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Clarkeprops t1_j13b87d wrote

Reply to comment by Verificus in To all you well-read and informed futurologists here: what is the future of gaming? by Verificus

Trickle down economics are a real thing when it comes to tech. A 10 year old 3 thousand dollar video card is worth what now? Fifty bucks? Let the bleeding edge pay for the R&D. They’ll pay top dollar, and I’ll get it at a discount in 2-3 years. Tech ALWAYS has come down in price. Eventually, absolutely anyone can afford it.

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Quealdlor t1_j14duil wrote

GTX 1060 6GB was even better for gaming than the original, $999 Titan 3 years earlier.

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Clarkeprops t1_j14l4v2 wrote

And that card is barely 8 years old.

A 10 year old card is $75 on eBay. I was close.

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Quealdlor t1_j14rzh9 wrote

10 years ago top cards were going for $499-549.

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Clarkeprops t1_j1c50o2 wrote

The GTX 690 was $1000 in 2012, and in todays dollars that’s $1300.

It’s $130 now on eBay. That’s 10% of original cost.

My point stands.

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Quealdlor t1_j14swnz wrote

And btw, the OG Titan became available on February 21st, 2013. I remember it, because I have memory for such information. It was 9.83 years ago - almost 10 years, not 8. You can buy the OG Titan (used) for $140 on eBay - over 7x cheaper.

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Clarkeprops t1_j1c5phh wrote

GTX 690 was 1300 10 years ago (adjusted for inflation)

It’s now 130. That’s 10% of original cost.

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Quealdlor t1_j1cqqut wrote

I don't count double GPU cards, because they were problematic and there are no modern counterparts. RTX 4090 is GTX 580's current counterpart.

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Quealdlor t1_j1e3ans wrote

Look at this https://youtu.be/7gFxAlGjwms?t=984 to see how poorly games performed in 2012 on multi-GPU configurations. 16 teraflops theoretically, but in practice it could even perform close to Xbox One or PlayStation 4 which were only $399 not that long after that.

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