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correct

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>>728699503
yup I did! I love my rig soooo much!!!

WAITFAGS BTFO
>WAITFAGS BTFO
WAITFAGS BTFO
>WAITFAGS BTFO

Yeah, I own like a dozen computers. When Biden started killing the economy I started prepping.

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>>728699503
I'm happy with my build, I'll cruise for as long as I can and the only thing I would realistically want to upgrade in the future is the CPU.

>>728699503
mid 2025. actually because I changed my motherboard CPU and RAM load loadout I had the guts of a second computer sitting idle so I built a second one whole prices were still reasonable. I cannot stop winning

>>728702394
I would do it soon if you can. expect the price of CPU's to go up next

>>728699503
yeah 10 years ago.

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>>728699503
Yep

>3080
Should I buy a 5080 now or is it too late?

>>728704402
I'm sure that GPU prices are still relatively stable, but you should definitely buy a new one if you were already planning on upgrading because we're very close to a new GPU shortage.

>>728701671
Based X870E-E bro

>>728704402
What does a 5080 do now that a 3080 doesn’t do for most tasks? god I fucking hate upgroooooders so much

>>728704740
allowing you to have acceptable framerates at high resolutions

>>728704565
Wait a minute, a 5080 was $999 BEFORE the shortage?
What the fuck

>>728699503
>"""""memory shortages"""""
nigga they literally mass produce this shit in a factory. just make more. there is no reason for there to be a "shortage" and the price hikes are entirely artificial.

>>728705110
I just went and checked pcpartpicker, they're going for around $1100 - $1200. If you don't want to spend that much, the 5070Ti is still a very good option. Other than that, the other anon is right, there's no real need to upgrade if your GPU is still relatively high end, unless you plan on jumping into 1440p or even 4K gaming, with the latter still being a meme and not worth the money splurge.

>>728699503
I put it off thinking things might get better.
I'll probably just get a pre-built through Costco at this point.

>>728705209
>nigga they literally mass produce this shit in a factory
And sell it directly to AI data centers, with Micron already declaring that they will stop producing consumer RAM and directing all of their manufacturing to AI companies.

>>728705307
Yeah I have my PC hooked up to my 4k TV and I'm starting to see frame rate fall
Like Elden Ring was fine, but the DLC had dips in places
So I'm assuming it's going to get worse

Erm it's 2025 I just plug my comically large displayport cable into the local server farm.

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I finished my PC build last year.
>14700k
>32gb ddr5 4800
>3060ti
I'm set for at least 5 years.

>>728705740
let's hope devs keep optimizing for 1080p I wouldn't bet on it

>>728699503
>tfw i built a new pc and i have 2 spare ram kits sitting in a drawer and a spare gpu as well.
i should be good for at least 12 years since i don't even play triple A trash anymore

>>728705895
I usually play games at 1440p, just not unoptimized AAAslop.

>>728705950
>he doesn't know about gpu rot and ram bend

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>>728706125
>he doesn't know about (meme shit that almost never happens)
let me guess, you believe in "disc rot" too, don't you

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>Upgraded from 16gb to 32gb for Space Marine 2
>Upgraded from a 1660 Super to 4070 Ti Super for Phantom Liberty
Just need to get some extra storage with an HDD

I had waited with a 1060 and bought a 5070 Ti. Would be mighty pissed had i waited any longer.

would a non-amdfag help me decide if replacing my 3060ti for a 9070 XT is a good idea? The only thing that stops me is that some Arch Viz software and Blender take advantage of DLSS and wouldn't want to miss on it, also AI.

>>728706294
just watch some benchmarks and decide if it's worth the money

>>728699503
Trust the plan bros, Gabencube will save us.

>>728706294
what AI are you using on a 3060ti?

>>728706187
don't come crying when your gpu starts to rot

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>>728699503
I did in april of this year

>>728706463
none right know, but I would like to get something that would let me use one

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2023 was the hotspot for normal components, pic related.
Early 2025 was the hotspot for GPUs.
Honestly, done with gayming if it continues like this shit,

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this is your last chance. buy now

>>728701671
update your bios immediately https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/amd-600-series/x670-x870-resource-thread/m-p/1128805/highlight/true#M11141

>>728706630
well if you plan on using AI at some point then i would recommend going with nvidia. depending on what you are looking to spend the 5070ti is a great card. i went with the 5060ti since i don't really play any new AAA games.

