• who@feddit.orgEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    Let’s also remember that average GPU price tripled from 2019 to 2021, and still hasn’t returned, even adjusting for inflation.

  • Tim_Bisley@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    It won’t go down by much either and then will magically disappear right before the next gen comes out making sure nobody gets a discount.

    • 0li0li@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      12 hours ago

      Same here, and I don’t see myself buying a new card anytime soon now that we have frame generation for games, not just vids and TV

      • Thaurin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        12 hours ago

        Well, raytracing. I fucking love raytracing, but yeah. I’m still using a GTX 960 on one machine.

    • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zipEnglish
      111·
      14 hours ago

      Well, what else are we supposed to do? Our hands are tied. I live in the Seattle metro and for some insane reason we don’t have a single retail option for graphics cards. I wasn’t able to get one off Newegg on launch day before they were all gone to bots, so my only option was eBay.

      I hate enabling scalpers but it was either that or risk paying 47’s stupid fucking tariffs. I had a narrow window to skip the tariffs upcharge and I took it. I would rather pay the extra $200 to an asshole scalper than to the federal government so they can spend it on their gestapo.

      • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        13 hours ago

        Oh I didn’t buy from a scalper. Well, not a third party scalper, to preempt the comments saying retail is scalping as well.

    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      Same. Hoping to not want or need a new gpu for at least 5 years, only reason i bought is because my 2080 TI was starting to go and i was not paying tariffs on top of already inflated GPU prices

  • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    14 hours ago

    This is key, I think, to Microsoft’s plan with the next gen Xbox. A consolized prebuilt pc with solid specs, no need to fuck with GPU shenanigans.