bigdragon I find it crazy how much the RTX 3090 has appreciated in value over time. I seriously do not see an upgrade path from it given Nvidia's absurd pricing and unsafe power connectors. The article's subject's neighbor probably hasn't realized that graphics components from 2 generations ago still have absurd value in today's crazy market — something that didn't use to be the case. Reply
HighwayMenace Certainly lucky, and a good PC for a newbie, but these price comps are absurd. You’re comparing what it would take to get this generations version of a couple generations old machine. You should be comparing it to the equivalent power today. In which case, you could buy all these parts for well under $1000 and make the same PC. A 3090 is the same as a 5070 ti? Hardly. Even the AMD 9060xt is far more powerful and capable and you get one for a couple hundred dollars. The cpu is obsolete and equivalent would be maybe 200, with the motherboard included. Like is said, a great free machine, but a far cry from $1500. Reply
Pierce2623 HighwayMenace said: Certainly lucky, and a good PC for a newbie, but these price comps are absurd. You’re comparing what it would take to get this generations version of a couple generations old machine. You should be comparing it to the equivalent power today. In which case, you could buy all these parts for well under $1000 and make the same PC. A 3090 is the same as a 5070 ti? Hardly. Even the AMD 9060xt is far more powerful and capable and you get one for a couple hundred dollars. The cpu is obsolete and equivalent would be maybe 200, with the motherboard included. Like is said, a great free machine, but a far cry from $1500. What are you smoking? A 9060xt is faster than a 3090? How? It’s literally not faster than a 3090 by any metric whatsoever. Even if the 3090 had its TDP lowered to match the 9060xt it’s still faster. In modern performance terms a 3090 is ever so slightly behind a 5070 and 9070 at 1440p and equal to slightly faster at 4k. Reply
scottsoapbox I don’t believe these reddit stories anymore. Turning fake luck into views and clicks is becoming commonplace. Reply
derekullo scottsoapbox said: I don’t believe these reddit stories anymore. Turning fake luck into views and clicks is becoming commonplace. You don't trust the upstanding gentlemen on Reddit? Reply
Dementoss Somebody seems to have been given a graphics card, not exactly a major news story. Added to which, Reddit is not the last bastion of truth online. Reply
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