Anyone else wanting to upgrade but just can't stomach paying so much for it?

[Bantu]

I only upgrade when £400 gets me double the performance and currently nothing at £400 is double the performance of my overclocked 980.

good system.. similar one for me but the limit is set at £300.

 

[Greebo]

I only upgrade when £400 gets me double the performance and currently nothing at £400 is double the performance of my overclocked 980.

Problem you have nowadays is that could be 5 or 6 years before it fits your equation.

I can remember the good old days when £129 doubled my performance from the previous years cards.

My system "was" buy last gen cards either discounted or secondhand and always buy one less than the top of the range. Rinse repeat every year. Cost of swapping minimal and sometimes I actually made a profit or zero loss.

I broke it this year with the Titan.............

I jusrified it as I have stopped spending on cpu, mobo and ram. There hasnt been anything to be gained for years in that department.

 

[subbytna]

~£250 is about my limit for graphics card spending, once every 3 or 4 years.

I tend to find a good game and play it forever.

I'm still playing Company of Heroes. Rocket League is my new love


Edit.
easyrider, does that website also explain the Taz bar / Freddo bar rise from 5p to whatever it is now?

I think Freddo needs a slap, what...has he went and got a mortgage and now 4 kids to support? The chancing little **** 25p for a freddo now??? Freddo you can do one!

 

[subbytna]

Spent a grand last week on a new build. Took the view that things weren't going to get any cheaper soon. Didn't really look at prices six months ago as that would do my head in.
New system is up and running. Fast, quiet and plays BF1 on ultra and looks amazing. All happy. Plus, I saved the money rather than take credit, so even happier that I owe nothing on it.

That's the way to be in real life. Nice one squire.

 

[TheRealDeal]

I only ever buy a generation+ old anyway. I built my rig back in November 2013, just after the 900 series came out but 700 series was still brand new on the market.

I bought a 760 OC for about 120 quid.

Did me proud for many games.

I never buy AAA titles brand new, only when they are at least a few years old, so it doesn't affect me.

I'm planning to buy a GTX 1070 in a couple of years time, it will still do more than what I need.

Personally you would be better looking at AMD over Nvidia as they tend to fair better with age and probably cost a similar price.

 

[Nasher]

There is no way I'd pay 2080 prices for a GPU.

My Vega64 still doesn't really struggle with anything in the real world, so why bother.

 

[MissChief]

Holy thread necro!

 

[Freddie1980]

Holy thread necro!

I've seen worse.

Sadly though the premise of the thread is even more relevant today then 3 years ago.

 

[Panos]

 

[TNA]

I've seen worse.

Sadly though the premise of the thread is even more relevant today then 3 years ago.

True.

I have skipping the 2000 series and going to the 3000 series. Not even long now, will likely have a 3070/80 Ti in my PC in 6 months time

 

[Dicehunter]

True.

I have skipping the 2000 series and going to the 3000 series. Not even long now, will likely have a 3070/80 Ti in my PC in 6 months time

I generallu upgrade every gen to the Ti model but I'll wait until this time next year as I just got a 2080 Ti 2 days ago, Plus by then good deals will be on.

 

[TNA]

I generallu upgrade every gen to the Ti model but I'll wait until this time next year as I just got a 2080 Ti 2 days ago, Plus by then good deals will be on.

Hey Dicehunter

You love to upgrade a lot and even sidegrade I noticed so I would not be surprised to see you jump on the 3080 Ti if it bring more than double the RT performance and a 30-50% improvement in rasterizing

One of the reasons I also did not upgrade to 2000 series is there really has not been any must play games for me that need the extra grunt. I played everything I wanted when I had my Titan XP. Next title for me is Cyberpunk 2077, until then I am more than content with my Vega.

 

[MissChief]

True.

I have skipping the 2000 series and going to the 3000 series. Not even long now, will likely have a 3070/80 Ti in my PC in 6 months time

If there is a ti 3000 series coming I doubt it'll be in six months. If anything it'll likely be Q1 2021. NV milk their cards like no tomorrow.

 

[TNA]

If there is a ti 3000 series coming I doubt it'll be in six months. If anything it'll likely be Q1 2021. NV milk their cards like no tomorrow.

I know what you mean, but in these market conditions I think that may not be the case. With new AMD cards coming and the new gen consoles next year, they will want to get ahead and finally move onto 7nm. Besides they will probably sell boat loads more and end up with much better press than Turing got if they release it in the first half of the 2020.

 

[Dicehunter]

Hey Dicehunter

You love to upgrade a lot and even sidegrade I noticed so I would not be surprised to see you jump on the 3080 Ti if it bring more than double the RT performance and a 30-50% improvement in rasterizing

One of the reasons I also did not upgrade to 2000 series is there really has not been any must play games for me that need the extra grunt. I played everything I wanted when I had my Titan XP. Next title for me is Cyberpunk 2077, until then I am more than content with my Vega.

Oh I most definitely am going to get the 3080 Ti but not until this time next year, By that time drivers will have matured a lot, Prices will have started to back down to sane'ish levels and deals can be had

 

[DELETED_195422]

Looking at the Steam hardware survey there are still loads of gamers on 970's, 980's, etc.

The GPU market as a whole offers very poor value for the money, especially at 300 GBP, a price point which is the bollock aching limit for many to spend on a GPU.

 

[TNA]

Looking at the Steam hardware survey there are still loads of gamers on 970's, 980's, etc.

The GPU market as a whole offers very poor value for the money, especially at 300 GBP, a price point which is the bollock aching limit for many to spend on a GPU.

I know right?

Nvidia and AMD must be terrified, as Stadia is only around the corner now and they are going to be shaking things up big time right?

 

[LeMson]

I'm feeling a bit of a sucker buying the 5700xt red devil, wish I'd got another card

 

[Poneros]

Looking at the Steam hardware survey there are still loads of gamers on 970's, 980's, etc.

The GPU market as a whole offers very poor value for the money, especially at 300 GBP, a price point which is the bollock aching limit for many to spend on a GPU.

I have to disagree. It's only at 4K there's a price premium, but in general at 1440p & 1080p it's never been better. There's £320 5700s which can easily reach 5700 XT performance, at 1440p that's avg fps of 93. And hell, we've had £250 V56s, which don't fare much worse either, for almost a year.

 

[Rroff]

I have to disagree. It's only at 4K there's a price premium, but in general at 1440p & 1080p it's never been better. There's £320 5700s which can easily reach 5700 XT performance, at 1440p that's avg fps of 93. And hell, we've had £250 V56s, which don't fare much worse either, for almost a year.

On the other hand we've had 2060S/5700XT performance (or at least not far off it with the 1080) for years and years now the price should have dropped quite a bit by now - you are also paying a lot of money for what traditionally barely qualifies as a mid-range card.

I don't understand this mentality of consumers not only being OK with being ripped off like this but even defending it!

Up until my 1070 I've always managed to get close to top end performance without spending more than £400, usually more like £300 - albeit I've usually managed to get pretty sweet deals and the only reason I went for the 1070 was because I got one significantly cheaper than the normal price.