Rent an RTX 3080 in the Cloud With New GeForce Now Plan

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A new cloud-gaming plan lets you stream RTX 3080 graphics to any device.

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21 Comments Comment from the forums
  • 2Be_or_Not2Be
    Well, there's a reason for some of the shortage in GPUs.
    Reply
  • TinyFatMan
    Is it a "new strategy" from nVidia (and AMD soon) to artificially create a lack of graphics cards to sell them 5000% more expensive, and therefore accessible to the rich, and that those who cannot afford to rent one card in the "fabulous" cloud?

    As if we were not spied on enough, it will add to the infinity of technological means to do so, and of course always make more money to feed the tax havens that are crumbling under the mop or more.

    With "FreeToPlay" (PayToWin - making cheating legal) we have killed video games.
    Will graphics cards be made accessible only to the rich?
    Soon $ 10,000 for an “RTX 4015 MM”?
    Reply
  • VforV
    nvidia would make much more money mining with those GPUs than doing this.... just saying...

    Of course I would prefer them to be sold at MSRP.
    Reply
  • Geezer760
    Who in their right mind would fall for this SCAM, it just show how greedy these people are.
    Reply
  • Geezer760
    TinyFatMan said:
    Is it a "new strategy" from nVidia (and AMD soon) to artificially create a lack of graphics cards to sell them 5000% more expensive, and therefore accessible to the rich, and that those who cannot afford to rent one card in the "fabulous" cloud?

    As if we were not spied on enough, it will add to the infinity of technological means to do so, and of course always make more money to feed the tax havens that are crumbling under the mop or more.

    With "FreeToPlay" (PayToWin - making cheating legal) we have killed video games.
    Will graphics cards be made accessible only to the rich?
    Soon $ 10,000 for an “RTX 4015 MM”?
    EXACTLY.
    Reply
  • dalauder
    TinyFatMan said:
    Is it a "new strategy" from nVidia (and AMD soon) to artificially create a lack of graphics cards to sell them 5000% more expensive, and therefore accessible to the rich, and that those who cannot afford to rent one card in the "fabulous" cloud?

    As if we were not spied on enough, it will add to the infinity of technological means to do so, and of course always make more money to feed the tax havens that are crumbling under the mop or more.

    With "FreeToPlay" (PayToWin - making cheating legal) we have killed video games.
    Will graphics cards be made accessible only to the rich?
    Soon $ 10,000 for an “RTX 4015 MM”?
    Video games are only dead if you require a fancy new graphics card. I'm happy with my RX 480, especially since everything since Battlefield 3 has had good enough graphics.
    Reply
  • USAFRet
    VforV said:
    Of course I would prefer them to be sold at MSRP.
    They were.
    Scalpers got to them first, and now want to sell to you at a big profit.
    Reply
  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    Well it's really not a SCAM if you think about it, it's basically like leasing a car. A 3080 MSRPs at $700, so if you "rent" one for $200 a year, it's 3.5 years before you hit that break even point. If you go by the inflated prices these days it's 5 years before you hit break even, about the time when most people will have replaced their GPU. You lose the resale value, but you don't have to worry about it dying, that's the tradeoff of a lease for being able to access it on any PC with the internet requirement.
    Reply
  • Phaaze88
    Well, as long as I continue to live out in the countryside, this will never be an option.

    Geezer760 said:
    Who in their right mind would fall for this SCAM, it just show how greedy these people are.
    MANY people would jump on this. We can't give them the benefit of the doubt anymore.
    Reply
  • dalauder
    USAFRet said:
    They were.
    Scalpers got to them first, and now want to sell to you at a big profit.
    I don't understand why the cards are sold so low to scalpers. Why not just charge 5x as much at MSRP so that scalpers get nothing?
    Reply