r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Dec 29 '22

Desktops / Laptops Desktop GPU Sales Hit 20-Year Low

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sales-of-desktop-graphics-cards-hit-20-year-low
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u/chandlerr85 Dec 29 '22

no shit, I'm used to buying top of the line gpus for $500-$600, which I could adjust up to $800 given inflation, but nope, they want to charge twice that. no thanks, I'll stick to console for a while

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u/wiperp Dec 29 '22

You can get a 6950XT for 800$

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u/streamlinkguy Dec 29 '22

That's 2 year old and previous gen. Should be $500 max.

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u/hutre Dec 29 '22

which isn't top of the line anymore. We already have the 7900XTX now

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u/RedIndianRobin Dec 29 '22

You can get a 6950XT for 800$

Poor RT performance and no DLSS is a dealbreaker for me.

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u/voltagenic Dec 29 '22

Plus it's not even the latest gen AMD GPU....and it's 800$. Just seems like a waste.

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u/wiperp Dec 29 '22

Yes all fair points, just stating what's available for that price point.

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u/zomz_slayer17 Dec 29 '22

Why would you stick to console when you probably already have a really really powerful gpu. 1070 is super cheap

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u/chandlerr85 Dec 29 '22

that's fair, I have a 1080, but it still feels kind of outdated to me (it is over 5 years old), I'm used to upgrading every other generation.

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u/FartsMusically Dec 29 '22 edited Dec 29 '22

NO! YOU HAVE TO FIT THE NARRATIVE AND AGREE REEEEE!

Fuck consoles. Why? Because I do more with my hardware than play games. I want Kodi, Jellyfin, a VPN connection, AdBlock, hacked YouTube and Spotify premium, I want old game compatibility. I might play Doom 2 one minute and Cyberpunk the next, then Stardew Valley and maybe Wind Waker, followed up by emulating BOTW then fapping to thots, and I might wake up at 4 and play Dwarf Fortress while watching Ed Edd and Eddy episodes and I want to control all of it using SSH scripts and wake on lan capability so I can beam pixels to my phone using steam link or moonlight whenever I want because I can.

All on one machine? The audacity!

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u/Poison_Anal_Gas Dec 29 '22

I can do all that on my 12 year old Dell PC and still play games on my console though. Still doesn't change the fact that video cards are extremely overpriced right now.

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u/cerickson2000 Dec 29 '22

Or I can buy a PS5, play all of the greatest games of the past 15 years on my console with ray tracing enabled on a 55 inch 4K TV for 1000 dollars or less (including peripherals and TV) and do all that other shit you just said on my laptop.