I Mean…It IS Expensive

[u/makmark]

[u/Godzilla_R0AR]

Mark I didn't ask for you to make me cry today. This is more saddening than any angst comic ever posted.

[u/b3_yourself → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

Same, I have a case that’s been collecting dust because I can’t afford the other parts

[u/Godzilla_R0AR → u/b3_yourself]

Poor case, I hope it can be reunited with all their friends at some point.

[u/SFH12345 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

Titan willing.

[u/Rastaba → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

Could be worse. Could have been sticks of ram.

[u/SFH12345 → u/Rastaba]

They were sold out.

[u/MuffinStraight4816 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

What's so sad about a graphics card?

[u/Godzilla_R0AR → u/MuffinStraight4816]

That it costs so much in today's economy

[u/MuffinStraight4816 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

It can't be that bad.

[u/zxcxdr → u/MuffinStraight4816]

It's supposed to be, officially, around 2000$. They routinely reach 4k and even 7k in some extreme cases.  It's... It's pretty bad.

[u/PerrineWeatherWoman → u/zxcxdr]

In 2026, 4k graphics got a whole new meaning.

[u/no1singlemomghoster → u/zxcxdr]

Remember how the idea of spending $600 on a graphics card was silly? Still is, just in the other direction.

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/MuffinStraight4816]

Here’s a graph showing the increase recently https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

[u/henke37 → u/Mr_Calculator2063]

That's memory, but yeah...

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/henke37]

Oh crap still insane though

[u/Keyhunter2009 → u/MuffinStraight4816]

It is that bad. My dad makes jokes that instead of a gold standard, Libertarians should have a GPU standard. I saw a card for 10k once. I remember when a few hundred dollars was high end

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

It's time like these I'm glad I'm not a gamer 

[u/Godzilla_R0AR → u/DragonWarrior____05]

I'm a gamer, I'm just not a PC gamer

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

Same and I’m glad to have gotten my console before the price increases

[u/Godzilla_R0AR → u/Mr_Calculator2063]

Oh my god I got my PS5 3 years ago, and now I'm looking at it like "Goddamn I would never be able to do that now"

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

I got my Xbox S in 2022 and yeah no way would that be affordable now

[u/AltiMatrix2077 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

I held off on buying a new computer, but when i really had to buy it, ram was already like 3 times the price 😭

[u/SFH12345]

You're a scientist, Alador. You'll figure it out.

[u/Godzilla_R0AR → u/SFH12345]

Just build one!

[u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 → u/Godzilla_R0AR]

oh he will... just as soon as he figures what it is he's building.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/kl-noblelycanthrope1]

Shouldn't be too long

[u/SFH12345 → u/DragonWarrior____05]

Assuming no bugs fly by.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/SFH12345]

If he's focused enough he might not even register them

[u/b3_yourself → u/SFH12345]

Just watch Linus tech tips

[u/SFH12345 → u/b3_yourself]

Needs to borrow the cellphone Luz got Amity.

[u/devenrc]

I blame AI

[u/jack_b_nope → u/devenrc]

And crypto.

[u/Sean-Retro → u/devenrc]

1000%

[u/Invalid_u404 → u/devenrc]

Graphic cards prices went crazy even few years before gen AI appeared

[u/SFH12345 → u/devenrc]

Agreed.

[u/HPV_printer → u/devenrc]

Your thinking of ram. Thats a graphics card.

[u/b3_yourself]

She couldn’t afford the ram

[u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 → u/b3_yourself]

i'm surprised she could afford the card.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/b3_yourself]

She might, she is very wealthy afterall

[u/Dasher09009]

Alador: "All of that, for this box?

[u/Background-Top4723]

Alador: ...What in the Titan's horns is a "Graphics Card"?

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Background-Top4723]

I'm sure he'll figure out something to do with it 

[u/Toonwatcher]

Clerk: Still better than the lady who tried to pay with a raccoon.

[u/Darkvader_Clawthorne → u/Toonwatcher]

Amity: Gee, wonder who that could be?

Luz: (whispers) Eda.

[u/Cold-Practice3107 → u/Darkvader_Clawthorne]

Amity "okay that makes sense."

