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[grvg]

With battlemage being a clear paper launch and now NVIDIAs launch having catastrophic supply issues, it is looking more and more like this GPU gen won’t really be actually moving until a quarter down the triad at least.

AMD have stock in stores but got so scared by the 50 series advertising that they are hiding in a closet and still haven’t come out besides to tweet about a March release date.

Are you planning on upgrading? How hard are you going to try and acquire a card? The barrier to entry this gen, from a financial AND effort standpoint is the highest we’ve seen so far imho.

 

[RoboFu]

They are setting prices based on what Nvidia is doing which is a good plan for them. Business isn't fanboy bs.

 

[Schmendrick]

got a 5080 at 30€ above MSRP on launch day without even doing the old F5 game. Guess I got lucky.
That being said ....Paying 1200€ for a GPU makes me kinda dumb, too.
I´m proud of myself that I at least didn`t go for the 5090.....

 

[Agent_4Seven]

it is looking more and more like this GPU gen won’t really be actually moving until

What's even there to move? It's completely pointless and "I don't give a shit about" type of launch since 2000 series. Why are they even wasting their resources if consumer market is not even a thing for them anymore? I mean, just think about it, they're asking us to pay 2-4 times more for much worse experience, visuals and clarity than pre-RTX era. GPUs turned into BS upscalers and thrown pure horse power out the window.

 

[Katatonic]

got a 5080 at 30€ above MSRP on launch day without even doing the old F5 game. Guess I got lucky.
That being said ....Paying 1200€ for a GPU makes me kinda dumb, too.
I´m proud of myself that I at least didn`t go for the 5090.....

You shoulda went for the 90.

 

[simpatico]

They are setting prices based on what Nvidia is doing which is a good plan for them. Business isn't fanboy bs.

Good plan to if the goal is to not be a massive hit. AMD launch prices ensure they'll never gain market share. Cowardly way of running the business. Go for broke one gen and be confident the volume will make up for the lower prices. Or just slowly die in purgatory, which seems to be their choice.

 

[rofif]

3080 was a great performance uplift compared to previous gen and it was 700$... I managed to get it for 700 (fe) but I was one of very few lucky people.
4080 launched at shit price and not as big performance boost.
And 5080 is a joke. it's 1600 euro here, no FE cards.. and it's barely any faster than 4080. Joke of jokes.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Eh, depends on the performance increase. Likely not worth it, plus I don’t feel like wasting my money when the games I’m playing now play perfectly fine.

 

[Bojji]

3080 was a great performance uplift compared to previous gen and it was 700$... I managed to get it for 700 (fe) but I was one of very few lucky people.
4080 launched at shit price and not as big performance boost.
And 5080 is a joke. it's 1600 euro here, no FE cards.. and it's barely any faster than 4080. Joke of jokes.

People telling others to not buy 4070S, 4070tiS or 4080S in the last few months (when prices were lower than MSRP and those cards were available) and instead wait for 5xxx series really fucked some people up.

Now there are no 5xxx cards to buy, their performance is like ~10% more than 4xxx equivalents anyway and 4xxx series goes out of stock as well...

 

[Schmendrick]

their performance is like ~10% more than 4xxx equivalents anyway and 4xxx series goes out of stock as well...

make that ~20-25% after OC, but yeah. Out of the box very underwhelming for a whole new generation. DLSS4 definitely has more impact than the new hardware.

 

[draliko]

I'm pretty dumb when it comes to buying pc parts, the fomo really kicks in and kicks me in the ball.. got a pretty capable pc but i'm sincerely considering leaving the pc space and coming back to consoles, the fomo is still there but at least is way more manageable (just a base and a pro console some years later)... but i recon this is a "me" problem, still gpu prices are killing the mood for me, luckily money isn't really a problem but for the first time i'm finding myself considering twice if it's worth it and i still can't find an answer...

 

[Ulysses 31]

3080 was a great performance uplift compared to previous gen and it was 700$... I managed to get it for 700 (fe) but I was one of very few lucky people.
4080 launched at shit price and not as big performance boost.
And 5080 is a joke. it's 1600 euro here, no FE cards.. and it's barely any faster than 4080. Joke of jokes.

The 5080 can come close to 4090 levels with 15% overclocking that several reviewers managed to do without trying very seriously.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Sitting out another generation to focus on my backlog. Originally got one of those $420 7800 XTs from BF sales, but seeing how so many games are moving onto RTX required and the significant deficit in FSR 3 (and how AMD is handling their architecture) it seems like a waste for me - someone who buys a GPU and sticks with it long term.

For the foreseeable my 1070 will play anything I have on Steam and I begrudgingly bought a discounted PS5 Pro to handle anything newish - it will play without stutter and on my existing home theater setup. My PS4/5 and Switch backlog is vast.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I had the money and the want. But no luck.
Keeping my RTX 4070 for another year At least.
My mind is now shifting over to things that are very different and a bit silly.
I have been spending more time learning about 3D printing and want to get one.
3D printers also out of stock everywhere