Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

  • arc99@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Not surprised. Many of these high end GPUs are bought not for gaming but for bitcoin mining and demand has driven prices beyond MSRP in some cases. Stupidly power hungry and overpriced.

    My GPU which is an RTX2060 is getting a little long in the tooth and I’ll hand it off to one of the kids for their PC but I need to find something that is a tangible performance improvement without costing eleventy stupid dollars. Nvidia seems to be lying a lot about the performance of that 5060 so I might look at AMD or Intel next time around. Probably need to replace my PSU while I’m at it.

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      23 days ago

      My kid got the 2060, I bought a RX 6400, I don’t need the hairy arms any more.

      Then again I have become old and grumpy, playing old games.

      • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        Hell, I’m still rocking with a GTX 950. It runs Left for Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2, what more do I need?