Why No One Cares About GPUs Anymore

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Hey GPUs have been pretty boring lately. The community response has slowly been declining. Less and less people are interested in brand-new releases which not too long ago were extremely exciting. Reviewers have been bored, gamers have been bored, even Nvidia and AMD have been bored. So what went wrong? In the we do testing and get to the bottom of this.

0:00- People Don't Care About GPUs Anymore...
2:00- Sponsor Spot
3:26- Why should we care?
4:50- Every Generation is getting more laaaame
7:43- What would change this
8:58- Why they cost so much??
10:16- Will things get better?

[GoonyMclinux]

Nobody cares because the hobby turned into a tiered money grab.

[leighjenkins]

People are not caring because Nvidia and AMD have kept their prices high after the crypto boom and bust, they still seem to think gamers are willing to pay a ridiculous price for a GPU.

We're gamers, not miners.

[claushellsing]

Here laid the reasons

1. AAA Games Sucks
2. Graphics cards are money grabs
3. Good Games are not that demanding

[qaliexqaliex]

When crypto miners started buying gpus like there is no tomorow, was the day gpu companies discovered a infinite money glitch

[BOZ_]

that's a freaking point. a mid range card now costs more than a ps5

[Ninakoru]

Nvidia discovered that selling GPUs as luxury products makes them more money even if they sell less due to margins.

[noanyobiseniss]

Having to spend $500 for a decent performing GPU is the definition of BAD value.

[OneDollaBill]

People stopped caring cause the prices went off the roof. Sub 700$ there's basically nothing you couldn't get similar performance on last generation cards for about similar amount of money. And sub 500$ is even worse. Just adding more vram doesnt make a card worth buying if the raster performance is within margin of error from last gen

[lihavalokki]

The GPUs are only one side of the problem. I personally hate that games are becoming more demanding without looking significantly better than games that are 5-10 years old at this point. For example the comparison between Suicide Squad and Arkham Knight really showed that some studios are even going backwards in their graphics quality, while the system requirements are still going higher.

[rodri]

We are not looking for better graphics anymore, we're just looking for a stable performance in today's gaming era, because companies expect graphic cards to fix the lack of polishment they deliver to their own games

[gwgux]

I've been working in IT for over 20 years. I've been building my own PCs for longer than that. I see no value in any of the current gen cards that cost more than my PS5. The market is in need of a correction. Prices must come back down to earth to make PC gaming worthy of my attention again. Right now I primarily play on console.

[Vlk]

There's a problem when a single component costs as much as every other component combined.

[RamasArrow]

In India, you can buy a 4k 55" TV + big fridge + front load washing machine for the price of 4080. And for 4090 price, you can buy a good used car.

[PimpMatt]

I haven't upgraded my GPU since 2018. Whatever happened to $200-350 midrange cards?

[skitidet]

Here's my take. The problem isn't really with the GPUs, it's with games.
Basically all new games are horrendous so why do you need a new GPU if you can play all the games you ever would want to play on max settings using a 10 year old GPU?

[ytrqqnl]

The reason the GPU market is cooling off is that significant performance upgrades are hidden behind a paywall too steep for the majority of the enthusiasts.
The fact that prices cuts spontaneously happen when inventory becomes an issue is adding insult to the injury and amplify the customers dissatisfaction with the major brands.
It will become fashionable to root for Intel ARC when they get their performance on par.

[jimh]

When people are systematically priced out of a market within just a handful of years they tend to have a mostly negative view of said market.

[rathael]

The other issue is that PC game graphics are locked to whatever the consoles can do.

[WriteAnEmailIFYouHaveAProblem]

Above 200$ everything is a scam in the GPU market. In my country you can buy used CARS for 500$+. FOCKING cars!

[POLARTTYRTM]

We don't care about it in Brazil anymore simply because no one can buy them. Like, we earn anywhere between 9 to 19x less than other countries yet at best case scenario possible, we pay 2, 5x the MSRP of everything, at bad scenarios... well, equivalent to YEARS of rent and more than 2 cars would cost, enough to buy a high-grade super bike. We earn barely enough to pay for electricity alone, let alone paying months of rent or even years of it on a computer part. Imagine a 4080 costing $4000 MINIMUM while you earn about $290 a month. Yeah, it is THIS bad outside the US and why PC gaming is not as popular as it should be. It's a rich people-only hobby.