cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoGamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1648file-text
arrow-up1648external-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 · 5 days agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days 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-up2·4 days agoThose cards were like what though, $199?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days 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.