Why the GPU Market Has Become SO BORING! - From Thrilling to Dull

The GPU market has become stagnant and uninspiring, leaving PC gamers with fewer exciting options and minimal performance gains for their hard-earned money. In this video, I dive deep into the factors contributing to this lackluster state, from high prices and minimal generational improvements to the industry's shift towards AI and cloud gaming. We'll look back at the days when GPUs like the GTX 970 and RX 480 offered incredible value and performance, and compare them to today's overpriced and underwhelming releases. Join me as I explore why the excitement for new graphics cards has dwindled and what could potentially reignite our passion for PC hardware. Share your thoughts on what would make you excited for new GPU releases again. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more in-depth tech discussions!

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[DannyzReviews]

Next gen is going to be somethin else... and I don't mean that in a good way.

[demiankeaough]

Corporate greed is out of control in all industries. We all need to stop buying stuff for awhile and show them we have the power, not them.

[Apostle_of_Fate]

Prices are shit and value is low, no surprises here

[unreconstructed]

You had folks standing in line at 3am to buy the overpriced 3090's. Once high end gaming cards topped 1k and stupid people bought them, after the mining craze, it was over. Blame yourselves! You could have boycotted them and saved your wallets. Now they know you'll pay whatever for anything they put out there.

[bodasactra]

The 7800XT is not yet a year old and the 8800XT will release in January. The one year gen cycle has begun and the motivation to get consumers to upgrade will come from purpose made, poorly optimized, over demanding, games making fairly new GPUs prematurely obsolete. The 4070/7800Xt are already struggling at 1080p ultra in quite a few new games. Yeah, the one year upgrade cycle is upon us.

[RobertleeEtn]

When people think oh its ok to spending on a $1800 GPU for games then everything went downhill

[teardowndan]

When PC gaming started, getting into games was as simple as tossing a $150 GPU in a PC you already had for other reasons. Today though, most people's daily compute needs can be met by their smartphone much of the time or a ~$600 laptop, gaming is a $1000+ detour. IMO, conventional PC gaming is pricing itself out of the market: it is becoming too expensive for people to get into by curiosity or as an aside. If you don't have a steady flow of new customers trying it out for relatively cheap and having a positive experience, you are engaging in a death spiral where you don't have enough new customers to replace those who quit gaming.

[navisoul-oimo]

GPU market is like the Euro 2024...boring AF..and some gamers still happy spending 2k for a GPU. Crazy times.

[tomtomkowski]

We don't have competition just duopoly cooperation. It was clear to see just after the crazy 80-class launch for $1200.
What AMD did do? They could do everything to take the market share but they decided to release the 4080's competitor (7900xtx) for $1000.
What should they do then? When they realized that they have only an 80-class competitor to price it correctly (~$750) and not blindly follow totally crazy Nvidia prices.
AMD is not a competitor just a blind follower. If Nvidia decides to release xx70 for $1000 then AMD will release a similar card for $900 and will call it a day.
This duopoly is killing this market and not only this one because without upgrading GPU people are not upgrading other parts like CPU, MB, RAM, and even monitors.

[PhoticSneezeOne]

GPU´s are dull, games are dull, media is (mostly) dull, music is dull, life became dull.

It´s the hyper commercialisation of every single aspect of our lifes. This can´t end well if we don´t stop this insane trend.

[commandershepard]

GPU market is dying for the same reason movie theaters are dying - you need good movies to bother going to the theater and you need good games to bother buying a graphics card.

[outtheredude]

Sees exciting new GPU. Waits until second hand market has it at the right price. Games for exciting new GPU will be fully bug fixed and discounted by then.

[Owen-fnff]

This is what happens with monopolies, there was competition in 2014 not 2024.
The only reason AMD is not going completely nuts in the cpu pricing game, is because intel is still big. Intel did the same as Nvidia is doing now until ryzen 2/3.
I don’t think any company should be allowed to own more than 50% of any market.
Nvidia has 80-90% of the dgpu market, just not healthy man

[brandnametest]

The golden age of PC Gaming consumer-wise is over. We will never go back to affordable gaming on this platform. The sooner we accept, adapt and move on from this, the better for our well being.

[FantomasARM]

I bought a used 3080 two years ago for $400 dollars, and now two years later it is still costs the same lol.

[NBWDOUGHBOY]

This is 100% Facts. The whole PC market has become super boring. I haven't watched tech tube in months. Its not even worth it anymore. The videos aren't entertaining anymore. But, Yes Specifically the GPU Market, It doesn't even seem like theres anything worth getting excited over from either company. Hopefully Things change this generation but, Im very, very much doubtful of that.

[killerrf]

As long as man worships his own creation that funny money created out of thin air nothing changes in this realm.

[hillhell]

Smart people just realized that it doesn't make sense. They always use inflation as a reason, while peoples earning remain at almost the same.

Peoples wage may have increased by 10-20% per year. But every essential thing almost cost 100% more. Imagine something you used to eat alot, then think of how much it is now.

[crzyces]

Lol, we stopped living in a Capitalist society in the early '80's. What we are seeing now is life under a Corporatic Plutacracy. Almost every industry is a monopoly via one undisputed leader where a few others follow, waiting for prices and features then squeezing in where they can or the industry is a mass of collusion where it may as well be one company. And governments just sit by and smile for the most part, with fines typically being less than 5% of the total profit as they can't piss off the people at the heads of said companies or the people heavily invested in them. They are the people who give them the majority of their personal and professional funding while their stocks also directly affect the health of things like the Congressional Retirement fund where Apple and Nvidia sit at the top. Companies like De'beer's literally control every diamond mine in the world. Even though there are technically more diamonds than gold in the world diamonds are worth exponentially more. More of them, easier to get and refine/cut, but it is far more costly to purchase bc one company controls the market. About 5 years ago we finally made the first indistinguishable *Lab Created Diamond.* De'Beers quickly quickly cut a deal with the company, had the patent sealed for national security and can now make their own diamonds for pennies and sell them as genuine for the same f'ing prices. Do governments care? Nope.

The GPU market is no different. It's no coincidence that after Nvidia became the 2nd most held stock in the Congressional Pension Fund that Ai somehow managed to storm onto the scene within months of mining crashing either. Call it a conspiracy theory if you like, but so was video game studios and publishers _"uglifying"_ women in their games if you brought it up back in 2016 or 2017. Heck, until Mass Effect Andromeda and the Jayde Rossi fiasco I thought it was as well.

I'm not saying that AMD, Intel, Qualcomm etc will not compete with Nvidia and Apple in their core businesses, just that as long as they have a stranglehold like they do, it is in the other companies best interests to not try. AMD used to be thrilled with 5% margins and Nvidia was tickled pink with 30%. Now, letting Nvidia control things AMD is up in the 30%+ range and Nvidia is over 70%. They (Nvidia) could literally halve the price of their products and still have a higher profit margin than AMD did in the 480 through Vega eras. That's nuts. Apparently *_"Market Leader Monopoly"_* laws do not apply if the people who are supposed to regulate it have hundreds of billions invested into the company they are supposed to keep from taking advantage of consumers. Demand only dictates prices when more than one company is involved and *competing.* Market Leader Monopoly laws exist so this *CAN'T* happen, as once it does, it is no longer a Capitalist form of trade. But as I said, the laws are not enforced or even brought up in the halls of Congress bc it would hurt the people in charge of regulations on a fiscal level both personally and professionally.

[JamesSmith-swnk]

The other side of the coin for boring video cards is there aren't many great new original AAA games to use your shiny new video card on. I am currently playing DOOM 3 BFG. (A gtx 970 would play that fine.)