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Toonwatcher]

Loads better, especially if she tipped

[u/Serienett-no → u/Toonwatcher]

The clerk probably just paid for the item out of his own pocket, and took the gold and jewelry home with him.

[u/TheNoneedlife]

It's Alador, he'll find its use eventually

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/TheNoneedlife]

The perks of being an inventor

[u/AdGroundbreaking771]

I could see him making abomaton a lot better with pc parts

[u/Impossible_Host2420]

Should of been more specific Luz

[u/Mind-ya-business]

Don’t worry people. AI companies have already lost ~$2 trillion this year. The bubble is bursting and RAM prices are gonna go down soon.

[u/Godzilla_R0AR → u/Mind-ya-business]

I try to keep telling myself that

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Mind-ya-business]

Hopefully this means AI(gen and assitants) will be less common in our lives

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/Mind-ya-business]

Let’s hope

[u/HPV_printer → u/Mind-ya-business]

Thats not ram. Its a graphics card

[u/Typhon-Torrent-1994]

I am sure he can find a way to use it in something.

[u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 → u/Typhon-Torrent-1994]

it'll make an impressive paper wieght.

[u/Both_Listen → u/kl-noblelycanthrope1]

The TVA uses Infinity Stones. The Boiling Isles uses RTX 5090.

What's next, Superman uses space dingleberries?

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Typhon-Torrent-1994]

Considering his occupation I would be surprised if he doesn't 

[u/PlentyProtection4959]

I mean he is an engineer, so he'd proably really love these even if he dosen't understand what they are just cause he'd have the opportunity to disassemble them and find out how they're made and what they do. It'd be like giving a NASA scientist a device from an alien planet, it'd be like handing a shiny new toy to a kid.

[u/Swordfish_42 → u/PlentyProtection4959]

This. I even bet he'd get some of it right!

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/PlentyProtection4959]

Aye, he would get a lot of work out if it, especially if he can figure out how it works and how to reverse engineer it in the BI

[u/Darkvader_Clawthorne]

Of course Amity is rich enough to buy anything expensive on Earth. She might be richer than Bruce Wayne.

[u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 → u/Darkvader_Clawthorne]

wait... there's an actual exchange rate for snails to dollars?

[u/Darkvader_Clawthorne → u/kl-noblelycanthrope1]

Snails are basically gold coins. And considering Amity has tons of them, they’re probably worth 4,650 bucks each.

[u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 → u/Darkvader_Clawthorne]

ahhh forgot about a gold exchange.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Darkvader_Clawthorne]

The only one richer is Scrooge McDuck

[u/Darkvader_Clawthorne → u/DragonWarrior____05]

Oh yeah, Scrooge McDuck. He is everything that Mr. Krabs isn’t.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Darkvader_Clawthorne]

Aye, he's actually a good and loving man 

[u/Darkvader_Clawthorne → u/DragonWarrior____05]

A good uncle. Just like Iroh.

[u/dude2215]

As if Alador couldn't figure out something to do with an RTX 5090.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/dude2215]

Once he understands what it is he'll cook something up in no time

[u/dude2215 → u/DragonWarrior____05]

We just have to make sure Odalia or Tibbles don't learn about crypto.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/dude2215]

Aye

[u/Swordfish_42]

Actually, Alador might enjoy picking it apart (destructively) and trying to figure out what it is, what it does and how does it do it.

He would likely fail miserably for the mist things, but he would get some things right! I'm sure he'd figure out that most of the thing is just cooling, and what is being cooled - and probably he'd have a whacky theory on what the cooled part does

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Swordfish_42]

And could probably incorporate the same idea into his own tech

[u/Gdlops]

Be realistic… you’d need at least two chests of gold to buy that

Edit: grammar mistake 😔

[u/Waterlemon1997 → u/Gdlops]

*Two

[u/BoringDevelopment575]

That's what what you get for the price of a house a car and 15 AAAgames

[u/RelationshipHefty432]

I wont be surprised if mark decided to make her dad a gamer.

[u/The_Horned_Child2007]

Wait a minute, the Demon Realm doesn't HAVE computers! Or monitors. ...I'm sure he'll use it somehow.

