Nah, because if you are buying a 4070 Ti Super tier, then the chances of that tier market being shaken up in any meaningful way beyond E.o.Y is VERY unlikely.
At this point it points to the 5090 is “quite likely” by end of year, with the 5080 being a coin toss for end of year or early 2025. Meaning a competitor for the 4070 Ti tier won’t likely be until early 2025 or about now in 2025.
auralbard
There’s always something better around the corner.
If you buy a 5070, you could’ve waited 11 months and got a 5070 Super. So why not just wait another year for the 6070.
Oh wait, better sit on your hands for the 6070 Super.
the_abortionat0r
Depends. They won’t be sold out because theres no crypto craze and counter to children’s beliefs people buy AI accelerators for AI not gaming cards.
But whether people buy them in swarms depends on if Nvidia learned their lesson or tries to pull a 40 series again.
Loads of people already waited 2 generations and if Nvidia screws them again more people will be going AMD.
deefop
So… no, you’re definitely not an idiot, but you’re also wrong thinking everything is going to be permanently sold out.
Other than the 4090 at times, has Lovelace been constantly sold out? No. Anyone that wants a Lovelace card has been able to get one for basically the whole time the lineup has been out. The insanity of 2020-2022 is done as far as insane supply chain shortages and what not.
Now that being said, if you’re shopping for a 4070 Ti Super, that’s a piece of the lineup that is not likely to be replaced for a while yet. Well, at least not until next year at some point, hopefully Q1 like the original 4070Ti was.
So it really depends on whether you have something now that can hold you over. If you’re rocking a 3070, then I’d argue you could wait it out 6 months. But when I finally bought my 6700xt in january 2023, I was rocking an RX 480 and I just couldn’t wait any longer.
I will say, generally speaking, that there is very much a middle ground between the viewpoints of “You should always wait for the next thing” and “You should just buy what you want because there’s always a next thing coming”.
When we’re imminently about to see a new release, it’s understandable to be patient. When you’re talking 6-12 months or more… at a certain point you have to ask whether that time is worth saving like 50 or 100 bucks or whatever. If I had waited until like mid 2023 I could have snagged my 6700xt for $300 instead of $360, but would that 60 bucks have been worth another 6 months of struggling to play my games? Probably not, at the end of the day.
Whitesecan
Then there’s me saving money in time for the 70 series
Cymdai
I have had a 3090, and there hasn’t been a single game that has come out that I can’t run on max settings anyway. I don’t expect that to change for the foreseeable future.
I don’t understand who these people are seeking the 50series cards; if you aren’t a rendering engineer or an artist/tech artist, just genuinely “why do you need this?”
murden6562
waiting for RX8000, we’re not the same…
thxredditfor2banns
Meanwhile i will be sitting on my RX 580 for another 3 years or so
Maethor_derien
I mean the 5070 isn’t going to come out until next year anyways. Only the 5090 and 5080 will launch this year. Honestly I think it depends. In my experience the higher end ones are often not as hard to get a hold of. For me it really depends on the pricing though. I am hoping we see the prices drop to more reasonable levels. I mean I don’t expect 3000 card price levels because those were honestly a little underpriced but I would love to see a 1299 5090 and 999 5080. I don’t see that happening with the 5090 though because AMD isn’t planning on having anything at that high end. At best their top card will match the 5080 and if rumors are to believed it likely will be slower than it by a good margin.
KlingonBeavis
Me buying an RTX 4070 Ti Super knowing damn well it blows my old card away, is good plenty good enough and I want to play today.
aggressiveturdbuckle
Don’t worry the 5080 will come with 12 gb of vram
RunalldayHI
You can question the same thing every year, the real question is, when are you ready?
FaroelectricJalapeno
I’m quite happy with the 1440p performance of my 5800x3d/4070TiS machine for the time being. I’ll probably skip the 50’s
kinghjalti
Saving up for the 6090
jurkajurka
Why don’t you wait for the 60 series and get a 50 series then?
Eazy12345678
4070ti doesnt even come close to the same price as 5090 or 5080
thats like saying im buy a honda civic because i know the ferrari will be sold out. they arent even the same league.
the post should say im buying a 4090 cause i know the 5090 will sell out.
JgdPz_plojack
Please don’t be like gtx 970 3.5gb then get replaced by midrange Pascal GTX 1050ti 4gb ,gtx 1060 6gb, Polaris RX 570/580 4gb/8gb.
Vaseth-30kRS-iron
even if they are not sold out, we all know now a days WE are the quality assurance, so you will ahve months and months of driver crashes, and realistically, what games cant you play on the 40 series?
BelligerentUnicycle
That’s the main reason I got a 4080 S. Hold me over until I can grab a 5090
Ok_Banana_6984
Why not amd? They are getting AI upscaling and better RT next round. Seems like nvidia wont have as much of an edge.
magical_midget
I bought a 3080 the day before the 40x announcement, I knew it would be MONTHS before the cards would ve ready, and I knew they will be outside my price range (because they start with the xx90 and go down the line trough the year).
It may not have been the best way, but I love the card, and got my pc when I needed it.
Paxton-176
People bought 20 series just before the 30 series because the price tanked and because they knew the 30 series was going to be short.
mines_4_diamonds
Me sticking with my 1660ti because you can’t upgrade a laptop
Lego-Under-Foot
My 1050ti still happily chugging along
CharlesEverettDekker
I mean, I bought 4070 ti super well knowing the ‘msrp’ for 5080 in my country will be around ~$2000 and it will be sold out by bots immediately.
