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Nvidia, AMD, will significantly increase GPU value from next month

I just picked up a reference 7900xtx for a little under $600. Seeing that the newest games I play are the classic Star Wars Battlefront titles and Soul Calibur 6, I think I can ride out the next couple of generations before needing to upgrade again.
 
Mloot said:
I just picked up a reference 7900xtx for a little under $600. Seeing that the newest games I play are the classic Star Wars Battlefront titles and Soul Calibur 6, I think I can ride out the next couple of generations before needing to upgrade again.
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That's how it's done.
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Nobu said:
Depends. If "Mega Man DOS" old, then yes, actually. Except you need superhuman reflexes to play that at full speed. 😂
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I remember upgrading from an 8088 to a 486DX2/66 and a lot of old games were unplayable. Oh that's what the turbo button is for...
 
since we've gone through this before, i've had enough this time around. upgraded from a 6700XT to a 9070XT. this one should last me some time. i'll be a little disappointed if the prices don't go up more.
 
I played Far Cry 6 on a gtx970 on medium/low... then fired it up on 5070ti everything maxed to ultra, perfect frames too. And honest I don't notice that much difference while I'm absolute sure there are better reflections, textures, foliage, etc, when moving around constantly actually playing the game it's not always easy to notice, water reflections off ground probably the most noticeable
 
This thread is TLDR for me. Someone give me the summary. If I'm building a rig in 6 months from now, should I buy my RTX 5090 now? I can find it for ~3800 USD where I'm now. If it is going to be near 5000 USD I'll just buy now and keep till I build later. Same applies for RAM I guess I don't know
 
sram said:
This thread is TLDR for me. Someone give me the summary. If I'm building a rig in 6 months from now, should I buy my RTX 5090 now? I can find it for ~3800 USD where I'm now. If it is going to be near 5000 USD I'll just buy now and keep till I build later. Same applies for RAM I guess I don't know
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The point is that Kingston itself said that buying SSDs is best now, their stock will decrease and they will sell to those who will pay more. The same applies to RAM and Nvidia, and they have no plans for a new generation. Even if they release a new generation, it will be the RTX6090 and RTX6080 again.
The only difference is that Kingston hasn't given up on ordinary consumers, while Crucial supposedly has.
 
Strange bird said:
The point is that Kingston itself said that buying SSDs is best now, their stock will decrease and they will sell to those who will pay more. The same applies to RAM and Nvidia, and they have no plans for a new generation. Even if they release a new generation, it will be the RTX6090 and RTX6080 again.
The only difference is that Kingston hasn't given up on ordinary consumers, while Crucial supposedly has.
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Markets don't like to leave profits on the table. We are confusing long term behavior with temporary market shocks.

Supply will ramp up and prices will come back down. Timeline is a function of the broader market. I don't know if there's an ai bubble or not, but i know data center demand can't maintain this for years and years.
 
sram said:
This thread is TLDR for me. Someone give me the summary. If I'm building a rig in 6 months from now, should I buy my RTX 5090 now? I can find it for ~3800 USD where I'm now. If it is going to be near 5000 USD I'll just buy now and keep till I build later. Same applies for RAM I guess I don't know
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6 months is a while, Kingston ceo has a bit of buy now, not getting better like said above, sapphire ceo a bit of not a big deal to wait (https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...emory-crisis-is-similar-to-tariff-uncertainty)

Like phones, GPU have yet to be hit in some big ways (big buyer with good deals and pre-locking price and what not), an ASRock 9070xt cheaper now than its average lifetime:
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-steel...e-fans/p/N82E16814930136?Item=N82E16814930136, 9070 closer to "msrp" now that they were for most of their existence.

same for 5070tis, 5060 are $310 instead of $300 type of increase going on. 5090 seem to be a wild card doing its own thing, for GPU that are not the 5090, buying now seem like would make a lot of sense... 5090 hard to say with the current price (that nothing to do at those level with the very small amount that 32GB gddr7 cost now in comparison, so unpredictable).

ram kit seem to go with spot price by non-serious operation, so it can swing either way fast. Buying oem just for ram could become a thing (the Dells 32GB ddr5, 265F, 5060TI, $2000 price will look less and less ridiculous).
 
Yeah the past year has been a bad time for me also as far as PC upgrading is concerned. I was planning to build a threadripper rig last month, had it planned out since Microcenter had a bundle deal CPU, MB, RAM. I got the money together and the day I went to the website to buy it, it was sold out and it's still out as of today. I was also planning to get a 5090 after I got the new system built, then this news came out that they are raising prices. I am thinking I might just skip out this GFX generation now and stick it out with my 3090 for another generation. It kind of sucks since I already have my PSU and Case sitting here on my living room floor lol. I guess I should open and test the PSU since my return window is till 1/31.
 
