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Poll: What is your upper limit for your next GPU purchase
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Caporegime
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Pay more. Get more. Life's a quandaryBut an actual job that pays well (and people I pay to hang around with me ofc).
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2 of my friends have a Ferrari, 3 run trackday toys (not cheap!), 2 have 5 car garages and 1 has an insanely tuned Ariel Atom that I *really* want. I'm just happy I can afford a grand on a gfx card every couple of years
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The problem I find with your poll @Dirk Diggler is that it offers no context, that is fair enough its ur poll etc but there is nothing there to say your Budget is XXXX if the performance is YYYY and tbh that is what I struggle with. I don't mind spending <a lot of cash> if its so far ahead of current gen that even next gen will simply match it. What I really mind is spending a lot of money for it to be de-valued very quickly by a refresh and new products plus the ludicrous buy in price cos of marketing and the wish for Nvidia & AMD to get more GP/margin for nothing
You earn it, you deserve it. I just want more for less that's all.2 of my friends have a Ferrari, 3 run trackday toys (not cheap!), 2 have 5 car garages and 1 has an insanely tuned Ariel Atom that I *really* want. I'm just happy I can afford a grand on a gfx card every couple of years
Caporegime
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Fair enough man, I just think we're in the era of utter short-terminism greed now and prices for some things are a little insane and profit for profits sake. It isn't going to get any better, the past is gone
Imo the sooner the human race dies out the better, we're just a disgusting virus on our environment. The Earth deserves better.
The poll is just a guide, mate... that's why we can post details throughout the thread, too. If the poll catered for every permutation, it would be as big as October's credit card bill.
Soldato
It's like people can't remember any generation other than Turing.
Before turing, performance increased at every price point. Pay the same, get more is generally how things worked before Turing.
I'm not sure why some people seem to like the Turing approach.
Bit of a bold, callous statement to make don't you think? To each their own, I say.
Tounge & cheek mate that's all.
Caporegime
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Spelling is over-rated.
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If that's what you enjoy doing then good for you. I plan to have an early retirement so I can spend more time doing hobbies I enjoy. Hence I don't plan on buying a £750 graphics card.
Caporegime
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*claps*
+1 Unfortunately consumers often behave like cattle and forget their collective strength. It would literally take 3 weeks to call Jensen/Nvidia's bluff, refuse to buy and prices would be revised downwards. Interesting times....
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Maybe the problem is in the past people could make use and make new interesting things with new technology, whereas now you'll make neither but money by reviewing for consumers? Am I being an old grumpy git?
Caporegime
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How long exactly has the human race been in existence? I think you'll find that such actions drive evolution, hence it not being a new thing.