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Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090

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  • blackmist@feddit.ukB blackmist@feddit.uk

    Still on a 1060 over here.

    Sure, I may have to limit FFXIV to 30fps in summer to stop it crashing, but it still runs.

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    jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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    #69

    They are talking about skipping 1 or 2 generations not taking 10 years off

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    • I incogcyberspaceuser@lemmy.world

      What’s wrong with 4k gaming? Just curious

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      endeavor@sopuli.xyz
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      #70

      You pay ton more money for a screen thats ppi is too dense to matter only to to pay ton more money for a pc to still run it at terrible framerate with lowered settings and fake frames.

      4k is a pure scam.

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      • knightly the SneptaurK knightly the Sneptaur

        What it needs is a new multi-threaded engine so I can actually use all these extra cores. XD

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        Sabata
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        #71

        Sounds like version 1.6 is supposed to get multithreading.

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        • C cheesenoodle@lemmy.world

          Saved up for a couple of years and built the best (consumer grade) non nvidia PC I could, 9070XT, 9950X3D, 64gig of RAM. Pretty much top end everything that isn’t Nvidia or just spamming redundant RAM for no reason. The whole thing still costs less than a single RTX 5090 and on average draws less power too.

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          chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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          #72

          And then to stick it to the man further you’re running Linux of course, right?

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          • SabataS Sabata

            Sounds like version 1.6 is supposed to get multithreading.

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            coacoamelky@lemm.ee
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            #73

            Can’t wait

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            • C chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz

              And then to stick it to the man further you’re running Linux of course, right?

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              cheesenoodle@lemmy.world
              wrote on last edited by cheesenoodle@lemmy.world
              #74

              I tried Mint and Ubuntu but Linux dies a horrific death trying to run newly released hardware so I ended up on ghost spectre.
              (I also assume your being sarcastic but I’m still salty about wasting a week trying various pieces of advice to make linux goddamn work)

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              • J jordanz@lemmy.world

                When did it just become expected that everybody would upgrade GPU’s every year and that’s suppose to be normal? I don’t understand people upgraded phones every year either. Both of those things are high cost for minimal gains between years. You really need 3+ years for any meaningful gains. Especially over the last few years.

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                Sixty
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                #75

                Sticking with 1440p on desktop has gone very well for me. 2160p isn’t worth the costs in money or perf.

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                • V vividspecter@lemm.ee

                  It doesn’t help that the gains have been smaller, and the prices higher.

                  I’ve got a RX 6800 I bought in 2020, and nothing but the 5090 is a significant upgrade, and I’m sure as fuck not paying that kind of money for a video card.

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                  arudesalad@sh.itjust.works
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                  #76

                  I have a 6700xt and 5700x and my pc can do vr and play star citizen, they are the most demanding things I do on my pc, why should I spend almost £1000 to get a 5070 or 9070 and an am5 board+processor?

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                  • C cm0002@lemmy.world

                    Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

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                    simple
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #77

                    Unfortunately gamers aren’t the real target audience for new GPUs, it’s AI bros. Even if nobody buys a 4090/5090 for gaming, they’re always out of stock as LLM enthusiasts and small companies use them for AI.

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                    • C cheesenoodle@lemmy.world

                      I tried Mint and Ubuntu but Linux dies a horrific death trying to run newly released hardware so I ended up on ghost spectre.
                      (I also assume your being sarcastic but I’m still salty about wasting a week trying various pieces of advice to make linux goddamn work)

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                      bitwolf
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                      #78

                      Levelone techs had relevant guidance.

                      Kernel 6.14 or greater Mesa 25.1 or greater

                      Ubuntu and Mint idt have those yet hence your difficult time.

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                      • Y yesman@lemmy.world

                        I’m rocking a GTX 1660 and have no plans to upgrade. Ray-tracing is a scam and all the “AAA” titles that are too vram hungry for my card are not that attractive anyway.

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                        d_c@lemm.ee
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                        #79

                        980gt.
                        Though, due to circumstances, I’ve not played any games in about a year.
                        Before that I only really played Rocket League in the few years preceding. So if that still going when I do have time to play them I’ll still be fine with my old GPU.

