Did you miss the point of the post? The GPU thought the person was upgrading but he was just getting put in a new machine/housing. the 3080Ti is more than capable and at current prices no fucker is really upgrading. No one is crying, it's being happy with what you have because it's more than adequate.
People are not really driving around in 1995 VWs, so that's a weird comparison.
I mean, a 5080 is better than a 3080, but the 3080 is still very, very capable. There is not a single game that can't use it.
It's comparing a 2020 Ferrari and a 2025 Ferrari. The 2025 is better, but the 2020 is still very, very good and there is no extreme need to upgrade. If you can and want to, that is okay, of course.
I was contemplating upgrading mine too but right now I don't thinks its worth it. 3080ti is only slightly weaker than a 5070 and you can enable frame gen on 30 series cards now. So the only worthwhile upgrade is the 5080 but it costs about 2.5 times more than what I payed for my used 3080ti
My 6800xt from the same time (and somewhat less powerful than the 3080ti) is still running great, I can't imagine why they'd even suggest that it's end of life. Literally runs any new title I throw at it at max or near max settings at 3440x1440. Only thing it doesn't like it cranking rt but big whoop there
Okay, then he has a GPU that is better than some 80%or 90% of people on Steam, not better than 97%. A large number of gamers in third world countries still don't use Steam/have no imternet access so the statistic os not be all and end all. But I admit I overstated my claims.
Very powerful is honestly a stretch today, I guess it depends on what you compare it to?
It's what I have, and it still gets the job done, mostly. But it's definitely starting to struggle with new graphic intense titles. I just started playing W3 RM and have to set the graphics to medium for it to play nicely. It was kind of like an "oh ok" moment when I had to turn down the settings that low. Legitimately, a year or two from now I might have to play new titles on mid-low.
I can't afford to fork over $7K for a 5090, but I don't think it's unreasonable to wish you could upgrade if this was your hobby. Comparison is the thief of joy.
Because it is literally a top of the line card that doesn't need any kind of replacing. There is not a single game you can't play with that card, even on 4K.
People game on PSPs, PS2s and PS3s, integrated graphics, 15 year old office PCs with no 6 pin/8 pin GPUs.
This is a bit of hyperbole. The 3080Ti is 5-10% better than my card, and my card is beginning to struggle sometimes in newer titles, trying to stay above 60fps... in 1440p.
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u/CantCatchMeSpez 20h ago
You can not be telling me that 3rd gens are considered old already. I just got it... 6 years ago...