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submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

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[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 55 points 1 week ago

For the price of one 5090 you could build 2-3 midrange gaming PCs lol. It's crazy that anyone would even consider buying it unless they're rich or actually need it for something important.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

unless they're rich or actually need it for something important

Fucking youtubers and crypto miners.

[-] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Crypto mining with GPUs is dead, the only relevant mining uses ASICs now, so it would be more accurate to say:

Fucking youtubers and AI.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago
[-] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I bought a secondhand 3090 when the 40 series came out for £750. I really don't need to upgrade. I can even run the bigger AI models locally as I have a huge amount of VRAM.

Games run great and look great. Why would I upgrade?

I'm waiting to see if Intel or AMD come out with something awesome over the next few years. I'm in no rush.

this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
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