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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by OrangeCorvus@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

It's incredible how much the prices have fallen and that's how it should be. Sure, I bought the 960 close to launch but still the difference is staggering.

The 960 Evo still chugs along albeit it's a new one because a few months after I bought it, I had to RMA it. I guess that's what happens when you are an early adopter. I lost a few hours of work when the original 960 Evo decided to stop working but it also taught me to be more paranoia with backups.

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[-] ItsWizardTime@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

This is how hardware should work! Overtime what was bleeding edge is now the norm and as such should be priced accordingly..... Looking at you Nvidia

[-] LeberechtReinhold@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

nVidia GPUs:

970GTX was 329$ in 2014

1070GTX was 379$ in 2016

2070RTX was 499$ in 2018

3070RTX was 499$ in 2020

4070RTX is 599$ in 2023

Probably, the 5070 in 2025-6 will be 650-700.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Lol a 4070 in Canada is $1200.

[-] LeberechtReinhold@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, in europe they are more expensive, 4070RTX was about 700€ (770$). Different currencies and different taxes. And greed.

[-] w00@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nope. FE was 650€ at launch +shipping

[-] NothingButTheTruthy@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago
[-] dangblingus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, but the exchange rate isn't that bad. Our prices are just astronomical.

[-] MetaCubed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Direct conversion for $599 USD to Canadian dollars works out to about $800. NVIDIA has just decided that they can get more than that out of us with regional pricing

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Then ya got the 8800GTX in 2006, with a MSRP at a cool FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE US DOLLARS, or 900USD in now-money.

Granted, that was an outlier at the time, but still!

I opted for 2x7900GT cards in SLI in my first self-built monster machine, for Crysis. 330USD each. That thing was a monster. Ran Crysis at 40-50FPS!

…bought an Athlon 64x2 4400+ for some 460USD… it dropped to like 200 just a month or so later when Intel’s Core series was a smash hit.

[-] DrManhattan@lemmy.design 2 points 1 year ago

I bought the 8800GTX because it was the first DX10 compatible GPU available, and that thing was an amazing powerhouse. No need to fiddle with SLI profiles, just raw graphical power.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

SLI was a nightmare!

[-] LightDelaBlue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

its hurt i pay back in time a gtx titan x .... it was 1000€. for the top of the top. and today the top line is ... way fuking more....

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