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Did he e-mail you that information about receiving the chip or was it messaging in their forum? An e-mail could serve as a receipt that he received it and could be used as evidence if he were to attempt to scam you. A PM through a forum wouldn't help your case though. This is why I don't allow PayPal as a payment processor, because I'd hate to have that hanging over my head months down the road where someone (even someone I trust) could still claim their money back. I am sure that caused me to lose on potential customers but I accept it.

LOL. Just sold the card locally, literally about five minutes ago. It was a great price and I was hoping someone here wanted it.

During the height of the GPU pricing apocalypse, I purchased multiple 3090's brand new from retailers that were priced well above "MSRP". As anyone that knows me, I build and sell custom rigs but I never charge more for the components from what I paid. Most people here that bought GPUs from me would attest, so would all of my clients. Actually, a good portion of the people during that time paid less than what I originally did. My point is I was able to buy multiple 3090's when many couldn't get a single GPU. Some would argue that I was or am, a scalper...even though I never sold these GPUs for more than I paid. So your definition of a scalper is different from others. In my defense, I have always purchased multiple high end GPUs since the forever (lol again a lot here would tell you that). Call me stupid, perhaps I am, but I always tried to break even. Never profit on the components, though.

I for one don't want any legislation. I'll be frank, scalpers are scum but you can't really place the blame completely on them. All retailers are essentially, "scalpers". Buy low, sell higher. Some retailers are better than others in this regard, only seeking modest profit. What most retailers have are competitors, which ensures (for the most part) competition on prices, customer service and etc. At the end of the day, you can choose to buy from various places, the same product (or something very similar). GPU's, like a lot of consumer tech, are luxury products. No consumer really "needs" them but they are nice-to-haves. All of the things I have seen that have been scalped (excluding medication but that is a WHOLE other debate) are not necessary. You are completely correct when you wrote that the guilty party are the people who buy from the scalpers at such high prices. But the let those idiots do that. What do they say about a fool and their dollar? I do not condone the use of bots or scalping in general, but a law(s) about scalping can get out of hand really quick. Who sets the limit on the number of items you can buy before you're considered a scalper? Two items? Three? As @electrosoft noted, the crypto boom and chip shortages are what caused these outrageous prices. Crypto is in its winter and the chip shortages are NO where near as bad as they will have you believe, because demand has fallen due to the recession. Let the scalpers play, as many of them are playing with fire. As the recession worsens, a lot of them are going to be stuck with some high value items they can't sell.

Oh, trust me, I knew those limits very well. One of the reasons why I left high end DTR's. If it weren't for @Prema, the DTR I purchased from @Mr. Fox would have been my first and last high end DTR.

So it has begun. Nvidia's 4080 has a TGP of 320 but Nvidia has limited it. Apparently, "recently" Nvidia changed how their cards boost. Before, Nvidia's cards would try to adhere to their TDP while under load and even try to go above it, with performance to go with it. Now the TGP is the LIMIT, so with the 4080, it will try to avoid going near the 320W TGP cap. I told you guys that Nvidia was going to nerf the power draw of the cards. They haven't figured a way to do it with the 4090 (at least the batches they have already sold) but watch the next batches that make it to the public have different performance deltas compared to the ones people have. They may sneak a vBIOS update in their drivers, you never know.

Since you are (were?) a MORA owner, have you ever splice your fingers on the fins? One day I was moving one of my MORA radiators and held onto it partly by the fins on top. I dusted it and the fans. I went to go wash my hands and I noticed that four of my fingers had tons of cuts on them. The cuts didn't really hurt but I couldn't believe the number of fine cuts I had on them. Great looking setup bro. I am thinking of buying the 7000D or Define 7 XL. I am not sure which one I may get. It needs to house a water cooled 13900K/3090 setup.

Very close save. What I don't get, if this guy CENS is scamming others, why is he still active on that forum? If you are a known overclocker/scammer, wouldn't that make the rounds? I don't want anyone thinking I don't believe Falkentyne, but it is a bit interesting that EVGA has a guy on their OC team that is a scam artist.

Interesting but it is an overall good value offer. LOL, hopefully that board comes with an active warranty knowing your history with Dark boards.

Why do they have so many in New York? Leave the one in Yonkers alone but they can spare one of the others. I wish they had one in CT but I won't complain. 50 miles is not bad and if they had one closer, I would be in deep trouble.

HAHAHA, only der8auer throws a fan on the VRAM while drawing over 700W on ambient "water cooling". I guess you can be a little crazy when you get the products for free.

No recall incoming, but a vBios nerf is. They are going to lower the power draw, watch and see.

