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Poll: What would you buy in the £400 - £700 ?

What are you buying for upto £700 budget?

  • RTX 5060 Ti 16G at £399

    Votes: 8 3.3%

  • RTX 5070 12G at £499

    Votes: 12 4.9%

  • RTX 5070 Ti 16G at £729

    Votes: 46 18.9%

  • RX 9070 XT 16G at £649-699

    Votes: 148 60.9%

  • RX ????? at £349-399

    Votes: 15 6.2%

  • 7900 XT at £599

    Votes: 7 2.9%

  • Intel B580 £249 - 299

    Votes: 2 0.8%

  • RTX 5060 8G at £299

    Votes: 1 0.4%

  • RX 9070 NONE XT at £549-599

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Total voters
    243
I guess this thread explains why the 9070 XT is £650-£700, well above MSRP, no need for AMD to push for MSRP cards.
 
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The way i see it is at it's RRP the 9070XT is the best value card in the space by far but doesn't look like it will get back to that and I wouldn't touch it at it's currently inflated price of £680-700

9070XT at RRP > 5070Ti at RRP > 5070Ti at current prices (which is RRP now) > 9070XT at current prices.

The Intel B580 is also a fair buy at the low end compared to the competition.
 
dargla said:
it's interesting that the TVs, [...] don't seem to be affected that much by the inflation... competition, perhaps...?
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That's because in this case the Chinese manufacturers are getting heavily subsidised and running the others out of business (f.ex. Samsung already lost & their LCD panels are made by TCL). Moreover the margins are very slim and they are on the verge of bankruptcy, starting to heavily lean on ad-supported TVs to make up the difference (on the lower end only... for now). The TV business is very unhealthy and due a reckoning in the near future.
 
Poneros said:
That's because in this case the Chinese manufacturers are getting heavily subsidised and running the others out of business (f.ex. Samsung already lost & their LCD panels are made by TCL). Moreover the margins are very slim and they are on the verge of bankruptcy, starting to heavily lean on ad-supported TVs to make up the difference (on the lower end only... for now). The TV business is very unhealthy and due a reckoning in the near future.
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we won't know the full truth regarding Chinese subsidies. Certainly, China cannot subsidy everything, sometimes it could be just an excuse for being unable to reach their levels of efficiency.

I am not sure if that's so simple. Some companies are more than happy to profit from the lucrative ad-supported model like Visio or Roku and drag the prices down (they go as far as selling at loss). It isn't happening because they don't have a choice, they do it because overall, that make them more money and provide regular revenue after the product is sold. It's just different approach to business.
 
humbug said:
RTX 2070 was £440 ($500) in 2018, with inflation that's £565 today.

28% inflation, real inflation in this country is higher than that. This GPU actually also only costs £608, 20% or £122 is tax, the higher the USD price the more tax you pay, it compounds.

If you feel poor, its because increasingly the UK is.
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2070 was only 1 or 2 cards away from the top of the line back then. Now it's 5 cards down the pile.
 
mmj_uk said:
I think the problem is that PC gaming is seen as a dying market, it's not something they can grow just through competitive pricing. So both sides have decided to just extract as much money as they can out of what remains.

AMD's GPU division probably make most of their money out of selling chips to console manufacturers, NVidia likewise to other industries. The average PC gamer is bottom of the list nowadays.
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Pc parts are outselling consoles as a growing market

Console sales are falling year on year

Was on the news last week ;)
 
TNA said:
They can keep it then. This why I have not subscribed to the amd good guy theory. They like the others do what they think they can get away with.
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Nearly two thirds of people have put the 9070 XT as their first choice.

I think it is ridiculous but seems people are irrational. Yes the cards got good reviews, but at MSRP. You don't FOMO into paying £700.
 
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Either 5060ti or 9060XT (I assume that's what it will be called).

£500 would be my max, so choice would come down to those two at the moment.

1070ti needs to retire, enough games I want to play now that it can't (no RT) or just too much for it, but I don't want to bend over, so for now, nothing.
 
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As what would in current climate be considerate a budget gamer, after seeing 5060 Ti results I just got a second hand RTX 3080.
 
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