Question are video card prices headed down yet?

[DAPUNISHER]

Predictions are 5090 will not be just the name, it'll be the price too.

My advice is buy now or cry later.

 

[Ranulf]

I think the nvidia rumors about less cards being produced two weeks or so ago got a buddy to finally buy a new card. I'd been telling him to seriously think about it for a couple months, especially after AMD's statement on raising prices in '26.

 

[MoragaBlue]

I think the nvidia rumors about less cards being produced two weeks or so ago got a buddy to finally buy a new card. I'd been telling him to seriously think about it for a couple months, especially after AMD's statement on raising prices in '26.

Yeah, seriously, if I weren't already set, I would've picked up the 5070 Best Buy sale for $399 on the spot. Great deal, in my view, especially under our current environment.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

The cause for our rising electricity costs here in CA is above my pay grade, but what isn't is my response to it as a consumer. It's irrelevant to me what's causing it (myriad of reasons which I won't go into here), and negative externalities, both private and public notwithstanding, are a part of American life--like my taxes, I've come to accept it. I don't like it, but it is what it is.

What, in my personal view, is unacceptable is this. While the supply and demand have dictated my costs per wattage increase YOY for the past decade, I accept paying my units of consumption based on rate per kilowatt. What I find unacceptable is above and beyond what I and my family consume, they, form time to time, add or sneak in a surcharge (a tax which no one ever voted for or approved of), and demand I pay it. At some point, they'll credit my bill with some fancy rubbish called a "green energy credit" to keep my pitchfork from leaving my garage. In the end, this "credit" is spread amongst CA taxpayers, and I wouldn't be surprised if you in Texas are paying for some of it too.

This is where I find unacceptable, because I have no choice but to consume and pay for my electricity. I suppose, if it the demands become intolerable, I can move to another state, which is something I'm hoping to avoid over escalating electricity costs.

I get to pay a surcharge in Texas because they never winterized any of the electric grid so prices went to hell and there were rolling blackouts all over the state when we had five days of temps in the 20s. So I get to pay the costs without getting any of the winterization. Yay Texas. Our half a governor's response to his failure on the grid (TX Gov directly appoints every member of the TX Public Utility Commission in charge of our 3rd world grid) was to ban cities from enforcing mask mandates in the pandemic.

 

[manly]

You're paying for AI right now in your ridiculous electric bill. Privatized profits with socialized costs is as American as apple pie and school shootings. Ugh I'm at ground zero of crypto and AI in shithole Texas.

Be that as it may, I thought TX has some of the lowest electricity rates in the country?

SCE's rates here are disgusting. The lowest tier is like 24c/kWh but it can spike as high as 74c for summer, "On-Peak."
(IIRC for the longest time, the "national average" was quoted as 11c/kWh but it has to be higher now.)

Edit (forgot the link):

https://www.sce.com/save-money/rates-financing/residential-rate-plans/time-of-use-plans

 

[Artorias]

Hold up.

Is my 11GB GDDR5X 1080TI worth more now than it was in 2017?

Memory being 80% of the cost of a GPU is insane.

 

[jpiniero]

Hold up.

Is my 11GB GDDR5X 1080TI worth more now than it was in 2017?

Memory being 80% of the cost of a GPU is insane.

GDDR5 probably not worth much.

 

[Artorias]

Is memory format a significant bottle neck to GPU performance? I haven't kept up with technical advances for a few years.

Can a slower memory GPU be viable for a mass market GPU?

These days I don't play modern games, most AAA are trash, while the indie scene produces the best.

Not sure what to upgrade going from a 8700K/1080TI.

 

[jpiniero]

Is memory format a significant bottle neck to GPU performance? I haven't kept up with technical advances for a few years.

Can a slower memory GPU be viable for a mass market GPU?

GDDR5/X is probably out of production.

 

[jdubs03]

I get to pay a surcharge in Texas because they never winterized any of the electric grid so prices went to hell and there were rolling blackouts all over the state when we had five days of temps in the 20s. So I get to pay the costs without getting any of the winterization. Yay Texas. Our half a governor's response to his failure on the grid (TX Gov directly appoints every member of the TX Public Utility Commission in charge of our 3rd world grid) was to ban cities from enforcing mask mandates in the pandemic.

And yet Texans continually vote these dipshits into office. You’d think they’d wise up and vote Abbott and Paxton out.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Is memory format a significant bottle neck to GPU performance? I haven't kept up with technical advances for a few years.

Can a slower memory GPU be viable for a mass market GPU?

These days I don't play modern games, most AAA are trash, while the indie scene produces the best.

Not sure what to upgrade going from a 8700K/1080TI.

If you are not itching to play the last couple of years of AAA slop, no need to upgrade at all. That's a solid combo for most everything else. Even some of the new games like ARC Raiders and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will run fine on it.

 

[Thunder 57]

And yet Texans continually vote these dipshits into office. You’d think they’d wise up and vote Abbott and Paxton out.

FFS this isn't P&N.

 

[jdubs03]

FFS this isn't P&N.

No it isn’t but my comment is relevant to the posts that were made discussing electricity prices which had political context to it.

 

[EXCellR8]

Yeah, seriously, if I weren't already set, I would've picked up the 5070 Best Buy sale for $399 on the spot. Great deal, in my view, especially under our current environment.

That is a great deal imo. I grabbed a 5070 Ti for just under $700, which I think is all I'm willing to part with currently. I've got a 4080 super too that I'm re-pasting, but I may end up trading that away.

I don't know how much gaming I'll do over the next 6-9 months tbh. My year is chock full of home and auto projects, vacations, weddings, and most likely lots of OT. Market can do whatever it wants in that regard, as I'll likely be on the sidelines for awhile anyway. #adulting