Is it just me?

[dumpa]

Been out of the game for a long time. Thinking about building a new PC but I just can't get over the prices! Had a pre-built 8th Gen i7 1080 PC that was retired 4 years ago. Switched to an Asus laptop with a 6800M since then. Don't mind my signature, it's there for nostalgic reasons

I don't play games as much as I used to. Perhaps that's why I just can't push myself to spend $2500 or whatever, despite money not been an issue. Reading about the upcoming 5090 and possible $2500 price tag. Are there really that many people out there willing and able to support this kind of pricing model?

Maybe I'm just stuck in the past...

 

[freakdiablo]

If you don't play games as much as I used to, you can save a lot of coin avoiding the mid to high end GPU market.

That's what I ended up doing with my laptop. Figured it's going to be a Internet+movie machine most of the time, so instead of dropping $2k on a gaming model, I went with a strong workstation style and used the price difference to add RAM and storage.

 

[mackerel]

If the laptop is doing fine do you need a desktop? I had debated doing that in the past, but didn't in the end. Can still attach nice peripherals around it and get external screen if needed.

As for highest end GPU pricing, it obviously isn't for the mainstream but there is a market for it. Outside of the few deep pocketed gamers, there's a lot of compute use cases for them where they're much more affordable than the pro tier offerings.

 

[Woomack]

I don't play games as much as I used to. Perhaps that's why I just can't push myself to spend $2500 or whatever, despite money not been an issue. Reading about the upcoming 5090 and possible $2500 price tag. Are there really that many people out there willing and able to support this kind of pricing model?

Maybe I'm just stuck in the past...

You are not the only one with these feelings. BTC mining and problems with availability showed that there are way too many people willing to spend $2k for a graphics card, which is ridiculous; when people still let Nvidia keep these prices, then we will still see this scenario. AMD is not much better as they adjust their prices to Nvidia's, keeping them slightly behind, but also they don't have as fast graphics cards, so their prices are adjusted to products one shelf below (even though their marketing tries to aim the top with fake claims).
The same happened with CPUs/mobos, but maybe not so significantly. The current mid-shelf became new home high-end as HEDT is barely existing with way too high prices, even higher than the server stuff.

On the other hand, you don't need anything more than a mid-series desktop CPU and GPU to enjoy 95% of the games, and if you don't play games, then I recommend lower TDP CPUs with integrated graphics that perform great in everything else and can be kept nearly silent with inexpensive coolers. I'm using mobile Ryzen CPU and RTX4070 as my gaming PC. Even though I could get something faster, it's more than enough for 1440p gaming, and it's very quiet. If not games, I could use a business-grade laptop, which would still be fine.

 

[dfonda]

Been out of the game for a long time. Thinking about building a new PC but I just can't get over the prices! Had a pre-built 8th Gen i7 1080 PC that was retired 4 years ago. Switched to an Asus laptop with a 6800M since then. Don't mind my signature, it's there for nostalgic reasons

I don't play games as much as I used to. Perhaps that's why I just can't push myself to spend $2500 or whatever, despite money not been an issue. Reading about the upcoming 5090 and possible $2500 price tag. Are there really that many people out there willing and able to support this kind of pricing model?

Maybe I'm just stuck in the past...

The folks who run science, but I do not expect a 5900 to retail at $2500 more like $1799.

 

[dumpa]

If the laptop is doing fine do you need a desktop? I had debated doing that in the past, but didn't in the end. Can still attach nice peripherals around it and get external screen if needed.

As for highest end GPU pricing, it obviously isn't for the mainstream but there is a market for it. Outside of the few deep pocketed gamers, there's a lot of compute use cases for them where they're much more affordable than the pro tier offerings.

I have a keyboard and a mouse attached to my laptop. I also have a long HDMI cable connected to my 50" Samsung TV next to my bed. Can't really complain but sometimes I get that desktop itch LOL