CptT95

Dabadger84
Lookin' like this shiny new headset is goin' the way of the return.  Lesson learned I guess, don't only read & watch reviews on a product when buying it, search support forums for issues & how wide spread they are.
Audio crackling has only popped up once for me, but once is too many times on a brand new headset.  Other issue is 5 disconnects for seemingly no reason, 3 of which happened in a 90 minute span.  Thought maybe it was the USB transmitter dongle getting hot, stuck some of the spare Raspberry Pi heatsinks I have to it... they aren't even warm to the touch after about an hour of gaming, and that's during which issues occurred - so I guess tomorrow I'll get the return started with Amazon.
Sucks because the audio quality on them is pretty great and the range on the wireless is pretty amazing.  Oh well, guess I'm gonna be stuck on wired-life for a while longer, certainly not going to let $179 hang there while Corsair maybe eventually fixes their issues - this has been going on according to one thread for over a year and has not been fixed (both the disconnects & the audio crackle issues).
 
I find it hard to believe not a single big-time reviewer that's dealt with this headset has had these issues, when threads with 50+ posts of the same issues are in more than one place.  Kinda makes me rethink my opinion of said reviewers that gave it a positive review... they either A: didn't test the product long enough or B: didn't test it much at all and only reviewed it because Corsair gave them dinero to do so.
 
Bright side, the keyboard seems to be a keeper thus far.  The switches are quite different than what I'm used to, but mostly in good ways - not as loud, bit softer, lower activation pressure required.  The keys feel quality (not cheap like the eVGA Z10 did).  Not 100% sure that it's worth the price tag yet, but so far, it's getting a good review from me.  The wrist support/rest is ver-nice.
 
 
How's everyone's weekend going?  Got about 4" of snow here & counting, low tonight is -11F lol

I have the SteelSeries Arctis pro wireless and its been pretty good for me, but that thing costs like $330
it does have dual wireless input for bluetooth/2.4g wireless connectivity as well as wired options, plus it comes with two swappable batteries which fit into the base station for charging

I have been using the Steel Series Artis 7s since earlier this year.  I had a Astro A50 which I loved, but the PS5 didn't have the optical out and I wasn't too keen on the solution they had involving the inline HDMI splitter.  I switched to the Arctis 7s and they are pretty good.  Another plus is every so often, they go on sale on Amazon for 125 plus tax.  I just ordered another set so I don't have to switch between the PC and PS5.  
 
I am also using the new Z20 keyboard EVGA just released and so far it seem pretty good.  I just got it today in the mail after I ordered earlier this week.  For the price, it seems like a steal for now while they have the promotion for elite members.  I already have a new mouse so I didn't order the wireless one they offer.  But for 90 bucks, how can you go wrong with the keyboard?  
 

static.quai

SirKronan

jehoffman1
Where, WHERE, are all the GPU chips going????
 
TSMC's and Samsung's fabs need to be churning out GPU chips at a rapid rate to stay profitable. Manufacturing problems might have accounted for early glitches in supply, but they've had months of production now. Yet EVGA is many months behind on filling direct orders and one doesn't see graphics cards at major retailers like Best Buy, Newegg, Amazon and B&H. Even the numbers of scalped cards available are small compared with the production reasonably to be expected.
 
The chips are going SOMEWHERE.
 
It would not surprise me if the U.S. Government and foreign governments are diverting the GPU chips for use in weapons systems or the like and that's why they are not being made into consumer graphics cards.

Dabadger84

jehoffman1
Where, WHERE, are all the GPU chips going????
 
TSMC's and Samsung's fabs need to be churning out GPU chips at a rapid rate to stay profitable. Manufacturing problems might have accounted for early glitches in supply, but they've had months of production now. Yet EVGA is many months behind on filling direct orders and one doesn't see graphics cards at major retailers like Best Buy, Newegg, Amazon and B&H. Even the numbers of scalped cards available are small compared with the production reasonably to be expected.
 
The chips are going SOMEWHERE.
 
It would not surprise me if the U.S. Government and foreign governments are diverting the GPU chips for use in weapons systems or the like and that's why they are not being made into consumer graphics cards.

NVidia is sending a whole swath of their supply directly to mining companies - and the shortage was said to be getting worse not better, before Chinese New Year is taking effect, so it's going to get even worse... then even worse again because of CNY... then the next round of tariff exemption expirations is going to raise prices.
 
In other words, we're going to see movement equivalent to the week before Christmas, for the entirety of the next 2-3 months, is my guess.  Hope I'm wrong, don't think I will be.

Bora1114

philipma1957

retep88

Dabadger84

jehoffman1
Where, WHERE, are all the GPU chips going????
 
