It’s reached the stage where I bought my last computer in 2015 and I basically need an entirely new one if I want to play recent games/etc.
I was intending to buy once the RTX 4000 series cards launched. However, having priced up a few builds they’re coming in at the ~£3000 range and it’s putting me off bothering. Especially as that doesn’t even include a new monitor which I could also do with!
I’ll probably hold off, stuck with console gaming and see if any sanity returns to the market when the 4060 series midrange cards release next year. Hopefully by that point excess stock and lack of demand due to high pricing will force nvidia to start reducing prices!
The difference this time is there is no lockdown, handout cheques, mining competition.
That’s the thing. There were reasons for companies being able to get away with comedy pricing back in 2020 that aren’t valid anymore. Especially with inflation soaring and recession looming. If these kinds of prices continue there won’t be much of a pc gaming market left in a couple of years time IMO!