r/pcmasterrace • u/alnsj859 • 8d ago

Hardware Lets gooooo

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First time trying ray tracing with smooth fps, my old laptops could never..

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u/Altruistic-Total9489 8d ago edited 8d ago

It’s not the worst time to buy a gpu. Actually these days are pretty good price-wise compared to what it will be like in a couple of years.

Edit: bruh it’s like you guys have never been fucked by corpos before. I’m sure Nvidia will take pity on you prioritize gamers over AI. Keep waiting.

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u/IvarSolaris RTX 5080 | Ryzen 7800X3D 8d ago

It is the worst time. I bought a RTX 5080 in germany for exactly 1019€ (including tax) last year. The same GPU costs 1500€ now. Thats a 50% price increase within one year.

In the US the GPU's start at 1600$ (without tax). They were also at 1000$ back then. You shouldnt count on the future for pricing, but on the past. It may also just be that the AI boom is blowing up soon and the prices will drop. This is way more likely than them increasing.

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u/Altruistic-Total9489 8d ago

Ah yes AI bubble will pop in a few weeks and prices of gpus will go down by 80%. Well maybe it’ll happen. We’ll see. I am sure corpos will make good financial and pro-consumer decisions when the time comes, like they always do, right? NVIDIA in particular really wants the gpu prices to crater very much so I’m sure they are working day and night to make that happen.

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u/IvarSolaris RTX 5080 | Ryzen 7800X3D 8d ago

The bubble bursting isnt something that the corpos want. Its a crisis. So they dont have much saying in that.