Probably my next gpu going to he 6070 somethingsomething unless Nvidia drops the ball again and makes it fucking 12gb or something.
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Most likely.
Nah, because if you are buying a 4070 Ti Super tier, then the chances of that tier market being shaken up in any meaningful way beyond E.o.Y is VERY unlikely.
At this point it points to the 5090 is “quite likely” by end of year, with the 5080 being a coin toss for end of year or early 2025. Meaning a competitor for the 4070 Ti tier won’t likely be until early 2025 or about now in 2025.
There’s always something better around the corner.
If you buy a 5070, you could’ve waited 11 months and got a 5070 Super. So why not just wait another year for the 6070.
Oh wait, better sit on your hands for the 6070 Super.
Depends. They won’t be sold out because theres no crypto craze and counter to children’s beliefs people buy AI accelerators for AI not gaming cards.
But whether people buy them in swarms depends on if Nvidia learned their lesson or tries to pull a 40 series again.
Loads of people already waited 2 generations and if Nvidia screws them again more people will be going AMD.
So… no, you’re definitely not an idiot, but you’re also wrong thinking everything is going to be permanently sold out.
Other than the 4090 at times, has Lovelace been constantly sold out? No. Anyone that wants a Lovelace card has been able to get one for basically the whole time the lineup has been out. The insanity of 2020-2022 is done as far as insane supply chain shortages and what not.
Now that being said, if you’re shopping for a 4070 Ti Super, that’s a piece of the lineup that is not likely to be replaced for a while yet. Well, at least not until next year at some point, hopefully Q1 like the original 4070Ti was.
So it really depends on whether you have something now that can hold you over. If you’re rocking a 3070, then I’d argue you could wait it out 6 months. But when I finally bought my 6700xt in january 2023, I was rocking an RX 480 and I just couldn’t wait any longer.
I will say, generally speaking, that there is very much a middle ground between the viewpoints of “You should always wait for the next thing” and “You should just buy what you want because there’s always a next thing coming”.
When we’re imminently about to see a new release, it’s understandable to be patient. When you’re talking 6-12 months or more… at a certain point you have to ask whether that time is worth saving like 50 or 100 bucks or whatever. If I had waited until like mid 2023 I could have snagged my 6700xt for $300 instead of $360, but would that 60 bucks have been worth another 6 months of struggling to play my games? Probably not, at the end of the day.
Then there’s me saving money in time for the 70 series
I have had a 3090, and there hasn’t been a single game that has come out that I can’t run on max settings anyway. I don’t expect that to change for the foreseeable future.
I don’t understand who these people are seeking the 50series cards; if you aren’t a rendering engineer or an artist/tech artist, just genuinely “why do you need this?”
waiting for RX8000, we’re not the same…
Meanwhile i will be sitting on my RX 580 for another 3 years or so
I mean the 5070 isn’t going to come out until next year anyways. Only the 5090 and 5080 will launch this year. Honestly I think it depends. In my experience the higher end ones are often not as hard to get a hold of. For me it really depends on the pricing though. I am hoping we see the prices drop to more reasonable levels. I mean I don’t expect 3000 card price levels because those were honestly a little underpriced but I would love to see a 1299 5090 and 999 5080. I don’t see that happening with the 5090 though because AMD isn’t planning on having anything at that high end. At best their top card will match the 5080 and if rumors are to believed it likely will be slower than it by a good margin.
Me buying an RTX 4070 Ti Super knowing damn well it blows my old card away, is good plenty good enough and I want to play today.
Don’t worry the 5080 will come with 12 gb of vram
You can question the same thing every year, the real question is, when are you ready?
I’m quite happy with the 1440p performance of my 5800x3d/4070TiS machine for the time being. I’ll probably skip the 50’s
Saving up for the 6090
Why don’t you wait for the 60 series and get a 50 series then?
4070ti doesnt even come close to the same price as 5090 or 5080
thats like saying im buy a honda civic because i know the ferrari will be sold out. they arent even the same league.
the post should say im buying a 4090 cause i know the 5090 will sell out.
Please don’t be like gtx 970 3.5gb then get replaced by midrange Pascal GTX 1050ti 4gb ,gtx 1060 6gb, Polaris RX 570/580 4gb/8gb.
even if they are not sold out, we all know now a days WE are the quality assurance, so you will ahve months and months of driver crashes, and realistically, what games cant you play on the 40 series?
That’s the main reason I got a 4080 S. Hold me over until I can grab a 5090
Why not amd? They are getting AI upscaling and better RT next round. Seems like nvidia wont have as much of an edge.
I bought a 3080 the day before the 40x announcement, I knew it would be MONTHS before the cards would ve ready, and I knew they will be outside my price range (because they start with the xx90 and go down the line trough the year).
It may not have been the best way, but I love the card, and got my pc when I needed it.
People bought 20 series just before the 30 series because the price tanked and because they knew the 30 series was going to be short.
Me sticking with my 1660ti because you can’t upgrade a laptop
My 1050ti still happily chugging along
I mean, I bought 4070 ti super well knowing the ‘msrp’ for 5080 in my country will be around ~$2000 and it will be sold out by bots immediately.
Probably my next gpu going to he 6070 somethingsomething unless Nvidia drops the ball again and makes it fucking 12gb or something.