Mloot said:
Not necessarily. I'm still working my way through the first installment of Dragon Age: Origins
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Still my favorite PC game of all time. Go rogue archer, pump cunning with just enough dex and strength to equip all weapons. To get Far Song, best weapon in the game, don't find the blacksmith's daughter in the castle in Redcliffe during the raid. When you tell him you didn't, he commits suicide and another blacksmith takes over and far song becomes available. Kind of a crappy way to get there, but it works. Pump Alistair with Dexter and just enough strength to equip heavy armor, not massive.
 
sfsuphysics said:
I played Far Cry 6 on a gtx970 on medium/low... then fired it up on 5070ti everything maxed to ultra, perfect frames too. And honest I don't notice that much difference while I'm absolute sure there are better reflections, textures, foliage, etc, when moving around constantly actually playing the game it's not always easy to notice, water reflections off ground probably the most noticeable
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You know what, I have been playing through Alan Wake 2 again. previous post, I upgraded from a 6700xt to a 9070xt yesterday. Cranked up a lot of the details. It really doesn't look all that much better. A little bit I guess.

You're not the only one.
 
My primary system is all decked out, but I've been gaming more on the MisterPi and 8845HS MiniPC (Yuzu, RPCS3, Xenia)
 
When you stop chasing the bleeding edge and ask what's acceptable performance to just play a game, the bar gets pretty low and the experience isn't that different.
 
1.1.2.3.5... said:
When you stop chasing the bleeding edge and ask what's acceptable performance to just play a game, the bar gets pretty low and the experience isn't that different.
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Very true in order from least to most powerful GPUs I've got

6700xt
2080Ti
3080
4070Ti Super
4090

If I wasn't a hardware enthusiast and/or was on a tight budget, a 3080 does everything I would need a GPU to do and does it quite well @ 1440p. The 6700xt and 2080Ti are great 1080p cards and can be plenty serviceable @ 1440p as long as you're not chasing a competitive edge in twitch reflex shooters.

FSR/DLSS go a long way to extend the useful life of GPU's, unless you're playing Borderlands 4
 
I am still having issues wrapping my head around the fact that the card I bought 3 years ago for 1600 bucks is selling for 2300 used on ebay now. That is something else.

An Asus Strix 2080ti OC I gave a friend made it's way back to me recently too... box and everything.. going to hold onto it. I rode that card out for almost 5 years and I have 2800 hours of Apex Legends on it lol.
 
revenant said:
I am still having issues wrapping my head around the fact that the card I bought 3 years ago for 1600 bucks is selling for 2300 used on ebay now. That is something else.
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That's mostly because Chinese buyers take them and double their vram via a mod for compute purposes.
 
revenant said:
yes but still though... 3 years later it's value went up 40%.. however it happened.. kind of crazy.

Bitcoin mining just pivoted to AI workloads.
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Compute is a commodity. Tis why AMD pushing for more simd is such a smart long term strategy.
 
One thing is for sure - I'll be rocking my 7900xtx that I got for $900 for the foreseeable future.
Now on the other hand - the RTX3070 that's sitting on my closet floor may be headed to fleebay this week...
 
Marees said:
videocardz headline says $4000 & climbing

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-prices-already-pushing-toward-4000
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NVIDIA Prioritizes RTX 5060 Series GPUs Over Rest of Lineup, RTX 5090s Selling Above $3500​


existing NVIDIA RTX 50 series models, such as the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and the RTX 5070 Ti, have all shot up. For example, at Newegg, you can't find an RTX 5090 below $3500 US anymore, and most models are selling close to $5000 US, which aligns with previous reports.

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-priorit...t-of-lineup-rtx-5090s-selling-above-3500-usd/
 
Wasn’t long ago people in this thread were laughing at these rumored pricing, saying “Nvidia wouldn’t dare”
 
WilyKit said:
Wasn’t long ago people in this thread were laughing at these rumored pricing, saying “Nvidia wouldn’t dare”
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Get back with me when you see an FE at $5000 from Nvidia. The AIBs are the ones going wild.

Probably a reaction to reduced availability from Nvidia as they pursue the golden goose of AI chips.
 
DooKey said:
Get back with me when you see an FE at $5000 from Nvidia. The AIBs are the ones going wild.

Probably a reaction to reduced availability from Nvidia as they pursue the golden goose of AI chips.
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I’ll do you one better and get back at you right now. Wasn’t it you that was laughing and said it would be 2700 tops?

Also, no one said nvidia would raise its price to 5k. The reports were that’s how much 5090s could end up costing and it’s spot on.
 
DooKey said:
Get back with me when you see an FE at $5000 from Nvidia. The AIBs are the ones going wild.

Probably a reaction to reduced availability from Nvidia as they pursue the golden goose of AI chips.
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Well on the way, just give it a little longer. FE is already up to $3600 @ Newegg and it’s not a 3rd party seller. Sold and shipped by NE.

3rd party sellers have the FE @ $4500.
 
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