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Fortunately I got a new rig over the summer but now I wish I had splurged more and gone completely all out, but hey there's a timeline I didnt get a new PC this summer and I'd currently be stuck with a 5 year old rig so I can't complain

>>728701671
>3000MHz SDRAM
The gaming laptop boy is trying to be one of us.

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>>728706765
>gaymd

>>728706926
Anon, consider deleting your post unless this is just a bait.

>>728706926
I came here to laugh at you

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>there is no memory shortage, it's just being used up by AI centers so you'll have to pay extra or wait until it becomes cheaper
>there is no water shortage, it's just being used up by AI centers so you'll just have to use less of it until it replenishes naturally

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>>728707118
>>728707479

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>>728699503
Built my PC (7700X3D + 4070TI) back in early 2023, it's gonna have to hold me over until 2028 or later
I think I'll buy a 1440p monitor so that I can still play future games at the highest graphical settings and 60 fps
My previous PC (R9 290) lasted for 9 years (2014-2023), but the last few years were playing at low settings

2080ti here
I'm still waiting for GTA 6 to upgrade
I guess I never will now

Just got the 128GB Framework Desktop which is good enough for me. I'll just wait a couple years for the bubble to pop and then scoop up cheap server-grade equipment I guess.

>>728699503
2023* and never have to upgrade ever again

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>>728699503
of course I did.

>>728699503
The Earth has fallen
Gorrilians will perish

>>728710741
>intel
oof
>AsRock
oof
>Arc B580
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFffff

nah my 16gb of ddr4 will last me till DDR6 drops

I have a 3060 and 32 gigs of ram and as far as I'm concerned if a game doesn't run on that its slop that I shouldn't be playing anyway

>>728699503
What PC build? Why would I need to upgrade when modern gaming is capitalist slop trash? The Trump administration won. You'll own nothing and you won't be happy.

I tried to wait for the 5080S but gave in and grabbed a normal 5080... These prices are getting too crazy...

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>pc gaymen in current year

GTX 1080 here
Was waiting for the 5080 Super but I doubt that's ever going to happen now

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>>728699503
Yes. Bought a 4070 super in January and got some ddr4 3600mhz 32gb ram and a 5600 the year before when it was cheap. It's too bad nothing good came out this year, I haven't even turned on my pc in weeks.

>>728711979
how haven't you played Expedition 33?
do you live under a rock or something?

>>728711979
are you me?
t. gt7 only for months be

>>728712108
why would I play qte family drama slop.
just how reddit is /v/ now

>>728712245
you clearly live under a rock

>>728712245
so a rock then lol

>>728699503
amd is the gamer choice
nvidiots, you don't belong here, go play with ai

Yeah, but even an RTX 5080 can't max 4K ray tracing in modern unoptimized games due to its 16GB. Situation's fucked.

>>728711979
I built my PC this year, also with a 4070 Super, but I haven't really played anything PC demanding that was released this year. At least next year I have Resident Evil 9 and Pragmata to look forward to.

>>728712108
>J"RPG"s
Miss me with that shit.

>>728708013
Same but with a 1050, my 12600k/5070 will have to last until 2029 or more. I doubt I can squeeze another GPU without having the i5 hold it down. And I ain't paying 500$ for another 32gigs of ram either.

>>728699503
This was always the plan, even before the memory shortage. If you’ve paid attention since the mining craze, this is what Nvidia does every 9 months leading up to the release of a new generation.

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>>728711925
>gaymen in current year
ftfy

>>728712108
Kind of crazy how having a jrpg with a good story can get all kinds of people excusing its insanely mediocre gameplay.

>>728712292
>>728712330
cope. I’m busy playing actual good video games

>>728712543
Depends on what resolution you game at and what you consider acceptable frame rates. If you are gaming at 1080p, 60 fps then absolutely not. If you’re trying to get high refresh 1440p then probably, unless you’re okay with playing on low settings with dlss.

>>728712543
upgrade to 9070 xt

>>728710741
I'm joking btw. you did nothing wrong

>>728711979
This was unironically the best year in gaming since 2019. E33, Talos Principle 2, Hades 2, KCD 2, Dispatch, South of Midnight were all good to great. Still waiting on Death Stranding 2 PC release unfortunately

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>>728699503
not posting my specs, they'll come and confiscate every NAND memory soon and you are just luring them to you.

