2023 was the year that GPUs stood still::A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.

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      2 years ago

      How was that change? I’m thinking of doing the same, but it requires a power supply update too, so I’m on the fence.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        2 years ago

        Fwiw, I’ve been running a 3080FE for nearly 3 years now and it’s still more than enough to run basically anything I care to on max settings (or close to it) @2.5k. Got it through Best Buy, so I paid list price (but it was a massive pain in the ass to actually snag one through their queueing system). It was pricey, but it was a HUGE perf uplift, since I was coming from a GTX 1070 as well.

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 years ago

    Hands up if you/someone you know purchased a Steam Deck or other computer handheld, instead of upgrading their GPU 🙋‍♂️

    To be honest I stopped following PC hardware altogether because things were so stagnant outside of Intel’s alder lake and the new x86 P/E cores. GPUs that would give me a noticeable performance uplift from my 1060 aren’t really at appealing prices outside the US either IMO

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      2 years ago

      It’s diminishing returns.

      We need a giant leap forward to show a noticeable effect now.

      Like, if a cars top speed was 10mph, a 5 mph increase is fucking huge.

      But getting a supercar to top off at 255 instead of 250, just isn’t a huge deal. And you wouldn’t notice unless you were testing it.

      So even if they keep increasing power at a steady rate, the end user is going to notice it less and less everytime.