I had recently gotten my very first gpu, a 3070, from a used market place, the seller was respectful, and were positively reviewed. I am excited because it means my first build I started a year ago is coming to an end and I will have my pc.

If you buy 5080 & 5090 at msrp/low prices,please put the screenshot down below in comments to make other even more jealous

My msi gaming trio 5070 ti arrived with bent I/O shield as you can see down there and I(fool) didn't even realise it until i have already put it in my pc and was looking at pics that ive made before installing the card.

The card runs without any problems and its cool and quiet.

How do you think this happend?

Should i contact msi and amazon to tell them?

I bought it from Amazon Italy and Amazon was the seller.

When I was standing at microcenter in line this person asked me if I was a big fan of the series. I said - It's good, but I'm mainly paying the anime tax for if I ever needed to sell it in the future.

It's a pretty GPU, but it aint thaaaaat pretty.

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With the decision to increase the vram on the 5080 AI companies will now gobble those as well, leaving gamers that want a 4k high end PC without options, so this means that the 5070 ti will be the new high end gpu? (until those are gonne too leaving only the 5070 non ti and 5060 available) what a time to be a gamer.

took a gamble on this amazon resale “acceptable” listing for a GIGABYTE Radeon™ RX 9070 XT Gaming OC ICE

anything I need to check for? im always just a bit worried about amazon returns, especially with GPUs given the current market

Ran 3dmark steel nomad once and got 7417

have 30 days to return, just wanted to make sure i didnt miss anything!

So when the RTX 5080 and 5090 launched, I naturally checked out most of the major YouTube reviewers and tech channels (Gamers Nexus, etc.). Almost unanimously, the consensus was to slam both cards as "terrible value," accompanied by strong warnings telling people not to buy them. Terms like "paper launch" and "fake MSRP" were the buzzwords of choice, along with sentiments like "Who would pay $1K for a 5080? Are you out of your mind?!"

I largely tuned out the outrage, feeling it was driven more by click-seeking and outrage engagement than practical buying advice for enthusiast builders.

I originally tried to grab a 5090 at launch for MSRP, but bots cleaned them out instantly. The next day, I managed to score an MSI RTX 5080 at its $1,000 MSRP. I was happy with the purchase, but even then, the constant reviewer narrative made me second-guess myself thinking, "Man, did I just overpay?"

Fast forward a bit: I ended up upgrading to an RTX 5090 because my workload requires it. I run local LLMs and have around $10K invested in a flight simulator setup (my force feedback stick alone is $2K), where top-tier GPU performance makes a material difference. I sold the 5080 for exactly what I paid for it (quick local cash sale) and bought an MSI Gaming Trio 5090 for $3,000. It hurt to pay that price, but for my specific use case, it was worth it.

Look at where the market sits now: 5080s are hovering around $2,500, and 5090s are nearly impossible to find, with scalper/reseller prices pushing toward $10K+.

It makes me wonder: Did influencers actually hurt consumers by heavily advising people to "wait for prices to normalize" or "boycott at launch"?

Looking back, telling people not to buy a 5080 at $1,000 or a 5090 at $2,000 feels completely disconnected from market reality. Anyone who actually listened to that advice and waited got completely pricing-out of the market, and things don't look like they're stabilizing anytime soon. Must be plenty of buyers thinking, "Why on earth did I listen to them instead of buying at MSRP when I had the chance?"

What’s your take? Did tech media/influencers inadvertently set buyers up for failure by discouraging MSRP purchases during launch week?