Fucking gen ai drove up the prices and now I can’t afford to upgrade my pc from 8 years ago. Because single pieces are 300 percent higher then 2 years ago.
The cost of RAM and GPUs are up a shitload. This would likely be a $2500-3000 build normally, before gouging. The x090 series I think we’re getting as high as $1500-2k by themselves, before “inflation” which was ridiculous.
If it were boxed for a year, it was inflated prices but not a bad as now, it could likely be $6-7k now. I reluctantly bought ram last August at $180 for 64GB DDR5, which made me cringe, but Newegg still carries out, and it’s over $1000 now 🤮
The x090 series also are actually rebranded x080 Ti series, not a new tier above the old top tier. They had a few generations of superb performance improvements so they just sorta decided to fool everyone.
The 2080 Ti was the TU102 die. 3090 and 3090 Ti is, similarly, GA102, not 101. Same as the 80 Ti. Starting 40 generation, there’s no 80 Ti anymore.
Can someone explains why you would buy a computer for $5k? Gen-AI or something?
Yeah gen ai,
Fucking gen ai drove up the prices and now I can’t afford to upgrade my pc from 8 years ago. Because single pieces are 300 percent higher then 2 years ago.
The cost of RAM and GPUs are up a shitload. This would likely be a $2500-3000 build normally, before gouging. The x090 series I think we’re getting as high as $1500-2k by themselves, before “inflation” which was ridiculous.
If it were boxed for a year, it was inflated prices but not a bad as now, it could likely be $6-7k now. I reluctantly bought ram last August at $180 for 64GB DDR5, which made me cringe, but Newegg still carries out, and it’s over $1000 now 🤮
The x090 series also are actually rebranded x080 Ti series, not a new tier above the old top tier. They had a few generations of superb performance improvements so they just sorta decided to fool everyone.
The 2080 Ti was the TU102 die. 3090 and 3090 Ti is, similarly, GA102, not 101. Same as the 80 Ti. Starting 40 generation, there’s no 80 Ti anymore.
5k is almost less than that gpu alone goes for now brother… New dawn new age.
VR also.
Flight simulator on VR with a 5090 is an experience