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Let’s also remember when the 1080 first launched it was a massive upgrade and the retail price was $600.
by vitaflo 4y ago
Let’s also remember when the 1080 first launched it was a massive upgrade and the retail price was $600.
- ricardobayes 4y agoAnd was considered really expensive, at the time
- qayxc 4y agoAh, those youngsters have no idea what expensive means :) Back in the early 90s a half decent SVGA card could set you back $900 easily (e.g. ATI's 1MB Graphics Ultra from 1991). And that's 1992 dollars, mind you. So about $1,900 adjusted for inflation. Heck, a SoundBlaster Pro sound card was $300 back then (~$670 adjusted for inflation) - the base model for $170 was considered a steal at that price :D And that thing couldn't do half as much as even the cheapo ALC897 sound chip in a basic motherboard.
- pjmlp 4y agoHence why I was big into flight simulators up to when they started asking for 486/ 4MB as baseline, it was over for me, as I had other things in life more relevant to spend the money.
- checkyoursudo 4y agoI bought a 1080 quite a while after they launched. I still have it. I have thought about building a new PC lately, and it seems to me that newer cards are ... not as much as an upgrade as I might have been led to believe? Especially given the cost. If I did build a new PC today, I am not entirely sure I would buy a new video card. The performance/value ratio doesn't seem as appealing as jumping to the 1080 did at the time back then.
- tomnipotent 4y agoThe 3080 to 4080 gain is the same as the 980 to 1080 jump (~27%).
- checkyoursudo 4y agoWell that's not too bad maybe. I probably will upgrade sometime relatively soon. It just hasn't seemed as compelling, but that could also be my enthusiasm has waned since I was younger. Hard to know, I guess.