cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoGamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1647arrow-down1external-linkGamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090wccftech.comcm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square202fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month ago When did it just become expected that everybody would upgrade GPU’s every year and that’s suppose to be normal? Somewhere around 1996 when the 3dfx Voodoo came out. Once a year was a relatively conservative upgrade schedule in the late 90s.
minus-squareGrindingGears@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThose cards were like what though, $199?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThat’s still not cheap when you account for inflation. Of course there’s a world of difference between “not cheap” and what they charge these days.
Somewhere around 1996 when the 3dfx Voodoo came out. Once a year was a relatively conservative upgrade schedule in the late 90s.
Those cards were like what though, $199?
That’s still not cheap when you account for inflation. Of course there’s a world of difference between “not cheap” and what they charge these days.