At what point do you say GPU's are too expensive and refuse to buy?

[b0rn2sk8]

I held my nose when I paid £649 for my 3080 FE thinking it was nuts to spend so much on a GPU.

The card I bought before that was a 980ti which was £417 so already quite a jump there even factoring inflation.

£950+ for a 5080? No chance.

The fact you can’t even buy a card from a retailer at RRP is just bonkers these days.

 

[Bassmansam]

I guess it depends on the games you play and what you are prepared to accept in terms of fps and quality. For me I dont need RT or ultra settings [ my eyes are long beyond the point i'd even notice ]

Do you need glasses? i mean with my glasses off i wouldn't notice as i have fairly strong prescription. But with them on its night an day between max settings and medium/low.

 

[Sparky]

I sit 8 feet away from a 65" 4K TV trust me you dont really notice. I only play BF1 and the odd game of Delta Force

 

[keyser van someone]

As long as people keep buying em Nvidia will keep selling em. There are a ton of non-AAA games out there that can run on most PC specs. Stick it to the man! I'm right behind you!

I'd like to move to 4K but that's £1000 for the monitor (which will gradually burn in) and £1000 for a GPU.. hmm My money is already spoken for for the next couple of years so upgrades on hold until then.

 

[rare]

4090 FE was my limit but I felt sick paying that much for a GPU and sometimes not gaming for weeks or months due to life and health. Never again.

Now my limit is about £500-600 and if that means I don’t upgrade as frequently or have a high end card, so be it. There are no games these days good enough to justify these prices and the whole PC industry has become a joke really. The price of motherboards, graphics cards…all these companies are out to mug everyone. The fun has been drained out of it.

 

[sniperone]

I bailed out last year and sold my desktop as I’m simply not prepared to pay these stupid prices anymore . Can easily afford to buy anything I wish but over £2k for a gpu is a rip off no two ways about it .

 

[Steve Bruce]

I bailed out last year and sold my desktop as I’m simply not prepared to pay these stupid prices anymore . Can easily afford to buy anything I wish but over £2k for a gps is a rip off no two ways about it .

I think with some of the apus due to come out,(strix halo) the mini pcs might become the best bang for buck and gives you ability to play AAA games at a reasonable level at reasonable power consumption.

I can see mini PCs taking over if the advancements continues at the same rate we've seen recently.

 

[stuie]

As long as people keep buying em Nvidia will keep selling em. There are a ton of non-AAA games out there that can run on most PC specs. Stick it to the man! I'm right behind you!

I'd like to move to 4K but that's £1000 for the monitor (which will gradually burn in) and £1000 for a GPU.. hmm My money is already spoken for for the next couple of years so upgrades on hold until then.

£1000 for a gpu? not sure a 5060ti will run 4k well

 

[spudbynight]

Do any of these cards come with free Vaseline . Asking for a friend

Yes, it comes with sand in it though.

Sorry, new Nvidia RTX Sando

 

[adidan]

I think it's a bit ridiculous at the moment.

AMD have GPUs that they won't sell, Nvidia will sell you GPUs at a stupid price but have almost no stock.

5080's going for more than 4090's with less performance and less vram - stupid. On principal I won't buy at the current prices.

 

[Shaolin Chicken]

I think it's a bit ridiculous at the moment.

AMD have GPUs that they won't sell, Nvidia will sell you GPUs at a stupid price but have almost no stock.

5080's going for more than 4090's with less performance and less vram - stupid. On principal I won't buy at the current prices.

I'm out too, everywhere selling above RRP and all pre-orders too.
Will just wait until they are in stock and can pick and choose.
Will save my money in the meantime.

 

[Yaayuh!]

I'll wait until summer, then decide what to do. I don't get caught up in the hype.

 

[Joxeon]

5080's going for more than 4090's with less performance and less vram - stupid. On principal I won't buy at the current prices

This is one of the most bonkers things in I’ve seen since everything went nuts during crypto, couldn’t believe people were actually buying them, I mean where have these people been the past 2 years?

 

[Parsley]

This is one of the most bonkers things in I’ve seen since everything went nuts during crypto, couldn’t believe people were actually buying them, I mean where have these people been the past 2 years?

I do wonder when this will start hurting their sales. Or are peoples appetites for this stuff just that high? I'm hoping it's just scalpers, it would suck but at least it isn't people in general.

I don't play games as much as I used to, but when I do it's generally graphically intense things (think Witcher 3 on release, or Cyberpunk). I want the smoothest, best experience I can get. But I can't justify these prices anymore. Well... I can, just I will extend my upgrades to bi or more likely tri generation releases.