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Why GPU prices are NOT likely to drop significantly EVER!

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There's a few of these 'first name second name' accounts about now that are a bit strange.

Regardless i'm off to convert my house and all my belongings to bitcoin and live in a van. :cool:
 
The_Arbiter said:
Nobody notice his crystal ball failed to work and he over paid for his 6700xt.
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gpuerrilla said:
I thought you were busy making Bitcoin2... :p
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Actually I have been doing some heavy programming, disassembled Watch Dogs Legion added some textures to give it a cyberpunk/blade runner
theme. Work in progress but no crashes so far and looks fabulous, may change some of the dialogue as characters lines tend to repeat.

Ok folks had a good look at UBIs engine WDL under the hood, and found something interesting the texture footprint is HUGE plus they are using LOD textures
instead of mipmaps! which eats up VRAM. So we are going to NEED that VRAM as devs are finding ways to use it, that 24GB on the 3090 is not
redundant at all.

Oh forgot to say also disassembled Far Cry 6 and Cyberpunk and both have Huge tex Vram footprints set at ultra.

Forgot to add the LOD textures will give super crisp graphics at 4k (not needed at 1080p) much better than the old mipmaps. Looks like the industry is making a push towards 4k gaming, all that VRAM on new cards is not there for no reason.
Devs I talked to at ubi were very tight lipped about the WDL engine, must be nda! Anyway I tore the whole thing apart and disassembled the games to see what's going on.

Maybe post up some of my results on this forum later.
 
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Grim5 said:
Don't forget the cost of carbon taxes!
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Point taken. :)

Captain said:
You didn’t warn anyone, people already knew so don’t start spouting ******** thinking you’re the holy grail of GPU information.
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What are you on about? The inflation/currency collapse was the warning, Gpu prices was a prediction NOT a warning.

Alan McFall said:
Fixed :p
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Made me laugh and I'm serious most times except when partying. :cool:

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
This is why the top few percent of the world's richest people are gaining more it only means us plebs on average are getting less and less! :(

This is why people need to stop defending all these companies jacking up pricing. Their workers are not benefiting it appears,but the top few are.
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Sure the richest collectively have trillions in paper assets which is just a CLAIM on future wealth, this much can't be spent when the inflation sets in it will evaporate into thin air!

The average joe can buy say a few silver coins, some jewelry per year it doesn't have to be land/property or ponzi schemes.
 
The_Arbiter said:
I wasn't going to bite,but seeing as others did...

Nobody notice his crystal ball failed to work and he over paid for his 6700xt.
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Actually I paid less than £200 for the 6700xt so my crystal ball DID work with flying colours! :D

Here's how, years ago before major inflation/currency collapse was even a blip on the radar I got mostly out of paper assets
and they have gone up about 5 times and even faster as the currency collapses so I can sell an asset at todays prices to buy something in cash,
so if I buy a 2k GPU it costs me less than £500! ;)
Most of you won't have this advantage. I don't have much in cash/paper/credit and more inflation and my non paper assets just go higher.
 
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Harold lloyd said:
Actually I paid less than £200 for the 6700xt so my crystal ball DID work with flying colours! :D

Here's how, years ago before major inflation/currency collapse was even a blip on the radar I got mostly out of paper assets
and they have gone up about 5 times and even faster as the currency collapses so I can sell an asset at todays prices to buy something in cash,
so if I buy a 2k GPU it costs me less than £500! ;)
Most of you won't have this advantage. I don't have much in cash/paper/credit and more inflation and my non paper assets just go higher.
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You still paid whatever the asking price for a 6700XT is which would be £700+ at the time of purchase.

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Harold lloyd said:
Yeah I paid £700 for my 6700XT and even a entry level 3060 costs £550+.
You are correct mid-range and low-end PC gamers are going to be priced out.
I smell inflation Big Time appearing in the western reserve currencies.
Remember I have got 15 years experience trading against some of the best out there, I hope I am wrong but all signs are pointing to major inflation appearing in the west.
Lets see what GPU prices are like say a year on from now. I can certainly see the commodity markets heating up but could be just a initial jump for now, but still I believe we're moving into the new up cycle.
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Getting out years before doesn't sound like a functioning crystal ball. That sounds like you missed the boat by a few years.

