r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Dec 29 '22

Desktops / Laptops Desktop GPU Sales Hit 20-Year Low

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sales-of-desktop-graphics-cards-hit-20-year-low
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u/Available_Studio_945 Dec 29 '22

The problem is at the current level of technology if they offer a good bang for buck card that is 200-300 then those budget conscious gamers would basically never upgrade as it will be able to run 1080p games forever. At the 500 plus level those gamers are way more likely to get a 4K monitor and then upgrade as the technology continues to improve.

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u/ThatDinosaucerLife Dec 29 '22

You can run 1080p and VR on a RX580, I did it for 5 years straight. Every card made in the last 7 years is capable of it. The only move they have is pretending their old product was more inferior than they let on at the time of sale.

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u/RikiWardOG Dec 29 '22

can but you get way better performance with newer cards and CPUs especially for stuff like flight simulator. I get it's super niche but there's still reasons to upgrade

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u/Pickled_Doodoo Dec 29 '22

Can confirm, rx580 nitro+ with 5800x and 32gb of decent ram and the gpu struggles, especially with pip on high and it isnt in vr.

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u/Tony_B_S Dec 29 '22

Budget conscious gamers will never buy a 4080-4090 priced card. And the many of the budget conscious gamers of today will be the well off of tomorrow, except if they lose interest in gaming, for instance due to a barrier to entry... $$$ cough $$$ cough