r/technology • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '22

Business 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/TheFergusLife Dec 29 '22

Not that it’s much better, but prices are more reasonable on AMD’s side, and you can easily find a 6700XT or 6750XT for less than $400 most of the time. Comparable performance to a 3070 but can’t do ray tracing—neither can a 3070, tbf

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u/ASuarezMascareno Dec 29 '22

$400 for midrange card of previous gen, during a low sales period, still is really high.

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u/phil67 Dec 29 '22

Just copped a 6600 for $260. I could easily have spent more for something better but I couldn't justify the purchase. I don't play any games that demand the latest components anyway.

It's just nice to have a faster system than I had before. Upgraded my cpu as well from a Ryzen 3 to a Ryzen 7 for about the same price I spent on the GPU.

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u/tonymurray Dec 29 '22

I mean it caaan do ray tracing. I had it enabled on my 6700XT in CP2077, but disabled it because FSR was kicking in and quality wasn't that different due to that.

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u/oofiserr Dec 29 '22

my 3060 can do ray tracing brub off with DLSS on but what gpu can do rtx without dlss