Hohenheim
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You definitly won't need to deal with this in a long , long time.
Digital Foundry: Why We Recommend Buying a GPU Now
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LiquidMetal14
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Finally procured a 5090 after offloading ther 4090. No regrets. At the minimum I'll have the most expensive card to sell and offset a good amount of the cost for the next one.
yamaci17
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I will wait for the official PS6 specs
if that thing ends up with at least 32GB VRAM, then I'd feel really bad owning an RTX 5070 Ti or an RTX 5080
I'm someone who tries to keep GPUs as long as possible (I have limited budget). I've kept my 3070 for 5 years now, but not being able to use PS5 equivalent textures in many games is just sad. if I get a 5080 now, I'd expect to get at least 6-7 years out of it. and if a situation happens where I cannot use PS6 equivalent textures on an RTX 5080 in 2029, it wouldn't be any different from what I've experienced with 3070 in 2022
if that thing ends up with at least 32GB VRAM, then I'd feel really bad owning an RTX 5070 Ti or an RTX 5080
I'm someone who tries to keep GPUs as long as possible (I have limited budget). I've kept my 3070 for 5 years now, but not being able to use PS5 equivalent textures in many games is just sad. if I get a 5080 now, I'd expect to get at least 6-7 years out of it. and if a situation happens where I cannot use PS6 equivalent textures on an RTX 5080 in 2029, it wouldn't be any different from what I've experienced with 3070 in 2022
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Xbox 360 slim
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I thought about gettinga 5070ti to replace my 3080. But, then I realized PS6 is probably 2 years away. And it'll prob have 20-24GB of VRAM at minimum. Holding out until 2027. Who knows what memebox Xbox will put out.
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balls of snow
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The knock on effect from all these is gaming graphics will probably not advance more than what they are now. Path tracing only games will remain a pipedream thank god. Means system requirements will remain static until probably even 2030.
If your card can run unreal engine 5 games at an acceptable perf than you are good to wait it out until the bubble burst.
If your card can run unreal engine 5 games at an acceptable perf than you are good to wait it out until the bubble burst.
NeonDelta
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been going back and forth all week about whether to upgrade my 3070 to a 9070 or not. Think I'm going to hold for now and reevaluate when the new consoles are out.
If it had more VRAM i wouldn't even consider upgrading it at the moment. Am also tempted by a 9060xt as a stop gap but probably not worth it.
If it had more VRAM i wouldn't even consider upgrading it at the moment. Am also tempted by a 9060xt as a stop gap but probably not worth it.
and it supports phys-x 32 bit as well. Don't forget that.Just bought a 4070ti last week. Wasnt planning to but i was in CEX and someone literally brought in a brand new unopened 4070ti to sell. They were building a new gaming PC bit by bit, and something came up so they needed to sell it.
Anyway even though it was brand new, CEX have to sell at used prices. So i got it for £430.
After testing the card over many games over the last few days, i expect the card to last me years. The advantage of playing on a 60hz tv.
CrustyBritches
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I agree that this black friday season was a good time to buy. I bought 2 cards: 5060 Ti 16GB for $369($300 after PayPal cashback) and 3060 12GB ebay refurb for $189. The deals were good enough on their own regardless of shortages. I think that applies to PS5 as well.
But I mean, only buy if you actually want a card and just haven't been feeling motivated to upgrade.
But I mean, only buy if you actually want a card and just haven't been feeling motivated to upgrade.
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RainblowDash
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Buy now before things get even more expensive.
Durin
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Pretty much Captain Hindsight levels of advice, but yeah if you were thinking of a new GPU...tis the time, unless you're running modern games fine..
Quite a few of them are discounted below MSRP, when a year ago they were above MSRP. It is the best time since pre-pandemic.
Or get a console now (PS5 best deal now), because in a year when Sony goes through their vram they stockpiled earlier this year...they'll all get more expensive until AI bubble pops/deflates, because they all compete for the same silicon foundries.
Quite a few of them are discounted below MSRP, when a year ago they were above MSRP. It is the best time since pre-pandemic.
Or get a console now (PS5 best deal now), because in a year when Sony goes through their vram they stockpiled earlier this year...they'll all get more expensive until AI bubble pops/deflates, because they all compete for the same silicon foundries.
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Celcius
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I'm still running an RTX 3090 and it's still getting me by at 4K but it's definitely showing it's age in the more demanding titles.
I'd prefer not to spend so much on a 5090 and have so much heat dumped in my room/case (600w) but it's the only card in the Blackwell lineup that doesn't have less VRAM than I have now. Sometimes I think about just grabbing a 5080 FE and using that until the rtx 60 series comes out to play around with the new technology and have a little more power but I dunno at this point. The gap between the 5080 and the 5090 is huge.
I'd prefer not to spend so much on a 5090 and have so much heat dumped in my room/case (600w) but it's the only card in the Blackwell lineup that doesn't have less VRAM than I have now. Sometimes I think about just grabbing a 5080 FE and using that until the rtx 60 series comes out to play around with the new technology and have a little more power but I dunno at this point. The gap between the 5080 and the 5090 is huge.
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