Agree on this one. I came across article by gamers nexus stating that 8GB HBM2 cost about USD150 (excluding the interposer).

I wonder if 8GB is shaved off, can the price be around USD549-599?
~RM2248-RM2453, after tax and markup probably RM2699? Kinda sucks for us gamers though, 16GB is a huge waste in games.

hey guys! its been a while since i upgraded my GPU.
Reporting in with Sapphire Nitro+ RX6900XT

I got it for RM5,300.
The Gigabyte 6800xt is RM4,500.
Then I was like, ah fuck it, let's do this.
I know it actually ain't worth the 17% price hike but damn the pricing for the 6800xt.
I need find a good monitor now, still stuck with my 4 years old LG ultrawide.

Thanks thanks
Initially wanted to get the 6800xt but because of the crappy price, forces me to take the 6900xt instead. Haven't got the chance to try it yet.

I bought from Techview. Being a long time and non-fussy customer of theirs, so they kinda allow me to buy just the card itself (i think the MSRP is 5399?).

yeah man. I was offered the Gigabyte 6800xt OC for Rm4500. I was like, fuck it, just go high end.

Undeniably, RTX3080 is a better choice here.
I recommend Nvidia to all my friends (the only exception is polaris because they're damn good value) but I buy AMD card myself.
Why? I hate Nvidia for all their crappy business practice.
Yeah, AMD is no saint but I choose to support the underdog here.
When AMD gave us Fiji (fail), Vega (double fail), 5700xt (black screen), I rather just wait because those are crap.
I was close to pick up a RTX3080 until the whole Hardware Unboxed fiasco happened.

I upgraded from a RX580 and the experience is NIGHT and DAY
Too bad its being bottlenecked heavily by the 6600k which is kind of a bummer.
Still waiting for the 5900x to come back in stock.
I also need to upgrade my PSU (currently having the RM750i), the power spike trips the PSU.
Took me a while to source a HX1000, it's out of stock everywhere.

Kind of a bad time to buy PC

Totally agree with ya man. I started my first build with R9 390 which is on par with gtx970 with slightly lower price.
After that, things were kinda rough ride.
Nvidia launched Pascal a year later but I didn't need to upgrade.
AMD launched Fiji which doesn't even worth looking at.
Turing and Vega are both bad upgrades especially with the extreme price hike (Thanks to Nvidia and AMD just ride along with it)
So I didn't go with either.
Then comes RDNA2 and Ampere. I went with RDNA2 to give AMD a good fighting chance. Besides, I've been happy with R9 390 and RX580 throughout the years.

With 5900x out of stock everywhere now I'm seriously considering 10900k being slightly cheaper but with 2 lesser cores.
Kinda sucks that my 6600k SEVERELY bottlenecks the 6900xt.
First world problem.

Damn. New or used?
I sold mine for rm850 (bought used when my R9 390 died during MCO for rm480).

I wonder who would buy though.
Pretty sure the miner wouldn't even buy into that I think.

For the CPU, unfortunately I need more cores for my daily routine (both work and personal tasks). I'm basically running everything at 1 single rig.
Multiple browsers (and tabs) and huge excel files for work. Decrypting work stuff. Plex server. Gaming etc. My 6600k is getting exhausted at this point. That's why I'm very keen on the 5900x with its 12C/24T but I guess I can wait, already on the waiting list from Techview but let's see. I'm kinda debating if I should go for 5950x instead but that's extra RM1K there.

And rocket lake looks very very very compelling. I kinda wonder when will it launch though.

And the rx580 though. Dafuq are these ppl thinking. It takes 4-5 months to get your money if you're mining, reasonable enough ONLY IF the price is stable. For gaming... C'mon...

Edit : OK. Just read about Rocket lake again.. tops out at 8 cores and 14nm. That's sad.

This post has been edited by zorbyss.: Feb 12 2021, 09:45 AM