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Lifer
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Red Squirrel said:
I was just thinking, I wonder if there will be a time where retail stores just stop existing completely and go online-only and we actually look back at them the same way we look back at video rental stores. I kinda miss them, but at same time I don't think I'd actually use them much either if they existed. Times just change.

Our Staples just closed down, which was kind of a shock but at same time not that surprising. Any time I went it always brought back memories of when I used to go with my mom to get school supplies. I remember when it first opened and it had a "new building smell". That smell always stayed and was there even the last time I went. It was almost like a signature smell for that store. It's oddly kinda sad knowing the store is closed now, but at same time it's not like I actually did go all that often and I can just order online anyway. Anytime I did go there was maybe like 10 people there at most. Taxes on that building are probably like 80k per year. Margins are very low in retail so it's a miracle they even make enough to pay all the bills for a big building like that.
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Unless an item is on sale @ staples their HIGH "full-retail" regular pricing and unreliable online inventory means I'll very rarely buy anything there.
 
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Lifer
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I want to upgrade my video card. Been looking at the 3080 Ti. But the 4080 release is just around the corner. Looks like it may be delayed until December. I think I'll wait. It would make a good Christmas present. Who here wants to put on the Santa suit?
 
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Lifer
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bigboxes said:
I want to upgrade my video card. Been looking at the 3080 Ti. But the 4080 release is just around the corner. Looks like it may be delayed until December. I think I'll wait. It would make a good Christmas present. Who here wants to put on the Santa suit?
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If you genuinely NEED to upgrade right now I'd say grab an AMD 6600XT which can be had for a bit over $300 and should perform sufficiently well to get you by.

OTOH if you're okay for the moment with the GPU you own I would wait a few months to see what happens.... there may be some incredible deals on high-end 30 series cards.
 
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Lifer
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Captante said:
If you genuinely NEED to upgrade right now I'd say grab an AMD 6600XT which can be had for a bit over $300 and should perform sufficiently well to get you by.

OTOH if you're okay for the moment with the GPU you own I would wait a few months to see what happens.... there may be some incredible deals on high-end 30 series cards.
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I don't need to do anything. If the 4800 is faster, uses less power and cost less, I will consider it.
 
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