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>Ryzen 5 5600
>Rx 9060xt
>4tb ssd
Lol I'm good. Literally won't have to worry about anything until the PC literally dies. The only biggest issue I may have is windows 12, but there will be ways around that. I'm gucci.

>>728706630
Any of the 9000 series will let you play around with AI. Even better if you're on Linux.

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99% of all worthwhile games were made before 2007, who in their right mind would drop thousands to play 1% of good games when there's good games to last a lifetime that they haven't played

>>728699503
I did so in early 2023. At that point fate forced my hand and I would have preferred waitfagging, but all things considered I don't think I did that badly.

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>>728699503
I'm still using my RX580 and I5-8600k

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should've got a 5090 but I'll make it

literally bought this at the end of september right before this shit started happening

>>728712634
As shrimple as that.

Barrier of entry to PC gaming is so high. Remember when MUH SALES fags hoisted Monster Hunter Wilds and Borderlands 4? They both have Overwhelming Negative reviews on Steam because like Valve said, 70% of PCVegans have inferior specs than consoles. lol.

PCVegans are so fucked hahaha.

>>728699503
Damn, so Americans happily voting Trump back into office really did seal the deal on feudalism 2.0. Every company is rugpulling just one week before Christmas. It's almost kind of hilarious.

Remember to remind your local MAGA cultist that they're really going to be very happy owning absolutely nothing. At least we built the wall. Oh wait.

I bought a HP Z4 G4 workstation and put a Arc B580 in it around October. CPU is a W-2235 and it has 64GBs of ram. Not the best solution, but I mostly play indie/old games anyway.

>>728714072
Low end PCs outperform your console you special needs retard.
Are you really that easy to trick with upscaling?

>>728714119
>Trump out of nowhere about the logical conclusion of PC gaming decay with cryptomining, COVID, post COVID, and AI bros
I hate Europeans like you. Most laptop owners on /v/ are Euroturds, so glad you and PC faggots are getting FUCKED harder than your tax money in Ukraine.

>>728713828
You’ll be set for a long time. The 5090 has never been a good price proposition. At least you got your 5080 for likely around $1k. You would have gained 30% performance for 250% more cost.

>>728699503
700GB Hard Drive

riddle me this, /g/fags
if your hardware is so strong, why do you only play some shitty fotm slop?

>>728714236
I got lucky, 800 bucks

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>>728712108
Bought it never touched it after I read about the story here and it sounded kinda bad. I should have time free near Christmas, is it actually good?
>>728712151
>gt7
What?
>>728712412
This is basically me I bought some games on sale from previous years that I don't even need my build to run decently.
>RE9
I didn't even finish 8. I got to the factory and was just done with it. Too inconsistent, forced stealth, melee, bad shooting but powerful guns it was just not balanced at all. I can't get excited for 9. Really I just want 5make with the broken forced co-op fixed but that will never happen.
>>728712752
Gay romance games are not for me. I'm not even into culture war shit but this feels so forced and it's beginning to die off In films so I'll just wait it out in games.
>>728712881
>That GPU
Isn't that a 16gb card? I thought this CPU might be a little too weak for a 4070super but it turns out it's fine.
>>728714072
Borderlands 4 is one of the games I bought since I can actually run it and it turns out the open world just kind of makes it bland. I have less then 10 hours in it and I've played the previous games

Yes. I went full AMD and Linux.

>4060 8gb
am i good for next 4-5 years?

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>upgradetroons just wasted money while poorgods will enjoy better optimized games

>>728714394
That’s great. Can’t beat that then at all. I’d be extremely happy with that buy even if I didn’t need an upgrade. You’re obviously not looking to sell it, but you’ve currently made money on that purchase.

>>728714072
>Barrier of entry to PC gaming is so high
You can get a pc that will pay every game up to 2020 for $50

>>728714565
>having 8GB VRAM the same quantity as 2017 GPUs
Stick to 720p DLSS little PCVegan sister. Come back when you afford a real GPU
>https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=NVIDA+16GB+VRAM+GPU

>>728714619
Honestly, could sell my old PC with my 3080 and 32 gigs of DDR5 for a little bit and end up in the positive for sure

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Indeed. 5070ti + 7800X3D is crazy. I wish I went with 64gb ram though.
It would also be nice if hiroshimoot stopped fucking the captcha around.

