Does anyone else like to collect GPUs or other components that are going to be obsoleted?
I have an unopened EVGA 3090ti FTW3 Ultra and now that AMD is no longer focusing on enthusiast class cards, thinking of buying a reference version of the 7900xtx card.
I think AMD did a great job on the 7900xtx competing against Nvidia. I honestly still don’t play with RT on. The only game I know that runs with RT full time is “The Finals”.
Anyways, I think the 7900xtx was a big jump for AMD and it would be a shame for them to stop competing based on data points. A lot of corporations make big decisions based on data points like sales volume, but the numbers don’t always tell the story of why these products are needed, so they kill them.
Not sure if these will be worth anything but I was really sad with EVGA leaving the GPU scene. Nvidia’s greed seems to have paid off for them, for now at least.
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> AMD is no longer focusing on enthusiast class cards,
No, not quite. The *RDNA4* launch does not include plans for enthusiast class cards. AMD has rarely taken on NVIDIA in the high end historically, the RX 6950XT and 7900XTX cards are an exception not a rule. AMD still produces big enterprise class GPUs for datacenters. That makes up the majority of their revenue. Chasing enthusiast gaming performance is a losing financial battle for them.
Old sealed cards will always be worth something. But definitely <MSRP and what it is worth now as a functioning card. The most valuable old collectible cards such as sealed 3Dfx Voodoo cards almost never sell over $1000. Other less historically relevant cards like a sealed GTX 285 might get you $50 or something.
>and now that AMD is no longer focusing on enthusiast class cards
If you think they are done producing high end GPUs, its quite the opposite. They just released the MI325X which is the beefiest boy on the GPGPU market and are struggling to keep up with the demand so most likely they are going to skip a generation of high end gaming GPUs to optimize their fab contracts for datacenter customers.
Now if only they could pull their heads out of their asses and liberate ROCm, nvidia could have some actual competition. Despite being sold out, their market share is still <10% for any new developments.
I guess I should have prefaced this based on consumer grade GPU’s. But it’s cool to hear about GPUs for different industries.
EVGA 3090 ti, not super rare despite being released later in the 3000 cycle.
now this unreleased EVGA 4090, thats rare. https://youtu.be/PZ1Kf9PaTr4
I wish I had bought on. I opted for a EVGA 3080ti which is fine. I’ve bought countless products from this great Southern California company. I’ll miss them.
Doing the same here, currently have an EVGA 980ti classified and a 2080ti from the same brand. Will keep them running as long as they can.