jaegernickson
ExcaliburXVII
zippytek
kraade
WOW more than 90 KPE's on EBAY now
the prices are laughable too. who is spending $3000+ on a 17 month old gpu? esp when a new Ti is coming out in weeks lol
At this point buying a Kingpin even at MSRP seems laughable unless the person is completely GPU-less.
This comment is kind of funny. KPE cards are mainly designed for overclockers and people chasing benchmarks with a smaller subset of people who have too much money and are willing to custom loop them to extract even 2% extra performance over a basic, non-KPE card. Buying a KPE to keep it with its stock cooling solution is kind of like throwing away $500 and the extra wait time over a regular non-KPE card.
When you consider that context, someone buying a KPE at this point in time is either likely trying to go for another record run (either by getting a second KPE or trying for a better bin) in which case they couldn't care less that the 4000 series is coming as they will just get one of those too; or someone who wants the KPE as the best of the best to throw in a loop which they want to use for some time. Considering that it's a 17mo old card and the only option besides the silly HC block for it is the optimus block which JUST started shipping, you can only imagine with horror how long (if at all) it will take to get a decent block out for a 3090 ti KPE or a 4090 KPE. So really, for these people the choice is either buy a current KPE and get the optimus block or wait for the new cards to release, wait in line for those, then wait for a decent block to be released, then wait to ship it.
So really, what is laughable about it? Just because you got lucky and got one of the initial batch KPEs and used it for 17 months doesn't make those that aren't as lucky laughable.
You're mistaken, I don't have a KP - I'm still waiting, and so far down the list that I'll never get one. I do have a 15,316 PR FTW3, though. Yes, I'm aware that the KP is(/has previously been) intended for overclockers. No, I didn't specify that only buying the HC is laughable at this point - so is buying the hybrid. The people you're talking about (
serious, hardcore overclockers with plenty of cash to burn and just people with plenty of cash to burn) have already gotten their KP, and the Ti KP is right around the corner. The Optimus block's main advantage is active cooling of the backside VRAM, the Hydro Copper block is pretty damn good. Given that the 90 Ti will use 2GB modules and not have backside VRAM there won't be a real need to switch the block. But anyway, you're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine, and people are free to spend their money however they see fit. I'm just glad that I'm so far down the list that I won't have to (not) put my money where my mouth is, lol.