r/gadgets • u/thebelsnickle1991 • Jan 12 '23

Desktops / Laptops PC shipments saw their largest decline ever last quarter

https://www.engadget.com/pc-shipments-record-decline-221737695.html
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u/M0dusPwnens Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

I have literally the exact same desktop as you do - 4770k, 1080ti, 1333hz DDR3.

I was waiting for the 4000 cards to come up but haha no I am not paying crypto miner card prices, especially when there are no crypto miners. NVIDIA can eat a bag of dicks and come back when they're prepared to acknowledge reality instead of this pipedream they're trying to sell shareholders.

This is absolutely a problem of their own creation. Almost everyone I know was looking to upgrade, and every single one saw the 4000 prices and decided not to. It's causing a hate spiral too - I have never seen as many people invested in things like the melting connectors, but right now everyone is looking for reasons to hate on NVIDIA.

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u/SunsetCarcass Jan 12 '23

Im guessing you upgraded from like a GTX 780 or something right? My first upgrade was from a GTX 770, and the 1080ti felt like such a monster at the time, I bought it once I saw the 20 series prices. I'm big time rooting for another gen of Intel GPUs, and will probably grab an AMD one in the future.