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[–] Norgur@kbin.social 96 points 10 months ago (32 children)

Thing is: there is always the "next better thing" around the corner. That's what progress is about. The only thing you can do is choose the best available option for you when you need new hardware and be done with it until you need another upgrade.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 67 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Exactly. The best time to buy a graphics card is never

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

It depends on what you need. I think usually you can get the best bang for buck by buying the now previous generation when the new one is released.

[–] miketunes@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup just picked up a whole PC with rtx3090 for $800.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] miketunes@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] khaliso@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Datto@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Best Buy has refurbished PC's with 4070s for under a grand right now.

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