▲ 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.
[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 22 points 1 year ago (5 children) I have a 3080 and am surviving lol. never had an issue permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Pretty wise, that's the generation before the 12HVPWR connectors started burning up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Afaik the 2080was the last FE with a regular PCIe power connector. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago 3090s weren't burning up, though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago Still running a 1080, between nvidia and windows 11 I think I'll stay where I am. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kieron115@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago I have a 3080 also. It's only just starting to show it's age with some of these new UE5 games. A couple weeks ago discovered dlssg-to-fsr3 and honestly i'll take the little bit of latency for some smoother gameplay permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Pretty wise, that's the generation before the 12HVPWR connectors started burning up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Afaik the 2080was the last FE with a regular PCIe power connector. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago 3090s weren't burning up, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Afaik the 2080was the last FE with a regular PCIe power connector. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago 3090s weren't burning up, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago 3090s weren't burning up, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago Still running a 1080, between nvidia and windows 11 I think I'll stay where I am. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kieron115@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago I have a 3080 also. It's only just starting to show it's age with some of these new UE5 games. A couple weeks ago discovered dlssg-to-fsr3 and honestly i'll take the little bit of latency for some smoother gameplay permalink fedilink source parent