Nvidia has upgraded its cloud gaming service to RTX 4080-level hardware for the Ultimate tier offering substantial performance improvements. So, GeForce Now or GeForce Later?
Nvidia has upgraded its cloud gaming service to RTX 4080-level hardware for the Ultimate tier offering substantial performance improvements. So, GeForce Now or GeForce Later?
But if you buy a GPU, you are left with something you can sell at the end or use for other purposes, here you pay for access and get nothing, and are limited to their titles etc., its like a car lease (which already doesn't make for great financial sense), but they also decide which roads you can drive on$20/month isn’t bad considering it would take 5 years to equal the 4080’s purchase price.
Lease make sense in some cases. I wouldn't want to buy a Porsche for $150,000 but it might be fun to drive one, maintenance free, for a few years. That $30,000 you're going to spend over 2 years to lease a porsche would be lost as depreciation not to mention maintenance costs. Now it'd be dumb to lease a Honda Civic, just buy the thing. $20/m for 4080 performance isn't a bad deal but I'd rather own a card for a few hundred bucks and not worry about monthly payments.But if you buy a GPU, you are left with something you can sell at the end or use for other purposes, here you pay for access and get nothing, and are limited to their titles etc., its like a car lease (which already doesn't make for great financial sense), but they also decide which roads you can drive on
Another option is to use a 0% cc over 21 months equal payments for eg the 4080 by pny fell to $1139.99 @ Amazon come down to about $54.30 ( $1149 for gigabye version at besbuy). In the end you can sell that card in the second hand used market and apply funds to let's say rtx 5080 down the line.Lease make sense in some cases. I wouldn't want to buy a Porsche for $150,000 but it might be fun to drive one, maintenance free, for a few years. That $30,000 you're going to spend over 2 years to lease a porsche would be lost as depreciation not to mention maintenance costs. Now it'd be dumb to lease a Honda Civic, just buy the thing. $20/m for 4080 performance isn't a bad deal but I'd rather own a card for a few hundred bucks and not worry about monthly payments.
For me, it's not even about the money. The hassle of keeping up with a $20/m payment isn't worth it. I'd rather just buy a card and keep it for a few years rather than worring about payments. That's the thing that I find infinitely frustrating about subscription services. Sure, I can afford the monthly payment but I could also afford to just out-right buy the product
But if you buy a GPU, you are left with something you can sell at the end or use for other purposes, here you pay for access and get nothing, and are limited to their titles etc., its like a car lease (which already doesn't make for great financial sense), but they also decide which roads you can drive on
The thing is, how much will a 4080 be worth in 5 years? A 2080 Ti, released 5 years ago, selling used on eBay is going between $200-500 (and higher). So, realistically, $250 if it's in real good shape? And now you have to buy another one and the OP can keep using the service. It's not a bad way to go, especially if you don't use the service full time.Lease make sense in some cases. I wouldn't want to buy a Porsche for $150,000 but it might be fun to drive one, maintenance free, for a few years. That $30,000 you're going to spend over 2 years to lease a porsche would be lost as depreciation not to mention maintenance costs. Now it'd be dumb to lease a Honda Civic, just buy the thing. $20/m for 4080 performance isn't a bad deal but I'd rather own a card for a few hundred bucks and not worry about monthly payments.
For me, it's not even about the money. The hassle of keeping up with a $20/m payment isn't worth it. I'd rather just buy a card and keep it for a few years rather than worring about payments. That's the thing that I find infinitely frustrating about subscription services. Sure, I can afford the monthly payment but I could also afford to just out-right buy the product