We really need to get rid of this line-go-up mentality, because it translates directly into tech companies telling you to buy something new every few months. Phones, GPUs… Every time they can push for shorter replacement cycles, they will. Good on you to not cave in to the pressure, my 1050Ti still runs as great as day one for the games that I play since day one.
Maaaan. My 1080 was chuggin for games I was playing three years ago. I’m lucky I got a sweet deal on some secondhand 3070tis for my partner and myself from someone my mum knows. I got a new game a couple days ago for us and we both had to drop down to “high” for 100FPS at 1440p.
I mean, if a slight increase in visual fidelity is worth a couple hundred (if not thousand) bucks every year or two to you, then sure, treat yourself. But I don’t see the need to buy a slightly faster thing every year that basically will do the same as the old. And that’s before mentioning the resources used up for producing soon-to-be-ewaste or software bloat.
It is always the same story, cars, phones, computers, smart fridges, clothes… companies try to push people to buy the shiny new thing for obvious reasons. Companies trying to build products that last get out-competed. The line must go up.
As I said, if 4k and high settings is worth the investment for you, sure, go for it, treat yourself. I am in no position to preach about ascetic life or anything. Eat out, go on holidays, buy a new gaming PC, life is short.
I cannot seem to find numbers on GPUs in particular, only marketing or AI bullshit “articles”. But smartphones seem to have a replacement cycle in western countries ranging from 1.5-3 years, depending on who you ask. And that is average, meaning that for every weirdo like me, who keeps their phones until they break, there are around three people who get a new phone every year.
That sounds pretty insane to me. Sure, new products are better. But I don’t want to own a better product. I want to play games, or in the case of smartphones, chat and doom-scroll on the go.
I plan on running this bad boy until it bites the dust. And then I’ll get an AMD card so I have an easier time with the drivers. Took me days to get my games running on Debian.
That’s partly on Debian, they really don’t want you running proprietary drivers. Or anything with a license other than GPL, ideally.
That said, nvidia should still stop being a bunch of cunts. While it’s gotten easier and they’ve open sourced parts of their drivers, there’s still a proprietary binary blob involved, whereas AMD’s Linux drivers are fully open source and integrated into the mainline kernel, usually enabled by default in most distros.
Personally if my 3060 Ti dies, I’ll also want to move to AMD, but I hope it lasts a long time because the 9070 XT costs more than twice as much for twice the fps, despite being several years newer (okay the 3060 Ti of course now costs much less than it did when it came out, but still about what a 60 series card SHOULD cost brand new if you go back to before the AI and crypto booms).
1660su works with everything except shitty Unreal5 games with forced lumen and stuff.
I just replaced mine with an AMD somethingorother, but it wasn’t because of performance.
Yeah, I’ve got no complaints; I mostly play Indie titles anyway so nothing too strenuous. Balatro & Deltarune aren’t exactly a stress test, I doubt Silksong will push beyond its limits either.
What am I supposed to play on “High” settings like some kinda peasant? Jk, my gpu is so old if it were a kid it would be starting 1st grade this year.
To get a stable 60 in Grounded 2 I have to run it at 50% render resolution. Why yes, it uses UE5, how did you know?
We really need to get rid of this line-go-up mentality, because it translates directly into tech companies telling you to buy something new every few months. Phones, GPUs… Every time they can push for shorter replacement cycles, they will. Good on you to not cave in to the pressure, my 1050Ti still runs as great as day one for the games that I play since day one.
Maaaan. My 1080 was chuggin for games I was playing three years ago. I’m lucky I got a sweet deal on some secondhand 3070tis for my partner and myself from someone my mum knows. I got a new game a couple days ago for us and we both had to drop down to “high” for 100FPS at 1440p.
I have a 1060 with 3gb vram, my kids both have a 1080 and they still work great
I don’t doubt they work great for a lot of games! But I’m not going to be able to use those to play Abiotic Factor at 1440p…
“I don’t have a large TV or monitor so nobody needs an up to date GPU!”
It’s a much different story at 1440 and 4k.
I mean, if a slight increase in visual fidelity is worth a couple hundred (if not thousand) bucks every year or two to you, then sure, treat yourself. But I don’t see the need to buy a slightly faster thing every year that basically will do the same as the old. And that’s before mentioning the resources used up for producing soon-to-be-ewaste or software bloat.
It is always the same story, cars, phones, computers, smart fridges, clothes… companies try to push people to buy the shiny new thing for obvious reasons. Companies trying to build products that last get out-competed. The line must go up.
GTFO 🤣
The card is 9 years old, not 2. I bet you the number of gamers swapping cards every 2 years is in the single digit percentage.
I am in a peer group of friends and colleagues making 175-300k a year and not a single one of them is swapping a GPU every 2 years.
As I said, if 4k and high settings is worth the investment for you, sure, go for it, treat yourself. I am in no position to preach about ascetic life or anything. Eat out, go on holidays, buy a new gaming PC, life is short.
I cannot seem to find numbers on GPUs in particular, only marketing or AI bullshit “articles”. But smartphones seem to have a replacement cycle in western countries ranging from 1.5-3 years, depending on who you ask. And that is average, meaning that for every weirdo like me, who keeps their phones until they break, there are around three people who get a new phone every year.
That sounds pretty insane to me. Sure, new products are better. But I don’t want to own a better product. I want to play games, or in the case of smartphones, chat and doom-scroll on the go.
A 1050ti would play games worse than PowerPoint on my 1440/165hz monitor.
glances at 1660 Super…
Does math…
Greetings, Comrade!
I plan on running this bad boy until it bites the dust. And then I’ll get an AMD card so I have an easier time with the drivers. Took me days to get my games running on Debian.
That’s partly on Debian, they really don’t want you running proprietary drivers. Or anything with a license other than GPL, ideally.
That said, nvidia should still stop being a bunch of cunts. While it’s gotten easier and they’ve open sourced parts of their drivers, there’s still a proprietary binary blob involved, whereas AMD’s Linux drivers are fully open source and integrated into the mainline kernel, usually enabled by default in most distros.
Personally if my 3060 Ti dies, I’ll also want to move to AMD, but I hope it lasts a long time because the 9070 XT costs more than twice as much for twice the fps, despite being several years newer (okay the 3060 Ti of course now costs much less than it did when it came out, but still about what a 60 series card SHOULD cost brand new if you go back to before the AI and crypto booms).
1660su works with everything except shitty Unreal5 games with forced lumen and stuff. I just replaced mine with an AMD somethingorother, but it wasn’t because of performance.
Yeah, I’ve got no complaints; I mostly play Indie titles anyway so nothing too strenuous. Balatro & Deltarune aren’t exactly a stress test, I doubt Silksong will push beyond its limits either.
Mine is going to go to 2nd grade in like 10 days.
yipes, my gpu cant manage max settings anymore, time to sell my other spleen I guess.