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GPU Prices Suck. This Is What They SHOULD Have Cost
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Soldato
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I'm just skipping more generations than I used to, no point upgrading when the upgrade is even more than the last card for a scant few percent, needs to basically be double the performance to bite at these prices
No games are really pushing me to upgrade either so this year's fun money went on an oled widescreen
No games are really pushing me to upgrade either so this year's fun money went on an oled widescreen
Another great example posted today regarding how pricing has become silly, the 1080ti 7th year anniversary and how it was the last 80ti card with a more normal price.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti was released 7 years ago - VideoCardz.com
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: the last premium Ti at a reasonable price NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti marks its 7th anniversary. Back on March 10, 2017, NVIDIA officially introduced the GTX 1080 Ti, marking the final release of a high-end GTX GPU before making way for the RTX 2080 Ti the following year...
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Soldato
The age old method of selling cards has long gone, the fabled "Upgrade Itch" is no longer a thing for most. We all see through AMD and Nvidias bovine excrement now with poor hardware progress, masked by software "help" to get more frame rates.
Great to see people not falling as much for their rubbish and voting with their wallets. IF they can't be bothered to be innovative and make some progress in hardware, without depending on software/AI to boost frame rates, then I'm not going to buy their stuff anymore, that upgrade itch just isn't needing scratched as much these days, long may that continue.
Great to see people not falling as much for their rubbish and voting with their wallets. IF they can't be bothered to be innovative and make some progress in hardware, without depending on software/AI to boost frame rates, then I'm not going to buy their stuff anymore, that upgrade itch just isn't needing scratched as much these days, long may that continue.
Soldato
The huge gaps between resolutions, hz and then having freesync/gsync combined with dlss helps soften the blow. Expensive at cutting edge, as always.
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yes silly prices, amd/nvidia fault? nah, gamers cant help themselves, they cant resist whatever the price, so generally its our own fault imo. they are businesses that want to make big profits. so you can hardly blame them, they are only asking what gamers are prepared to pay.
if we didnt buy in sufficiently numbers, then they have no option but to lower prices.
both companies dont need to be good to gamers, they filling their boots with the AI boom at this moment in time .
if we didnt buy in sufficiently numbers, then they have no option but to lower prices.
both companies dont need to be good to gamers, they filling their boots with the AI boom at this moment in time .
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new AI tech such as DLSS really helps with the framerate and lower the demand for getting a new cards tbh
I can see a lot of people doing this - which as I've mentioned before would be somewhat ironic given nVidia's grips awhile back about people not upgrading every new release cycle and feeling they were "owed" money.
Personally I don't care about the price of the halo product(s) - if I needed that performance I'd pay for it, but even in this day and age £1K or more for the x80 class products is just very poor value and everything below that is just hideous.
Soldato
The manufacturers really want to squeeze the consumer for every penny
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Soldato
I pretty much only 'upgrade' when my card breaks and out of warranty. For me all the fun of being a PC enthusiast has been drained away by greed companies and stupid fanboys.
Someone please tell me the 5000 series will be better
*for Nvidia share holders
days of sensible gpu prices are long gone, only way prices will fall is if ppl hold off buying, so basically, not a cat in hell's chanceSomeone please tell me the 5000 series will be better
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Like others, I either buy used, skip generations or go for a different tier card than i used too.
As long as the upgrade from my existing card is significant I don't care whats its called, but i'm not paying stupid prices for GPU's
As long as the upgrade from my existing card is significant I don't care whats its called, but i'm not paying stupid prices for GPU's
Soldato
I'm repeating myself, but I still recall going to a Computer Fair (remember those?) and buying a top o' the line Voodoo 2, fastest card of the day.
Cost?
A princely £89.
Those were the days.
Cost?
A princely £89.
Those were the days.
Isn’t it time you should be in bed grandad?
I managed to pick up an Obsidian Voodoo 1 for £60 IIRC (definitely less than £100) - can't remember if it was Game or EB or who now but they were selling them for a few weeks and clearly had no idea what they were selling as they were normally a few hundred for that variant.
(Sadly not one of the variants which were like £2-3K then and go for £1K even now as a collectable item).
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If i remember right i paid about £75 for my voodoo 1, But my voodoo 2 was about £110
Also if i remember right the voodoo 2 came in two versions a 8mb & 12mb i had the cheaper 8mb one
My voodoo 3 3000 AGP if i remember right was £160
I also had the Voodoo 5500 the one with twin chips but can't how much i paid for this one.
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