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PC gaming getting worse every year (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

And if there ever was a dark age for PC hardware, we’ve recently crawled out of it, thankfully.

With high-end GPUs costing what they still cost, I don't think we're out of it just yet.

[–] Hypx@fedia.io 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My recent realization is that the very high-end of the GPU market is totally unnecessary. A 4070 can play practically any game at 4K with decent framerates. And if you are fine with just "high" settings instead of maxed out, at very good framerates too.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A 4070 is the high end, though. Any laptop with a 4070 in it will cost over £1.5k

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Pretty sure nobody cares, but man as a third world country guy it feels weird as fuck to see these reasonable-looking numbers only to multiply by 50 and get a heart attack.

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 0 points 6 months ago

I don't disagree, but gaming laptops are always overpriced. You're paying a premium for the small form factor. (And I assume they also have the much less powerful RTX 4070 Mobile, which makes the value proposition even worse for laptops.)

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

In 2020 I bought a 2080 Super for more than 800€, I considered it crazy expensive but I had the money and my 1070 had died. 23 months later it died and Amazon refunded the money, so I proceeded to buy another GPU. That money was only enough for a 3070ti and I still had to pay 30-40€ more. I'm happy with my 3070ti for now, and I hope it lasts long enough, I don't think I can afford that kind of money anymore.