I had a Lenovo Legion I bought in 2019 that lasted me until last week when I decided to upgrade to an ASUS ROG. One doesn’t need high-end parts to game on PC and the technology does a much better job of keeping up with games as they become more advanced.
Sure, but you’re comparing apples to oranges. If you personally play older or not gpu intensive games at medium settings, then you can absolutely buy a gpu once every 7-10 years and not be affected by any scalpers. NES emulators are pretty cheap right now :-) You can also get an Intel GPU for under MSRP.
Obviously a hyperbole, but PC gamers looking for latest and greatest were affected much worse than console gamers wanting the latest stuff.
Just the crypto hype alone made it nearly impossible to get a decent gpu for years.
Do you build your own gpus too? Between ML and chip shortage, PC builders were affected much worse than any console users.
That wasn’t my experience.
I had a Lenovo Legion I bought in 2019 that lasted me until last week when I decided to upgrade to an ASUS ROG. One doesn’t need high-end parts to game on PC and the technology does a much better job of keeping up with games as they become more advanced.
Sure, but you’re comparing apples to oranges. If you personally play older or not gpu intensive games at medium settings, then you can absolutely buy a gpu once every 7-10 years and not be affected by any scalpers. NES emulators are pretty cheap right now :-) You can also get an Intel GPU for under MSRP.
Obviously a hyperbole, but PC gamers looking for latest and greatest were affected much worse than console gamers wanting the latest stuff.
Just the crypto hype alone made it nearly impossible to get a decent gpu for years.
This discussion is about general accessibility. Obviously I’m not referring to people who do cartwheels for the absolute latest tech.
Ps5 pro was released a few days ago. Otherwise why are we even talking about scalpers and availability?
Was it? I’ve been hearing about it for what feels like months, I figured it launched ages ago
And now AI, and NVIDIA gimped every GPU in their lineup, except the 90s.
So no, you don’t build you own.
Yes, I do.
But that’s beside the point. You don’t need those high-end parts to game on PC.
You built your own Lenovo, gotcha.