• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Or don’t. Buy games that focus more on gameplay and less on graphics. We can push for cutting edge graphics and framerates again when prices stabilize, but we don’t need to throw more money at these companies right now.

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    The push to buy stuff at current prices is giving “learn AI or you’ll be left behind” lingo. You dont need the latest graphics card, make them earn the price tag, don’t give them more money if they’re not willing to come down in price.

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    For what? Any gaming card made since like 2017 is fully capable of playing almost any game. The only reason to upgrade is if you’re chasing super high resolutions, super high framerates, or using AI.

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    8 days ago

    Buy your graphics card NOW

    I’d be waiting until 2028 and substantial additional memory supply hitting the market myself if you can wait.

    If you’re trying to decide between buying a video card in, say, mid-2027 or now, okay, yeah, maybe then it’d be better to buy it now. But if you don’t have a really strong need to upgrade in late 2026 or in 2027, you’re probably going to get more bang for your buck by waiting.

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      Give it about six months to a year I’d say.

      Oh, wait, you were asking about the collapse of civilization, right?

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      When ai crashes

      The reason consumer gpus and ram are expensive, is companies make more building shit for data centers.

      If there’s no data centers, they’ll build more stuff for consumer PCs. That will lower demand and prices will go down.

      As long as blank checks are being written for datacenters, that’s what companies will make