Torn between used RTX 3080/3080 Ti vs buying a new GPU for long-term peace of mind

[DrFreeman]

I’m kinda in the same situation and have basically given up at this point. all the 5070 Ti and 5080 models that I have saved have either gone OOS or increased in price… in some cases by even 30k

GPU - To Buy or Not to Buy... Now

Luckily I built my PC earlier this year during May-June… after like 13 years. Scared looking at the RAM prices now. Really sympathise with people currently building their PCs. That being said, at that time I din’t have the budget to buy a GPU I wanted (RTX 5070 Ti 16GB) so got a RTX 3060 12GB in a flipkart sale. After nvidia announced the super line up with more memory, I thought I would buy the RTX 5070 Ti Super 24GB later in 2026 as more VRAM would be better for local AI. Now after this mem…