>>728704402
I went from a 12gb 3080 to a 5080. It's a jump for games, but a bigger jump for productivity work. For games, getting a nice OLED monitor was actually a bigger jump.

>>728699503
none of this will affect prebuilts
i have a 1070 pc i need to repair and a barely working dell craptiplex with a 1660 super
i guess ill just go linux and amd nvidia is literally enron now

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I just checked the prices, and they're still normal here in the EU, but I legitimately don't have a reason to upgrade my RX 5700 XT. Maybe I'll do it in 5 years once things cool down

>>728699503
rtx 50 super fags btfo

Should I wait for the rtx 5080 Super?

>>728715249
No. I don't even know if they're going to make them at this rate. I was going to wait for them and I'm glad I didn't with all the price hikes.

>>728715249
By the time those are available 6xxx series will be just around the corner.
If they are released at all.

>>728714227
>Trump out of nowhere
Only if you've been groomed or can't see simple cause and effect I suppose. Every bad thing happening right now has ties to Trump winning the election. It's all a grift and we're placing the shackles back on the common man.

>ukraine out of nowhere
Time to go to sleep, Ivan.

>>728710741
Nice

>>728714425
>is it actually good?
yes

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>>728714425
Yeah it's the 16gb variant. It'll load everything important for future games worth playing. And I'm fine with low settings anyways.

>>728699503
I'm good, just wish I had gotten 32gb DDR5 a few months back but have 32gb DDR4 so whatever. Just got a 16gb 9060 xt before shit gets more retarded price wise.

price of the bing going up

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>>728699503
>Be me
>See a deal on MSI prebuild
>$2k but it has a 5080, a Ryzen 9900, 32gb of Ram and 2tb SSD
huh, expensive but all those parts are worth the price. Eh, why not I need an upgrade and have been curious to try AI I'll get it
>Buy new PC
>suddenly RAM crisis hit
lol should have bought 2

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Is 5060 16gb worth the 400-420 yurodollars?

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I got my 5070 to brute force shit at 1080p at high frames. Kinda tired of worrying about whether or not a game is gonna have issues. If whatever new game comes out struggles with having high frames on a 5070 with a 14600K at fucking 1080p then it truly is a worthless shitty game.

>>728715871
I think you could get the 5070 instead for not that much more, but it also depends on how badly you think you need those extra 4 GB.

>>728714072
>PCVegans
entire post disregarded

>>728716224
>single insult doesn't work
>cries
let me know when's the next /v/alve cult pagan ritual thread for losing with the steam machine after years of hyping yourselves up and your brand of valve console warring behavior PC vegan.

>>728699503
I've decided to start planning a robbery of the local walmart instead

Even the worst case scenarios, at least we'll be able to look forward to developers having to optimize their games again

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>>728716651
lol

>>728701671
>>728710741
>>728713828
why do you have HVCI on?

>>728716408
Well the steam machine is going to kill the next Xbox in terms of sales.

>>728716651
You've been saying that for years FYI PCVegan. Aren't Monster Hunter Wilds and Borderlands 4 Steam Deck verified or whatever? The two notable PC games on the front page of Steam with Overwhelming Negative reviews. RAM costs 400 dollar and 16GB NVIDIA cards cost 800 dollars. Sounds like a great time to be a PC mustard race.

>>728716651
lmfao. No, you're getting Netflix Game streaming and you're going to like it.

>>728716846
You should really try to actually look shit up before you make arguments that are flat out just not true

>>728711145
>Asrock
qrd?all i read is how their mobos are somehow bad

>>728717543
some issues with AMD or something

>>728706926
shit-tier bait or based retard

>>728701671
>CL26 DDR5
HOLY FUCK! INSANELY TIGHT TIMINGS! Gratz. Sweet rig!

>>728710741
Great rig!
>B580
Awesome! My friend is considering to pick it up. The driver is getting better?

