Completely agree - same with cars, they all get us from a to b just some are significantly quicker. My 2070 super plays everything i want well enough but I want a new card as its new
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The "I might pay over £2k for GPU and here's why" self flagellation thread
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Its funny how we attribute 'value' to so many computer parts far more than other 'luxury' goods.
Spending £1400 on a GPU does feel crazy. Compared to getting similar performance from a £650 GPU.
Do we apply that logic to cars? And 'shame' people who spend more for a faster/nicer/more comfortable car? When on paper it does the same job as something half the cost?
So yea.... id say spend what your happy to spend. Ultimately the market will dictate what something is worth. Right now GPUs are worth gold. But I hope as supply improves and economies open up (and people have other things to spend there cash on) they will start to drop again to more 'acceptable' levels.
And there is a certain argument to be made that buying cards at these crazy prices just keeps them there, but as I said... Im hopefully this is temporary. Even if it has shown people are willing to spend more and so might cause prices to stay high I think that will feed into the next cycle maybe demand being much lower. Here is hoping anyway... sounds like it wont get significantly better till year by some estimates though.
Spending £1400 on a GPU does feel crazy. Compared to getting similar performance from a £650 GPU.
Do we apply that logic to cars? And 'shame' people who spend more for a faster/nicer/more comfortable car? When on paper it does the same job as something half the cost?
So yea.... id say spend what your happy to spend. Ultimately the market will dictate what something is worth. Right now GPUs are worth gold. But I hope as supply improves and economies open up (and people have other things to spend there cash on) they will start to drop again to more 'acceptable' levels.
And there is a certain argument to be made that buying cards at these crazy prices just keeps them there, but as I said... Im hopefully this is temporary. Even if it has shown people are willing to spend more and so might cause prices to stay high I think that will feed into the next cycle maybe demand being much lower. Here is hoping anyway... sounds like it wont get significantly better till year by some estimates though.
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I've always set limits on prices I'm prepared to pay and always kept to them, I'd rather just stop bothering with the thing and find something else to do. For gfx cards I've always said never more than 800 quid and I never have. I'd just either stop gaming or get a console but given the choice between the two I'd just stop gaming. It's not a money thing either as if I wanted to I could drop 2k on a gfx card but then I'd feel like a mug. If I get priced out I get priced out no skin of my nose plenty of other stuff to spend my money on.
If other people want to spend 2k on a gfx card that's up to them, doesn't bother me either way, none of my business.
If other people want to spend 2k on a gfx card that's up to them, doesn't bother me either way, none of my business.
GPUs are one of the only goods that come to mind were the objective metrics is a significant reason (in some cases the only reason) for a persons purchase.
Other luxury goods have a lot of subjective reasoning behind the purchase. Take your example of cars. It feels nice to drive, I like how it looks or how it handles, the car offers a lot of feedback, etc...
A GPU could be pig ugly, as long as the FPS number is high and the price is right people will buy it.
While I agree with your point, GPUs do have a lot more to them.
Some people really care how they look.
Others care more about how cool they run. And other people still care how high they can OC and set high-scores.
Id care most about how quiet a card is, and would pay more to get that silence.
Then there might be specific games that benefit from a specific cards features. (Like maybe it uses tons of VRAM or w/e)
But yes, not as much to it as a car I grant you.
They don't. They need to justify it to themselves.
What I find very odd is when I bought a couple of Titan V Volta cards for £2700 each loads of people on this forum and other places thought I was crazy.
As it turns out the Titan V was actually a very good buy as it was 30% faster than any normal gaming card, could be used for serious professional DP work and it can even do Ray Tracing and predates Turing by a long way.
Having said that there are now plenty of people who are paying more than £2K for normal 3090s.
It is strange how things have turned full circle.
As it turns out the Titan V was actually a very good buy as it was 30% faster than any normal gaming card, could be used for serious professional DP work and it can even do Ray Tracing and predates Turing by a long way.
Having said that there are now plenty of people who are paying more than £2K for normal 3090s.
It is strange how things have turned full circle.
The only person anyone needs to justify any buying decisions to is themselves.
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You only need to justify and apologise if the other can't get hold of/afford, if they can get hold of them and not you they'll be boasting about it all the forum!
£2k can buy a decent gaming machine… it’s just nuts for a single GPU!
Wasn't that long ago that £2k would buy you the absolute top of the line prebuilt gaming machine. Times certainly have changed.
I agree but they are to an extent a minority of a minority. (The guys who enjoy silence may be a bit more popular than the other listed)
I have not, but I get consulted by those who might, and professional GPUs can cost way more than £2K. Unfortunately resources for helping them with such decisions are thin on the ground.
But I rather think you're after gaming GPUs.
I've always been fond of your purchases
most people wouldn't even notice the difference between a £650 3080 vs a £2600 3090 unless they had an fps counter up on screen.
I had no regrets spending £1749 on a 3090 Strix OC back when ampere launched at MSRP which by today's prices is a bloody steal, I certainly ain't spending between 2k and 3k on a single GPU as even I have my limits. I had 2x 2080 Ti FE cards at the time and with more games coming out with no SLI support and then nvidia announced they were pretty much killing it, it was a good time to drop both cards and move to the fastest single card out there.
By the time I sold both 2080 Ti's the 3090 Strix OC was about a £700 to £800 upgrade so it wasn't too bad though if I kept the cards a tiny bit longer I could have had a really good price for them now.
I need to drive a 4K 144hz screen and in even a 3090 in a lot of AAA titles its still not fast enough if I want to max every setting, especially with RT on.
I also ran 2x 1080 Tis when they launched so I've had 11GB VRAM cards for about 4yrs and there was no way I was downgrading my VRAM with a 3080 when games are only going to get more demanding overtime.
I don't drink or smoke, don't do much photography these days so PC gaming is my main hobby, so for the many thousands of hours I will be gaming for the 3090 is worth every penny to me.
By the time I sold both 2080 Ti's the 3090 Strix OC was about a £700 to £800 upgrade so it wasn't too bad though if I kept the cards a tiny bit longer I could have had a really good price for them now.
I need to drive a 4K 144hz screen and in even a 3090 in a lot of AAA titles its still not fast enough if I want to max every setting, especially with RT on.
I also ran 2x 1080 Tis when they launched so I've had 11GB VRAM cards for about 4yrs and there was no way I was downgrading my VRAM with a 3080 when games are only going to get more demanding overtime.
I don't drink or smoke, don't do much photography these days so PC gaming is my main hobby, so for the many thousands of hours I will be gaming for the 3090 is worth every penny to me.
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I think it’s totally personal preference. People go out on the pop and spend £100 on a night out. If you’ve got the money and that’s what you’re into then why not... it’s like someone spends so much on vape juice/cigarettes during the course of a year and no one bats an eye. Someone spends 2k on a gpu and everyone loses their minds!
Tbf if you upgrade every generation as you have done then the 10gb on the 3080 would have been fine since we have about a year left till Lovelace 4000 and I can't see any games overwhelming 10gb in that time.