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.
come to Brazil and spend six thousand bucks on a GTX3080!
I'm planning to sell my 1080 which I got like five years ago before the whole crypto driven GPU inflation, then get myself an rx 6700 xt, which will cost me nearly three grand, but it will last me another five years or so at 1440p... the 1080 still does the trick though, so I'll have do think a bit more before I pull the trigger
oof oof owie
believe it or not, gamers in the global south are even more oppressed than in the US!
bet you didn't know that level of oppression was even a possibility
this seems like the sweet spot right now
got a 980ti I'm hoping to replace in the next few months - and I'm on linux so going to AMD makes even more sense
Yeah, it seems like it's pretty much the best bang for your buck in that category. Also, I have a Ryzen 5600, and apparently the RX benefits from that? I'm not sure, just something I think I read somewhere
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Yep. Of course, this number is in our local currency, but it's still three months' worth of our federal minimum wage. In absolute numbers, spending 3k here is kinda similar to spending 3k in the US, I believe. I'm only considering buying a new GPU because I recently did some translation work as a side gig and got paid in USD, which was a considerable windfall.