Sales of graphics cards hit lowest sales since a decade
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Hypernaut
Don't buy them. Stop accepting their nonsense. There is nothing unique in the PC space that requires those cards. I don't really like triple-A titles these days because they are all console ports and the vast majority are terrible ports.
I'm playing Arma 3 and my RX 5700XT plays that no problems at 3040 x 1440 resolution, maxed out with mods.
CPC_RedDawn
At what fps? Like 12?
Arma 3 is insanely CPU bound due to horrendous ancient engine.
MonstroMart
This is music to my ears.
AuerX
Same around here
Kelutrel
Breaking News: People don't buy overpriced cards! Experts left puzzled!
tsunami231
im sure has nothing do with outragous prices they try to push. and funny thing is there answer to that will probably be to increase prices so people dumb enough to pay it make up for it.
ps5 was freaking great deal even xbox for price vs cost of just gpu these days. even the mid to low end gpus are pushing 400$
schmidtbag
I don't like them because of that, and because they're over-complicated. Too many one-time-use features, often just to check a box. Too many controls, most of which are either rarely needed or never at any point would be used along side another control. Too inconsistent, where some things are hyper-realistic while others are hyper-unrealistic. Too much learning curve, where it takes at least an hour just to figure out how to play the game, let alone build any skill. And that leads to the last problem: too many games are either too easy, or, require a level of expertise that demands all of your free time to achieve.
And that's all assuming there are no microtransactions beyond cosmetic stuff.
kcajjones
This is fantastic news! Hopefully the market will dictate that the prices are way too high.
Also, there was no mention in the article about Covid. Here in the UK (and from the news of shortages worldwide I presume elsewhere too), when people got furloughed (paid time off work), they got bored and wanted to play video games and the sheeple got wind of the GPU shortages so everyone and their dog decided to spend their free cash on scalpere GPU's. Now clearly 99% of people who were going to get a graphics card are going to keep it for at least a couple of years (especially since they over paid for it), so obviously if there's a bumper year, it's going to be immediately followed by a low year. Add to that, the stupid artificially inflated prices and you have a recipe for greedy corporations to eat a fat one whilst the majority wait for the market to settle.
Rx4speed
4080FEs sitting at 2 of the 5 Best Buys for days, during black friday weekend. Of course paying 800 for a 3090 that a miner rode like a wet mule for 1.5 years doesn't sound smart either. Not a lot of options.
Silva
Give me RX6600 at the 200€ it should be and I'll happily buy one.
My best friend would buy one too.
I know a shop with good stock that has them for almost 400€, they can keep collecting dust I don't care.
PS: RTX4080 costs 1600€...I could buy a PS5 and a subscription for years with that money...
tunejunky
right now the translation of the sales data has far more to do with Nvidia flooding the market over the last 2+ years (with three fab runs!)
and then crying like a bride left at the alter when crypto crashed. yeah AMD is caught in the backwash, but given they've been record profitable with over just 25% of the market you can see why i'm not blaming them.
but buyer beware! as some noticed there's been some artificial price swings on certain things after "black friday". you can spot a difference in price in the same model across brands way more than normal. i saw some idiot scalper types on Amazon trying to sell 6900xt's over the price of a waterblocked version - and not by a little, by $200.
scoter man1
It won't. It will dictate that production is too high.
386SX
I hope this nightmare is over soon.
Reddoguk
I believe getting a XX90 card early on is the way to go(if you can find or afford one). I fear that by time these prices come down a lot it won't be worth getting one.
Since GPUs are coming every two years now, if you wait a year then i start thinking i might as well just wait a bit longer and get a 5000 series card instead but then i thought this is just how things are now.(gpu prices are never gonna return back to old rates)
The days of a £700 XX80 are long gone unless AMD has anything to say about it. I think even AMD will ask a premium for their next offerings. I'd like to see a 7900XT for £700-800 and XTX for £900-£999 but i doubt retailers will charge that.
People might just have to buy the previous gen. So if you want a 4090 at a decent price wait for 5090 to come out then wait for 4XXX price to come down. ATM avg price of a 4080 is £1400 which is F***KING insane, pardon my French.
EspHack
where's my $99 6700xt then? 2018 was a much better deal
Corrupt^
€ 750-899 range would be expensive but at least more sensible. Payed € 1500 for a 3090 3 months after release and I'd prefer to never ever have to pay that much for a GPU again.
Camaxide
Yet, I've never been happier with an upgrade of GPU since I switched from RTX 3080 to RTX 4090 this quarter. An amazing card!
rm082e
You can buy an RTX 3080 on ebay for $650 shipped - not even mining cards, but what appear to be regular gaming cards where the seller still has the original box.
How many people out there really need more than an RTX 3080 to play games? I just don't think many people are playing on ultra-wide with high frame rate, or 4K/60 without any willingness to turn a slider down a notch or two.
Meathelix1
What do you mean? I am seeing discounts up to $400 on the 4080 series already... Even the 4090 is having discounts of $300.
They will just keep dropping because no store wants to keep stock of an item that is not selling.
If the consumer does not buy then investors get angry, they will just cut corners and make cheaper products.
OpenSource Ghost
I think one of the positive side effects of expensive GPU's is that game developers optimize their games better for older generation GPU's. For 1440p gaming (without RT), RTX 3070 suffices for 60fps+ performance (on average). For 4K gaming, even RTX 3090 is not good enough. You need RTX 4080/4090. There is a big gap there. I hope high GPU prices will result in 4K gaming becoming more affordable via cheaper GPU's.
I think the worst part is that NVidia and AMD think people will suck it up and pay the high price, but it is so high that people just say "Nope...".
