Maaaan. My 1080 was chuggin for games I was playing three years ago. I’m lucky I got a sweet deal on some secondhand 3070tis for my partner and myself from someone my mum knows. I got a new game a couple days ago for us and we both had to drop down to “high” for 100FPS at 1440p.
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LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoWe really need to get rid of this line-go-up mentality, because it translates directly into tech companies telling you to buy something new every few months. Phones, GPUs… Every time they can push for shorter replacement cycles, they will. Good on you to not cave in to the pressure, my 1050Ti still runs as great as day one for the games that I play since day one.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
I have a 1060 with 3gb vram, my kids both have a 1080 and they still work great
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
I don’t doubt they work great for a lot of games! But I’m not going to be able to use those to play Abiotic Factor at 1440p…
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“I don’t have a large TV or monitor so nobody needs an up to date GPU!”
It’s a much different story at 1440 and 4k.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I mean, if a slight increase in visual fidelity is worth a couple hundred (if not thousand) bucks every year or two to you, then sure, treat yourself. But I don’t see the need to buy a slightly faster thing every year that basically will do the same as the old. And that’s before mentioning the resources used up for producing soon-to-be-ewaste or software bloat.
It is always the same story, cars, phones, computers, smart fridges… companies try to push people to buy the shiny new thing for obvious reasons. Companies trying to build products that last get out-competed. The line must go up.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
GTFO 🤣
The card is 9 years old, not 2. I bet you the number of gamers swapping cards every 2 years is in the single digit percentage.
I am in a peer group of friends and colleagues making 175-300k a year and not a single one of them is swapping a GPU every 2 years.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
As I said, if 4k and high settings is worth the investment for you, sure, go for it, treat yourself. I am in no position to preach about ascetic life or anything. Eat out, go on holidays, buy a new gaming PC, life is short.
I cannot seem to find numbers on GPUs in particular, only marketing or AI bullshit “articles”. But smartphones seem to have a replacement cycle in western countries ranging from 1.5-3 years, depending on who you ask. And that is average, meaning that for every weirdo like me, who keeps their phones until they break, there are around three people who get a new phone every year.
That sounds pretty insane to me. Sure, new products are better. But I don’t want to own a better product. I want to play games, or in the case of smartphones, chat and doom-scroll on the go.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
A 1050ti would play games worse than PowerPoint on my 1440/165hz monitor.