Due-Resident-4588 t1_j91n8yy wrote on February 18, 2023 at 3:33 PM

I got into the pc hardware scene late 2016. Back then (even though it was only 7 years ago lol) things were a lot more affordable. 10 series was just coming out and was fairly priced for the big performance leap it was. Technology has advanced today and I understand that thing’s naturally get more expensive to research and develop but the top end gpu now costs 1,600 and the best of the time then which was the 1080ti cost 700 dollars. Things have gotten way out of wack. Several of my older pc building buddies have put a new rig on hold and are using a ps5 or Xbox because they’re affordable for good performance and a comparable pc is something like 1k usd. What sucks about all of this is that things will only get worse …. Not better.

SteakandTrach t1_j94xshs wrote on February 19, 2023 at 7:10 AM

To be honest though, my 980ti in my kid’s hand-me-down PC can still play almost everything just fine. I plugged it in to a 4k TV and with a mix of high and mid settings played through Shadow of the tomb raider with pretty darn good image quality with fps running 50-60 fps. I was kind of surprised how well that old card held up. I have a 3080ti on my main rig and sure, it does better, 4k, all ultra settings and still get high fps, but it’s not immensely better, you know? The overall experience is roughly the same. I think i’ll be getting away from feeling I need to be on the latest and greatest hardware to have a good experience going forward.