>>728712881
>Ryzen 5 5600
>Rx 5060 Ti
>2tb ssd
Just got my GPU this week, we're going to valhalla brother

>>728699503
I built mine like 3 years ago, and it’s still great. Maybe in a couple years I’ll want more, but I’m very happy with being content with what I have. Can still game at 1440 ultrawide with high frames with a 3080ti and 5800x3d, so until that starts being an issue there’s no need. Even unoptimized UE5 games just need to be slightly tuned. I feel like people throw sliders to all ultra settings, and if they don’t immediately get 120 fps they think they need to upgrade

>>728705895
>keep

What's the easiest upgrade I could get to replace my basic 3070?

>>728718416
Prices were slightly better 3 weeks ago. You can still get a 9070xt for $630, which is insane value. The 5070ti can be bought for $750. Those are both the best cards to buy this gen for their value.

>>728716816
Well, it's enabled by default. From what I've read, the performance impact of HVCI on the newest high-end rigs - like mine >>728701671 or 9950X3D with that insane CL26 DDR5 is totally minimal and often barely noticeable. On older hardware, though, you can definitely feel it, so it's usually best to turn it off there.

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>14900k (still need to update BIOS, but haven't seen explicit signs of degradation yet)
>PNY 4090 OC
>64GB (4 x 16) CL34 7200MHz
>1TB + 4TB, both WD BLACK SN850X
Give it to me straight, how long do I have?

>>728718849
Years. Are you actually worried or bragging that you have a high end system?

>>728718849
Either burn it out quick and get a new one for free or limit your boost clock to a sane level to preserve

>>728718849
Four months tops.

>>728718945
Raptor lakes self destruct due to unsafe voltage levels. Have you been living under a rock?

>>728718647
If I pay a little extra is there anything worth getting over the 5070ti, or is the next noticable jump way too much in price?
I planned on waiting for the 5070ti super but I guess that'll never happen now.

>>728719073
Yeah, an AMD rock. Didn’t know about that. I thought anon was asking how long he had until he needed to upgrade to keep up with game requirements.

>>728704402
buy a new gpu now you retard. they are going to sky rocket next year

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>>728699503
Got my shit together in early November.
Avoided basically all the price hikes.

>>728714578
>developers will surely optimize their games!!
Imagine being this naive lmao

>>728719073
Fixed now. My 14900k has been fine.

>>728719225
>96 gb ram
Let me guess, all you play are 10+ year old games.

>>728719097
No. The 5080 gives you a 10-15% performance increase for what is right now a 40% increase in cost. They’re both 16gb cards and GB203.

>>728719325
I'm currently playing PSO Pserver.
But, I also do CAD.

>>728706813
ohh thanks a lot!

>>728719370
Thanks a bunch, anon. Hopefully I can snag a good deal for the 5070ti soon.

>>728718986
>>728719073
I say I haven't seen signs of issues but I'm only really looking for BSOD and crashes, neither having happened yet. What else am I even watching out for?

>>728699503
I built mine 5 years ago, but I also don't play AAAslop so it will probably last another 10 anyway.

>>728705209
>just make more.
they aren't going to do that because the know the AI data center meme won't last long.
if they scale it up now they'll soon sit on a massive pile of chips with no buyers.
more profitable for them to just crank up the price, take the insane gains for a year or two, and then go back to normal when it collapses

>>728719225
>republic of gaymers
this will never make me not laugh
t. key to combat (KTC) monitor owner

>>728719890
I got one of those too.
It's a nice monitor.
Terrible name.

>>728719663
instability, like a bad overclock

>>728699503
yes and I was mad my gpu cost like $100 more than it would have back in 2024 when I wanted to put it together
but now my ram alone is like $250+ more so I am no longer mad

nvidia 5070
amd 7600
ddr5 32 go
2to ssd

I'm all set with my "mid" build.
Also thanks trump voters for ruining everything
Maybe now dev will be forced to optimize things?

>>728720072
>nice monitor
for the price maybe

I waited until the prices went down in the summer and bought a 5090

>>728720321
Don't let people discourage you, I have almost the same build except that I have a 4070 Super, and I was running the Pragmata demo at 90-100 fps at high settings in 1440p. We're set for the foreseeable future as long as you ignore unoptimized UE5 trash.

