Fuck I couldn’t upgrade before the tariffs. Now I’m gonna be rocking a 10+ year old rig by the end of this and there won’t even be elections to fix it.
Maybe someone can correct me if there is a flaw in this idea, but you can get last gen for significantly cheaper when new gen releases. I bought 3070 founders edition for ~$350 soon after 40 series dropped
I’m upgrading my PC from 2017 (GTX 1070) this year and the GPU market is a bloodbath. I managed to get a 5080 via a Newegg scam combo after sitting there and refreshing… for days. Even the combos would sell out almost instantly upon going up.
The lack of availability of 50-series combined with lackluster generational performance growth (4090 is better than 5080) means that used 40-series cards either kept or even gained value. New 40-series cards don’t exist anymore since nvidia stopped production months ago to focus on 50-series.
5070(ti) launches later this month and the rumors I’ve seen are that it will be just as bad as 5080/5090.
AMD is releasing cards in a few weeks. Would be worth checking those out when they arrive. nVidia and AMD releasing cards within a month of eachother should also mean there is a plethora of used cards on the market.
It’s going to be the same story of no stock, higher prices due to tariffs, and “paper launch” comparisons when AMD releases their next cards. This is how it goes now. In 6 months there might be some supply recovery but prices will remain high.
Fuck I couldn’t upgrade before the tariffs. Now I’m gonna be rocking a 10+ year old rig by the end of this and there won’t even be elections to fix it.
Maybe someone can correct me if there is a flaw in this idea, but you can get last gen for significantly cheaper when new gen releases. I bought 3070 founders edition for ~$350 soon after 40 series dropped
I’m upgrading my PC from 2017 (GTX 1070) this year and the GPU market is a bloodbath. I managed to get a 5080 via a Newegg
scamcombo after sitting there and refreshing… for days. Even the combos would sell out almost instantly upon going up.The lack of availability of 50-series combined with lackluster generational performance growth (4090 is better than 5080) means that used 40-series cards either kept or even gained value. New 40-series cards don’t exist anymore since nvidia stopped production months ago to focus on 50-series.
5070(ti) launches later this month and the rumors I’ve seen are that it will be just as bad as 5080/5090.
Right? I refuse to buy Nvidia anymore. Their prices are criminal. Fuck em. It’s not the tarrifs at all.
AMD is releasing cards in a few weeks. Would be worth checking those out when they arrive. nVidia and AMD releasing cards within a month of eachother should also mean there is a plethora of used cards on the market.
It’s going to be the same story of no stock, higher prices due to tariffs, and “paper launch” comparisons when AMD releases their next cards. This is how it goes now. In 6 months there might be some supply recovery but prices will remain high.
I was looking at AMD and Intel for this build. Gonna make a new build for my Linux gaming needs cause Nvidia is not worth dealing with.
I run a team red linux gaming rig (5800X3D/6800XT) and I love it. Just an anecdotal data point for you.