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The NOT Buying a Graphics Card Thread!!!

I think that VR is helping to drive demand. I have a 1080 and Rift and was going for 3080 and Reverb2. Due to the 3080 availability situation I bought a yet to arrive 3090.
 
khisanth75 said:
A nice set of deep section Zipps over a new GPU definitely !
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Ha! Was actually looking at something a little less exotic (Hunt Mason 4 Season) but not sure now. Think I might miss the inertia of my current stock set more than I gain from the extra responsiveness and marginal climbing improvement.
 
Unseul said:
What really made the push for me, from the 1070ti, was getting a vr headset. Not doing too much in it, but that was partially because I just didn't think much would run smoothly, now I plan on trying Squadrons out soon, and a 1070ti would have really struggled, whereas anything else will just struggle...
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Same here... my main reason for a new GPU was getting into VR really, altough my GPU needs upgrading anyway to be fair, it is 8 years old now and the fans rattle really bad...
 
DD_Crash said:
I think that VR is helping to drive demand. I have a 1080 and Rift and was going for 3080 and Reverb2. Due to the 3080 availability situation I bought a yet to arrive 3090.
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I honestly couldnt think of anything I would rather not do than play vr games wise that is
 
HangTime said:
I'm not buying until they are sub-MSRP and/or faster cards come out. I like the idea of a 3080 but £649 is too much.
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Sub-MSRP? Hmmmm, £649 was only for the few and was cheaper than a 1080ti on release ~£720 - so I think you'll be waiting a while unfortunately
 
MSTRBKR said:
I feel somewhat lucky because my Vega 56 is working really well for the only game I currently want to play (Assetto Corsa Competizione) at Ultra / 1440p / 60 FPS. 29 opponents on track as well. Amazed by it to be honest, given the card is over 3 years old and wasn't bleeding edge to begin with.
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at 1440p and 60 fps your card is fine, no need to upgrade unless you have/get a high hz monitor.

3080's + and 6800 + are really only worthwhile at very high resolutions = 1440pUW & 4k.

JUst started Ghost recon breakpoint - man that game looks good.
 
Game said:
I honestly couldnt think of anything I would rather not do than play vr games wise that is
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Unfortunately you not enjoying them (assuming I've worked out the negatives correctly), doesn't make them any easier to run!
 
Souness said:
My vega64 still going strong. I find it hard to believe there is such a market for gfx cards when my 3 year old card is still happily running everything on high at 1440p. What games are you all planning to play with these modern monsters or is it just running older games at unholy resolutions?
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Sim racing on triple screens and my 980ti was starting to struggle in ACC/Dirt Rally 2 etc. Now I've tried VR on Q2 I'll be looking at future VR headsets which will need better GPU. But in no rush at these GPU prices.
 
pp111 said:
I have completely given up now, probably until next year. I refuse to pay insane prices and spend half my life trying to get a new card, so I have decided to buy two new french doors for the house instead. Well, they cost a little more than a graphics card but at least they are easier to find!

Just wondering if anyone else has given up now and decided to spend the money on something else?
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https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/anyone-just-given-up-on-looking-for-a-new-gpu.18916371/
 
koh said:
Sim racing on triple screens and my 980ti was starting to struggle in ACC/Dirt Rally 2 etc. Now I've tried VR on Q2 I'll be looking at future VR headsets which will need better GPU. But in no rush at these GPU prices.
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Total noob question, but does running triples triple the load on the card?

By that I mean, if a game runs at 1440 60fps on a single screen do you require a card 3x more powerful to run triples?
 
JonnyG1982 said:
Problem for me is I skipped the gtx1080 and the rtx2080 so pretty desperate to upgrade as its been 5 years since treated myself to a new card (gtx980ti). Even more desperate is the need to upgrade the main system as been on sandy 2500k for like 10 years (and that was a side grade from a i7 920) and im still on win 7. Mobo, memory, psu...everything like a decade old.

I still have no trouble with games so I really want to hit that point where I'm like "I don't care, I don't need it, I'll wait for next things to land". The problem is I'm desperate to buy something new and I'm worried how long til the new cards arrive and also if we just have the same miner/scalper issue again.

I could just get a prebuild from elsewhere which helps minimise the gpu shafting/no stock. I'd happily get one here but the one I was looking at jumped up pretty much £200 in a 24 hour period, it was already expensive before. OCUK just too dear compared to other places.
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pretty much similar scenario to myself. I bought a SERIES X as a stop gap and allows me to play certain titles that won't run on my PC. However I have started to play some older titles from my steam library with mates.

Made me realise how much I enjoy PC gaming. I have been on and off the fence now for months about upgrading but it is going to have to be be a full system for me. Was going to build myself but think it might be better and less hassle to get it prebuilt. Still not able to pull the trigger due to pricing. As it is a luxury item I'm living with the make do mentality. Just hope nothing goes pop as it is also my workstation.
 
SirMX5Alot said:
Total noob question, but does running triples triple the load on the card?

By that I mean, if a game runs at 1440 60fps on a single screen do you require a card 3x more powerful to run triples?
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If you go from the game running at 2560×1440 to running at 7680x1440 then yeah you'll need a more powerful card to sustain the fps because it's 3x the pixels.

Maybe a card 3x as powerful would do it, maybe the scaling is bad and you need a card 4x as powerful and it needs to be an exact card from AMD because that game works better on AMD cards. To this day people wait for benchmarks from tech reviewers because it's impossible to know for sure how games will run on whatever hardware and it's good to see some reference numbers.
 
crazyDAJT said:
£649 for a 3080 is good value
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Value is relative. £649 seems good compared to what the 1080/2080 cards have been sold for historically, or compared to general current prices, but it's still a lot of money compared to what some high end cards have sold for in the past, even allowing for inflation. It's significantly more than the new consoles too. It's just not the sort of money I want to be paying on a single computer component.

I then turn to the cheaper cards to see if they offer good value but they seem to be coming up quite short, 3060ti is still £369, more than I've paid for a card before, and it's not completely blowing my current card out of the water.
 
HangTime said:
Value is relative. £649 seems good compared to what the 1080/2080 cards have been sold for historically, or compared to general current prices, but it's still a lot of money compared to what some high end cards have sold for in the past, even allowing for inflation. It's significantly more than the new consoles too. It's just not the sort of money I want to be paying on a single computer component.

I then turn to the cheaper cards to see if they offer good value but they seem to be coming up quite short, 3060ti is still £369, more than I've paid for a card before, and it's not completely blowing my current card out of the water.
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What card do you have now?
 
Hotwired said:
If you go from the game running at 2560×1440 to running at 7680x1440 then yeah you'll need a more powerful card to sustain the fps because it's 3x the pixels.

Maybe a card 3x as powerful would do it, maybe the scaling is bad and you need a card 4x as powerful and it needs to be an exact card from AMD because that game works better on AMD cards. To this day people wait for benchmarks from tech reviewers because it's impossible to know for sure how games will run on whatever hardware and it's good to see some reference numbers.
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Thanks. Yeah, when you put it like that it does seem obvious :D

My dream of a sim racing rig is going to remain a dream for some time it seems. The PS4 for I bought for £150 four years ago seems like more and more of a bargain now.
 
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