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Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 (wccftech.com)

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Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty wise, that's the generation before the 12HVPWR connectors started burning up.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Afaik the 2080was the last FE with a regular PCIe power connector.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago

3090s weren't burning up, though.

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