cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 个月前Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1650file-text
arrow-up1650external-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 · 8 个月前message-square201fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 个月前 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-up2·8 个月前Those cards were like what though, $199?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 个月前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.
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.