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Which generation is your Graphics Card?

Which generation is your Graphics Card?

  • GeForce 1000 and older

    Votes: 14,065 22.3%
  • GeForce 2000

    Votes: 5,378 8.5%
  • GeForce 3000

    Votes: 13,778 21.9%
  • GeForce 4000

    Votes: 8,502 13.5%
  • Radeon RX 5000 and older

    Votes: 6,175 9.8%
  • Radeon RX 6000

    Votes: 11,686 18.5%
  • Radeon RX 7000

    Votes: 3,459 5.5%

  • Total voters
    63,043
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Still using a 1080Ti as it plays everything I play at 1440P with out any issues and looks like it will even out perform some 3000 cards if games want to use more then 8GB VRAM, ooof!
 

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OK, I have a dumb ? Looking at the results of the poll, to my mild surprise, I noticed that the 1000 and 3000 generations were much more prevalent than the 2000 and 4000. Now, part of that may reasonably be that the 4's are new, and not all models are out. Fair enough, although the enthusiast models are out and there are likely to be more enthusiasts here responding than are prevalent in the general pop (ur reading a tech toys site, after all). But it's quite low, and the 2000s are low. Which *almost* (kinda, sorta, if you squint) looks like there might turn out to be a pattern there even after the 4's finish rolling out. Nothing solid, but it still surprised me. Is there some reason (which everyone but me knows) the 1 & 3 seem to be better represented than the even generations? Just wondering, and it's far a from solid sample or a definite pattern. I generally upgrade other gen. If everyone did that, it ought to be about equally spread modified by a steady decline in older gens as they get replaced. That's not what it shows, hence my "huh?" moment.

The mining craze impacting price/avail spanned 2000-recent, but was the worst during the 3000s era I thought? a quick google indicates it was mostly '21-22, so shouldn't favor odds over evens particularly.
 
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OK, I have a dumb ? Looking at the results of the poll, to my mild surprise, I noticed that the 1000 and 3000 generations were much more prevalent than the 2000 and 4000. Now, part of that may reasonably be that the 4's are new, and not all models are out. Fair enough, although the enthusiast models are out and there are likely to be more enthusiasts here responding than are prevalent in the general pop (ur reading a tech toys site, after all). But it's quite low, and the 2000s are low. Which *almost* (kinda, sorta, if you squint) looks like there might turn out to be a pattern there even after the 4's finish rolling out. Nothing solid, but it still surprised me. Is there some reason (which everyone but me knows) the 1 & 3 seem to be better represented than the even generations? Just wondering, and it's far a from solid sample or a definite pattern. I generally upgrade other gen. If everyone did that, it ought to be about equally spread modified by a steady decline in older gens as they get replaced. That's not what it shows, hence my "huh?" moment.

The mining craze impacting price/avail spanned 2000-recent, but was the worst during the 3000s era I thought? a quick google indicates it was mostly '21-22, so shouldn't favor odds over evens particularly.
I'm not surprised. The 2000 series had a huge "RT tax" on it, and wasn't faster than the 1000 series (which is Nvidia's most successful series up to this day, imo), and the 4000 series only exists in the halo and high-end categories. The 4060 Ti is yet to be released, and even that's plenty expensive at $450. It's marketed as a mid-range card, but there's nothing mid-range about its price at all.
 
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It's just not on the poll, lol

Given all of the Tetris and Age of Empires 2 that I'm playing, I dunno if I deserve to upgrade.

I guess I've been trying Stellaris (2016 game) recently, so I'm at least playing games from this decade at the moment.

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As a GPU programmer enthusiast (ermmmmm sometimes), the newer models have newer API calls that I'd like to learn. But that's probably all I'd do with a newer card.
 

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I'm not surprised. The 2000 series had a huge "RT tax" on it, and wasn't faster than the 1000 series (which is Nvidia's most successful series up to this day, imo), and the 4000 series only exists in the halo and high-end categories. The 4060 Ti is yet to be released, and even that's plenty expensive at $450. It's marketed as a mid-range card, but there's nothing mid-range about its price at all.

The Turings were a huge leap in MSRP over the Pascals but they were significantly faster in every segment:

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I guess at the end of the day the cost increase and performance increase were just a break-even for the most part with the RTX 2xxx GPUs but then there were the advantages of the Tensor and RT Cores with the RTX 2xxxx GPUs. Possibly the Turings weren't even worth the extra money though. I got a RTX 2070 Super for $500. It came pretty close to a GTX 1080 Ti in Rasterization Rendering. I wanted a GTX 1080 Ti but I couldn't find one and got tired of waiting to upgrade my GTX 980 Ti.
 
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I am sticking with system specs under my name until 8800x3d and 8900 xtx.

