A friend called to ask what was happening at MicroCenter since there was a line around the building. Any ideas?
Probably people in line for graphics cards. A member I talked to last week said he camped out at Microcenter to get his for 24 hrs.
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Yup, it’s for graphics cards. MicroCenter also recently changed their rules on camping out, so no one is allowed to line up before 6am, have a tent, etc.
It sounds like they had an issue with people practically living out front, they may have even been warned by the city.
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Professional card like a Quadro RTX A6000 is backordered for 6 months and that’s with it as part of a complete system from a major manufacturer. Based on unavailability of the highest markup products like that I would expect the shortage with lower markup products to last at least until the end of the year and then some.
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Sounds like I need to look at my graphics card on my Desktop.
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I procured my 3070 recently by purchasing a powerspec desktop from microcenter, shucking out the new card and putting in my old card, then selling the system for the cost difference of a non-marked up 3070
It’s the only way I can get current gen cards recently.
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They have a limit of one per customer on the graphics cards now.