LogFAQs > #912483019

No joke... The new top-of-the-line "Turing" cards from NVIDIA (particularly the RTX 2080 ti) are failing in large numbers due to a confirmed defect, and some have even caught on fire. Mind you, this line of cards was originally announced at MSRP of $999, but you'll be lucky to find it for less than $1200 (including all manufacturers / models). People are forking out absurd amounts of cash for this junk.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/11/15/nvidia-confirms-rtx-2080-ti-problem-the-same-day-one-bursts-into-flames/#79d6dcb64958

Thankfully, it seems that the worst problems are from the "Founder's Edition" cards from NVIDIA itself. Third-party cards still have failure rates, but closer to normal / expected levels. Still though, I feel genuinely sad for people who saved up 1000-1200 bucks of their hard-earned money just to have it literally burned up along with their other PC components. Meanwhile, console gamers are enjoying the likes of RDR 2 and Spiderman problem-free! (Sony be like; "LOL, wut's NVIDIA???")

At this point, PC gamers are actually better off just buying last-gen hardware and ignoring the current gen entirely. I guess that's what happens when a greedy-ass company has zero competition whatsoever. Maybe AMD will save the day once the next Radeon cards are announced.
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