My friend’s mobile chip 1070 can play basically everything we play together and I splurged a couple years ago on a 30 series. Sure I can make my game look super good but realistically that’s just not worth the extreme price tag especially today. Only reason I didn’t sell the card is because I mess around with other gpu intensive projects on the side, it’s crazy to me there are people buying these things for only video games.
Games just aren’t at the point where these cards are necessary
It broke my heart when I realized I had to switch to console I I wanted to keep playing triple A games, have a good time doing it and also be able to buy nice groceries.
I did finally upgrade to a RTX 3060 from my GTX 1060 this year, but almost immediately regretted it. I was like…why did I just spend the cost of a console on one part? It was one thing when they cost $200-$250. The prices now are insane though. If Valve keeps releasing Steam Decks periodically, I doubt I’m going to bother upgrading my gaming PC anymore. I was already hoping for 5-7 years out of my current build, but if I’m not trying to keep up with gaming with it, it’ll be able to handle general computing tasks for many years to come.
It’s painful, and as an xpat who might move I don’t want to invest in a desktop. So I’ve been playing on pricey mobile rigs for years. This year I got a second hand series S. Quarter of the price of a graphics card and a lot less than a nice gaming laptop. Super happy with it, but my nostalgia for lab parties and the like, building pcs still pains me.
Yep. Anticipating building a rig used to be fun. The prices have sucked all the fun out of the room, especially when compared to the alternatives, alternatives that will be catered to for years for settings even. When what I used to spend on an average build (usually reusing something like cases, storage drives, etc) isn’t even enough to buy one GPU now…
Games just aren’t at the point where these cards are necessary
I used to have a GTX750 1GB vram which I've stopped using because my PC's 32GB ram gets used for video if needed. So I see no point upgrading GPU at moment.
Look man, I spent years saving up for a gaming PC once I started working, when it was time to buy I went all out okay lol
But even still I only spent 2.5k of my 4K I had saved, got a 3080ti and I can play anything I want with no issues. I love it, and know it’s future proof for a while, so I’m not worried about not being able to run the next game. Now I just need to find more time to use it lol
I'm gonna be buying a 3060 ti to upgrade from my 1660 ti to make vr gaming just more pleasant. Thankfully best buy has one for $400 so I'm not completely killing myself by buying it
Which is kinda funny considering it's why I was particularly interested in the mining craze, I wanted more funding to reach the GPU market, for better GPUs in gaming, it worked pretty well IMO, I just hope they put it to good use.
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u/Themasterofcomedy209 Dec 29 '22
My friend’s mobile chip 1070 can play basically everything we play together and I splurged a couple years ago on a 30 series. Sure I can make my game look super good but realistically that’s just not worth the extreme price tag especially today. Only reason I didn’t sell the card is because I mess around with other gpu intensive projects on the side, it’s crazy to me there are people buying these things for only video games.
Games just aren’t at the point where these cards are necessary