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>>728699503
Yup. Prebuilt, store seller made a mistake and priced the RAM as 16GB total but the published article was 32GB, so they had to put a pretty nice 32GB RAM in the rig.
I had a 1050ti, 8GB RAM and AMD Athlon 465 before this.

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>>728721282
Oh, and this was right before the huge RAM crisis, like two weeks before shit'd hit the fan.
Incredibly lucky. Got a rig with the price lowered due to that mistake and avoided the price raise.
Now the prebuilt is like nine hundred dollars more or so.

>>728721282
You can make your computer faster for free if you go into bios and enable xmp

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>4080 Founders edition
>32GB DDR5
Not the best rig out there but I’m pretty cozy knowing my pc will last me for the next 5 years

>>728722042
Any of those components could spontaneously break at any given moment.

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>3060 ti

I'm going to be honest, I got extremely lucky, I built my PC just before this shit storm happened and I cannot help but be extremely happy

>>728722126
skill issue

>>728699503
Yep! 9800x3d - 64gb ram - 5090. Wait fags get fucked once again. Enjoy your 1080p slop.

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Surely my 3080ti will be enough.

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>>728722351
and what are you going to play?

>>728706239
you can play space marine on 16gb but you cause your room temp to rise significantly

Sucks that I'm literally looking for a new job so dipping into my savings would be a stupid idea. Otherwise I'd just FOMO a 5070 TI to replace my 3080. Guess modern gaming is cut off to me.

You are now witnessing the first generation regression

>>728723014
There's no way that's real.

Nintendo wouldn't do that to the industry... right?

>>728704740
Faster RAM, more CUDA cores and DLSS 4 ability.

>>728722454
Whatever I want :) That new crimson desert game looks pretty good. Bet it'll look amazing maxed out at 4k.

Will this reduce system requirements?

>>728712108
Fuck you

>>728723078
>cuda cores
and you need that why

>>728699503
no
no new games are worth playing
death to epic and unreal engine 5

It it smart to buy now or is 60xx around the corner?

>>728723756
You should wait until 2030 for the 6000 series to come out.

>wanted to finally leave the DDR4 peasant life
>Now costs a mortgage to buy DDR5
>Wanted to escape the snake oil that was the 3080
>Its going to cost a mortgage to buy a 50 series
You can't hate AI enough

>>728723756
It was smart to buy 2 years ago those were actually the lowest prices you were going to see for the next decade or more. You're going to have to wait for the AI bubble to pop before you can buy a GPU for less than $2000.

>>728723361
Not immediately. The games industry is run by fucking idiots, remember. They will continue to benchmark on the latest hardware (which it still will run awfully on) and then act surprised when nobody buys the game because nobody has hardware that can run it even on normal settings.

>>728723756
buy an APU like Strix Halo and just chill with that for a while until the AI shit blows up

>>728723847
A lot of us saw the writing on the wall and jumped on it when we could. I feel for you man I went from ddr4 and a 3080 to ddr5 and a 5090. The difference was night and day.

>>728723923
I mean I see it's still available for $1000 USD which seems okay? It's GIGABYTE WINDFORCE whatever that means, is that a gimped versopm?

>>728724120
It is what it is. I played the waiting game. I'll continue to play the waiting game. I can just play older things.

>>728724501
Just play on a lower setting why does it matter? I play modern titles on a 1060 it runs fine.

>>728699503
UE5 is for cards two generations from now.

...Now it's 4 generations from now.

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I got on the last chopper out of 'nam in August
>it aint me starts playing

>>728699503
My PC started fucking up 3 weeks ago.
Thought it was a power supply issue so I bought a new one on black friday.
It won't even make it to post now.
I need to buy a new CPU, RAM, and MoBo.

it's awful.

>>728699503
>PC gaming will die in the next generation
love to see it

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>>728699503
Did I make the cutoff??

>>728725094
>CPU, RAM, and MoBo.
that'll probably solve it, but you clearly didnt troubleshoot. could just be one of those components (or just the mobo, but less likely)

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Why does AI need a billion datacenter that are all subsidized by all kind of different government and countries, for what purpose are we stacking the entire economy on AI.
I understand it can help a bit as an assistant for office workers, but do we really need THIS MUCH POWER and money invested into it?
And to add to this, how come nobody is talking about the insane environmental problems this causes when the environment is always the top priority otherwise?

