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Graphics Card Depreciation?

area512003

area512003

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Please can you give me your thoughts on below?

I have a GTX690 at present and I am concerned that if I keep it for much longer I will not get a good price for it if I want to get flagship future GPUs.

My thought was to sell now and add £150 and get a GTX780ti thinking there will be less depreciation on a newer GPU if in 2015 a new flagship GPU appears.

I appreciate there will be no real difference in performance and some say a drop (though minimal), but it's my concern for the future value of my 690 vs the 780 in 2015.

Thanks for any comments.
 
sad fact of pc gaming, all the hardware depreciates at an alarming rate, i bought a 7970 for £480 and sold for £160 and my 290 cost £359 but would proberly struggle to get between £250 and £280, end of the day its not worth worrying about
 
The GTX 690 has already depreciated a lot so the price has stabilised, it will continue to go down, but the rate of depreciation will be slower.

The GTX 780ti on the other hand has further to drop, I would estimate the 2nd resale price difference between the 2 card in 12-18 months will be £50 in the 780ti's favour. If I'm correct you will have lost more money for no real advantage.

The only reason you should consider doing this if you think there's a real possibility of going GTX 780ti SLI in the future? :)
 
The best way to minimize it would be to buy a high-end card and sell very soon prior to it's replacement or other brand high-end card was due for release. It would mean changing cards every few months, but you would still get top dollar for your "old" card and the outlay for new card would be minimal. But other than that, no real way to avoid losing money on components. Even doing it the way I suggested, even if you are only outlaying £20 each new card, that would soon add up after a few card changes.
 
To get the least depreciation you basically want to keep the card for as long as you can. If you are upgrading more regularly to the latest flagships then you will be taking the new buyer depreciation on yourself.

Depends if you want to spend less money or have the latest stuff all the time. Personally I would keep the 690 at least until the new generation of cards come out. It's not the type of card that will be worth £100 over the next couple of years.
 
area512003 said:
Please can you give me your thoughts on below?

I have a GTX690 at present and I am concerned that if I keep it for much longer I will not get a good price for it if I want to get flagship future GPUs.

My thought was to sell now and add £150 and get a GTX780ti thinking there will be less depreciation on a newer GPU if in 2015 a new flagship GPU appears.

I appreciate there will be no real difference in performance and some say a drop (though minimal), but it's my concern for the future value of my 690 vs the 780 in 2015.

Thanks for any comments.
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For the love of God, why you want to sell the 690? Is more powerful than a 780Ti. Clean it. Overclock it, and just enjoy it.
 
The 690 is a great card. If you already own one just enjoy it and don't care for the depreciation. It's already depreciated enough already. I wouldn't sell it for a 780ti, it's not worth the premium over what you have already(£150 more for less performance) have unless you get two of them which is of course much more expensive but at least then you exceed the 690 performance.
ANother way of looking at it, the longer you keep it the better the flagship card you can get in the future, even if you lose a bit more in value on the 690. For example, the 880 might come out with 10-20% performance increase over the 780ti for same price as 780ti

Like I advise people with cars, buy it, enjoy it, sell it for what you can get for it when the time comes knowing you've had your £ worth out of it. Gadgets/cars are not investments. If you care much about what you're going to lose in deprecation then don't buy.
 
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I see any money made selling old components as bonus as I never expect to get anything back. Having said that, certain older CPUs, ram fetch a surprisingly large amount especially if on the rare side, so you often see depreciation plateau off.
 
Agree with most posters in here , depreciation has already mostly occurred on your 690 buying a 780ti and letting that depreciate is a IMO silly idea
 
They best way to answer this is simple, keep it, get your moneys worth, if its not broke dont fix it, do the maths, you be in the same situation with whatever card you buy when ever you buy it, in your head you think ur trying to save money where in fact you happy to waste another £150 to be in the exact same situation as you think you are in now and no better off, stop with the madness, wake up and smell the coffee, take cold shower anything but part with money for the reason you have given :)
 
old gamer said:
sad fact of pc gaming, all the hardware depreciates at an alarming rate, i bought a 7970 for £480 and sold for £160 and my 290 cost £359 but would proberly struggle to get between £250 and £280, end of the day its not worth worrying about
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It's not just PC Gaming, it's hardware in general. Think how far we've come in 6 months, now think a year, then 5 etc etc.
 
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