The GPU price hike is here and you should avoid any Nvidia card
Fixed the headline. You’re welcome.
Unironically yes, for now at least, 9070 and 9070XT are well around their MSRP prices still.
just avoid buying hardware at all
Ah yes “Go for the 8GB card” you know, the same one we’ve been telling for years to avoid because of its limited vram capacity.
Just avoid nvidia. AMDs RX 9070 XT is still a solid deal. I bought one two weeks ago for under $700. This thing is fantastic, plays everything Ive tried and the open source drivers on Linux are a breath of fresh air compared to the nightmare of nvidias drivers
If one is on Linux I’d urge to avoid NVidia like the plague. Replaced my 4070 Super with an AMD card and I’ve had zero problems since.
I’ve been slowly switching the family PCs I manage for exactly this reason. I’ve warned my family that if windows stops working, I’m installing Linux on their PCs and will sit down with them to train them how to use it rather than put up with Windows anymore. Someday I’ll be windows free, except for the office but I don’t have any control over company property.
I thankfully have two company laptops, one with NixOS on it. It’s rare that I need to use the Windows one.
My own computer runs on Tumbleweed. Every time there was an issue when doing a system upgrade, it was because of that fucking NVidia card. Thankfully with Tumbleweed you have Snapper functionality built in so rolling back is easy as hell, but there was a decent amount of time lost to troubleshooting and workarounds that I’ve just not experienced since switching from NVidia’s garbage.
I’ve got one in my living room PC I use as a home theater PC and couch gaming system running Mint. It runs every game I’ve tried at 4K60 no problem. Definitely recommend as well. I think I paid $650~ at Microcenter for it.
I’m avoiding computing I guess… I won’t pay those absurd prices, and I will not every pay for cloud bullshit.
I’ll abandon computing and the internet if it comes to it.
I got a used 3ds and dsi and been loving it. Love them more than my switch. I’ll go for vintage hardware and vintage games if needed over paying for cloud computing.
Ah so the price hike is finally here after years of price stability…
Hot take, developers should start optimizing for 4GB of VRAM or less. I’m personally just fine with a 7th-gen console level of detail at 1080p60, and I’m even willing to settle for 720p30.
Then again, most of the games I play these days are literally from the 90s, so what do I know?
Nah I’m happy with 720p even for modern games - ideally 60fps but i’ll take what I can get. I have a 1440p monitor and 720p looks good on it as it’s an exact 1:2 ratio
You should be avoiding NVIDIA anyway, AI boom or not.
The GPU price hike is here and you should avoid any Nvidia card
with more than 8 GB VRAM, if you value your bank balanceTo be fair, people need to set their priorities straight. Even though these are marketed as ‘gaming’ hardware, are they actually?
I have an RTX 4060 8GB VRAM that seems to have people hating all over it, but I don’t see the point, currently, to buy another GPU. It runs smoothly enough every single game I’ve attempted to run it, including stuff like Alan Wake 2. There’s also the fact that most AAA games that demand a strong hardware are barely worth playing.
But as long as ‘gamers’ keep fixating on the idea that gaming can only be enjoyable when they own the best hardware to run things on 4k, 120fps, almost zero input delay, and whatever the fuck else the market sells as essential for a ‘true gaming experience’, that’s what you get: extremely overpriced hardware, that will never feel enough.
I’m still getting by on just a Steamdeck. I don’t own a computer otherwise, and my console really just plays a game or two.
That’s not exactly true. Gamers have always been like that, but entry level cards didn’t cost like high end ones like they do now. That only happened in recent years.
Same experience with my 3070, and expect it to be the situation for a good while still.
Considering where I’m posting this, maybe it’s sacrilege, but I just don’t think it makes business sense to develop a triple A game that can’t run on the consoles - and console cycles have gotten really long.
I’ve been avoiding Nvidia for a while now. Too much buck per bang.
You should also be avoiding cards with 8GB of VRAM.
First crypto now AI, can the users just asking for a decent GPU catch a break here?
Crypto was limited bad since it only targeted GPU performance. AI targeting DRAM affects EVERYTHING. Phones, TVs, monitors, your router, smartwatches, ANYTHING that runs even a semblance of OS…
Microcontrollers are mostly safe as they use a different structure of RAM (500kB-8MB RAM doesn’t need multi-thousand MT/s, so older tech is useful there).
But everything else is fucked.
This will be The Year of Optimization (copium)
What? Nvidia cards have been super expensive for many, many years. Keep your old card- it’s probably fine. If you need a new card get yourself a nice cheap B580 or whatever AMD is on now. Play some older games or just turn off some of the eye garbage. You’ll be ok.
