A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.

2023 was the year that GPUs stood still::A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    11 months ago

    As someone who upgraded from a 2016 GPU to a 2023 one I was completely fine with this. Prices finally came down and I got the best card 2023 offered me, which may not have been impressive for this generation but was incredible from what I came from.

    • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      And how much did you pay for the 2016 card, what range was it in, and what is the new card’s cost and range?

      Overal, gpus have been a major ripoff, despite these upgrades giving good performance boosts

      • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        11 months ago

        I believe about $300 for an AMD RX480 (great card and still going strong). This time I had a bit more money and wanted something more powerful. I went with the AMD 7800 XT Nitro ($550) which I got on release day. Sure it’s not top of the line but it has played pretty much everything I throw at it with all settings set to max and still maintaining 60fps or above. I have an UW monitor with its max resolution being 5120x1440 which is what most games will play at and everything still plays fine. It’s almost crazy to me that this card would be considered mid range.

        • highenergyphysics@lemmy.worldEnglish
          613·
          11 months ago

          That’s about equal to a 3070ti, what are you playing to max settings 60fps on 32:9 1440 resolution on that? Because either you are straight up lying or being intentionally misleading by selecting a very narrow range of games.

          • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
            81·
            11 months ago

            I can assure you I am not lying. I do use FSR or XeSS which helps a ton with performance and freesync enabled with my monitor. Cyberpunk 2077 is probably one of the most taxing games I play and use XeSS with that one and everything else set to max without Ray tracing of course and I get just under 60fps in most areas and over 60fps in buildings. I’ll attach a pic of the in game test it can perform.

            Cyberpunk 2077 results

            • ChronographsEnglish
              41·
              11 months ago

              Raytracing is a setting which is not only not maxed but is off lol