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Not necessarily in the EU though, lol
I've been checking out GPUs to replace my 1060 since the pandemic and still haven't found something compelling to upgrade to, price/performance wise. I guess I got spoiled by my 1060 but low end cards are anemic and mid tier is overpriced. 7700 and 7800 will hopefully be somewhat intersting.
I‘ve been in the market for a gpu for half a year now. Made charts and tracked price development.
The gpu prices are not dropping anymore. They are stable for 3 months roughly and even increasing.
That’s why I pulled the trigger on a card that is hopefully worth the 300+ eurons :) I‘m trying to phase out my 3070 pandemic windows laptop for an ubuntu tower because I always get worried when the laptop has a lot to do.
The whole machine gets hot (temps in hwinfo are ok) and I fear that the constant thermal expansion will ruin it earlier rather than later. Also the small whiny fans are a pain to listen to for extended periods.
The firmware also is a proprietary mess which sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Since I have a linux server for two years I suppose I‘ll manage somehow.
I don’t think last gen will drop soon, just a guess though. I‘d rather think that they get sold out soon and you need to buy used then. Which also are highly priced.
All of what you said is true, I'm just cheap. Don't feel like dropping money on a low end card just to have it struggle @1080p in new games and "mid" range still feels inflated. Might also be regional pricing where I live is just more expensive. Ever since Mindfactory stopped shipping outside germany I can't find decent online stores, local or otherwise.
I dunno if it’s usable internationally but idealo checks a couple of vendors. Maybe that helps.
And yes, I can relate. I was in a bit of a bind as I‘d like to stop using my laptop to spare it from eventual heat death. Otherwise, I‘d maybe not have bought one.
But still, I don’t see gpu prices drop again since ai is buying them in bulk.