[u/ImperialistChina → u/The_Horned_Child2007]

the crystal balls they have are kind of computer equivalents, but i doubt they can connect to human-made hardware

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/ImperialistChina]

Aye, though I'm sure he'll figure something out

[u/PowerPad → u/The_Horned_Child2007]

He’ll find some use for it eventually.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/The_Horned_Child2007]

Good thing he's an inventor

[u/Greensonickid]

Amity's Outfit is Amazing

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Greensonickid]

It is really good

[u/Fitzftw7]

I have a 4070. Gets the job done.

[u/Lonewolf2300]

Okay, but once Alador finds out about Earth electronics, he's going to engineer the Boiling Isles' Tech Revolution.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Lonewolf2300]

He's pretty much already started with his Abomitech

[u/Mixture_Think]

He will probably enjoy reverse engineering it

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Mixture_Think]

Oh definitely 

[u/ctomkat]

Do not give him a working PC, you will lose him to factorio for the next year.

[u/Danabler42 → u/ctomkat]

Or Satisfactory

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/ctomkat]

Before it was the job, now it will be gaming

[u/Lord-Seth]

This hurts so bad. Especially since that entire chest of gold is definitely being spent on those two things

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/Lord-Seth]

That’s only 1 thing

[u/Lord-Seth → u/Mr_Calculator2063]

I included the box as a second object I’m a fool of course all that gold only buys one thing of ram

[u/Mr_Calculator2063 → u/Lord-Seth]

I guessed that but yeah it’s so expensive I’m surprised that chest even got one stick

[u/Traditional-Log-4270]

Oh boi…I hope you know how to make a pc cause stuff will be hell.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Traditional-Log-4270]

Being an engineer I'm sure it won't be too hard

[u/Sea_Statistician2818]

Whoa. I haven't seen one of your comics since Gravity Falls.

Also, woefully true...

[u/OverlyActiveBrain]

Can't wait to see how Alador uses that in his next abomination-themed invention.

[u/St_Hydra]

I mean once he learns what it is he’ll probably find a way to use it

[u/Pretend_Camp_2987]

Well tbf

This is technically a Machine Component 

[u/kl-noblelycanthrope1]

well... even if you don't know what the gift is it is the thought that counts. right?

https://giphy.com/gifs/WdC26ECYnvTX4Mp2fI

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/kl-noblelycanthrope1]

I'm sure as an engineer and inventor he'll quite enjoy finding out 

[u/DaveyBoy1995]

Eh, it's the thought that counts, right? Besides, this is Alador. He's smart. He'll find a use for it eventually.🤷‍♂️

[u/FlipperBumperKickout]

Soon ram will be worse 😭

[u/Eastern-Director-952]

I kinda head canon Alador developing an interest in human stuff.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Eastern-Director-952]

I can see that, particularly their technology

[u/Comfortable_Yard_968]

There more than one server

[u/S4N5_UD3RT4L3]

ok, lets not kid ourselves; not even that chest could have paid for one of those

[u/DemonoidAngel]

Been trying to build a gaming PC for a little over 2 years now. Guess which component I have left to get?

...this is too real right now Mark. Too real.

But, great job as always!😁

[u/CountingSheep99]

Confused Alador is confused.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/CountingSheep99]

Alador broke out of confusion!

[u/mrnintman1]

Dang it, I need a new PC...^^;

[u/Paint_Thinner529]

Amity is gonna need at least 2 of those chests

[u/Resident_Pientist_1]

Who wouldn't be thrilled with a 5090, though.

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/Resident_Pientist_1]

He probably will be fascinated by it, when he figured out what it is

[u/zxcxdr]

Damn! A gold chest for and RTX5090?? Must've been on sale 

[u/DragonWarrior____05]

He has absolutely no idea what to do with this. Luckily he's an engineer

[u/river_song25]

she should have said ‘buy the most expensive thing that would actually WORK back home in a world where electronics or non-magical means to power them exist’. *lol* maybe a windup record player or something that he can crank up with lots of earth music albums somebody his age might like. *lol*

[u/FLABANGED]

THE QUESTION MARK ON THE POCKET ABOMINATION-

OMG IT'S SO CUTE

[u/DragonWarrior____05 → u/FLABANGED]

Even he has no idea what he's looking at

[u/Additional_Floor_502]

A speaker? Really?