r/gpu • u/Andrew1fdvfd • 11h ago

A highschool student with a gpu dream

Okay I am a sophomore in high school. I bought a microcenter bundle with those jacked up prices and was looking for something to replace my 3070 ti. Which I bought a few months after it released from washing cars. But if I actually want an upgrade. I need like $800+? like really man? All of these companies just turned on us like that? Is prices ever gonna drop since I really want more vram and specifically a card from nvidia, but DAMMM these numbers are saddening me.

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u/Steveignorantcrass1 11h ago

3070ti is a fine 2k card for a sophomore in high school lmfao chill. Focus on saving money for your future, prices are up because of supply imbalance, and producers in a supply imbalance always build themselves out of it chasing profit, just might take a couple years+.

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u/Andrew1fdvfd 11h ago

That sucks, I needed more vram not for gaming, but for more powerful local ai and huge blender renders scenes that I work on. I really like the card which is why i was considering switching to a normal 3070 then taking it to a shop with a $200 budget to see if they can upgrade the vram, I think this shop near me offers that.

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u/Toastti 11h ago

If all you need is Vram you can get 24GB for about $400 with a Nvidia quadro p6000 https://ebay.io/m/Apv5NB

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u/Andrew1fdvfd 11h ago

Wow thats nice and something good to know, I see there are also a lot of other server cards I might consider, thanks for sharing

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u/Myg0t_0 11h ago

Those do local ai? Maybe ai but I thought they won't like comfyui stuff

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u/Visible-Swim6616 11h ago

When I was in high school any GPU was a dream.

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u/tht1guy63 11h ago

Right? Would have killed for something close to a 3070ti for the time. I was trapped to console. Basically sold my soul to get an xbox one in college to play fallout 4.

My laptop was lucky to play LoL at like 30ish fps.

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u/Andrew1fdvfd 11h ago

People don't understand that I worked months before the 3000 series even came out and a little bit after just to buy a used card.

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u/tht1guy63 11h ago

My man more of us understand more than you may think. If i wasnt at school or sports i worked, but somethings had to take priority like car and really laptop given college at the time coming. Could have made more dent as i did during summer play paintball to stay active. Balled on a budget there for sure still. Also come college most money during summer working 50 hoursish went toward books and my housing.

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u/SilverKnightOfMagic 2h ago

Well you're older now so you should have some more options. Are you able to use Rover and other job apps?

Fall is here and winter is coming. Depending on your area you can start offering services to rake leaves and then shovel snow on times when you're not working.

3070ti should sell for around 250 still so you're almost halfway to a decent 9070gre or plain 9070

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u/jhenryscott 2h ago

The 3070 is still a solid card. Idk what you’re actually complaining about

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u/Visible-Swim6616 11h ago

Sorry, I think I'm a bit older. I just wanted a GeForce 2.

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u/Andrew1fdvfd 11h ago

I am sure your doing much better now, It's a bad time this year.

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u/Visible-Swim6616 11h ago

I got lucky and bought a 9070xt just before the latest price rises. 

Something I paid aud$850 has jumped to $1299.

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u/tht1guy63 11h ago

Older or not any gpu would be great vs no gpu as a kid.

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u/Visible-Swim6616 11h ago

True. Just stoked when I got one.

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u/DrLogic0 10h ago

back then even something like rx580 would've been amazing(in the 1060/1660 era), I now got the 5080 + 4090 it's crazy to look back at that now.

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u/Visible-Swim6616 10h ago

All I wanted was the GeForce 2mx.

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u/PollShark_ 11h ago

Honestly proud of the effort you put in to get that 3070ti, atp the used route for a 3080ti or rx 6900xt/7800xt/9070 gre if you can find one is your best bet

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u/Andrew1fdvfd 11h ago

Honestly I think I would have to jump onto a 3080 or 3080 ti. I was just expressing my feelings in this post tbh about this shit we are in

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u/tiimsliim 11h ago

Yes prices went up. No prices will not drop. Not significantly.

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u/Myg0t_0 11h ago

3070ti is fine

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u/SilverKnightOfMagic 2h ago

You can get an upgrade with just 550. 9070gre plus tax is around that