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The gaming card I bought as a present to myself for finishing Uni died earlier this week. Great timing, because there's a global chip shortage and the cheapest graphics cards out there in the current generation are US$700-$800

Is anyone following the progress of graphics card prices? I'm wondering whether I should spend the equivalent of a month's rent + all my bills + a bit more just to be able to game on my PC

Thanks for nothing, crypto people!

I've been following as well. My card has two in-built fans and one died recently. The other is plugging away, but will no doubt give up soon. And summer is coming... My budget would only be something like AUD$200. But that basically gets me the same card as my 8-9 year old one!

Crypto people and scalpers!

Card makers are trying to get cards back into the hands of gamers by making them a bit more rubbish at crypto-mining, but the prices haven't fallen sufficiently. That said, if I don't get one soon, I am going to go mad with boredom.

PTRACER wrote: ↑2 years ago Crypto people and scalpers!

Card makers are trying to get cards back into the hands of gamers by making them a bit more rubbish at crypto-mining, but the prices haven't fallen sufficiently. That said, if I don't get one soon, I am going to go mad with boredom.

Web streaming?

I'm a full blown cheapskate and I'm watching free streaming via some Australian sites. Currently into Travel Man with Richard Ayoade .

My RTX 3070 Ti just turned up in the mail

You might as well buy a lottery ticket while your luck is hot like that.

Mr_Ferrari wrote: ↑2 years ago You might as well buy a lottery ticket while your luck is hot like that.

...... if he has any money left. (Ive seen the price they seem to go for here!)

the Zotac GTX 1660 Ti is a quite affordable card, silent and I have no problems since 3 years and 10 month of use.