What The Nvidia RTX 40 Series Super Cards Will Cost You In Australia

14 responses to “What The Nvidia RTX 40 Series Super Cards Will Cost You In Australia”

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   Red_Gambit

   January 9, 2024 at 2:07 pm

   *laughs in 4090 superiority*

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      David Smith

      January 9, 2024 at 2:56 pm

      lol same

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         David Smith

         January 9, 2024 at 2:57 pm

         I shouldn’t laugh. All this tells anyone about me is that I probably could have bought a house by now if I didn’t keep pissing money up the wall on high end graphics cards.

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            Red_Gambit

            January 9, 2024 at 5:51 pm

            For once, you and I are in agreement.

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            Kasterix

            January 10, 2024 at 1:28 pm

            Nah, a house wont give you teh 1337 fps, bro… Though for the price of them these days you’d think they should.

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      Simon

      January 10, 2024 at 2:00 pm

      But can it play Cities Skylines 2 at 4K60?
      Nope. Nothing can! Lol. #teethgate

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   Chris B

   January 9, 2024 at 5:23 pm

   Been hanging for an upgrade since October 2023. Australian vendors are the worse for gfx value Scoptec and Amazon are a base benchmark on pricing.

   With $200 base pricing more expensive in AU, it will probably be an OS purchase from a US store ( that’s $200 cheaper including delivery GUARANTEED within 72hours). Many Australian couiers and Australia post are the worse in the world for delivery promises.

   There is no reason why our pricing is so bad given the extreme number of retailers. We can’t blame distance or exchange rates, it’s just price fixing.

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   test user

   January 10, 2024 at 2:16 am

   lol pricing (if xorrect) would be a travesty in .au

   How the heck does the 200 USD msrp *reduction* on the original 4080 completely DISAPPEAR for the 4080 Super in .au? They’re trying to sell the 4080 Super at the same price as the original part. No doubt once gigabyte and others come up with their OC/windforce/whatever else versions, the average price will tend towards 2000 AUD.

   I agree with Chris above, this is just price fixing by the local retailers.

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   1. 

      Bobdabuilda

      January 10, 2024 at 9:56 am

      One thing you folks seem to forget (or completely ignore) is that Australia has one of if not THE best consumer protection laws in the world. Having things covered by warranty quite a bit longer than advertised etc. (if you don’t know about that, I suggest you read up on it!)

      Thing is – it doesn’t come for free. The government doesn’t cover those costs – the retailers do. And guess how the retailers cover their costs…

      Having said all that… it’s kinda hard for most folks to justify paying over $1k for a gpu… I’m still sitting pretty on my 2070 super, which does fine for 4k gaming for me as I have an IPS monitor for video and photo editing, and it’s capped at 60fps.

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         Kai

         January 11, 2024 at 5:25 am

         Sorry dude, I gotta disagree. Speaking as someone in the industry of consumer tech, I can tell you that our Australian laws don’t quite measure up to the clarity and strength of the laws and acts you see in Europe. Over there, they’ve got concrete expectations and explicit rules that actually give consumers a solid ground to stand on. For instance, the EU has a blanket two-year warranty minimum, but then you’ve got countries like Sweden and Finland that push that even further.

         The ACCC’s guidelines can be frustratingly vague. They talk about product ‘lifetime’ related to value, but they’re pretty tight-lipped about what that actually means in real terms. It leaves consumers and retailers playing a guessing game. In my line of work, witnessing clients endure 6 to 7 months of waiting for ACCC-enforced remedies for essential tech like laptops and phones is nothing short of exasperating. Imagine being without your main line of communication for over half a year in today’s world. It’s just blatantly a pretty shitty time.

         Also, the ACCC’s lack of any real intervention apart from a finger wag during the COVID era of blatant price gouging for consumer electronics for PC parts was not only appalling but also indicative of a watchdog that’s not as vigilant as consumers need it to be. I mean, some GPUs and parts were going for close to 2x their original RRP! To each their own, indeed, but when a protector becomes a bystander, it’s a bit rich to sing praises of its might.

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         test user

         January 11, 2024 at 9:30 pm

         Hey Bobdabuilda, the *other* thing you need to remember is that the non super 4080 has *exactly* the same protection/taxes/shipping/etc. layers added on to its price! So if the original non super 4080 is selling for 1799 generally here, how can you expect to sell the 4080-Super for *more* than this price given that the msrp is approx 300 AUD *less*.

         The whole thing is a scam!

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   Ben Downing

   January 10, 2024 at 2:55 pm

   looking at these prices instead of uprading my 2080ti i might buy a new gaming laptop instead with a 4000 series card in it

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   Gamery Views

   January 10, 2024 at 4:46 pm

   $999 USD to AUD is only $1490. Where does the extra $400 come from? 10% would only be an extra $149.
   I understand that there are some benefits to buying local stock. But why shouldn’t I just go ahead an purchase an RTX 4080 Super when I go to Japan in 3 months time, and claim 7% off the price by flashing my Aussie passport while I’m at it? All Nvidia are doing is opening up opportunities for Geo-arbitrage.

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   1. 

      Muzzdog

      January 11, 2024 at 2:42 am

      When getting my first PC built (Cab do some basics, but way too timid to mess around with tfitting CPU’s, fan coolers etc.),in 10/11yrs 12-16 months ago,I reluctantly forked out $580 odd for a rtx 3060 even though it seemingly wouldn’t be a perfect pairing with the 1440p monitor on more demanding games. (Mostly prefer indies & play first parties on Playstation otherwise)
      Told myself at the time,it’d do until some sanity returned to the GPU pricing! 😂

      Now find a generation later my 192 bit “performance budget” card almost seems like a bargain with similar specced 192bit rx 7700/7800xt starting in the $800- $1000+ range & rtx 4070’s over $1000 dollary roos really feels far beyond a mid range price point now!

      I’d love to have more confidence in the Intel Arc & future Battlemage gpu’s but also love some emulation r& PC reprogramming & seems a case by case thing if Intel’s drivers can run older GOG classics or emulators well enough with their smaller market share.

      Annoying that AMD seem content to play second fiddle to Nvidia & custom APU’s to the console market rather than aggressively compete with Nvidia.

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