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

[MatteH Oxford]

Around the £400-450 mark then? Or is this your last hurrah with PC gaming and then giving up?

No idea given the current state of the market I'll wait and see how much the 9070xt is and relative performance/£ works out. I'm likely to have a £600 maximum, any more seems crazy to me for a mid range card.

 

[Space Monkey]

£300 ish, even then only if totally necessary, I guess I've just grown out of gaming that needs such power, plus corporate greed is just off the charts these days!!

 

[Combat squirrel]

No idea given the current state of the market I'll wait and see how much the 9070xt is and relative performance/£ works out. I'm likely to have a £600 maximum, any more seems crazy to me for a mid range card.

This, AMD 100% Needs to match 4090 perf with 24gb ram for £800 say, £600 for next step down - then they will take the market by storm.

 

[Sparky]

This, AMD 100% Needs to match 4090 perf with 24gb ram for £800 say, £600 for next step down - then they will take the market by storm.

Agreed , Nvidia has been allowed to gain such a big market share by the lack of worthwhile alternatives for a few years.

 

[chaparral]

Some great replies here, glad to see some sensible people around !

The ONLY WAY a 5090 is worth £2k+ in early 2025 is if it did NATIVE rendering at the frame rates it pulls with x4 DLSS on - for that money id want to see cyber punk absolutely maxed out, 4k, 240fps + otherwise get the hell out out & stop ripping people off.

Makes me wonder how much the people that are paying £2,500 for a 5090 earn

Loads of people are struggling these days with all the crazy high price increases going on in the world so am guessing the 5090 buyers are on huge wages not like an average earner

 

[arknor]

Loads of people are struggling these days with all the crazy high price increases going on in the world so am guessing the 5090 buyers are on huge wages not like an average earner

pcs seemed to be becoming almost mainstream at one point about 20 years ago, now they are crazy expensive for a gaming setup

people were building pcs for the same price as a console etc and they were kinda mid range almost

 

[Nitefly]

Makes me wonder how much the people that are paying £2,500 for a 5090 earn

Loads of people are struggling these days with all the crazy high price increases going on in the world so am guessing the 5090 buyers are on huge wages not like an average earner

Well, yes. Or are otherwise ‘financially stable’.

Dropping >£2k on what is effectively a ‘toy’ would be reckless if you have other more pressing wellbeing / family needs.

 

[hornetstinger]

Well, yes. Or are otherwise ‘financially stable’.

Dropping >£2k on what is effectively a ‘toy’ would be reckless if you have other more pressing wellbeing / family needs.

Nah I still wouldn't buy a 5090 even if I was in full time well paid employement.

 

[Nitefly]

Nah I still wouldn't buy a 5090 even if I was in full time well paid employement.

I didn’t say that every person that is ‘well paid’ / financially stable would want a 5090.

… I said that the people that are buying them are (mostly) ‘well paid’ / financially stable.

 

[chaparral]

Nah I still wouldn't buy a 5090 even if I was in full time well paid employement.

Then again i spent 14.5k on buying motorcycle to ride about 2000miles per year only mainly when it sunny
Plus the 2k odd of stuff to go with it like helmet, gloves, jackets, luggage, mods, etc

If you no waste that hard earned cash on an over priced GPU then there always something else to waste it on

For myself i no have this kind of income to waste anymore as i used to work 60 hours every week, But am now only doing about 42 hours most weeks