Should clarify, meaning the new series cards.
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Poll: What is your upper limit for your next GPU purchase
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Was that early on I bet ? I later got one black Friday for £440!
It's always been that way. I generally buy EVGA and always extend the warranty. I only sell on the MM here, so when my 1080ti gets sold someone will get it with 18 months warranty left, and at a fair price.
There's actually a couple of 980ti kicking about that I've sold on here and they still have warranty, I'd help out no issues if it was required. That's why MM is miles better than eBay etc.
I'm not spending anything this time round. I was forced to buy, due to the stupid prices at the time, something like £550 for a Vega64 due to my card dieing on me. I should have returned it as it was way too expensive, but as there were not any other choices at the time I had to stick with it.
It's a very nice card though and has never given me any issues, but I just feel violated having to spend soo much because of all the miners. If I was mining I wouldn't have been bothered, or should I say as I was part of the problem I wouldn't mind, but I felt reamed!
So now I will used this Vega64 until it dies or I cannot install windows 45 on it in 2050'ish - or what every is around at that time.
Hopefully the days of stupidly high prices for GPU's will be long gone when we are almost at the stage when this technology trivial for 1080p, then 1440p and then 4k. Once that happens almost all GPU's will be APU's, the day's of gigantic GPU's are a thing of the past - thankfully.
It's a very nice card though and has never given me any issues, but I just feel violated having to spend soo much because of all the miners. If I was mining I wouldn't have been bothered, or should I say as I was part of the problem I wouldn't mind, but I felt reamed!
So now I will used this Vega64 until it dies or I cannot install windows 45 on it in 2050'ish - or what every is around at that time.
Hopefully the days of stupidly high prices for GPU's will be long gone when we are almost at the stage when this technology trivial for 1080p, then 1440p and then 4k. Once that happens almost all GPU's will be APU's, the day's of gigantic GPU's are a thing of the past - thankfully.
Soldato
I suspect a 3090 may well only be able to do MS FS2020 at 4K 60+ on high if you're lucky.You may want to check out the latest hardware unboxed videoYou'll be out 3090 card and £1400+ for the FPS you're looking for at that res
You can be an "enthusiast" and still apply some basic common sense to purchases. In fact is it not more interesting to push a system with a budget to it's limits rather than just sort by price high to low when selecting components.
It makes me laugh when I read comments like thar in here. People assuming everyone interested in high end gaming buys and builds the most expensive rig every time.
" This is an enthusiast forum, we are the 1% who buy the most expensive gear because it's our hobby".
The name of the forum and shop here is overclockers. That seems to get lost on people when they are waving their wallets around.
But what would I know I'm on a budget
It makes me laugh when I read comments like thar in here. People assuming everyone interested in high end gaming buys and builds the most expensive rig every time.
" This is an enthusiast forum, we are the 1% who buy the most expensive gear because it's our hobby".
The name of the forum and shop here is overclockers. That seems to get lost on people when they are waving their wallets around.
But what would I know I'm on a budget
Soldato
About 6 months after launch I think. It was the EVGA Ftw card so not one of the cheapest.
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Prices are getting out of hand, 15yrs from now at this rate they'll be the price of a new decent car if nvidia keep doing these large price jumps 
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It's not at all, £250 in 2020 should get you at least 60% of £550, realistically that's the price of the original high end GPU from nVidia (About £25 less in reality).Man, this poll is depressing. Came into this thread thinking "I guess I'll pick around the £200 range, that tends to get you a bit of value midrange".
Guess I'm still stuck in that GTX 460 for £140 era :/.
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+£550 was always Quadro money
I suspect that £500 is probably the limit most will spend (even "enthusiasts") as that's next gen gaming console money so very hard to justify spending more than that just to play a few games IMO unless you're very seriously into it or have a specific game like flight sim 2020 or tech like VR where you demand top tier performance.
Soldato
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My Vega 56 is perfectly fine for offline gaming at 1080p.
CPU/RAM/MB is my next upgrade.
My Vega 56 is perfectly fine for offline gaming at 1080p.
CPU/RAM/MB is my next upgrade.
Soldato
Im pretty sure the original warranty period is, don’t think the extended warranty is though. However you can always fill in an RMA for the buyer if it breaks within that extended warranty period and have it returned.
I don't really have an upper limit - but that doesn't mean I would spend any amount on a GPU. I would feel a complete mug buying some tiers at the prices they often are - but if necessary will spend what I need to get the job done where I can get something I feel is reasonable for the money - even if it means buying a tier above what I actually need if you get more for your money at that level.
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Prices are getting out of hand, 15yrs from now at this rate they'll be the price of a new decent car if nvidia keep doing these large price jumps
Yeah yeah, we both know you'll still get a 3090 Rad
Soldato
I'm retiring at the end of the month so I'm treating meself to a complete pc upgrade, cpu, mobo, case ,etc, so this'll probs be my last pc build ever so i'll make it a goodun, graphics card included, but still a max of £750 for the card and I'm not fussed if AMD or Nvidia
Probably wise
Good luck with the retirement! Try and enjoy it