no matter how many times that gets pointed out when companies turn the screws you WILL always get people who will defend them trying to justify how much they have blown on their products. as iv said a few times, the 4090 at £1600 is a good price for the performance the 4080 is just taking the urine to push 3000 series sales to clear stock, something jensen spoke about a month or so ago on a company call when talking about stock levels. but people will still throw money at them because they are invested in the company and think doing so will make their lives better or something.
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When the Gpu's prices will go down ?
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That's exactly it. People are encouraging Nvidia to charge those high prices. It's the people I blame and they're oblivious to it. They even moan about the prices but pay it anyway.
Nvidia are just reacting to the demand and encouragement from their loyal fans when prices are raised.
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Have to agree with Joxeon. The 4090 isnt a good price but your first statement and 4080 observation is fine.
ok, maybe not a good price, fair maybe compared to the whole mess the market is in. and no i wouldn't buy one, im still planning to stick to my cap of £500 when i finally retire the 1070.
as for price creep overall at the top end yeah things have jumped up waaaay too muchb the past couple of generations.
as for price creep overall at the top end yeah things have jumped up waaaay too muchb the past couple of generations.
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There were comments last gen was overpriced and some mocking, so naturally when another 20%+ gen price hike rolls out its not going to be well received.
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Blame the people that buy at the price, they only feed the greedy companies.
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The difference this time is there is no lockdown, handout cheques, mining competition. People have a little more sense it seems and don't forget all them millions out there that bought an Ampere card already wont be so quick to update it. If your willing to pay £1200+ on an 80 series class card then what can you do?!
Its a waiting game right now, anyone looking to pick one of these cards up should just wait till the end of next year or even the year after and pick them on the cheap. I'm almost 100% sure there will be a crap ton of excess stock sitting somewhere, let's not forget the wafers that nvidia tried to cancel but got denied so they have to make these regardless.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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The positive @silvagti is monitor tech is getting cheaper so it will be worth speccing your new build to whatever the display you can get.
OLED's and QLED are arriving and we are starting to see better prices. I cant understand why someone would want a top end GPU yet play it on a poor display, there has to be some balance.
OLED's and QLED are arriving and we are starting to see better prices. I cant understand why someone would want a top end GPU yet play it on a poor display, there has to be some balance.
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No it isn't! The top card has doubled in price in two gens, and there's a ton of people paying way more than £1600 for one.
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This. The 4090 is a great GPU, but not in a million years is it worth anything close to £1600.
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Haha £1600, £1600 for a graphics card! My God there are no words there really aren't
1600 is a decent holiday
or 302 mcdonalds meals
432 Starbucks Fraps
106 kfc 6 piece bargain buckets
267 burger king whopper meals
1240 mcdonalds applie pies
302 6 inch subs
24 tanks of petrol at £65 to a full tank
16 supermarket visits at £100 a visit
would keep your electric on for half a year
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£1600 to play games that run better on the PS5. 
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Technically it’s more like £1700-£2500.£1600 to play games that run better on the PS5.
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