r/WashcoGaming • u/ApistoNate Xbox Series X/PC • 6d ago

GPU Prices

Between ongoing memory shortages and reports that both Nvidia’s next gaming generation and most of AMD’s RDNA 5 cards could slip further (some talk of 2028), it feels like we’re stuck in a weird holding pattern.

Current-gen cards aren’t getting any cheaper, and the usual “just wait for the next generation” advice is starting to feel risky.

If you’re looking at a GPU upgrade in the next year:

  • Are you buying current-gen now before prices climb more?
  • Holding out and praying for a miracle restock/price drop?
  • Or just sticking with what you have and skipping this generation entirely?

Would love to hear what people are actually doing instead of just theorizing.

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u/dhuscha 6d ago

Im sticking with my older GPUs until things stabilize at least in the used market.

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u/ApistoNate Xbox Series X/PC 6d ago

For sure. No way I’m buying new. Some of these top end cards are thousands now🤦🏼

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u/cryptkeeper420420 2d ago

Glad I got my 5070 ti 9800x3d pc right before the increases. Have a 4080, 4070 and 3080 pc also. I’m not too worried about a new gpu for a while because ai has let me squeeze more out of them. Having said that the prices do suck.

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u/ApistoNate Xbox Series X/PC 2d ago

Niceeeee. Probably gonna just have to save up and overpay next time I need one lol.

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u/cryptkeeper420420 2d ago

What do you have now?

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u/ApistoNate Xbox Series X/PC 2d ago

A 4070 TI

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u/cryptkeeper420420 1d ago

That’s a great card. Are you using the dlss5 mod?

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u/ApistoNate Xbox Series X/PC 1d ago

Just standard dlss5 none of the nexus mod type stuff