ever feel like a sucker?

bloodraven · 16 Oct 2022 at 17:57

Some of us have a natural position of having "the best" when it comes to gaming rigs but dont it ever make you feel a sucker?. I am no exception to this I must have the best tech, after upgrading to DDR5 mobo, ram and ordering 13th gen i9 then comes the RTX 4090 arriving, just as you install it a thought pops into your head you just know it wont be long before the 4090Ti comes forth to ruin our day but you must keep upgrading like a compulsion.

Hades · 16 Oct 2022 at 17:59

This is exactly why I rarely buy the newest stuff. I no longer want to be a mug. Just buy a generation older when discounted, or buy used. Then spend the rest on something else enjoyable such as a holiday or invest it.

Maximum Triceratops · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:00

Nah, stay one, two or three steps behind and notice little difference whilst saving yourself a fortune, i'm still using a 1080ti and a pixel 2

Diddums · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:01

Still rocking my 2070S, serves me well. I cba with the rat race anymore.

Gerard · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:05

Diddums said:
Still rocking my 2070S, serves me well. I cba with the rat race anymore.

Yup, i'm on a 290x at the minute, might grab a 3060ti or 3070 to tide me over as its even struggling with some videos in windows, but the days of paying out the ******** for the latest, overpriced bleeding edge stuff are behind me.

peterwalkley · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:05

Diddums said:
Still rocking my 2070S, serves me well. I cba with the rat race anymore.

Same here and at a very nice price (£400 I think) when OC had a birthday bash. I remember talking with several people about "this new COVID thing" while we were queueing ! Sure as hell not paying £1600 for a card.

drakulton · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:10

My 4790K still does what I need it to.

Malevolence · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:10

I game at 1080p (occasionally use Nvidia DSR to up it to 1440p) and the system in my sig runs the games I play at that res. just fine.

Craterloads · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:10

Got out of the game after the 10 series, just started going a bit crazy back then and has gone full bonkers since.

Perfectly satisfied with console gaming, not looked back.

Hades · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:12

I still have a Radeon VII and a 3900X. I have no intention of upgrading in the short to medium term. If anything I am likely to just sell it and move to a non-gaming laptop. I'm simply not prepared to spend current prices.

413x · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:12

Still on a 1070. Losing interest in games has been one of the best things to happen to me last 5 years

Cost and time. I have less time to play. But costs more and more. That combo has killed it for me

Stu999 · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:13

Buyer’s remorse.

I don’t game much anymore so not getting back into this hardware buying cycle. Consoles suit me fine.

Gerard · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:14

Stu999 said:
Buyer’s remorse.

I don’t game much anymore so not getting back into this hardware buying cycle. Consoles suit me fine.

Gaming for me fell off a cliff with the release of Battlefield 2042, that was the one game that was holding my intrerest, then it launched...and the less said the better.

Wizzkidy · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:20

I'm not planning of touching my 3070 for a couple of years or longer. I am sick and tired of spending stupid money on a slight uplift.

If people stopped buying at these stupid prices then we would all be better off, but a lot of people have more money then sense

Raymond Lin · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:22

Chasing stuff like that for me is pointless and doesn’t bring any joy.

I only ever once bought the latest CPU and GPU. It’s fine for about 2 years then I feel it quickly drop off the cliff.

In order to stop myself repeating the cycle I switched to Mac (plus other reasons), and stocked to console gaming. £300-400 consoles lasting like 8 years.

adolf hamster · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:23

not really, i just get what's available when i'm in the mood for an upgrade and accept that means dialing back the settings sometimes.

tbh, i've generally found, at least for the games i like, the issue isn't lack of horsepower but simply the game not utilizing what's there effectively, or that it doesn't need to.

to me graphics play a second fiddle to the other factors, a game can look as pretty as you like but if it's got no substance to play then why bother?

Smokey Deza · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:24

I'm upgrading my 2500k this Xmas. Can't wait. A proper upgrade, not 'ooo should I go from Alderlake to Raptorlake????

Sad

bloodraven · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:25

It is good to see not everyone is involved as someone put it the rat race, You start to feel like a junkie when a new part comes out. Drak, i have the same processor in a pc build upstairs in the pc graveyard it was a great. That is the thing though pc graveyards, even my 3050-90s are up in there it feels wrong never to use them again.

I want to drop from the rat race but that gamer voice tells me not to. I also console game but is the same must have, on launch I got 3x series x and ps5s just so I could ensure at least 1 turned up day one.

Participant · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:25

I'm still more than happy with my 3600 and 3070 combo.

bakes0310 · 16 Oct 2022 at 18:25

Haven't had any money since my last upgrade in 2018. Used to upgrade evey year, but this has really highlighted to me that I've geniunly don't need to my 6700k and 1080 hybrid in all that time. My taste in games have changed and luckily they aren't that demanding like total war and crusader kings 3.