Since the launch of the new Nvidia RTX 5000 series graphics cards, I've been thinking about getting a new PC, and I've heard lots of good things about Alternate.
Yesterday I was close to passing an order for a custom PC based on the 4090 (as the reviews of the new 5080 have been far from stellar). It's an expensive card, but until yesterday it was 2449 Euros, and now it's 2799 Euros (see screenshots). If anything I was hoping that the price of the older cards would go down with the release of the new generation. /rant
by Beneficial-Space3019
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– Paper launch
– People realize they don’t need a 5090
– Demand increase and so does the price people can ask for a 4090
Scalpers will keep the price high for newer cards, but I don’t know why these prices still stand…
Maybe a lot of people have the same idea as you
For prices to go down on older cards, there needs to be stocks on the new ones.
And you are probably not the only one wanting a 4090 due to poor benchmarks of the 5080. Demand goes up, so do prices.
Also I think the 4090 is no longer produced
Not going to get better.
Nvidia has once again deliberately created an immense supply problem, and people are insane these days and will pay anything for GPUs, especially around launches because FOMO and entirely too much disposable income, I guess.
Frankly dude, I don’t understand how you were even considering 2450 eur for a GPU, but you do you I guess.
Every GPU launch cycle will be like this (and has been like this) because Nvidia has stopped even trying to keep up appearances and AMD and Intel aren’t competing at the high end.
Webshops just follow this and hike prices accordingly. Often multiple times a day.
I mean 5090s have been sold in Germany for up to 6000 euros lol.
Supply and demand ma man
Welcome to economics 101, today we talk about: Supply and demand
Never buy a high-end new computer/gpu when Nvidia is launching new cards. All prices went up in the last weeks, even second hand cards prices rose quickly in the last 2 months. Previous gen cards almost never go down in price when a new gen launches.
Anyway, don’t buy GPU’s of that price range unless you have a real use case for it. It’s a money waste.
I’d rather buy an AMD and have mid performance tbh
They´re not being produced anymore, stocks are low and they use dynamic pricing so they´ll only get more expensive as they sell out. If you settled on a 4090, i´d look for 2nd hand prices. But I´ve seen them go for more than €1700 aswell.
Otherwise just go for a 5080 FE, way cheaper and with a decent overclock it comes close to the 4090, albeit with much lower VRAM.
Alternate is fucking scalping with 5080/9800x3D systems, they are trying to sell them for €4000-5000, more than €2000 over MSRP. so stay away from them. Build your own if you can
demand is skyrocketing,
i have a 4090 supreme x,
on second hand market even those prices raise above 2k
nuts!
Check [megekko.nl](http://megekko.nl), usually better prices than alternate.
When it’s PC parts or concert tickets, it’s called scalpers, when it’s the housing market it’s called landlords.
Tjah
Ze maken geen rtx 4090
Ze weten ook dat de rtx 5080 en de rtx 50xx op zich maar kleine upgrades zijn.
Veel mensen denken nu ‘goedkoop’ een rtx 4090 te scoren. Maar dit is nu een supply demand issue.
Geen nieuwe rtx 4090 kaarten meer,rtx 5080 valt tegen.
Tjah
Alternate wil daar zoveel mogelijk winst op pakken.
It’s overpriced af, and that wont change because people are fine to pay such premium.
With NVIDIA it’s always better to buy 1 or 2 gens before. And get AMD (7900XTX) if you don’t want fake frames or other software gimmicks
I am in the same boat arm. My 3070 is pushing it’s limits. I al going tot wait for 5070ti prices and benchmarks. If it sick i might go for a 4080 (super) or a 4070ti super. Stock is super low atm at european retailers because of the bad 5080 benchmarks.
Gpu prices fluctuate immensely. I got a 3070 card right around the release for a decent price. It was more than double the week after.
You don’t need a 4090 to play Path of Exile 2, i can run it fine on my AMD RX7800
These cards are not going down because they are the last 4090s. People thinking they would go down are delusional.
*looks at his 2080ti
You are still doing fine my love.
On top of the supply and demand issues everyone points too they also hiked the price for the 5090 by 300 dollars over its predecessor so they can keep the price of the 4090 high.
These prices are absolutely ridiculous so I would wait…
Yeahh uhh, im just gonna wait for amd’s 9070XT. Not particularly interested in feeding ngreedias insationable hunger for exorbitant amounts of moolah
This BS has been going on for a while now. If you wanted a new 4090 for a “decent” price you missed the boat. Budget models were usually around 1600-1700 for a while and i have even seen the MSI suprim for 1600 for 1 or 2 days on bol several months ago. I kinda wish i jumped on that one, i was considering it for a moment. My advice is to follow the website Tweakers weekly, even daily. I have been looking at the GPU market very closely for several years now and i have seen prices go up and down like a yoyo.
I wonder who is raising the prices? Is it alternate, Nvidia or the middle person?
I bought all my parts from them and build mine at home with a friend and ideo tutorials, everything was alright, no problems no complains
They ship through bpost
Are the prices **gaining**???
I bought mine in 2023
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 24G grafische kaart (€ 2.099,00)
The high prices are purely because of AI, nog people playing games.
Remember the paper launches during Covid?
It’s that all over again, but now even more expensive. Nvidia is fucking up their launch and I sincerely hope AMD is preparing to do it differently.
I have mixed experiences with Alternate. They do the bare minimum and that’s it in terms of customer experience. Don’t count on a great experience as customer if you need support from them.
I’ve swapped to Megekko for my most recent purchases and so far so good (though I’ve only bought from them twice).
When it comes to the GPU: the 50 series launch was underwhelming (very limited stock and dissapointing results), which means demand for 40 series once again increased, so logically they increased their prices.
I’m personally waiting for March to see if the 9070XT is anything good (currently on a 2070 super). If the new series of AMD gpu’s performs better in Ray Tracing scenario’s and the pricing is right, they will definitely be the way to go this gen.
In any case: don’t blow 2.5k (or more) on a 4090 man. It’s defo not worth it.
I got myself a 4070 Ti Super just last week and I’m so happy I did.
ASUS ProArt -RTX4080S-O16G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB GDDR6XASUS ProArt -RTX4080S-O16G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB GDDR6X for 1270 euro, or wait…
persoonlijk vind ik megekko beter qua prijzen.
gelijk qua klantenservice
My experience with my latest build is. Don’t be afraid to spread suppliers. I compared every component with multiple suppliers and got stuff from Alternate, Megekko and Azerty purely based on prices. Bonuspoint for Azerty since I won a gaming laptop by posting a review on tweakers.
Djeez, €2.800 for a GPU that melts itself?? Hey OP, just get a 4080 super for around €1.000. Save yourself €1.700 or invest it in some extra goodies like extra nvme’s, better CPU, liquid AIO, decent PSU (modular, minimum 850W, but I’d go for a 1.000W with that budget).
Edit: and while I think Alternate is very good, I can only advise you to build it yourself. Lots of fun, and you’ll learn a lot along the way. Stay away from prebuilds, they’re often bottlenecked.
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