My RX480 from 2016 is still kicking, if crashing a bit. At this rate when it breaks I’ll just use my steam deck docked instead of selling my liver to buy a new GPU
The Simple Act of Buying a Graphics Card Is the Defining Misery of PC Gaming in 2025
Submitted 1 day ago by tonytins@pawb.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/we-all-deserve-better-than-this/
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als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
paultimate14@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The 9070’s on eBay are getting cheaper and cheaper the further we get from the launch. I think scalpers underestimated AMD’s stock and they are slowly discovering that.
Immediately after the launch the XT seemed to be starting at $1,200. Now they are down to $800. The non-xt is down to $650.
Depends on how much stock AMD can provide in the coming weeks and months, but I’m still thinking I’ll be able to get one at MSRP this year.
SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m not sure where you are seeing this but on eBay they are still showing a ton of cards from 12-1800.
This shit is a problem and only the apathetic retailers can fix it.
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Being bought, or being sold? There’s a difference. If they’re not being bought at those numbers, they’ll still show up the most.
They also said “starting”, which implies that’s what it’s being sold at, not what you see the most listings for.
Mouette@jlai.lu 1 day ago
It still see them more around 800-900€ which is more than what i paid for a 7900XT wtf
nahostdeutschland@feddit.org 16 hours ago
I’ve been gaming on my SteamDeck for quite a while and I will continue that. There’s no way that I’m paying that much money for a new gaming computer
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 1 day ago
I’m having a good time on a laptop with no fancy graphics card and have no desire to buy one.
I also do not look for super high graphical fidelity, play mostly indies instead of AAA, and am like 5 years behind the industry, mostly buying old gems on sale, so my tastes probably enable this strategy as much as anything else.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Modern high end iGPUs (e.g. AMD Strix Halo) are going to start replacing dGPUs in the entry and mid-range segments.
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 1 day ago
I’ll be honest, I have never paid attention to GPUs and I don’t understand what your comment is trying to say or (this feels selfish to say) how it applies to me and my comment. Is this intended to mostly be a reply to me, or something to help others reading the thread?
icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Same here, have never owned a graphics card in my life. When I occasionally do want a modern game I don’t need it at 120FPS with max settings.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve been using minipcs with integrated graphics ( and one with a laptop class GPU) instead of desktops for around the house and see no reason to stop.
JDPoZ@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just kept an eye on Micro Center’s refurbished cards for a few weeks and was able to snag a 3090Ti late last year with a 3-yr warranty for the same price I paid for a 980Ti in 2015.
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think that might be my plan too, but I’m still waiting a paycheck or two before I even monitor the situation. My 2070 is fine and ultimately I just want to pass it down to a spare PC for kids to mess around on as my oldest hits 3. I know my the time I hit 5 I was playing shit like Dune 2, admittedly with hacked save files my dad setup.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Been that way for years. There was a brief respite when people were switching to ASIC bitcoin mining and away from GPU intensive mining and you could actually get a GPU for a fair price, retail, non-scalper price gouging.
Now it’s right back to basically unaffordable for a name brand GPU. Literally more than a mortgage payment.
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Probs the only reason for many to buy a console these days. For the cost of a high end GPU you can get an entire system and some games.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
I have a powerful computer for my work with a 3090, i9 etc. I still prefer gaming on the Xbox, it’s in the living room, it doesn’t bother me with driver issues, CPU overheating, and other random bugs I get on the big machine, and it’s in the living room where I’m also spending the time with my family rather than stuck in my cave upstairs.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Funny thing about AMD is the MI300X is supposedly not selling well. Other than the Framework desktop, they are desperate to stay as uncompetitive in the AI space as they possibly can.
Wasn’t the Intel B580 a good launch, though? It seems to have gotten rave reviews, and it’s in stock, yet has exited the hype cycle.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Intel b580 still showing out of stock everywhere I normally look.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
In stock, but not at the right price. MSRP is $250. The cards I’m seeing are $350 and up.
For $250 it’s a good card. For $350 not so much.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I looked for months for a b580 for my wifes pc. Couldn’t get one in stock for MSRP during that time. Finally caved and grabbed a 6900xt for $400 used. The intel cards are awesome, if you can get one. I do hope intel keeps up the mid range offerings at sane prices
Thorry84@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Well the B580 is a budget / low-power GPU. All the discussions going around are for flagship and high-end GPUs. Intel isn’t in that space yet, but we can hope they have a B7xx lined up which makes some waves.
Vizth@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
You know, I was thinking about upgrading my graphics card this year along with the rest of my PC but I think I can squeeze a couple more years out of my 3060 TI at this rate.
Psythik@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
I squeezed 7 years out of my 1070 before I replaced it.
You can easily get another 2-4 years out of your GPU. A 3060ti isn’t even old.
PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
My desktop still has a 1060. It’s not great in new games but still works.
zecg@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s pretty okay if you’re like me, i.e. have no needs above full hd res and can either take or leave rtx
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It should still be better. Or at least cheaper.
Dasnap@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Crypto, followed by NFTs, followed by LLMs… The GPU market has been fucked for years now. Whenever something starts to drop off, another tech bro idea that requires 10,000 GPUs to process takes its place.
merc@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
The Crypto to AI transition was brutal. Just as demand for GPUs was coming down because people were starting to use ASICs to mine Bitcoin, along comes AI to drive up non-gaming demand again.
The only good news is that eventually when the AI bubble pops there will be massive R&D and manufacturing geared towards producing GPUs. Unless something else comes along… But really, I can’t see that happening because the AI bubble is so immense and is such an enormous part of the entire world’s economy.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 22 hours ago
Truly just the brute force solution. Need a shitload of compute? GPUs can do it! No one stops to think if we really need it. It’s all about coulda, not shoulda. Yeah, ML and AI has a place, but big tech just thinks “slap an LLM everywhere”. Just such horseshit