TotallyJust want to point out laptop prices have been constant, can't remember the last time prices have gone up. Meaning I have been paying roughly the same amount for the same tier/class of hardware. So I can't help but think something is wrong when consumer grade components are being sold at prosumer prices because [insert flimsy reasoning here] yet laptop pricing remain static.

300BaudBobI really just need to work my way through all the older games in my Steam backlog. Also keep meaning to dust off my copy of Doom.

TotallyJust want to point out laptop prices have been constant, can't remember the last time prices have gone up. Meaning I have been paying roughly the same amount for the same tier/class of hardware. So I can't help but think something is wrong when consumer grade components are being sold at prosumer prices because [insert flimsy reasoning here] yet laptop pricing remain static.

BSim500It's the most common sense thing to do these past 6 months that I'm surprised more people don't see the obvious - If it's become too expensive to chase the newest unoptimised AAA performance turd at 4k, 8k, 65,536k resolution rat-race, then simply play everything else first. By the time that backlog is even half cleared, the mining boom would have ended, thousands of 2nd hand GPU's will be dumped on the market (thus burying the scalpers) and that same "must have" unoptimised performance turd will both be half the price and actually "finished" in terms of an extra +6 months bug fixing too.

InVasManiBig problem with GPU market is the too much emphasis on high end of the spectrum. Look how long the RX580 has been been the value for dollar GPU that it's been. There has been nearly no innovation value for dollar at the lower mid range of the market for too long.

TheLostSwedeSSDs and RAM is still cheap...

koaschtenWhich one, PS4 or XBox One ;)

Caring1I've still got my PS2 to play on.

lexluthermiesterGPU makers and their partners REALLY want to sell product... Morons..

InVasManiThe high end components industry is hurting the PC market as a whole due to supply constraints that it's causing artificially or otherwise.

neatfeatguyAs for GPUs; I'm still waiting for EVGA to email me that I can buy a 3070 or 3080 off them.....slow sons of guns. It's been almost 5 weeks since I added my email to their "Notify Me" list in hopes of buying one.

TheLostSwedeWeird, they have had plenty stock here in the shops. Might be a shipping delay?

neatfeatguyI don't know....who knows how they run things on their end. It's just a sit and wait thing for me. Checking the website the GPUs in their store all show out of stock and all prices on them have increased by roughly $100 or more, depending on the model.

I put in a Notify Me request on a 3070 and a 3080, I just want one (much rather have the 3070, costs less). I want to say the 3070 was priced at $529 and the 3080 was priced at $729 when I put in the request. The same 3080 is now $800 and the same 3070 is now $600. If these price increases are just from the "tariffs", I'd hate to see what price they'll jump to for the memory price increases that are coming.

I checked the notification spot for my evga account, says no notification has been sent yet, so I keep waiting:

Nuckles56Give it a month, there will be a massive natural disaster somewhere or similar that doubles the cost overnight

R0H1TNAND is just going one direction, DRAM is an odd one ~ shoots up to the moon just like BTC every once in a while :nutkick:

BitcoinMaybe you will feel comforted that Ethereum network is working on switching from PoW to PoS process which means confirming transactions on Ethereum network will not involve mining anymore.

I would like to remind you that Bitcoin is long time past the era of GPU mining and Ethereum as one of the biggest crypto after Bitcoin is mineable on GPU so once they move to PoS situation with graphics cards should improve as much as crypto is concerned.

kapone32Would it not be safe to say that there would be another mining based app to replace Ehtereum?

BitcoinMaybe you will feel comforted that Ethereum network is working on switching from PoW to PoS process which means confirming transactions on Ethereum network will not involve mining anymore.

I would like to remind you that Bitcoin is long time past the era of GPU mining and Ethereum as one of the biggest crypto after Bitcoin is mineable on GPU so once they move to PoS situation with graphics cards should improve as much as crypto is concerned.