I was born in the 80s, wisely years before a huge financial crash, meaning my parents were able to afford nappies for me!
 
Bill Turnip said:
Getting out years before doesn't sound like a functioning crystal ball. That sounds like you missed the boat by a few years.

I was born in the 80s, wisely years before a huge financial crash, meaning my parents were able to afford nappies for me!
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There was no peak cheap oil then people still had decent purchasing power then.

What if you you/parents had bought some land/property in the 90s how much would it be worth today?
Getting in early works IF you time it right. :)

Read my post further down to see how I did it.
 
Harold lloyd said:
What if you you/parents had bought some land/property in the 90s how much would it be worth today?
Getting in early works IF you time it right. :)
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So does getting out at the right time, getting in early would have nothing to do with it. That's the time value of money. Taking data points 30 years apart just shows the time value of money, not the genius behind trading and predictions.

This thread may as well be titled "why nothing will be cheaper...ever" because that's kind of what happens. No genius trading knowledge required.
 
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You still paid whatever the asking price for a 6700XT is which would be £700+ at the time of purchase.
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Actually I paid next to nothing for a brand new shiny GPU. Here's how.

Say I buy a non paper asset years ago for £200 because I believe the National currency will lose value.
Now some years later this asset is worth 5 times at £1000, so I sell it for £1000 cash and pay £700 for the Gigabyte GPU then
I still have £300 left which would be say worth £150 in todays purchasing power terms, so I am only £50 pounds out of pocket on the GPU! :cool:

Now where did the £800 profit come from?
From people who are betting against me and they are both rich and poor who are in cash like a bank/savings/high interest account!

Anyone who is staying in cash is betting/investing against me and since I am winning your wealth is being transferred to me!
So I am using YOUR money to pay for my GPU and other expensive parts in my rig, and what about my monthly bills who is paying that YOU or me! :cry:

Hope you get the explanation folks.

Regards, Harold
 
Harold lloyd said:
Actually I paid next to nothing for a brand new shiny GPU. Here's how.

Say I buy a non paper asset years ago for £200 because I believe the National currency will lose value.
Now some years later this asset is worth 5 times at £1000, so I sell it for £1000 cash and pay £700 for the Gigabyte GPU then
I still have £300 left which would be say worth £150 in todays purchasing power terms, so I am only £50 pounds out of pocket on the GPU! :cool:

Now where did the £800 profit come from?
From people who are betting against me and they are both rich and poor who are in cash like a bank/savings/high interest account!

Anyone who is staying in cash is betting/investing against me and since I am winning your wealth is being transferred to me!
So I am using YOUR money to pay for my GPU and other expensive parts in my rig, and what about my monthly bills who is paying that YOU or me! :cry:

Hope you get the explanation folks.

Regards, Harold
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I'd have preferred it if you finished with "BWA HA HA HAAAA!"

So that's taken 5 years. You've sold an appreciating asset to purchase a GPU which is now only going to lose value. Bit silly, wasn't it, what if there is a better GPU in seven years? Imagine how much better off you'd be!

I bought a 3080 for £650, but actually it only cost £400 as I sold my 1070 for £250. That's pretty much the only financial planning that I will attribute to that purchase. If you purchased a "non-paper" asset 5 years ago to purchase an over-priced GPU today.... That's the tallest tale I've ever heard, much as I have enjoyed it.

I'm starting to think this is what happens when you answer the "I made £1,800 in one day, ask me how!" adverts you see.
 
The amount he's made, you'd think he'd have stepped up a notch from the 6700. With his £300 profit (£150 of today's purchasing power) that he transferred from us, he could have at least got a 6800xt.

If he's going to spend my money, he might as well enjoy it!
 
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