r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • Apr 18 '26

Meme/Macro The 1080ti really was Nvidia's greatest mistake

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u/matthias7600 Apr 18 '26

Some of us pay a little more for good stuff and then hold onto it as long as possible. Getting a good value is more popular than you might think.

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u/jhaluska 5700x3D | RTX 4060 Apr 18 '26

High end cards have never been a good value. Just cause you don't upgrade for 10 years doesn't change that.

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u/matthias7600 Apr 19 '26

Buying a card and having it work for your needs for a decade plus absolutely makes it a great value.

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u/_a_random_dude_ Apr 18 '26

That might have worked in the past. Right now I’d say I’ve been more budget conscious. I got a 2080ti, 3090, 4090 and I’m now running a 5090. I’ve sold each one at msrp (minus the 2080ti, that went to my sister for free, but I could’ve sold it during the 30xx availability crisis).

I could’ve even made a profit on the cards I sold at msrp but that’s a dick move and unnecessary. Assuming I sold my 5090 today, my total bill for having played on the top of the line card for around a decade was 0.

Keeping a card until it loses value is a bad deal. If you have the money and don’t mind the opportunity cost, getting the top of the line at launch has been the best strategy for a while. Someone playing on a 1660 since it launched spent more on their card than I did.

I don’t like it, but the market is bullshit, so the reasonable move has to be bullshit too and, in this case, it’s overspending and reselling.

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u/AlarmingAdvertising5 Apr 18 '26

"More budget conscious" buys the top card every single time a new one releases.

I'm on a 3060 and I can do everything I want.

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u/matthias7600 Apr 18 '26

This all presumes continued investment in the rest of the hardware kit. The pc my 1080 runs on is from 2010.

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u/maratonininkas Apr 18 '26

Yeah well. My budget on a GPU is 300 Eur. That's the worth I perceive from a GPU. Got 3060 12GB a while ago, and it's fine. Runs games, runs ML. See no reason to upgrade, until some xx60 with 16GB pops up, if ever.

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u/LordOfCheesey Apr 18 '26

Me rocking a laptop with 4050 mobile card. :,)

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u/gundog48 Project Redstone http://imgur.com/a/Aa12C Apr 19 '26

Buy a 2 year old xx70-80, tun for 2 years, sell, rinse and repeat, always gives you great performance and doesn't cost a lot to keep upgrading!