Already mentioned in the previous report, this time, although the performance of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card has indeed improved a lot compared to the previous generation, the price is too high, which also results in the CP value of this card not being very high. I don’t know if everyone reads reviews before buying, or for other reasons. According to foreign media reports, almost no one is buying the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card in the United States. Stocks can be seen in every store, which is completely different from when the RTX 4090 went on sale.
The CP value of NVIDIA RTX 4080 is extremely low. As a result, almost no one abroad buys it. It is available everywhere.
When the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 was lifted from the ban, almost every media concluded that this graphics card was priced too high. For comparison, the recommended selling price of the RTX 3080 when it was first launched was NT$21,900, and the RTX 4090 increased to NT$42,000. The difference is almost double. Therefore, unless the performance is also almost doubled, otherwise the increase is too great. This is also the largest increase in history. Actual measurements show that the performance improvement of RTX 4080 is not as great as imagined.
Foreign media Wccftech also thinks so. They mentioned that the recommended selling price of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is $699, and the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is $899. Compared with the $1199 of the 4080, there is an increase of 71.5% and 50%, which also results in not many people wanting to buy this graphics card.
One Hassan Mujtaba shared on Twitter the sales situation of NVIDIA 4090 and 4080 when they were launched. The RTX 4090 shipped up to 130,000 units, while the RTX 4080 only shipped 30,000 units, which means a total of 160,000 units. The RTX 4090 obviously sold much better:
NVIDIA 4080 shipment units:
🟢30,000
NVIDIA 4090 shipment units:
🟢130,000
Total RTX 40 shipment units:
🟢160,000
NVIDIA's 4090 was pretty much sold out at launch.
Retailers still have 4080 in stock. 😶🌫️😶🌫️
— Hassan Mujtaba (@hms1193) November 19, 2022
In addition, many users also shared on Twitter the current situation of US retail stores. The cabinets are full of RTX 4080, but there is no RTX 4090 in sight:
— tae kim (@firstadopter) November 17, 2022
This one is the same. The shelves are full of RTX 4080. It can be seen that the store has purchased a lot of products before the sale started (I think it will be as popular as the RTX 4090):
Online shopping is no exception, almost every brand and model of RTX 4080 is in stock:
In addition to the high price of the RTX 4080, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which will go on sale in mid-December, should also be one of the reasons why players don’t want to buy it. This card is a lock against the RTX 4080, but it is only priced at $999, which is $200 cheaper.
From this point of view, the price of RTX 4080 is likely to drop after a while. For those who want to buy this card if they can’t afford it, it is recommended to wait for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 7900 to go on sale and have actual test reports before making a decision.
In addition, the performance of RTX 4090 is about 30~40% higher than that of RTX 4080. The recommended selling price is US$1,599. After paying an extra US$400, you can get so much additional performance. I believe most players will choose RTX 4090.
Source: KOCPC Chinese