TSMC's and Samsung's fabs need to be churning out GPU chips at a rapid rate to stay profitable. Manufacturing problems might have accounted for early glitches in supply, but they've had months of production now. Yet EVGA is many months behind on filling direct orders and one doesn't see graphics cards at major retailers like Best Buy, Newegg, Amazon and B&H. Even the numbers of scalped cards available are small compared with the production reasonably to be expected.
 
The chips are going SOMEWHERE.
 
It would not surprise me if the U.S. Government and foreign governments are diverting the GPU chips for use in weapons systems or the like and that's why they are not being made into consumer graphics cards.

NVidia is sending a whole swath of their supply directly to mining companies - and the shortage was said to be getting worse not better, before Chinese New Year is taking effect, so it's going to get even worse... then even worse again because of CNY... then the next round of tariff exemption expirations is going to raise prices.
 
In other words, we're going to see movement equivalent to the week before Christmas, for the entirety of the next 2-3 months, is my guess.  Hope I'm wrong, don't think I will be.

This assumes cards are even being made.  all it takes is just one little, critical surface mount component to be in short supply and you end up with a pile of GPUs sitting in a warehouse waiting for parts before they can be assembled.  Just last month there were reports of the auto industry shutting down factories because they couldn't get the electronic parts they needed to finish the cars.  It COULD be miners, but more likely, it just short supply of the parts need to make the complete cards.

 
AMD likely haven't produced many 6000 series cards. They are using more of their 7nm allocation at TMSC for consoles and CPUS. The 6000 series is not nearly as good as the 5000 series or 30 series for eth mining. They have chosen to prioritize their domination of intel and satisfying Microsoft and Sony which is a smart business move given the gpu markets mindshare issues. 

So first, as others have commented, yes a huge amount of the silicon is going to mining operations. This is no surprise to ANYONE who commented about Nvidia realizing how much they were making the first time this happened. Nvidia would much rather make direct profits on their cards going to miners than have endless armies of bots rip off 100% of inventories just to make 100% markup profits on solely Nvidia's hard work and R&D. 
 
Now, the one aspect of this whole mess that DOES surprise me is the types of cards that are showing up to retailers - at least Microcenter. Over the last couple of weeks, I have spent several nights sleeping outside in below freezing temperatures ALL NIGHT in front of a Microcenter, hoping to snag a 3080. Three of those nights, I was first in line. On one morning, the truck got delayed due to ice rain and freezing road conditions. The next day's truck also got delayed by a broken window, so we were all hoping for a Saturday drop. We did get a Saturday drop, despite this microcenter having ceased Saturday drops for some time. The bad weather conditions are what caused it. Over the last couple months, this MC has been getting drops M-F only. 
 
The vast majority of the cards are 3070s, with 2-5 3090s dropping roughly every week. Not only have I been "camping", but I've been following the discord and getting to know the history and members of the group following this store. The Thursday before last was a HUGE drop with over 200 3000 series cards. 8 were 3080s (Asus + MSI), a couple (iirc) were 3090s. The lions share were 3070s. They lasted for the whole day. Why? That comes to the STRANGE part that surprised me: They were almost all MSI cards. The vast majority of all the 3000 series drops this store has been getting for WEEKS have been MSI cards - 3060ti, 3070, 3080, and 3090. There have been some Asus, Gigabyte, and EVGA - all of which are significantly less costly than the MSI cards. 
 
So what drug deal has MSI done with Nvidia to get more chips to make cards than anyone else? Did they tell Nvidia, "Hey, bro-skillets! We gon' pay you MUCHO more monies for dem GPUs. We got dis. We will just raise our MSRPs accordingly. Whatcha say, bro-skillets? We got a dealio?" 
 
I think PowerColor has done the same with AMD (and likely MSI, too, as their AMD cards are just as overpriced). This MC usually gets one or two each of 6800 and 6800XT drops a week. The 6800 cost $930, and the 6800XT cost $1065-1099. Virtually all the 6000 series GPUs have been PowerColor brand. 
 
Obviously, it's working. The folks waiting long hours in freezing weather in the line are more than willing to part with $1000 for a GPU. Sure, they all hope it's going to be a non-MSI (non-powercolor if AMD) so they'll save some money, but they are desperate enough to camp, so they'll take whatever they can get. I've seen people wanting to buy a 3080 settle for a 3060, or way overspend their budget and get a $2200 3090. 
 