The one thing Nvidia and its CEO hates the most, outside of not having the "top" performance crown, is having egg on its face. The 4080 12GB did that and it embarrassed Nvidia (blame their marketing department). Nvidia got wind of the 7900 XT and XTX performance, saw the performance of the 4080 12GB compared to the 7900 XT and subsequently, 7800 XT. No way was the 4080 12GB aka 4070 going to compete with those cards. Now Nvidia is forced to keep these prices, 4090 and 4080 16GB. If they were to lower the prices for either the 4090 or 4080 now, there are going to be a lot angry consumers (especially 4090 owners) and AIB's. Right now, Nvidia has DLSS and Ray Tracing. They are the top dog in those features. Is that enough? Remember when Intel still had the overall performance lead over Ryzen but AMD gave you more for the money. I can say, in my opinion, it has finally happened to Nvidia. RDNA3 gives you more for the money. I have to say, when the 4090 TI does come out, that will be the card I get. Same for the top AMD card 7950 XTX.

I normally don't mind an arrogant person, as I am one to be quite truthful. However, I am only arrogant when the knowledge, training and experience dictates it (i.e. a field I am well versed in), but some less knowledgeable people are belligerent when they KNOW they shouldn't be. It's all an act, make himself look to be the smartest person in the room when he clearly isn't; but he has the followers that believe he is.

His FAQ is crazy, LOL. I am surprised he has over 10K subscribers but some people are gluttons for punishment. I'm going to create a FAQ like this for the organization that I support, I wonder how it is going to turn out. " How do I contact you?? – Go back to the consulting page, pay 500$. I DO NOT HAVE TIME to answer questions or talk to people, I get enough spam as it is. If someone’s DM’s are turned off on all platforms, that means they don’t want to be messaged"

I get he's trying to be funny but he clearly doesn't understand the architectural changes AMD did. The 7900 XTX is going to split the difference between the 4080 and 4090 in terms of performance, while being cheaper than both cards. Nvidia will keep the performance crown with the 4090 and reset it yet again with the 4090 TI, but the damage has been done. As @Papusan pointed out, the 4090 TI is going to have to be 2500 to not kill the 4090's priced at 2k or cheaper. Does anyone here believe that Nvidia will concede the 700 to 1000 range to AMD? For all intents and purposes, that is the new battleground for GPUs (it used to be the 400 to 600 range). Not at all. Nvidia is going to be in trouble, not with performance but their pricing. This is RDNA3's Ryzen moment.

That sucks bro, I'm sorry. I don't normally get the extended warranty on these cards because I don't own many of them for that long and it wouldn't transfer to a new owner anyway (unless I know them well and send it for repair on my behalf). Hopefully you can get it fixed.

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I'm good man, how are you? I was eventually going to make my way back here to see how you guys compete. I have never registered that card and if I did, I've deleted it from My Products page on evga.com. The card was purchased on 2/4/19. I can send you the PDF of the invoice via e-mail. You should be able to register it. I still have my 3090's and 3080 TI Hybrid (still brand new in box) if you or anyone else is interested. I'm doing well. Life gave me some lemons and I'm making the best lemonade ever. I appreciate you all. I've gained brothers for life, even the ones I disagree with. I'm going to take brother @Papusan approach to hardware. But I am going to be around more often again. I'm thinking about the 13900K. Lord knows I have about four Z690 boards I can use with it, lol.

@Mr. Fox I'm sorry I've been missing in action. Did you get the warranty straight with the 2080 TI? Lots to read through. (If you ever need me, you have my number, just call or text me bro).

We are indeed heading into a dark period and I took that into account when I started enacting my plans. Long story short, I ended my partnership with my original company that I cofounded so many years ago. It became increasing difficult to work with my old partners and I felt (still do) like it was time to go solo and do something that I could be proud of. That is my ultimate goal and I will get there or die trying.

Hey Gentlemen, I know it has been awhile but I've been away trying to build my business...likely a bad move now that we are heading into a recession. My initial plan was to get a level 2 IT position at a local company that didn't require me to be on call or needed on the weekends while slowly building my business. That company put a freeze on hiring for the position I was going to get, however, they offered me a higher position which required a lot more hours and to be on call...I declined. LOL. That was very stupid on my part. With that said, I have savings to hold me for a little while, as I contemplate my next move. In the meantime, I may offer my 3090's (Asus White 3090 and EVGA 3090 Hybrid) for dirt cheap up here for you guys. I will continue to lurk in the shadows on this forum and perhaps post a benchmark here and there.

My Z690 Dark will be appearing on the marketplace here soon. Keep an eye out if you are interested. I don't have the time to really dedicate to take advantage of the board. My loss can be your gain.

If anyone else wants to give their higher end GPU's a workout, check out the UE5 Matrix City demo. You will have to actually download Unreal Engine 5 (I think there are some compiled unofficial standalone demos out there) and compile it yourself, but it a beautiful demo to say the least.

I'd have jumped on that in a heartbeat but alas I promised my wife to put all into my business until it's fully operational. Unless you're up for some kind of trade. Likely not but no harm in asking.