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MSI got caught scalping their RTX 3080 and 3090 cards on eBay; here's what they had to say
- Thread starter Earvin Infinity
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Considering the huge markdown on used PC parts, I'm surprised they're the first manufacturer to get "caught" doing this.
You know they all have their hands in the aftermarket of their own stuff. No different than a new car lot selling used cars (I guess).
You know they all have their hands in the aftermarket of their own stuff. No different than a new car lot selling used cars (I guess).
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Do not support this company. Apparently they blackmail tech reviewers who give their products negative feedback.
We discovered an error that magically was making us 2x the money. Complete error on our part. Had no idea.
Been playing games all my life and I still can't quite understand why an specific graphics card model is released by multiple manufacturers at the same time with different boxes and specifications for each one.
Nvidia is primarily a chip maker and provides reference material to its partners, yes they do some cards themselves but their primary focus is on chip design and manufacture. The manufacturers / partner brands make their own versions of the actual boards sourcing the other components along with different cooling, overclocking and features.
Damn, I love my MSI MEG board and the Trio 2080 Ti.....but nope, fuck that I can't back this going forward they no longer will be my go to.
I think im done with MSI as someone who's got a seahawk and a MSI laptop.
But wouldn't that introduce a lot of issues like, difference in prices, reliability, compatibility, build quality and all that stuff?
If the PS5 was manufactured by different people I'd be super stressed about which one to choose, for instance.
So they "accidentally" got access to product they weren't supposed to handle, sure, maybe, but then selling it for a huge markup over msrp to boot? Yeah bullshit.
I don't see people feeling stress over which android phone to choose so your concern is weird. You can always choose the founder's edition
I have bought MSI in the past and never had a problem quality wise so it's one of the brands I would lean towards. Definitely not anymore.
i ignored GN's message and bought a Meg Unify...Now I will try my best to avoid MSI products.
In terms of prices....yes, depending on what the board partners decide to do it can make a big difference as some will stick close to the reference design while others will go all out with features and high quality capacitors etc.
In terms of compatibility....it isn't really an issue because all will have to meet the minimum reference design level provided by Nvidia. Some might indeed have higher clocks due to default overclocks & better component quality but at their base level, compatibility shouldn't be an issue.
Build quality and reliability can 100% vary and indeed this has been an issue that has affected the 3080's, specifically the quality of the power capacitors on the back of the card, see this video for more on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bUUEEe-X8
I think the key thing is that whereas a PS5 is a collection of components (not all manufactured by Sony) and software working in tandem, a GPU is just a single component. People do indeed stress about which partner card to buy as some are objectively better than others & that is just the nature of the GPU market.
The capacitor thing has been completely debunked, card makers didnt get drivers until very late ...... some Youtubers got them before manufacturers.
Ahh thanks! That's fair enough. I had not kept up to date with that since seeing the video. Good to see it was a driver issue rather than hardware.
From what I understand this isn't the first time it happened. They did it with the 1080ti as well.