How long will it be until it's not just a glorified office assistant.... when will we see the impact of countries gambling their economy on this?

>>728725229
They read 1984 and thought it sounded cool

>>728722126
You could spontaneously combust at any given moment too, so why even worry?

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>>728725229
its techbros chasing AI g0d

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NAME {THREE} FUTURE GAMES YOU NEED POWERFUL RIG FOR.

>>728725197
Good luck finding a CPU that runs on a decade old motherboard, or DDR3 RAM, or a Motherboard that supports the previous two in the current year.
If one comes out they all do.

>>728725505
didnt know it was that old. yeah you basically need a new build

>>728725484
GTA VI
Skyrim Ultimate AI Modlist
Half Life 3 VR

>>728725378
>You could spontaneously combust at any given moment.
Literally.

>>728716846
1.) MH Wilds is not Steam Deck verified. It is specifically stated as unsupported
2.) MH Wilds is Mixed, not Overhwlemingly Negative
3.) Borderlands 4 is not Steam Deck verified. It is specifically stated as unsupported
4.) Borderlands 4 is Mixed, not Overhwlemingly Negative
5.) RAM costs rising affects the entire consumer electronics market. That means consoles as well. It also means everything else that uses RAM, which means a shitton of electronics that are not related to gaming at all.

All in all this is an excruciatingly stupid post, either they are putting something in the water or all the people with functioning frontal lobes have gradually found the ability to leave this shithole.

>>728725229
1.) AI is a new market and today's industries are centered around rampant speculation, fueling investment into it both to gain the benefit of being a first-mover and also to exploit consumers both through early adoption of the technology and exploitation of them by market manipulation to decrease supply in key areas. Essentially, these companies are using government money to funnel an explosion of growth, and then at the same time creating demand for their products by introducing artificial scarcity. It is the most blatant case of market manipulation in the history of modern economics, and it is being done by all the major players of the world.

2.) This is simply a pet theory of mine: Global fertility rates have never been lower on such a massive scale before. Every single developed nation on the planet is below replacement level, and most are and have been well below replacement for decades. There are resultingly fewer people working and functioning as a tax base. Due to the fact that sustained low fertility has a continuous downward pressure (e.g. smaller tax base causing higher taxes leading to greater difficulty in raising a family), rather than slow it appears this trend will increase. Thus, rapid expansion and development of AI is necessary to ensure economies smoothly transition into a new age of digital currency and next-generation technology.

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>5600X
>3060 ti
>32 gb ram
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ITS OVER

>>728728623
I for one cannot believe that unrestrained Capitalism produced a monopoly

>>728699503
i literally finished my RTX5090 build yesterday lmao. i was running a GTX1080/i7700K build from 2017 till 2023, ruined the CPU socket and built a RTX3070 rig which I've been using up until now.

no idea what I'm gonna play on it lol given that i don't like nu-games but ARC Raiders looks cool. will probably just go back to C:DDA though

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>PC

>>728699503
>Rig
just play games on a 1080p screen and you won't need any of that gaymer shit

>>728728831
Why wouldn't it create one? Are you stupid?

>>728729164
>mac

>>728728815
its all FOMO, what game you want to play you cant now?

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>>728699503
>ITS OVER

So do we expect 50x cards to sell out overnight from panic buying or do I have a few weeks in order to get my shit together

GAS THE KIKES RACE WAR NOW

>>728728831
I wouldn't call this a mistake of capitalism per se, anymore so than I would other joint ventures by governments to manipulate markets for their own benefit. Hell, the entire RAM debacle is brought about due to insanely difficult regulations that make it impossible for a competitor to ever challenge the current market leaders. The mistake was trusting governments to regulate themselves. It is incumbent upon us to encourage a drastic downsizing of government across the developed world before it is too late.

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Can you use 2 identical dual memory kits in the same rig if it has the slots available with no problems? I already have 32gbs in my current rig.

>>728729873
Wouldn't that just create an even easier to fill power vacuum for these ridiculously rich companies who own more wealth than empires of the past did to seize control of the world?

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>>728699503
I did not, I was going to upgrade next gen but everyone can get fucked now. I'll buy a Steam Machine and use it as a back up if something in my 2019 PC dies.

>>728729873
you're right, government is famously immune to the influence of capital and therefore not directly a consequence of capitalism. All those government officials are just really good traders.

