I've finally got enough disposable income to spend on a mid-high PC but graphics cards at that tier are just ludicrously priced, especially from Nvidia. I remember building my first computer in 2013 and being flabbergasted that people were paying $1000 for a GTX Titan, the best card in existence back then, at launch—that was probably twice the price of my entire build back then (Radeon 7770/FX-8350... simpler times). Now this generation's equivalent, the 4090, is $1599 at MSRP, and often pushed up to $2000 by resellers and scalpers. The next rungs down aren't far behind either, with the 4080 at $1200 and the new 4070ti at $799. AMD isn't as bad, but their software game is so far behind and DLSS is very appealing for extending the life of my card as long as I can.
I was excited to make a new build and leap to 1440p/144hz but the expense has sucked a lot of the appeal out of it. I might just bite the bullet and shoot for a 4070ti deal to see if I can mitigate the tax at least. I know I'm part of the problem for buying new but I just want to be done with all this and have something I can keep for the next like 6-8 years.
AMD definitely has the edge for straight raster performance value, but again their software offerings just aren't there. I suppose they're trying, but DLSS seems like the best way to make sure I can maintain performance for a long time (6 years is my target) without upgrading. Plus AI stuff is a lot more finnicky on AMD, and how can I go on without my pictures of dogs in plate armor?
I would certainly forgo the 40 series for a 3080 12gb or 3080ti if they were available for less than the 4070ti, but they're either sold out or hundreds more everywhere I look, and going lower than that I think I'll start to run into VRAM issues, and at that point I might as well sit in my 1660 Super
Unless we're talking Linux, then it's the other way around. :tux:
True true that's pretty true. I'm a windowissimo for the moment tho
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