Which would be mental as you will have a month and a half of cheap rates and then you will be mullered come October.
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The price of graphics cards will continue to tank and will stay low for at least 2 years - Here's why
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Which would be mental as you will have a month and a half of cheap rates and then you will be mullered come October.
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I've decided to buy 2 jumpers and masterbate a lot more to keep warm
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Sounds like a plan although I'm not sure I can do much more of the second thing without doing myself an injuryI've decided to buy 2 jumpers and masterbate a lot more to keep warm
only 2, lightweightI've decided to buy 2 jumpers and masterbate a lot more to keep warm
need at least 5 jumpers
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Assuming the October price cap is higher than your potential fix that is.
It won't be as high as the one you started this thread with that's for sure, and if that's your only option then you should just go onto the price capped rate.
You would be looking at around 50p a KWh come October at least.
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Which is why you cannot always refer to prices from earlier in the year or last year forever. That 30p gaming session is not only going to double but will be the least of your worries!
I'll see your 4k and raise you;
Not a chance I'll be able to afford any luxuries come October, every bit of spare money I have is being saved for the inevitable hard winter period!
I don't know much about solar panels but if you are going to be paying that much would it be a worth while investment?
edit: Can't believe they only pay 12p kw/h for any excess solar energy.
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So, much less than the 75p/53p day/night rates you quoted in the first post then.
You should not renew and let it move to the price cap chap.
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eh? Not sure what you mean by that in reference to what I posted? I haven't referred to any prices earlier in the year?
The thought had crossed my mind but my costs are very roughly 50/50 split gas/electric. So panels will only help with electricity costs. My gas costs are higher than average due to having my Mom/Step Dad now live with me (both in mid 70's) as I'm an unpaid carer for my Mom, so I have to have the thermostat set at 21+ degrees in the winter months pretty much constantly from 8am - 10pm as they really feel the cold, and I can't afford for them to be cold due to their medical conditions.
So far the only help towards predicted bills of nearly £8000 will be £400 for me directly and £500 total winter fuel payment for Mom/Step Dad, which is a drop in the ocean. That would basically just cover oner 1 month of usage during a typical winter month
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I think that both NVIDIA and AMD will go much bigger next gen in terms of freebies, they're already now adding them to the current gen of cards, but people find it much easier to justify a hefty purchase when they get something 'free' or were 'going to buy that anyway'
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I'm definately going to be making the most of my log fire come winter. Send the wife and kids foraging for fire wood whilst I'm at work
Indeed, already stocked up. Unfortunately it's the electricity prices that are the expensive part. Total failure to plan ahead in the hope it would just be all right. The revolving door of politics has just let the those in power off the hook. At least with a monarchy you knew whose head needed to go on the blockI'm definately going to be making the most of my log fire come winter. Send the wife and kids foraging for fire wood whilst I'm at work
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Sorry, it was referencing your adjusted pricing to those posting before that which think everyone is still on historical figures (which wont be the case come Autumn).
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Gonna be fun when we're all paying £5k + for the new tariffs and they start rolling blackouts anyway .
.I picked up a 2060 recently as I think that lower-midrange gpus have tanked about as low as they are going to go. A 2060 for less than the MRSP of the 1060 and approximately a 50% increase in performance is a reasonable buy in my book, especially as with dlss the 2060 can perform like a 3060ti which isn't using dlss.
Luckily for me the heat from the PC doubles as electric heating in winter. I have never had to turn on the heating in the room which contains the PC, so I might even be doing more gaming to heat the home in an enjoyable way!
Luckily for me the heat from the PC doubles as electric heating in winter. I have never had to turn on the heating in the room which contains the PC, so I might even be doing more gaming to heat the home in an enjoyable way!
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I game for three hours a day or more because I am 30 now and can't be arsed partying or wasting my money on going out drinking anymore. I live in a small one bedroom flat for which I have to pay £800 a month for the privilege to live in because the housing in this country is an absolute joke where you can't get affordable council housing unless you have an illness, have children, or are old. Come winter, my combined cost for just rent and utilities will be £1,200 per month. That is an absolute joke and is beyond disgusting. I will be left with virtually zero money despite working between 35-40 hours a week. Yes, I could find a better job, but good luck doing that in a town that just seems rife with part time minimum wage jobs. Yes, there are many jobs on the market, but not many that pay a good hourly rate.
Will I give up gaming? No. I refuse to. Why should I give up one of my own enjoyments in life because of a parasitic government and totally barbaric energy companies?. I will continue to game because I work a decent share, pay my taxes and expect a certain modicum of enjoyment in this life. The energy companies will get what I can pay, and when I can pay it. That will be the same for many people.
This winter is going to be hell. But I don't think the energy companies quite realize how much they're going to suffer either. Lack of payment or underpayment will become rife. And so it should do. That's what you get for posting billions in profits yet making energy totally unaffordable for the majority.
Financially, this country is a cesspit. We're getting poorer and poorer year on year, and this is just one cut too much. I sincerly hope rioting will result, as it's probably the only way to solve it. But this is Britain we're talking about after all. It won't happen. Decent working people will just continue to suffer and go cold and hungry in the fifth richest country in the world.
My two cents anyway.
Jeebus, you don't have to answer to anybody on this forum, don't know why we have insinuations about lifestyle in a thread about graphics card prices.