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I bought an RX 6600 off of ebay for $155 half a year ago, for context, which, as the article mentions, is substantially more power efficient for nearly the same

I bought an RX 6600 off of ebay for $155 half a year ago, for context, which, as the article mentions, is substantially more power efficient for nearly the same (poor for these days) performance.

ta8645 3y ago
The inflation we're starting to see over the same timespan, makes that comparison harder to evaluate.
- imbusy111 3y ago
  You mean the 6 month 2% core inflation? Technology has always depreciated quickly.
  - ta8645 3y ago
    > You mean the 6 month 2% core inflation Those numbers are highly dubious if my shopping experiences are anything close to those of the average person.
    - jonhohle 3y ago
      Core inflation == hand picked items by politicians that no one actually cares about or is price sensitive to
      - Retric 3y ago
        Hardly, the actual kicker is they allow substitutions which works well for price conscious consumers, but excludes things that fluctuate rapidly like gas. Still very useful over the long term, but less so when supply shocks hit.
      - TeMPOraL 3y ago
        And which also undercounts the loss of value by a half or more, as the bulk of it manifests as reduction of unit sizes ("shrinkflation") and hidden reduction of quality of goods and services (we need a term for it too).
        ehnto 3y ago
        It might be overloading the term, but I am partial to using "enshittefication" to describe the phenomenon of products and services getting worse over time. It may well be that the economics persuade businesses to cut costs and lose sight of quality, but I supect it's a company politics issue more than it is economic.
        QuesnayJr 3y ago
        No, they account for shrinkflation: https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/measuring-shrinkflation-and-its-impact-on-inflation.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/measuring-shrinkflati... They also try to account for changes in quality (they call it hedonic quality adjustment): https://www.bls.gov/cpi/quality-adjustment/questions-and-answers.htm https://www.bls.gov/cpi/quality-adjustment/questions-and-ans...
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      - willcipriano 3y ago
        > The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost Shows a chart that excludes food, shelter, energy, and used cars. https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1712494317024026761 https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1712494317024026761
  - ekianjo 3y ago
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JohnBooty 3y ago
It has "poor" performance relatively speaking, I guess, but on mine I'm playing all of my games with settings fairly high at 1080p at 100+ fps on my RX 6600. Admittedly I'm not playing AAA games from the last few years.
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sosodev 3y ago
I got an RX6600 new for a similar price not long ago. It definitely works well for 1080p gaming even with new titles. Provided you’re not expecting them to run at max settings or super high frame rates.
tibbydudeza 3y ago
Same here bought a used RX 6600XT - GPU prices are insane - last GPU I had was a RX580.

I bought an RX 6600 off of ebay for $155 half a year ago, for context, which, as the article mentions, is substantially more power efficient for nearly the same (poor for these days) performance.

ta8645 3y ago

The inflation we're starting to see over the same timespan, makes that comparison harder to evaluate.

imbusy111 3y ago
You mean the 6 month 2% core inflation? Technology has always depreciated quickly.
- ta8645 3y ago
  > You mean the 6 month 2% core inflation Those numbers are highly dubious if my shopping experiences are anything close to those of the average person.
  - jonhohle 3y ago
    Core inflation == hand picked items by politicians that no one actually cares about or is price sensitive to
    - Retric 3y ago
      Hardly, the actual kicker is they allow substitutions which works well for price conscious consumers, but excludes things that fluctuate rapidly like gas. Still very useful over the long term, but less so when supply shocks hit.
    - TeMPOraL 3y ago
      And which also undercounts the loss of value by a half or more, as the bulk of it manifests as reduction of unit sizes ("shrinkflation") and hidden reduction of quality of goods and services (we need a term for it too).
      - ehnto 3y ago
        It might be overloading the term, but I am partial to using "enshittefication" to describe the phenomenon of products and services getting worse over time. It may well be that the economics persuade businesses to cut costs and lose sight of quality, but I supect it's a company politics issue more than it is economic.
      - QuesnayJr 3y ago
        No, they account for shrinkflation: https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/measuring-shrinkflation-and-its-impact-on-inflation.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/measuring-shrinkflati... They also try to account for changes in quality (they call it hedonic quality adjustment): https://www.bls.gov/cpi/quality-adjustment/questions-and-answers.htm https://www.bls.gov/cpi/quality-adjustment/questions-and-ans...
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    - willcipriano 3y ago
      > The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost Shows a chart that excludes food, shelter, energy, and used cars. https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1712494317024026761 https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1712494317024026761
- ekianjo 3y ago
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JohnBooty 3y ago

It has "poor" performance relatively speaking, I guess, but on mine I'm playing all of my games with settings fairly high at 1080p at 100+ fps on my RX 6600. Admittedly I'm not playing AAA games from the last few years.

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sosodev 3y ago

I got an RX6600 new for a similar price not long ago. It definitely works well for 1080p gaming even with new titles. Provided you’re not expecting them to run at max settings or super high frame rates.

tibbydudeza 3y ago

Same here bought a used RX 6600XT - GPU prices are insane - last GPU I had was a RX580.