Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA's RTX 5090
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It seems like gamers have finally realized that the newest GPUs by NVIDIA and AMD are getting out of reach.

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

I have a 3080 and am surviving lol. never had an issue

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Still running a 1080, between nvidia and windows 11 I think I’ll stay where I am.

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Pretty wise, that’s the generation before the 12HVPWR connectors started burning up.

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Afaik the 2080was the last FE with a regular PCIe power connector.

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3090s weren’t burning up, though.

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