The more I see, the less I blame EVGA for this. I think EVGA, Gigabyte, and Asus are legitimately wanting to keep prices closer to the MSRPs that Nvidia taunted us all with (clearly falsely, btw). MSI, on the other hand, says "Eff it, let's make some dang GPUs and make some money, and at least it will have the side effect that more gamers get cards because we - and the gamer - are paying extra!" And honestly, there is some merit to folks being able to buy a thousand dollar 3080 instead of a $1500 possibly scammy scalped 3080 off eBay...

This has been a more heavy winter, at least where I sit, than the last two years.  At least in the last 45 days.  So with Covid and that, dang.  Stay home if you can, the cards aren't that important.
 
Sure, it seems like people can make money mining.  Not that you are saying you are planning on that.  But it fluctuates.  And it makes not a lot of sense to build rigs for it, because it might all go away in a few months.  And really, what is it doing for the world?  Solving programmed algorithms with no benefit other than money?  If Amazon or Azure said, let's use your compute power, but we'll pay you for it to power our servers?  I guess maybe what folding is doing, I'd be on board.  Ethereum and bitcoin?  Makes no sense other than to make some people millionaires.  Probably not you or me. And also just makes it harder for normal people to buy gpus.
 
The area where it makes less sense to me.  CPUs being scarce.  Mind blowing.

 
I think we're coming out of the CPU shortage. Sure, online sales are still tough, but stores are getting AMD and Intel in stock. AMD has actually produced 5000 series CPUs in record numbers. Even on launch day they shipped many more CPUs to physical retailers (and from online stores) than Nvidia and AMD shipped of their latest GPU launches COMBINED (this is per my sources inside Best Buy, Microcenter, and AMD). Anyone calling AMD's 5000 series CPU launch a "paper launch" is doing so in error, and they have continued to ship by the pallet load. Like many have said, we are simply looking at unprecedented demand. They're still making and shipping 3000 series too, and they still sell out frequently at multiple retailers. It really is crazy! But AMD is finally catching up. The Microcenter here has had 5600X CPUs in stock for weeks now, and it took 2 or 3 days for the 5950s to sell out. They might even still have some 5900s left, as they received a shipment of over 100 a few days ago. When doing my chat support a few days ago, I was able to find three retailers that had the 5800X in stock, which is what my customer was looking for, thankfully! If people will stop buying from bot/scalper 3rd party sellers (on Amazon, newegg, ebay, etc.) and just REFUSE to pay anything other than the fair prices by legit, authorized retailers, they would have no reason to keep scalping the CPUs, and it would stop. We could literally stop the CPU scalping right now, since there really is a legit supply, and they're shipping in record numbers. 

Dabadger84
Lookin' like this shiny new headset is goin' the way of the return.  Lesson learned I guess, don't only read & watch reviews on a product when buying it, search support forums for issues & how wide spread they are.
Audio crackling has only popped up once for me, but once is too many times on a brand new headset.  Other issue is 5 disconnects for seemingly no reason, 3 of which happened in a 90 minute span.  Thought maybe it was the USB transmitter dongle getting hot, stuck some of the spare Raspberry Pi heatsinks I have to it... they aren't even warm to the touch after about an hour of gaming, and that's during which issues occurred - so I guess tomorrow I'll get the return started with Amazon.
Sucks because the audio quality on them is pretty great and the range on the wireless is pretty amazing.  Oh well, guess I'm gonna be stuck on wired-life for a while longer, certainly not going to let $179 hang there while Corsair maybe eventually fixes their issues - this has been going on according to one thread for over a year and has not been fixed (both the disconnects & the audio crackle issues).
 
I find it hard to believe not a single big-time reviewer that's dealt with this headset has had these issues, when threads with 50+ posts of the same issues are in more than one place.  Kinda makes me rethink my opinion of said reviewers that gave it a positive review... they either A: didn't test the product long enough or B: didn't test it much at all and only reviewed it because Corsair gave them dinero to do so.
 
Bright side, the keyboard seems to be a keeper thus far.  The switches are quite different than what I'm used to, but mostly in good ways - not as loud, bit softer, lower activation pressure required.  The keys feel quality (not cheap like the eVGA Z10 did).  Not 100% sure that it's worth the price tag yet, but so far, it's getting a good review from me.  The wrist support/rest is ver-nice.
 
 
How's everyone's weekend going?  Got about 4" of snow here & counting, low tonight is -11F lol

What headset did you get? I've got a wired Corsair on my main rig back home, and I typically have good luck with it. The mic definitely hits above its paygrade. For travel, I'm using a cordless and fairly simple Logitech. I don't think the Logitech is quite as comfortable as the corsair, nor do I think it has quite the mic, but it was also cheaper. I don't think the Logitech even does 7.1/5.1 ... But it's my cheap travel headset, and it actually looks very plain and professional. It would not look out of place in an office/work setting at all, contrary to the vast majority of Logitech's blingy gaming headsets.
 
