Why would people pay $2,000 for a video game graphics card?

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flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Phoenixan posted:

nothing even supports its raytracing capabilities yet, the entire selling point

well there aren't any 3-D 4K tv shows out now of course, but one day this five-figure television's gonna be

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 18:10

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 22:17

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Boiled Water posted:

a friend of mine is dead set on buying a 2080ti for his water cooled monster computer

on which is he solely plays one game, war thunder, which is characterized by 1) being possibly the most freemium game there is to play and 2) by requiring no hardware to play.

if you count 3dmark he plays two games

e: thanks for reminding me of the "my dad spent everything our family had on gpotatos" thread

flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Nov 13, 2018

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 18:16

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Boiled Water posted:

we have the same circle of real life friends?

memories of my past retail-self swearing to a customer that the ti4600 did nothing the 4400 he already had wouldn't

so naturally he bought it anyway

i'm not exactly holy in this regard, but at least my 1080s aren't multicoloured RGB monstrosities and they don't make any appreciable sound; also i plan to have them until 2024 (so lol me in 2021 when the new boards have no pci-e slots or something)

the heat's kinda nice in the winter

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 19:39

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

a great card for games that don't exist so people can play on monitors they don't have

also lol negative performance scaling in sli

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 21:04

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Boiled Water posted:

it�s apparently only the highest priced founders edition

pay out the nose and get poo poo on I guess

i'd wager hardly anyone using a founders edition card paid for it

xqc's got one and it's a safe bet that it was sent to him by a sponsor (because buying one would mean going outside)

# ¿ Nov 14, 2018 15:51

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

bleeding edge video cards a bad purchase?

well i never

# ¿ Dec 19, 2018 13:49

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Jonny 290 posted:

i want to get a real monitor but i am not getting rid of these 20's and so i need to bring a tape measure to microcenter and buy my monitor based on its vertical height so that everything lines up like a huge rear end matrix hacker display with the widescreen in center and the 20's flanking

they still look really good and i cant bear to get rid of them, garbage res aside

nothing wrong with wanting to keep working kit

# ¿ Jan 21, 2019 18:58

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flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

The_Franz posted:

true

these days it would be streamed on twitch with highlights on youtube

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# ¿ Feb 20, 2019 17:11

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