Yeah. I also avoid buying high-end GPU's. Cost is just stupid at this point...
A single high-end GPU today is equivalent to buying 4x high-end GPU's from 10 years ago and whacking them into crossfire... Even accounting for inflation. $2,400 AUD is a ton of coin nVidia. A ton.
Normally I would have jumped on something like the Radeon RX 5700XT as the US price was $399 on launch which should have been $570 AUD (without tax). - Instead we had the GPU's at about $850 AUD or more...
I am happy just spending $500 AUD every few years and getting the best GPU for that coin, don't give a crap about the brand (I.E. AMD vs nVidia).
In saying that, I am only gaming at 1440P+144hz these days anyway and not chasing 5760x1080 or 7680x1440 where I could justify 4x GPU's at the time, so keeping a GPU for a year or two longer is fine until there is more of a tangible upgrade.
I think we need some much needed competition in the GPU space, AMD needs to pick up it's game and Intel needs to make it's big GPU entrance in a big way to disrupt the entire market, nVidia is far to comfortable at this point... And unlike Intel, nVidia has been constantly improving every year, so there hasn't been the opportunity for AMD to pull an Athlon 64 or Ryzen.
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