €1280 – so not that far off (and this is in Norway, one of the more expensive countries)
Go on the EVGA site. Cheapest card is € 1.309,99 for the 2080 Ti.
Of course this includes the VAT ransom fee on top.Slightly off topic, perhaps a little.
I was watching a show the other day where the host and co host stated the more hands goods pass through the higher the price.
Reducing that would bring prices down dramatically in all consumer sectors.
Couldn't agree more.Why don't you trust the media? I mean, sure, they do some fucked up shit from time to time, but... Well, I guess in general Norwegians have higher trust in both their MSM and government 😉
As for the price, it's taken from one of our biggest computer hardware online retailers. Nobody here buys from manufacturers.
Rank:30% more speed for 80% higher price ------ no ------- i think i rather buy me some wood
Rank:Haha! Nope, wouldn't trust any of them. The sooner the big MSM cartels vanish the better.
That was just one example I gave. I wouldn't buy from the manufacturer either but I generally go with those who offer a decent warranty and don't have rude morons on the phone when wanting to RMA a product.
@hoshi23
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We usually don't care about the warranty. Basically, in Norway, if a product fails, and is meant to last more than 2 years, you have 5 years to get it fixed or replaced by the seller. So... There really isn't any issues with warranties here.
I saw the Reviews on the 20X series... and immediately bought a 1080ti, best bang for buck in that performance strata.
Rank:That's nice but how did they work that out?, I mean a 3 year warranty is a 3 year warranty right? So no getting ripped off with paying for an extended warranty I assume?
Good call. Just hope the 1080's stay in the stores long enough so people aren't forced into buying the 2000 series.
@norbertz it's got nothing to do with warranty, really. In Norway, by law, you have to give 2 or 5 years service / replacement on defective equipment (the store you bought it from). If the store is no longer available, the responsibility is taken over by the manufacturer. Warranties are still a thing, of course, but for them to be legal they have to exceed the law, or offer something that isn't covered by the law.
So say you have a 1 or 2 year warranty, and during that time your GFX card dies. Okay, since it's under warranty, you might have something that automatically gets you a replacement. If it fails after 4 years, you don't have a warranty, but you can still have it repaired / replaced on the sellers dime as long you have not broken it. And it's on them to prove you did, if so.
Rank:It's almost the same around the globe, but some manufactures will try hard to give you the runaround in a bid to put you off, or change the rules as we've seen recently with used GPU's. No receipt, no RMA. Even under warranty.
If it fails after 4 years, you don’t have a warranty, but you can still have it repaired / replaced on the sellers dime as long you have not broken it. And it’s on them to prove you did, if so.
That's great for the consumer although I've never heard of it.
Good point to bring up in the Tech forums 🙂Yeah, a 750 Ti is not close to being "useable" anymore, for anything but basic scenes, unfortunately. I was stuck with a 780 Ti for a while, and a 970, and even that was a pain. Got a 1070 now, and that is another world, especially with the 4.11 beta with the denoiser.
As for the RTX, at least the 2080 Ti does have a CUDA increase (4352 for the 2080 Ti, vs. 3584 for the 1080 Ti) - together with faster VRAM, it should show a bit of an increase - but the cost is too high, indeed.
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