Also, which keyboard are you trying now? Isn't it one of the super fancy Corsairs? I think I'm gonna try the new EVGA out with those optical switches. This Asus ROG Strix Flare is an excellent keyboard, and if you like the clicky style, you'd be very happy with it. And it's clicky without unnecessarily heavy resistance or travel. Typing quickly is easy and natural. I just don't like the clicky noise! After my Logitech Romer G's at home, I have a hard time with noisy keyboards when I'm doing chat support. 

SirKronan
 
I think we're coming out of the CPU shortage. Sure, online sales are still tough, but stores are getting AMD and Intel in stock. AMD has actually produced 5000 series CPUs in record numbers. Even on launch day they shipped many more CPUs to physical retailers (and from online stores) than Nvidia and AMD shipped of their latest GPU launches COMBINED (this is per my sources inside Best Buy, Microcenter, and AMD). Anyone calling AMD's 5000 series CPU launch a "paper launch" is doing so in error, and they have continued to ship by the pallet load. Like many have said, we are simply looking at unprecedented demand. They're still making and shipping 3000 series too, and they still sell out frequently at multiple retailers. It really is crazy! But AMD is finally catching up. The Microcenter here has had 5600X CPUs in stock for weeks now, and it took 2 or 3 days for the 5950s to sell out. They might even still have some 5900s left, as they received a shipment of over 100 a few days ago. When doing my chat support a few days ago, I was able to find three retailers that had the 5800X in stock, which is what my customer was looking for, thankfully! If people will stop buying from bot/scalper 3rd party sellers (on Amazon, newegg, ebay, etc.) and just REFUSE to pay anything other than the fair prices by legit, authorized retailers, they would have no reason to keep scalping the CPUs, and it would stop. We could literally stop the CPU scalping right now, since there really is a legit supply, and they're shipping in record numbers. 
 

That's good news.  I'm more set on the last 7nm processors, but I do sometimes think gosh, if I win a newegg shuffle, and the 5900 or the 5950 is all that is there that's interesting to me, I would buy it.  At least upgrade something that matters.
 
I 100% agree with your take.  I think things will get better soon (but not too soon) on the GPU front.  I saw something in a 7 11 today.  A kiosk that copies keys.  You just insert your key, insert your credit card, out comes your key.  When I was younger, I remember having to go to something like Home Depot, maybe a specialty grocery store, fork over money, watch them grind a key down to fit what you brought.  After having to go to the shelves to find the right base key.  Don't get me started on cell phones.  They can figure this out, and they will, because these companies are losing current dollars due to crazy times shortages.  It doesn't help them.

I have a smallish vent.  I preordered CP 2077 (yes, there are issues with that game, but I can forgive most of that - it's still compelling when it doesn't crash) a year and a half ago.  Console, because I'm honestly not a PC gamer.  My wife knew I was looking forward to that release, didn't realize I had preordered it.  Got it for me for Christmas ahead of the initial release.  So when she saw I had it, she returned it.
 
They charged her a 10 dollar restocking fee.  For an unopened game, during the returns are free holiday season.  How the heck do you charge a 10 dollar restocking fee for an unopened video game?  I see what Amazon is doing on the secondary market, but now they are trying to hit their consumers in uncool ways?  Bah.  If you must buy second hand marked up prices, at least don't do it through Amazon.  Their customer service is good, but they seem to be banking on people not realizing what they are doing.  End smallish vent.
 

CLL1990

SirKronan
I think we're coming out of the CPU shortage.

But are we coming out of the demand shortage? Im worried prices are going to stay insanely inflated for the next few quarters...

Like I said, all AMD can do is fight the supply side of the battle as diligently as possible, and they are highly motivated to do so. They were unable to seize much of Nvidia's pie this launch, but they took a record-breaking chunk of Intel's pie on the CPU side. They're not keen on letting that current lead go. We've got to fight the purchasing side as much as we can on our end. If that means running a little longer on your current CPU, hopefully you can make it work until there's an acceptable price on the newer CPU you need. If folks stop buying from scalpers, they'll no longer have reason to scalp anymore. 

 

BovineGamer

Zac90
Hello friends of notifications... would I hope to you that I will receive a card soon (EU)?

