I don’t even think it’s about gamers. Gamers are irrelevant these days. Those chips are for Crypto farms and AI companies. That you’re allowed to own one to play games is a privilege.
I can scarcely tell the difference between 2160p and 1440p, and 1440p and 1080p unless I’m actively looking, though I am in my fifth decade so my eyes aren’t what they used to be. I’ve found lower resolution with better settings to generally be better than the converse.
I’ve been using a 3080 for years and plan to keep using it until it goes to meet my Voodoo 5 in the great recycling bin in the sky. I’m lucky enough to have a second x16 slot so I picked up a 100€ used GPU for LSFG. Instant doubled frame rate, so now I’m good through 2035.
It’s like a lot of things. There is a point where quality is no longer distractingly bad for most people, and you can spend more for higher quality and you appreciate it for a little while then forget about it until you go back to the lower quality. But if you spend enough time with the low quality stuff, it bothers you less.
Source: used to re-play the original Thief every few years.
As an individual, you’re not. As a market participant, you’re (probably) a rounding error. All of us together have negligible market value compared to a handful of overinflated megacorps. Nvidia isn’t a company that is driven by the gaming market anymore. We may have raised them up from the dust, but they’ve long since abandoned us for greener fields. Companies don’t have loyalty, consumers do. You can’t hurt them. Buy from them, don’t buy from them, it doesn’t matter, you’re not the customer they work for anymore.
I don’t even think it’s about gamers. Gamers are irrelevant these days. Those chips are for Crypto farms and AI companies. That you’re allowed to own one to play games is a privilege.
And, honestly, a 2060 from 7 years ago is perfectly capable. Gaming is absolutely an enjoyable hobby without cutting edge technology.
I can scarcely tell the difference between 2160p and 1440p, and 1440p and 1080p unless I’m actively looking, though I am in my fifth decade so my eyes aren’t what they used to be. I’ve found lower resolution with better settings to generally be better than the converse.
I’ve been using a 3080 for years and plan to keep using it until it goes to meet my Voodoo 5 in the great recycling bin in the sky. I’m lucky enough to have a second x16 slot so I picked up a 100€ used GPU for LSFG. Instant doubled frame rate, so now I’m good through 2035.
It’s like a lot of things. There is a point where quality is no longer distractingly bad for most people, and you can spend more for higher quality and you appreciate it for a little while then forget about it until you go back to the lower quality. But if you spend enough time with the low quality stuff, it bothers you less.
Source: used to re-play the original Thief every few years.
I wouldn’t consider myself to be Irrelevant… ;-)
As an individual, you’re not. As a market participant, you’re (probably) a rounding error. All of us together have negligible market value compared to a handful of overinflated megacorps. Nvidia isn’t a company that is driven by the gaming market anymore. We may have raised them up from the dust, but they’ve long since abandoned us for greener fields. Companies don’t have loyalty, consumers do. You can’t hurt them. Buy from them, don’t buy from them, it doesn’t matter, you’re not the customer they work for anymore.