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

mahius said:
To all the folks who've said that GPU pricing and shenanigans have just put them off PC gaming and will switch to console gaming instead...
Have you folks all seen what's going on with Nintendo Switch 2?

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These sorts of issues just seem to be everywhere, there is no escape from the corporate greed it seems.

Here's hoping that AMD's 9060(XT) ends up being decent and actually having MSRP stock, no point hoping for anything good from Nvidia GPUs at this point for the 5060(ti).
While not ideal, in this market we'd be lucky to get 7800XT performance for £350 form these cheaper GPUs.
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Yeah not sure why console gamers thought they'll be immune from price gouging when gross margins is the dominating narrative of the stock markets.

I fully expect an $800 PS6 unless it uses absolute bottom tier hardware. No company will give out their chips at bargain bin prices anymore when there are crazy margins to be made elsewhere. Just stick with PC gaming, you'll always have more choices and upgrade only when it's necessary.
 
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b0rn2sk8 said:
I wouldn’t say a 3080 for over £300 is a bargain in 2025.

It certainly wasn’t a bargain in 2020 either when it came out.
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The 3080 might not have been a "bargain" at £650, but it's still the best Nvidia GPU deal at MSRP since the 1080 Ti. Obviously the gimped VRAM isn't ideal, but that level of raw performance hasn't gotten much more affordable in the past five years. A 5070 is a little cheaper, a little faster and has 2GB more VRAM, but 3080 owners had potentially been enjoying their card for four and a half years at that point. Not to mention that a lot of people cashed in during the crypto craze, either via mining back the value of the card (and then some) or selling it on for double what they paid for it.
 
People just go completely bonkers when it comes to buying a top of the range gpu to play a game!!

I guess each to their own though....for me, £300 would be my max spend on one.
 
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I just read that the 5060ti 16Gb is launching at prices starting from $499!! You can convert that more or less 1:1 for the pound so 500 quid for a **60 class card, that's just obscene!! This madness needs to end but of course it won't because people insist on having the latest even though just because a new card is launched their current card doesn't just suddenly become useless. As long as people keep paying these ridiculous prices sadly nothing will change.
 
I think Nvidia have done a great job in manipulating gpu prices up and up and up. Brainwashing end users to pay these stupidly excessive prices on cards. Of course the monopoly is a win for them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the profit on every 5090 works at around a grand.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
I wouldn’t say a 3080 for over £300 is a bargain in 2025.

It certainly wasn’t a bargain in 2020 either when it came out.
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If like me you're the kind of person who doesn't notice the difference between high and ultra textures, then in terms of raw power, I'd much rather buy a second hand 3080 than a new 4060ti or something of that ilk. You have to be more bothered about tweaking stuff and that might take some time, I basically can't be arsed. A lot of folk can be though and given the scenario above, a 3080 isn't a bad buy for someone like that given current pricing.

Because GPU prices are NOT going down, no matter how much you or I would like that. It's just not gonna happen. Not unless AMD keep up the good work they've started with the 9070xt and work further to release a good high end card next time around. Maybe then we'll see some change.

But not anytime soon :(
 
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mahius said:
To all the folks who've said that GPU pricing and shenanigans have just put them off PC gaming and will switch to console gaming instead...
Have you folks all seen what's going on with Nintendo Switch 2?

9pwgfm.jpg


These sorts of issues just seem to be everywhere, there is no escape from the corporate greed it seems.

Here's hoping that AMD's 9060(XT) ends up being decent and actually having MSRP stock, no point hoping for anything good from Nvidia GPUs at this point for the 5060(ti).
While not ideal, in this market we'd be lucky to get 7800XT performance for £350 form these cheaper GPUs.
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Honestly, this.

The greed is insane.
 
Someone mentioned here the other day that 5080 prices have gone down so i had a look and was tempted by the Zotac model which i think was around £999. But then when i did the maths it would give me 30% better performance than 4070 ti super which means at 60 fps i'd get 78 fps and at 100 i'd get 130. Not really worth it in my opinion.

Having said that I am playing Black Myth Wukong with ray tracing on very high/ very high graphics preset and 80 dlss and it looks amazing, but im only getting 40-60 fps which isn't great but its playable.
I'll upgrade when the best console can match what i get so another few years yet.
 
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Baldbloke said:
I think Nvidia have done a great job in manipulating gpu prices up and up and up. Brainwashing end users to pay these stupidly excessive prices on cards. Of course the monopoly is a win for them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the profit on every 5090 works at around a grand.
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Don't forget AMD's role. NVidia wouldn't have been able to do it if the competition weren't joining in on the action. The 9070XT uses mostly the same components as a 7800XT (the only significant difference is the chip) but they've put a £100-£200 premium on it because it compares well, which means NVidia have no reason to drop the price of their price manipulated 5070 Ti. AMD have priced what was last generation a £450-500 card at the maximum they could get away with.
 
mmj_uk said:
Don't forget AMD's role. NVidia wouldn't have been able to do it if the competition weren't joining in on the action. The 9070XT uses mostly the same components as a 7800XT (the only significant difference is the chip) but they've put a £100-£200 premium on it because it compares well, which means NVidia have no reason to drop the price of their price manipulated 5070 Ti. AMD have priced what was last generation a £450-500 card at the maximum they could get away with.
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It's a shame the barrier to entry to the GPU space is so high.
 
mmj_uk said:
Don't forget AMD's role. NVidia wouldn't have been able to do it if the competition weren't joining in on the action. The 9070XT uses mostly the same components as a 7800XT (the only significant difference is the chip) but they've put a £100-£200 premium on it because it compares well, which means NVidia have no reason to drop the price of their price manipulated 5070 Ti. AMD have priced what was last generation a £450-500 card at the maximum they could get away with.
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True, but compared to the pricing of Nvidia, AMD looks a bargain, eh. The sales themselves indicate it.

Who knew, the best marketing Nvidia did in 2025, was for AMD RX 9070 class GPU's, to the consumer. Cost AMD nothing...Basically, it makes AMD look good.
 
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Bassmansam said:
3090s much better than a ps5 though. I couldn’t game on a console if i had a decent pc in the house.
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I needed cash at the time and sold my 3090 - I tended to find I just messed around too much with my pc overclocking, Rivatuner OBS etc and I wasn’t just playing the game whereas I much prefer after a long day of work chilling out on my 65 inch Oled just turning the console on and playing with no messing around :)
 
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