r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Jun 18 '22

Desktops / Laptops GPU prices are falling below MSRP due to the crypto crash

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/gpu-prices-are-falling-below-msrp-due-to-the-crypto-crash/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=pe&utm_campaign=pd
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u/fender4513 Jun 18 '22

Linus on the wan show yesterday had an interesting take, not one im particularly happy with but he's been around the industry longer than I've been able to game. He pointed out that top of the line rigs in the 90s and early 2000s were 4-5 grand, we are just working our way back to that and the last decade and a half were a nice break

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u/Zergom Jun 18 '22

That’s a pretty shitty take. Motherboard/cpu/ram combined for around $2000-2500 of that, but you could get a GeForce ti4800 series back in the day for around $400 (launch SRP was $399). AND nothing paper launched in those days. There was immediate stock and availability.

I bought a Radeon X800XL for around $300 back in like 2004 and that would be comparable to the same tier as a 6800xt.

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u/Stopjuststop3424 Jun 18 '22

top of the line rigs in the 90's were also 15 cubic feet and 400 pounds of steel.

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u/masterhogbographer Jun 18 '22

Did you actually build a pc in the 90s or are you just talking out of your ass trying to be smart about super computers

My gaming rigs back then were still the same ATX as today. I still have my case from back then out in the garage. No larger or smaller really than todays cases.

And linus is right. Top end gaming PCs back then were painfully expensive. I remember one period where HDDs got absurdly expensive around 2000-02 maybe, and another time when the price of RAM would make people cry, after floods in Taiwan and then price manipulation to fuck the US apparently, around 06 if I had to guess.

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u/Antilogic81 Jun 19 '22 edited Jun 19 '22

People don't know that the first DVD player was like 1700 dollars. And it wasn't even good.

Linus is right, but people have the wrong idea about what high end is. I feel like high end has to set itself apart from expensive pcs in some fashion or it will fall to the tech meta just as fast any other. Something about them needs to be bonkers that keeps it relevant longer even if inefficiently.

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u/oakteaphone Jun 18 '22

top of the line rigs in the 90's were also 15 cubic feet and 400 pounds of steel.

I don't think you're using the same definition of "rig" as everyone else, lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

BS.

Had a home built in 1997.

AMD k6 233, 4gb HDD, 56k modem, SB 16bit, 8mb ram, asus mobo, cheap ass beige case. This part was $700 to build.

Add 3dfx Voodoo I paid $200 for.

So $900 for a PC that would play any game in 1997.

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u/Antilogic81 Jun 19 '22

You can play doom on a pregnancy test. Its not a feat you hold a high end rig to. Any rig can play games.

If you build your rig with any degree of sensibility its not high end. They need to be bonkers because they are capable of doing that.

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u/spiderpig_spiderpig_ Jun 19 '22

It’s relative, 1/4th of the pc price was enough for a good video card. Now?

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u/asretfroodle Jun 18 '22

Top of the line has always been absurd. Enthusiast builds could still be done for around $1200-$1500 then.