The Simple Act of Buying a Graphics Card Is the Defining Misery of PC Gaming in 2025
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My RX480 from 2016 is still kicking, if crashing a bit. At this rate when it breaks I'll just use my steam deck docked instead of selling my liver to buy a new GPU
Rocking this Polaris 'till it Explodis
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Crypto, followed by NFTs, followed by LLMs... The GPU market has been fucked for years now. Whenever something starts to drop off, another tech bro idea that requires 10,000 GPUs to process takes its place.
Petition to shoot the next tech bro with a "innovative" idea
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Buzz for the Pro? All I've seen is people sneering at the lack of games taking advantage of the extra capabilities and the price.
I still think the base model is a better deal.Totally. Base is much cheaper. Especially the digital version. I think those looking at GPUs at twice the price of a PS5 Pro are given a new option though and my observation is that they've been vocal about it
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And there hasn't been another option for years but I'm seeing an awful lot of buzz for the PS5 Pro with people ditching PC and enjoying that more casual, sofa with a controller approach.
This doesn't sound true. I can no longer name 1 friend who prefers console and PS5 pro launch was pretty terrible. Hell, even I got back into PC gaming thanks to VR
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I got tired of the whole GPU, PC building thing. It's something that everybody should do once in their life if only to learn how computers are put together. However, at a certain point, I just want come home, sit down and play games without having to fiddle around with drivers, so I bought a console.
Is this a bait? Swapping parts once per few years was THE reason to choose something you can't even likely repair?
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I wish my mortgage was that low.
Beats me how much your mortgage is, prices I’m seeing for a 4080 Ti are north of $2500.
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Is this a bait? Swapping parts once per few years was THE reason to choose something you can't even likely repair?
Right? I find solace in the fact that I can update individual parts of my PC over the years to play whatever new game catches my fancy. Buying a whole new console every generation seems wasteful.
I'm definitely not on board with pixel chasers upgrading graphic cards every year, though. That feels even more wasteful.
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I saved up 2k over a year for a 5090. Gave up and bought a last gen AMD card with a waifu on it and may get a new phone with the left over.
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I am not really interested in modern gaming, but I needed a 16GB NVidia GPU for the AI/ML course I'm currently doing. I wanted to get a 16GB 4060Ti, but they were out of stock literally everywhere. In the end I gave up and got a 12GB 3060. It's not as good as what I wanted, but at least it was cheap and readily available.
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Beats me how much your mortgage is, prices I’m seeing for a 4080 Ti are north of $2500.
Others were saying $2k... I am thankfully under $2500. Though I forgot insurance is wrapped in my monthly payment. So maybe I am under even $2k. I know rent around here is between $1k and $2k a month for a two bedroom apt though.
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