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                        • C cm0002@lemmy.world

                          Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

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                          goodtoknow@lemmy.ca
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                          GTX 1060 6Gb still going strong!

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                          • blackmist@feddit.ukB blackmist@feddit.uk

                            Still on a 1060 over here.

                            Sure, I may have to limit FFXIV to 30fps in summer to stop it crashing, but it still runs.

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                            qweertz (they/she)
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                            #81

                            I’m running Linux for everything and my GTX 1070 is still chugging along trying to power my 1440p 144hz monitor ^^’

                            Well, I mostly just play strategy games and CS2 (which I do have to run on almost the lowest possible settings without FSR. I basically turn everything to lowest except for lowest still AA setting and dynamic shadows to not have a disadvantage and get 110 - 180 fps depending on the situation)

                            But I’m planning on buying a used Radeon 9070 XT and just inserting it into my current build (i7 6800k based lololol) and on eventually buying a new build around it

                            (A 750W 80 Plus Platinum PSU should be able to handle a new 970 XT)

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                            • J jimmycakes@lemmy.world

                              They are talking about skipping 1 or 2 generations not taking 10 years off

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                              qweertz (they/she)
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #82

                              Hey, it’s not 2026 just yet!

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                              • Lord WiggleL Lord Wiggle

                                Fuck Nvidia anyways. #teamred

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                                qweertz (they/she)
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #83

                                I’ve been on Linux since 2018 (my PC is from 2016) and my next GPUs will always be AMD, unless Intel somehow manages to produce an on par GPU

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                                • S smokingcookie@lemmy.world

                                  Still rocking an EVGA 980 here.

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                                  qweertz (they/she)
                                  wrote on last edited by qweertz@programming.dev
                                  #84

                                  Back when building my PC, I actually considered getting a 980 Ti. Luckily I did go with the GTX 1070

                                  (they were both similarly priced)

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                                  • J jordanz@lemmy.world

                                    When did it just become expected that everybody would upgrade GPU’s every year and that’s suppose to be normal? I don’t understand people upgraded phones every year either. Both of those things are high cost for minimal gains between years. You really need 3+ years for any meaningful gains. Especially over the last few years.

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                                    qweertz (they/she)
                                    wrote on last edited by qweertz@programming.dev
                                    #85

                                    Still rocking a GTX 1070 and I plan on using my Graphene OS Pixel 8 Pro till 2030 (only bought it (used ofc) bc my Huawei Mate 20 Pro died on me in October last year 😔)

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                                    • X xenny@lemmy.world

                                      Rimworld doesn’t need a new gpu

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                                      nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                                      i wish i could remember how i got it to run on apple silicon last time because i can’t do it now

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                                      • C cm0002@lemmy.world

                                        Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

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                                        ArxCyberwolf
                                        wrote on last edited by snowpix@lemmy.ca
                                        #87

                                        I bought a 3070 for far more than I should’ve back when that was new, and I don’t plan to make that mistake twice. This GPU is likely going to be staying in this PC til it croaks. Never felt the need for anything more powerful anyway, it runs everything I need it to on high settings.

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                                        • G grindinggears@lemmy.ca

                                          It’s just kind of unnecessary. Gaming in 1440p on something the size of your average computer monitor, hell even just good ol’ 1080 HD, is more than sufficient. I mean 1080 to 4k sure there’s a difference, but 1440p it’s a lot harder to tell. Nobody cares about your mud puddle reflections cranking along in a game at 120 fps. At least not the normies.

                                          Putting on my dinosaur hat for a second, I spent the first decade of my life gaming in 8/16 bit and 4 color CGA, and I’ve probably spent the last thirty years and god only knows how much money trying to replicate those experiences.

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                                          damage@feddit.it
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                                          I mean I play at 1440p and I think it’s fine… Well it’s 3440x1440, problem is I can still see the pixels, and my desk is quite deep. Do I NEED 4k? No. Would I prefer if I had it? Hell yes, but not enough to spend huge amount of money that are damaging to an already unrealistic market.

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