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The Financial Results Thread

I have managed to avoid buying any GPUs for exactly a year today.

This is because of the lack of innovation and crazy high prices that NVidia is charging.

I have no desire to give them any more money than I need to.
 
I am fed up hearing about record profits the GPU manufacturers are making with all the shortages and high prices ATM.

I hope when things normalise people will remember how we got £$%^^& by the GPU vendors and make their buying decisions accordingly.
 
melmac said:
What do you suggest people do? There are no buying decisions. If you need a GPU you have two(possibly 3) choices. That's it. Buy a console? But, that's still supporting GPU makers.

There is only one thing a person can do is to not buy at all. But, that's not going to happen. There are lots of people who haven't bought a new GPU for the last two generations because of high prices. They aren't going to sit out another generation if the prices do normalise.

So please, enlighten us, other than not buying, what choices do we have?
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I did not say "don't buy anything".

It would be nice if when people do buy something they reward the AIB partners and vendors who where the most reasonable during the current shortage.

I have seen 3090 prices as high as 3k from some AIB partners, this is appalling and this may come as a surprise to some but I have never paid that much for a single GPU.

Top of my list of companies I will be avoiding is EVGA as their recent cards have been rubbish, their prices way too high and the service and availability have been dreadful.

Having said that if you are happy to continue giving money to companies that scalp you, that is entirely up to you.
 
melmac said:
Every company scalped us the last two generations. There has been no reasonable. The only "reasonable" this generation has been getting a reference card at MSRP. And if we were buying based on support, nobody would buy any card because getting good support out of any of these companies is luck of the draw.

You are the last guy that can take a preachy, condescending tone with regards to buying over priced graphic cards. Consumers, who bought over priced Titan cards just because they could, are a big reason why the market is where it's at.

And, No, I won't continue to be scalped, because I have never paid over £750 for any GPU.
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Reasonable is when you can buy a pair of RX6900X cards for the same price as an AIB partner 3090.

The odd thing is in a lot of stuff a single 6900X is faster than a 3090 and can be had for half the price.

Also don't accuse me of being condescending as this is not true. I am disgusted with the state of the GPU market and that is a very different thing. Remember the 3090 is not a Titan card even NVidia made that point, it is just a bog standard run of the mill gaming card and it is selling for £3000, Disgusting.

As to buying Titans, the reason for buying them is the user would get something extra in the way of extra memory, performance and the option to use them for professional work. The Titan V being a good example and taking into account what it can do the asking price was a bargain for a professional card.
 
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