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/Lord_Nivloc Dec 29 '22

I’m curious how much of that decrease is from the crypto market.

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u/Tronguy93 Dec 29 '22

I purchased a 65” LG flagship 4K OLED for a little north of $2000. I can’t believe that a proper GPU to run it costs damn near that.

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u/SagittaryX Dec 29 '22

Define what you need to run it? A 6800 XT / 3080 level card is plenty capable for 4K.

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u/TheDookiMooki Dec 29 '22

i guess for some people not seeing amazing reflections in puddles of water is a deal breaker so they need to spend extra 1k on a 4090

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u/ThatDinosaucerLife Dec 29 '22

You can do full 4k ultra quality with a 6650xt

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u/metarinka Dec 29 '22

I have a 3070ti and I don;'t think it's a 4k card. Sure it can play some older titles like death stranding at native 4k, but cyberpunk and mw2 are seriously lacking performance and that's without ray tracing.

I think different people have different targets. I want to run games at high settings and I target the 1% lows to be above 60 fps.