I've been playing (and long ago even coding) PC games ever since the PC existed. I worked on 8086s and the first PC I owned was an IBM 286 Model 60 With a VGA monitor. It was worth more than my car back then (my company gave it me but that's beside the point!). But I think I know what you are saying, for a while AMD produced some great cards - I owned a Radeon 9700 Pro and it was a fantastic card for its time, but since nVidia really got into gear, AMD just don't ever seem to quite compete. So often there's loads of promise around their next card, but when it arrives its not quite there.
Flash Sales Is the Way: GPU July Pricing Update
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hwertz
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I don't have any regrets, since I've been able to enjoy gaming on my GTX1650 for the last 9 months (and I only had an onboard "Ivy Bridge" graphics otherwise which needless to say doesn't cut it for many games).
But wow.. I paid $200 for mine used. I had no idea MSRP on them was only $150 (not that it mattered, almost all cards then were selling for well over MSRP.) Still it stings a little to know I could have waited and gotten one for $85 (last month) or $92 now.
But wow.. I paid $200 for mine used. I had no idea MSRP on them was only $150 (not that it mattered, almost all cards then were selling for well over MSRP.) Still it stings a little to know I could have waited and gotten one for $85 (last month) or $92 now.
If the performance warrants it, I'm in. If not, I'm out.
Easy-peasy... there's no one holding a gun to my head. This is all strictly voluntary for most of us, yes?
magisys
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I'm in when the tech evolution bring fine performance without became infinitely overpriced year by year, and no gun you are right, but I used to call me a pc hardware enthusiast 'cause the evolution would bring new things to try in place of the older ones, replacing them in their market of origin. Today, with every new release of products, it seems that a new market segment, increasingly inflated and overpriced, is being created. But the worst thing of all, is that if you want to use this "tools" for gaming purpose, you have to deal with the most astonishing and embarrassing tech-marketing crap we have ever seen.If the performance warrants it, I'm in. If not, I'm out.
Easy-peasy... there's no one holding a gun to my head. This is all strictly voluntary for most of us, yes?
In essence, you paid a ~$110 premium for more for 9 extra months of enjoyment. That works out to be about 40 cents per day. Nothing to regret there.
I bought the RTX 3080 12GB on sale for $800 in May, 2022. So it has been serving me quite well for nearly 15 months at 3440x1440p, which my old 1080 Ti was starting to struggle with.
Had I been able to see into the future 15 months to the RTX 4070 Ti, which is ~20% faster overall for the same price, I would have still bought the 3080 12GB at the time. I'll take the several hundreds hours of pleasure over a moderate bump in performance... and I'd never get the $350 I sold my 1080 Ti for on Ebay today.
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