The 7000 series cards sold like ass but they are honestly very good, still. Track one down used, or buy one new that’s come down in price/on sale, and I think you’ll be very happy with it.
6000 had some kinks, apparently, which 7000 sorted out. It might not be the case but 9000 on a new architecture might again be a case of “good, but with some problems”.
7000 is where AMD sorted RDNA3 out and just made some solid cards that still have me planning to eventually get a used XTX (currently on 7800) and then just roll that until it can’t compete anymore.
I was actually considering stretching my budget to get one of the remaining 7900 XTs. Should have enough raw (rasterizing) oomph and 20 GB memory to last a while. I don’t really wanna buy a card that was released in 2022, but it would be a huge upgrade for sure.
Old cards used to crash in price because each gen would significantly increase performance or reduce price, sometimes both.
That is no longer the case. GPUs have consistently increased in price to match the increased performance of new gens, which has made striving for the latest and greatest a bad value proposition.
Whats the point of buying a new card when the fps per dollar is about the same? The same amount of money no longer gets you more fps, you have to fork out MORE each time to get something that’s significantly better, because if you go with the same budget, you only get justabout the same.
Unless you care about raytracing and fake frames (which I don’t), newer cards only have slight power efficiency gains to offer.
Sure, but at least the same money (adjusted for basic inflation maybe) should give you the same FPS, just in more current games.
If I just order myself a Hellhound 7900 XT, I can at least ignore the joke of a product launch that AMD currently pulling. Plus, I might be able to get a water block for that card. Who knows if and when those are available for the new gen. Thanks for your input.
The 7000 series cards sold like ass but they are honestly very good, still. Track one down used, or buy one new that’s come down in price/on sale, and I think you’ll be very happy with it.
6000 had some kinks, apparently, which 7000 sorted out. It might not be the case but 9000 on a new architecture might again be a case of “good, but with some problems”.
7000 is where AMD sorted RDNA3 out and just made some solid cards that still have me planning to eventually get a used XTX (currently on 7800) and then just roll that until it can’t compete anymore.
I was actually considering stretching my budget to get one of the remaining 7900 XTs. Should have enough raw (rasterizing) oomph and 20 GB memory to last a while. I don’t really wanna buy a card that was released in 2022, but it would be a huge upgrade for sure.
Old cards used to crash in price because each gen would significantly increase performance or reduce price, sometimes both.
That is no longer the case. GPUs have consistently increased in price to match the increased performance of new gens, which has made striving for the latest and greatest a bad value proposition.
Whats the point of buying a new card when the fps per dollar is about the same? The same amount of money no longer gets you more fps, you have to fork out MORE each time to get something that’s significantly better, because if you go with the same budget, you only get justabout the same.
Unless you care about raytracing and fake frames (which I don’t), newer cards only have slight power efficiency gains to offer.
Sure, but at least the same money (adjusted for basic inflation maybe) should give you the same FPS, just in more current games.
If I just order myself a Hellhound 7900 XT, I can at least ignore the joke of a product launch that AMD currently pulling. Plus, I might be able to get a water block for that card. Who knows if and when those are available for the new gen. Thanks for your input.