i want to buy a new 5060 16gb gpu, but it would cost me 875$ to make that happen which is too much. but at the same time, we're about to enter a deeper pc building recession, so maybe i should anyway?

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i really just want to have a decent gaming machine and something that can run ai models bigger than 4b.

this is a serious and realistic situation many find themselves in right now. should i commit to 250% above msrp? or make do with what i have?

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username_1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
I would use whatever I have already. Current prices are insane. No one should pay such money for a video card unless their very life depends on it.

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Sanctus@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
The time to grit your teeth and pull the trigger was last December at the latest. Now you’re for sure losing a limb or two. But yeah, its not going to get better next year its gonna get worse so.

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epyon22@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
What about a 4000 series or even a 3000 series with similar performance but older features? Looks like you could save 2-300$ going that way.

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Krafting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
How about looking in the used market? 4070 or even 3080? Or some nice amd gpus too, I got a 6900xt for like 400 bucks a year ago

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