▲ 625 ▼ Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 (wccftech.com) submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 206 comments fedilink hide all child comments Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago (5 children) Still on a 1060 over here. Sure, I may have to limit FFXIV to 30fps in summer to stop it crashing, but it still runs. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 point 1 year ago Me too, I was considering an Intel B580 mostly cause I feared another price surge... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago Hey, I'm also on a 1060 still! Admittedly I hardly game anymore, although I am considering another Skyrim playthrough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] qweertz@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* I'm running Linux for everything and my GTX 1070 is still chugging along trying to power my 1440p 144hz monitor ^^' Well, I mostly just play strategy games and CS2 (which I do have to run on almost the lowest possible settings without FSR. I basically turn everything to lowest except for lowest still AA setting and dynamic shadows to not have a disadvantage and get 110 - 180 fps depending on the situation) But I'm planning on buying a used Radeon 9070 XT and just inserting it into my current build (i7 6800k based lololol) and on eventually buying a new build around it (A 750W 80 Plus Platinum PSU should be able to handle a new 970 XT) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) They are talking about skipping 1 or 2 generations not taking 10 years off permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] qweertz@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago Hey, it's not 2026 just yet! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 point 1 year ago Me too, I was considering an Intel B580 mostly cause I feared another price surge... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago Hey, I'm also on a 1060 still! Admittedly I hardly game anymore, although I am considering another Skyrim playthrough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qweertz@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* I'm running Linux for everything and my GTX 1070 is still chugging along trying to power my 1440p 144hz monitor ^^' Well, I mostly just play strategy games and CS2 (which I do have to run on almost the lowest possible settings without FSR. I basically turn everything to lowest except for lowest still AA setting and dynamic shadows to not have a disadvantage and get 110 - 180 fps depending on the situation) But I'm planning on buying a used Radeon 9070 XT and just inserting it into my current build (i7 6800k based lololol) and on eventually buying a new build around it (A 750W 80 Plus Platinum PSU should be able to handle a new 970 XT) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) They are talking about skipping 1 or 2 generations not taking 10 years off permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] qweertz@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago Hey, it's not 2026 just yet! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qweertz@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago Hey, it's not 2026 just yet! permalink fedilink source parent