10G-P5-3885-KR (1/27/2021 12:26:16 PM) no
08G-P5-3755-KR (12/25/2020 1:14:37 AM) no
10G-P5-3897-KR (9/24/2020 2:09:22 AM) no
10G-P5-3883-KR (9/24/2020 2:08:51 AM) no
10G-P5-3881-KR (9/17/2020 9:04:09 AM) no

Not very good at the moment for the EU queues. January moved a few good minutes at the time but February has been dry.
You check my personal summary on the top link on my signature as well as the spreadsheets and threads also in my siganture links.

 
Thank you very much .... you have been very kind and willing to answer me ... we hope things improve!
 

10G-P5-3897-KR 9/24/2020 4:50:26 AM PT

No notification sent yet. It's been so long lol.
Where is it at now? Some factory went of fire or something? Almost 5 months waiting.

EVGA doing gpu minining?

fofal
10G-P5-3897-KR 9/24/2020 4:50:26 AM PT

No notification sent yet. It's been so long lol.
Where is it at now? Some factory went of fire or something? Almost 5 months waiting.

EVGA doing gpu minining?

 
Not that I'm aware. I believe PNY and MSI have been some of the most commonly used cards for mining. They were also among the first to raise their prices due to the tariffs, and among those that have raised their prices the highest. Asus, EVGA, and Gigabyte appear to be keeping most models at more reasonable prices, but it also seems like they have less stock going out to stores. This is why I have my theory that MSI jacked up their prices and is secretly paying Nvidia more money for the chips to make GPUs. The general consensus in the Microcenter discords has been that the vast majority of restocks of 3000 series GPUs to the stores are MSI branded. On top of that, they are the 3070s and the 3090s, which typically tend to be the least desirable cards for both gamers and miners. Why? Well, the 3060ti mines nearly equally to the 3070, using slightly less power. It also games within a close percentage to the performance of the 3070, but it costs significantly less! Same story for the 3080 - it games and mines within a stones throw of the 3090 (though not as close as the 3060ti to 3070 margin) but costs HALF the price of a 3090. 

Dabadger84
You know how they say you always get injured when you're least expecting to in terms of lifting stuff etc?  Yeah, just happened to me.  Don't know what I did to my back but youch, just putting a fresh bag of wood pellets in to one of the house's stoves and now it hurts to do pretty much everything/anything.
Hopefully some sleep and ibuprofen will do the trick, roads are icy/snowy so there's no chance I'm goin' to a doctor today.
 
Welcome to a new queue week everyone! lol

Rest up, man. Back pain is no joke.
 
Just an observation: This thread has become a support group for those who remain hopeful.  Soon, we'll be talking about our childhood significant others who dumped us and that time our dog got hit on the road.  We keep this up, we'll have the lyrics for a new #1 Country song.

mizzer

Dabadger84
You know how they say you always get injured when you're least expecting to in terms of lifting stuff etc?  Yeah, just happened to me.  Don't know what I did to my back but youch, just putting a fresh bag of wood pellets in to one of the house's stoves and now it hurts to do pretty much everything/anything.
Hopefully some sleep and ibuprofen will do the trick, roads are icy/snowy so there's no chance I'm goin' to a doctor today.
 
Welcome to a new queue week everyone! lol

Rest up, man. Back pain is no joke.
 
Just an observation: This thread has become a support group for those who remain hopeful.  Soon, we'll be talking about our childhood significant others who dumped us and that time our dog got hit on the road.  We keep this up, we'll have the lyrics for a new #1 Country song.

it also cycles through supportive 'sit down by the fire and have a 'mallow' to angry 'this is EVGA/NVIDIA/miners fault I can't get a card'.  I like the supportive part of the cycle... we are all in this together.  

Hi all queue watchers!
Is there any card that has a hope of being available by April for someone that has signed up in early January for all 3000 series cards that is not the 3090, watercooled or too tall? - I had the 3080 FTW Ultra (aka 3897) on my list removed it as at 5.38 in, I realized it won't fit my case (unlike the 3895 for example).

Good morning peeps!  Positive thoughts your way ;)

Morning and goodluck to everyone ! may the GPU's be on our side !

Dabadger84
You know how they say you always get injured when you're least expecting to in terms of lifting stuff etc?  Yeah, just happened to me.  Don't know what I did to my back but youch, just putting a fresh bag of wood pellets in to one of the house's stoves and now it hurts to do pretty much everything/anything.
Hopefully some sleep and ibuprofen will do the trick, roads are icy/snowy so there's no chance I'm goin' to a doctor today.
 
Welcome to a new queue week everyone! lol

Ouch.
I think only humans can sleep wrong.

Hope it clears up soon.

mdcurry
Quick step up question. I am in line to step up from a 3070 from the que to a 3080. what happens if the card is discontinued before I get my step up?

You'll get whichever is the equivalent to the 3080 when it's your turn for the step-up.