Some kind of time-share arrangement?
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Poll: What is your upper limit for your next GPU purchase
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Yup im blaming people here as well!
Sitting on 4770k, I had a 1080 and after the 2080 super launch i said NOPE... No fps doubling for £700 and 2.6months later? Who were they kidding? People were buying supers and it was killing me inside. All we had to do was refuse to buy and they have to sell at no profit or worse for them at a loss, You trying sitting on a £200 million inventory of 2080 supers and see if you want to play chicken with me or go bankrupt. I had them, Cornered and you sheep all blew it!
But seriously, When the 1080 broke a few months later i had to buy something with my refund. So i added £300 and got a £899 2080ti. But im screwed next time now i cant downgrade really as its going to be ages until i get double the 2080ti fps and i wont buy a new generation unless it has that doubling or performance so thats means my next gpu will be £1150 or 4 years away. I will not pay £1150 for a gpu so you sheep get your houses in order. I dont want to see anyone here buying Ampere Ti models for more than £900. Or you will be hearing from me!
Soldato
I just don't do enough gaming to justify too much.
I put £250, but realistically I'd go around £300ish.
Not interested in high end, just want a replacement for my RX480.
I put £250, but realistically I'd go around £300ish.
Not interested in high end, just want a replacement for my RX480.
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Probably $1400ish Seriously though, it will all come down to numbers and how the 3090 compares to the 3080 compares to big navi. I am willing to pay the premium for the 3090 *If* it has a sizable performance delta over the 3080.... would have to be *at least* 25% faster across the board though. I don't give a rats ass about the card size or power draw but I will care if its noisy. That's a definite no-no.
Hey I have a high refresh ultrawide, i need all the framerate i can get.
Seriously though, it will all come down to numbers and how the 3090 compares to the 3080 compares to big navi. I am willing to pay the premium for the 3090 *If* it has a sizable performance delta over the 3080.... would have to be *at least* 25% faster across the board though. I don't give a rats ass about the card size or power draw but I will care if its noisy. That's a definite no-no. Hey I have a high refresh ultrawide, i need all the framerate i can get.
I suspect it was YOU who blew it by caving and buying the 2080tiYup im blaming people here as well!
Sitting on 4770k, I had a 1080 and after the 2080 super launch i said NOPE... No fps doubling for £700 and 2.6months later? Who were they kidding? People were buying supers and it was killing me inside. All we had to do was refuse to buy and they have to sell at no profit or worse for them at a loss, You trying sitting on a £200 million inventory of 2080 supers and see if you want to play chicken with me or go bankrupt. I had them, Cornered and you sheep all blew it!
But seriously, When the 1080 broke a few months later i had to buy something with my refund. So i added £300 and got a £899 2080ti. But im screwed next time now i cant downgrade really as its going to be ages until i get double the 2080ti fps and i wont buy a new generation unless it has that doubling or performance so thats means my next gpu will be £1150 or 4 years away. I will not pay £1150 for a gpu so you sheep get your houses in order. I dont want to see anyone here buying Ampere Ti models for more than £900. Or you will be hearing from me!
, you clearly blinked when you should have stood firm! At least you've got very good performance now and got it at quite a reasonable or at least not outrageous price.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, people much prefer something tangible in their hands now rather the notional prospect of getting better something later.
Caporegime
So you mean you feel left out?
You just don’t vote simple, you can always cry a river by posting
Just kidding, I also hate the direction nvidia are taking the prices.
Not sure why it has my name against that quote? I didn't write that ha
Buying into a more expensive GPU has a significant upfront hit, but after that replacing it at each cycle is less expensive.
After the buy in, if a Ti costs you £300 per year (on a 2 year renewal) thats £25 per month.
Unless GPU performacne doubles in a generation, it's a fairly safe bet a high end card will hold it's value even after then next gen (+30% performance) launch
Millions of people in this country with extensive pay TV packages, hire purchase cars, flagship phones etc.
Add in, eating out, nights on the beer, football /season tickets, daily cups of chain coffee etc.
Plenty of ways to spend a lot of cash when you add it up.
Drop back into the middle ground and 2060/3060 class performance is ~ £10 per month once you buy in.
Worth paying a little extra for a 3-5 year warranty to help resale.
