Should I buy a £3000 GPU or ...

[lovelyhead]

Should I buy this GPU from Overclockers:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...dr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-45p-as.html

Or maybe instead of that:

How about a car?

Maybe a Z4?



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...early New&onesearchad=Used&radius=1500&page=4

Might be too unreliable. What about an MX5?



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...ius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&page=10

Nah. I want to play games and you can't do that on a car. Maybe instead of buying the £3000 GPU I should look at console gaming. What about this:

A Nintendo NES:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304231262052?hash=item46d598a764:g:RSEAAOSwsgxhfndX&LH_BIN=1

A SEGA Master System:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224596334237?hash=item344afc169d:g:pLQAAOSwYOdhMl5L&LH_BIN=1

A Super Nintendo:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255246874900?hash=item3b6de63914:g:BxgAAOSwbp1hn-8a&LH_BIN=1

A SEGA Mega Drive:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275039311049?hash=item40099ed4c9:g:JhAAAOSw~sZhnHIB&LH_BIN=1

A Sony Playstation:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165184774760?hash=item2675c7a268:g:b8IAAOSwNnVhkw65&LH_BIN=1

A N64:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255246123524?hash=item3b6ddac204:g:ApYAAOSwFB5hlWl2&LH_BIN=1

A Sega Saturn:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125012170242?hash=item1d1b4e5602:g:cnkAAOSwR01hdDpS&LH_BIN=1

A PS2:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11482075...sh=item1abbd9ab18:g:1r4AAOSwRh9gg~qY&LH_BIN=1

A Gamecube:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334220378453?hash=item4dd1164155:g:9rkAAOSwRrJg62Ms&LH_BIN=1

A Dreamcast:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154713822118?hash=item2405a993a6:g:ZxwAAOSwWx5hm7Di&LH_BIN=1

An Xbox:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35364705...sh=item525701dc17:g:eYsAAOSw3Q9hLKEO&LH_BIN=1

A PS3:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144302133232?hash=item219913cff0:g:o3UAAOSwteNhmqNP&LH_BIN=1

An Xbox 360:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31375575...sh=item490d4cce83:g:4SUAAOSwnVxhk~9Y&LH_BIN=1

A Nintendo Wii:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265419043659?hash=item3dcc35334b:g:whkAAOSwUchhnP2P&LH_BIN=1

A PS4:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/38421186...sh=item5974cfc639:g:EOIAAOSwLdlgv8ct&LH_BIN=1

A Wii U:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30423704...sh=item46d5f0d38e:g:r3oAAOSwjfdhnUxy&LH_BIN=1

An Xbox One:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334221046374?hash=item4dd1207266:g:CVoAAOSwWDZhk3aq&LH_BIN=1

An Xbox One X:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12500831...sh=item1d1b139519:g:qj8AAOSwxSphleYV&LH_BIN=1

A PS4 Pro:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175031847955?hash=item28c0b60c13:g:6rQAAOSwG4Nhmjv8&LH_BIN=1

A Nintendo Switch Lite:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12497530...sh=item1d191bd7d1:g:oIgAAOSw7PdheWfD&LH_BIN=1

An Xbox Series S:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/37379664...sh=item5708043acb:g:MqoAAOSwkcNhltg~&LH_BIN=1

An Xbox Series X:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17503625...sh=item28c0f95549:g:dHkAAOSwnwpfZNX9&LH_BIN=1

A PS5:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353770267092?hash=item525e59e1d4:g:OsgAAOSw34FhlqBy&LH_BIN=1


But Lovelyhead, I hear you say, how are you going to get all of those consoles home? Some of them are collect only? Look no further:



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...arly New&onesearchad=Used&price-to=500&page=1

Grand total for all of the consoles and the car: £3059.

Yeah.

 

[Jay85]

Briliant post

 

[Ayahuasca]

Too much time on one's hands.

 

[tamzzy]

I'd still get the 3090...it's £60 cheaper than that lot

 

[teenwolf]

Weird

 

[willhub]

Most of those consoles can run on emulators now, and the Z4 probably cost a lot to run? So 3090 probably a better deal, also iimagine how much space all those consoles take up.

3090 probably best deal.

 

[Woodsta888]

Fail - missing a PS3.

2.0 Z4 6 pot engines are bullet proof, 2.0 is fairly economical - bet it'll be cheaper than a 3090's leccy bill. And an area around your midriff will feel or be perceived to be larger.

 

[Jay-G25]

Brilliant post Sad state of affairs we are currently in but i have noticed the £3000 3090 aren't selling as quickly as before . Hopefully people are coming to their senses with the 4000 series less than a year away ...

 

[Relentless81]

Great way of putting it and the reason I don't game on pc anymore and sold it all off in February

 

[rs155]

So true....

 

[lovelyhead]

Too much time on one's hands.

Yes definitely!

Weird

I know. You'd have to be pretty weird to buy a 3090 at that price!

Fail - missing a PS3.

There is a PS3 there!

 

[Woodsta888]

oh flip! So there is. Mines shiny so was looking for that. My bad

 

[Orcvader]

You can also experience driving any car you want with the power of the 3090, just get a driving sim .

 

[dave28]

I have seen much worse value and people are fighting over them. Rolex at prices WAY WAY higher than RRP, like many many thousands over RRP.
It makes the GPU situation look tame

 

[purplesky]

If you're going to get a console, particularly a NES or a SNES, the least you could do is get the NTSC 60Hz versions, not the guff in those pictures above. The PAL equivalents are not worth the bother with.

 

[lovelyhead]

If you're going to get a console, particularly a NES or a SNES, the least you could do is get the NTSC 60Hz versions, not the guff in those pictures above. The PAL equivalents are not worth the bother with.

You are kind of missing the point of the post...

 

[purplesky]

You are kind of missing the point of the post...

I did get the point of the post. But I wouldn't have included said consoles as they aren't worth anything

 

[lovelyhead]

I did get the point of the post. But I wouldn't have included said consoles as they aren't worth anything

No you are definitely missing the point of the post!

 

[LtMatt]

 

[purplesky]

No you are definitely missing the point of the post!

I'm really not. Why would I want all that guff that adds up to £3000 when what I really wanted is a GPU, an over-priced one at that?
And as the 8 and 16 bit consoles you listed are PAL models, I *definitely* wouldn't want them. Having them would be just as waste of money as that £3k GPU