100% but people are fickle.
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Sod it I'm buying a 4080
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100% but people are fickle.
Yes exactly, good (all things considered) deals to be had on 6 series AMD cards now, depends what you need, but even for 1440p something like a 12gb 6700xt is a pretty decent card, and a lot less than dropping £1000+ on a GPU.
I ordered a 7900xtx but it was sold out for couple of minutes I thought I buy a 4080 but maybe I just wait a little bit.
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I reckon he's a ranch dressing kind of guy
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A thread for eternal praise, see it all the time. Weird why these are created, also funny he mentions bills and buys a 4080.
Indeed. If having "a house to run and bills to pay" is an issue. Then why be buying anything?
proabably cause his hobby is being priced out of reach for lots of people and its just boring work to live **** apart from that
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Now, no need for that kind of comments folks, I think its perfectly reasonable to have a budget for this kind of thing...yes I have bills to pay, who doesn't? unless you still live with mum and dad?
I think around 1000 is a high max figure to spend on something like a GPU but I use it pretty much everyday and my kids play as well and the 2070s is showing its age so...time for a new one.
I have other hobbies that require cash and the kids hobbies need cash and their 100 quid trainers every other day it seems so having a budget for stuff is just something grown ups do, but its nice to come on hear and get folks thoughts on how best to splash about grand on a GPU.
That said Im kind of feeling myself getting pulled to a 4090 as I can put i through my company (Sole trader - nothing spectacular) as a company expense.
I think around 1000 is a high max figure to spend on something like a GPU but I use it pretty much everyday and my kids play as well and the 2070s is showing its age so...time for a new one.
I have other hobbies that require cash and the kids hobbies need cash and their 100 quid trainers every other day it seems so having a budget for stuff is just something grown ups do, but its nice to come on hear and get folks thoughts on how best to splash about grand on a GPU.
That said Im kind of feeling myself getting pulled to a 4090 as I can put i through my company (Sole trader - nothing spectacular) as a company expense.
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proabably cause his hobby is being priced out of reach for lots of people and its just boring work to live **** apart from that
That's the problem I have. Computing has never been my "I can always justify any amount of money" hobby. I used to buy a new GPU every two years but now I have to reconsider the options. Simple fact is that I can not justify over £1000 every two years. I am reeling at the moment, trying to re-adjust my expectations. It was a fun little hobby to see the latest hardware and get all excited to see the performance gains with the latest card. But now it's just frustrating to see what they are doing to the market....it's like NVIDIA and AMD have taken Christmas away!! Humbug!
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Dont forget, check PSU, and then there are all those cables.
the only one that makes any viable sense is the 4090, anything lowerr is too cut down for the inflated prices, and even then a 4090 is at the very top end of the considered price range
1200 on your kids presents seems a lot if it's 1 kid, but if you've got about 12 kids...
If it's just the one and you fancy adopting me, just let me know.
Honestly thinking this is the best thing to do. Just keep a generation behind. When the 7900 XTX has a similar end of generation heavy discounting, upgrade then. You save about half the depreciation and you still always have a high end system. It’s not like the 6900xt is now performing worse since the 7900 cards came out. It’s still an excellent card (I have a 6950XT).
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Its actually 2 but the point is I don't mind spending money when its worth it but the 4080 is not worth it to me until it hits £700.
No, I'm in complete agreement. I have the money to spend on things that I think are worth the money. Sometimes it's nice to spend a bit more if you really want something but the 4080 price just leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
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3090s are 850 new now...thats tempting, but then you get into the whole well if I add "just" 300 more thats 4080 money...lol
My son is slaughtering me on Company of heroes 2 every night and my g-sync only monitor is 3440*1440 so the 3090 would be just fine....but £850 for just fine? I want to play cyberpunk @100fps etc so ill probably go 4090fe when they show up again, or a 4090 at the same price, or 4080 if they go below a grand...in other words still no idea what Ill do...lol
My son is slaughtering me on Company of heroes 2 every night and my g-sync only monitor is 3440*1440 so the 3090 would be just fine....but £850 for just fine? I want to play cyberpunk @100fps etc so ill probably go 4090fe when they show up again, or a 4090 at the same price, or 4080 if they go below a grand...in other words still no idea what Ill do...lol
I'm not.
No Because I would have bought 4080 regardless. This generation I am happy to have the second best! So if the 4070 £1200 the 4080 would have been 4090 money, and the 4090 would have been obscene money over what it is now!