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2023 was the year that GPUs stood still::A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The performance gains were small, and a drop from 12GB to 8GB of RAM isn't the direction we prefer to see things move, but it was still a slightly faster and more efficient card at around the same price.

In all, 2023 wasn't the worst time to buy a $300 GPU; that dubious honor belongs to the depths of 2021, when you'd be lucky to snag a GTX 1650 for that price.

But these numbers were only possible in games that supported these GPUs' newest software gimmick, DLSS Frame Generation (FG).

The technology is impressive when it works, and it's been successful enough to spawn hardware-agnostic imitators like the AMD-backed FSR 3 and an alternate implementation from Intel that's still in early stages.

And DLSS FG also adds a bit of latency, though this can be offset with latency-reducing technologies like Nvidia Reflex.

But to put it front-and-center in comparisons with previous-generation graphics cards is, at best, painting an overly rosy picture of what upgraders can actually expect.


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[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The thing is its working so damn well. 4090s are selling in huge numbers.

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I upgraded from a 3080 to a 4090.

My son needed an upgrade and it was easier to justify giving him the 3080 and chalking up the difference as his Christmas gift last year than to buy a GPU for him outright.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just upgraded from a 970GTX to a 2060S I bought on AliExpress. Bargain.

[–] crsu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Aren't you worried about it bursting into flames?

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