MSI and ASUS hike GeForce RTX 50 series prices in official stores, now up to $3,409 for RTX 5090

[otacon239@lemmy.world]

Yeah, you can build a 1440p native/4k upscale build for like $1000 if not less. I don’t understand what the demand for these cards is. What games benefit?

[enkers@sh.itjust.works]

Same thing with Taylor Swift tickets I guess? I'd imagine it's because of negative backlash to charging so much. Instead of people being mad at the scalpers, they'd be mad at the retailers.

I'm personally kind of partial to the lottery method for right to buy, since it cuts down on scalpers.

[garretble@lemmy.world]

My 1070 still plays Final Fantasy XIV just fine, so I think I keep my $3,400, thanks.

[paraphrand@lemmy.world]

And then you also need to take out insurance.

[adarza@lemmy.ca]

someone that works at a local bank was at the grocery store yesterday when we were there. back by the dairy and such. this was overheard:

"hey look, they got a loan officer for the eggs"

[cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca]

Yup, my last build was 2020 when 2000 series was still the top. 2070s is what I went with. Complete with 64 GB of RAM, 3800X, and other stuff (even a 500$ monitor) and I was only in around $2000 lol.

[cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca]

But that extra 3FPS bro.

[zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Eyyy, i just upgraded from a 3800x! 9800x3d is a solid improvement. Still using my 2080 TI tho (used display model from microcenter, for $800, in 2020)

[tal@lemmy.today]

My guess is that demand for high-end GPUs is more for AI stuff, which can always benefit from more horsepower.

[ulrich@feddit.org]

Shit mine was 1/3 of that haha

[cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca]

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't see any improvement upgrading my proc. Graphics card would need to be next im sure.

[bassturd@lemmy.world]

Either devs are going to have to start finding ways to keep next gen games functioning properly on my 2080ti, or I'm going to have to find a different hobby if AMD follows suite. I will absolutely not be coming close to paying for anything on that scale.

[9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world]

$3409 for some proprietary drivers on my PC? No thanks.

[pineapplepizza@lemm.ee]

2080 will play more than a lifetime supply of indie games. No need to continue supporting anti consumer AAA games

[themachinestops@discuss.tchncs.de]

Or just move to a a console, the quality might not be the same, but it is way cheaper. This is one of the reasons people by consoles, they are cheaper and the games are optimized for it.

[cheesenoodle@lemmy.world]

Aren't these the same cards that have been self destructing during driver updates?

[sturgist@lemmy.ca]

Especially for such slim margins of improvement over the 4000 series.

[robotzap10000@feddit.nl]

You can get very acceptable performance for fractions of the price of a scalped 5090.

[bakkoda@sh.itjust.works]

Stop. Buying. Nvidia.

[jordanz@lemmy.world]

I’d be questioning the sanity of a gamer that needs to buy something from every generation of card released(I don’t understand buying a phone yearly either). If they use it to turn a profit and gaming is a convenient side benefit then fine. That or they just have larger than average discretionary funds.

I went from a Titan X(2015) to a 3080(2020). It’s 2025 now and the 3080 is still doing just fine. I upgrade when something I want to play doesn’t perform well…I’m not there yet.