>>728729654
If you have to ask it's already too late

>>728729873
For sure, existing monopolies will just let new market entrants take their business unencumbered. The only thing preventing that is (already incredibly lax) regulation (which is actually actively incentivizing chip growth). With what fabs will these new market entrants use? Uh, the ones the government is preventing somehow I guess. If we were to truly deregulate this industry and allow market entrants it would basically just mean China gains chip production dominance. I think that would unironically be great for the consumer, maybe we could even allow their EV's to enter our markets since the only think propping up the auto industry is gov subsidy and artificial barriers for new entrants to the US market. Chinese EV's are fucking sick, I would love to own a BYD.

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>>728729884
Check your motherboard's manual.
It will tell you the max amount of memory it supports and all that.

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My baby still plays everything I need
I can even generate some Hentai slop for myself

>>728729971
Yes and no. Yes, even without relevant regulations in the area current leading corps would have a leg up in maintaining market share, but that is true of many if not most industries. But mostly they would have a tougher time. Monopolies of a traditional nature are necessarily inefficient. They require a business lowering prices in such a way as to restrict entry of competitors to the market, which necessarily limits profit. After all, there is only so low you can reduce prices before you are no longer profitable. What we are witnessing is an oligarchic model in which actors collude with political entities to restrict competitors from entry into the market at all, thereby allowing them to raise prices as they see fit.

After all, what are you going to do, not buy ANYTHING that has RAM in it? Probably not, that's a shitload of consumer electronics. So basically it's a massive shit sandwich and we're all getting seconds after we finish wolfing down the first.

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I upgraded everything last year but i kinda cheaped out with the cpu. I've been mulling over upgrading it but I have no trouble playing vidya rn

>>728731232
I am this poster:
>>728732536

For those reading I would recommend listening to him on this (728731232). I misunderstood the function of the CHIP Act and did not bother researching it until this very post. My apologies. He is indeed correct, there are actually few regulations inhibiting construction of fab facilities. It really is just currently bottlenecked by bare profit motive, with competitors being locked out by time and funding constraints. There are also obviously political motives as alluded (China) but I was wrong when I said that regulations were a major barrier, they are at most minor.

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>>728699503
Here's my main PC.

>>728714578
they aren't optimizing shit

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>>728699503
built it in september, my 32gb of ddr5 that cost 100 bucks now costs 520 lol

>>728719857
high IQ post.
Supply and demand fluxuate. Wait for new RAM/GPU producers to see a hole in the market and roll in.

>>728711975
I'm in the same boat
I guess I can still play basically everything except THE newest AAA shit or whatever
but that's OK

Who is still waiting at this point?
We've known this was gonna happen for like half a year.

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>Sold some gold in January to get a workstation build, old PC clearly on its last legs
>the gold went up in price by about 80% since
>the 96 gb ram kit quadrupled in price
I don't think the world we know is going to last much longer, /v/ros.

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>>728729056
>have this exact set up
>wanted to wait til the 6000 series to make the huge jump
>now all of this
What have I done...

>>728734732
>3000mhz
ngmi

>>728699503
I waited until Black Friday, got a prebuilt with a 5070TI, 9800x3d, and 32gb of ddr5 6000 ram for about 1900. Worth it in my opinion.

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>>728699503
Shelled out for a 4090 cause i figured with the DLSS scam i'd never have to buy another GPU again withing the next decade.
Guess i was right, just hadn't thought it'd be because there'd be no other cards available to buy at all in the future

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>>728699503
I got this cute little mini pc to play 30 year old games and indie shooters.

December 2024 actually

>>728728815
Relax nigga, this specs are great
Unless you're a 2k 360hz fag that plays triple A unoptimized slop like mhwilds.

>>728699503
I guess 3060ti will be my last card. Reckon I'll go to emulating all the old titles I never played rather than upgrade.

>>728728815
That's still perfectly good setup.

>>728715871
For 1080p the 5060 is perfectly usable
For 1440p you're going to need the 5070

I'm planning on buying a 9070XT and switching over to cachyos. Did some research and that seems like a winning combo especially when the 9070XT is being sold close to MSRP and is well within my budget. I fucking hate windows. An update from a few weeks ago destroyed my ability to work remotely.