I'm not in a rush to upgrade, most of my steam back catalogue would be fine on a 4GB 1050Ti
While I agree, Nvidia are profiteering a little at the high end, I don't expect AMD to charge in to save the day, In my personal view, best case will be 5-10% fps per $ depending where the stack lines up.
Both companies are shareholder owned and shareholders want $$$
After the buy in, if a Ti costs you £300 per year (on a 2 year renewal) thats £25 per month.
Unless GPU performacne doubles in a generation, it's a fairly safe bet a high end card will hold it's value even after then next gen (+30% performance) launch
Millions of people in this country with extensive pay TV packages, hire purchase cars, flagship phones etc.
Add in, eating out, nights on the beer, football /season tickets, daily cups of chain coffee etc.
Plenty of ways to spend a lot of cash when you add it up.
Drop back into the middle ground and 2060/3060 class performance is ~ £10 per month once you buy in.
Worth paying a little extra for a 3-5 year warranty to help resale.
I'm not in a rush to upgrade, most of my steam back catalogue would be fine on a 4GB 1050Ti
While I agree, Nvidia are profiteering a little at the high end, I don't expect AMD to charge in to save the day, In my personal view, best case will be 5-10% fps per $ depending where the stack lines up.
Both companies are shareholder owned and shareholders want $$$
Shareholders are generally not gamers. They just want new carpets for thier yachts and such.
Money is all that matters it seems so in life do your best to get as much if it as possible, then you can dictate to the rest of them/us.
I stand by my £500 is enough for a gaming gpu at top tier. Unfortunately my carpet fitter wants more than that to do my stairs and landing on Clara (Lady Ella S Yacht)
Money is all that matters it seems so in life do your best to get as much if it as possible, then you can dictate to the rest of them/us.
I stand by my £500 is enough for a gaming gpu at top tier. Unfortunately my carpet fitter wants more than that to do my stairs and landing on Clara (Lady Ella S Yacht)
Soldato
Again. It's like Pascal and the generations before never happened...or must have happened when companies had no shareholders...or didn't want to make money...or whatever.
Such short memories.
Such short memories.
How would that work with shops? We don't buy from nvidia, we buy from OCUK etc.
I want to buy a super-duper monitor that my current graphics card won't drive. There is literally no point in buying it until I have a card that is a LOT more powerful than the one I already have. I need the most powerful card I can get. I am not sure what that means at the moment but the least of my worries is how much it costs. I don't usually get the absolute top end, because I generally don't think the extra money is worth the 10% performance, but, I might this time.
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The market has changed, mid range Pascal was priced vs Polaris, Higher end expected more competition from Vega which was late and disapointing for gaming.
Then people went mining crazy and pushed prices up.
RTX lauched with ray tracing as a feature with a modest performance bump but much higher prices and people still kept buying.
AMD launched their mid range 56/57xx card pegged the the new inflated Nvidia pricing structure.
The only way we get price cuts is that Nvida and AMD have too much inventory, if they can sell at or near retail they will.
I haven't upgraded for a few years now and seeing the prices for GPU's today is madness. Anyone spending over a grand on a graphics card needs their head looking at frankly or just has too much money to waste.
In the past I would have gone up to say £400, today I'd say £250 and just stay a couple of generations behind.
In the past I would have gone up to say £400, today I'd say £250 and just stay a couple of generations behind.
Sadly even 2nd hand i dont see the turing cards dropping much in price. im not sure why but 2nd hand Nvidia cards, people still like to pay a good chunk for them.
Put £750 and I'm hoping to get double my titans performance for that whenever I end up spending it. Either this coming generation or the next.
I brought my titan second hand for about £450 I think it was and it's done me well.
I will also need a new game that I really want to play but am unable to get the visuals I want. If nothing takes my fancy and I'm still playing PUBG I won't need a new card. I'm expecting Cyberpunk to be that game but I'll wait for reviews.
I also have a G-Sync monitor so will pay extra for Nvidia upto around £100 if it's more than that for the same performance as AMD I'll switch over
I brought my titan second hand for about £450 I think it was and it's done me well.
I will also need a new game that I really want to play but am unable to get the visuals I want. If nothing takes my fancy and I'm still playing PUBG I won't need a new card. I'm expecting Cyberpunk to be that game but I'll wait for reviews.
I also have a G-Sync monitor so will pay extra for Nvidia upto around £100 if it's more than that for the same performance as AMD I'll switch over