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The Turings were a huge leap in MSRP over the Pascals but they were significantly faster in every segment:


I guess at the end of the day the cost increase and performance increase were just a break-even for the most part with the RTX 2xxx GPUs but then there were the advantages of the Tensor and RT Cores with the RTX 2xxxx GPUs. Possibly the Turings weren't even worth the extra money though. I got a RTX 2070 Super for $500. It came pretty close to a GTX 1080 Ti in Rasterization Rendering. I wanted a GTX 1080 Ti but I couldn't find one and got tired of waiting to upgrade my GTX 980 Ti.
Yeah, MSRP was key - it was a huge jump over GTX 1000, but the performance didn't justify it. I consider the 2000 series as a "tech demo" series for RT and DLSS. I made a joke bet on a 2070 on ebay that by some miracle, I won, and I didn't regret it. I wouldn't have paid store prices for it, though, just like I wouldn't buy any 3000 or 4000 series card for what they're asking for them. Prices (especially Nvidia ones) have gone ridiculous, and RTX 2000 was the start.
 
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I am sticking with system specs under my name until 8800x3d and 8900 xtx.

honestly very happy with 6800 xt
i love my Powecolor Red Devil RX 6700 XT 12gb even more due to the more than stellar review here :lovetpu:

plus for 2880x1620p (aka 3k) it's a perfect card :D
 

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Lotsa justified venting about prices. "inflation" is a funny label. As most folks know, ofc, a lot of the current price increases (across many industries) has been simple price fixing and profiteering that would make robber barons proud. And I'd be the first to suggest the classic French solution to out of touch VIPs :). But the cost (even performance aside) of an nv x700 has jumped significantly less than the cost of, say, cheese (a random example that pissed me off yesterday shopping; price doubled in one week ffs). I'm still not excusing it, ofc. And, then, there's the part that really is central bank/money supply nonsense (which, frankly, is also very bad and coincidentally has the same solution!). Just feels a bit like being hit from all sides, tbh.
 
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Lotsa justified venting about prices. "inflation" is a funny label. As most folks know, ofc, a lot of the current price increases (across many industries) has been simple price fixing and profiteering that would make robber barons proud. And I'd be the first to suggest the classic French solution to out of touch VIPs :). But the cost (even performance aside) of an nv x700 has jumped significantly less than the cost of, say, cheese (a random example that pissed me off yesterday shopping; price doubled in one week ffs). I'm still not excusing it, ofc. And, then, there's the part that really is central bank/money supply nonsense (which, frankly, is also very bad and coincidentally has the same solution!). Just feels a bit like being hit from all sides, tbh.
A fair point. Inflation is 11%, prices are 150%, and salaries are circa 3% higher on a yearly basis. It doesn't add up, aka it points to corporate profiteering in every industry, IT included.
 
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Pascal cards proved to be long lasting due to decent amounts of VRAM, the mentioned GTX 1080 Ti shining today. I suspect the enthusiast buyers have sold theirs a long time ago, so many here own used ones? Given this is forum for the tech folk, it is not that surprising that RTX 3000 and 4000 series are high on the poll, but the percentage of both still surprised me a little bit. RTX 3000 series is boosted by RTX 3060 12 GB, I would assume, and with it's VRAM amount it is proving to be a great buy if you have bought it in the last eight months or so, when it reached the price of 400 € or less (in EU).
I own an RX 5700 XT, which is great, but playing Resident Evil 4 Remake, even if I have the VRAM meter showing that everything is okay, I get some blurry textures pretty regularly, though no hitches or anything, because this game is seriously technically refined. It is a demanding game, but scalable and even those blurry textures are a sign of active swapping of textures. If I would have more VRAM, the game would look pretty darn pristine, but it still looks impressive even with 8 GBs.
I wonder if I should have invested in GTX 1080 Ti in the Pascal era instead of GTX 1070, but I certainly did not foresee how the market would develop back then and even if GTX 1080 Ti is a great card, we have to remember the power consumption, especially in the relative sense back when it was released, though overall Pascals were certainly power efficient. I'm just thinking out loud here, I really don't invest in GPUs much more than 400 € these days, so I wonder what that will get me from the RX 7000 series, since it very much seems Nvidia is not offering anything too appealing with the 4000 series for mid-range buyers, at least without serious price drops. Let's hope those mid-range 8 GB cards aren't true or at least they get refreshed at some point with Super models or simply having just more VRAM.
 
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Pascal cards proved to be long lasting due to decent amounts of VRAM, the mentioned GTX 1080 Ti shining today. I suspect the enthusiast buyers have sold theirs a long time ago, so many here own used ones? Given this is forum for the tech folk, it is not that surprising that RTX 3000 and 4000 series are high on the poll, but the percentage of both still surprised me a little bit. RTX 3000 series is boosted by RTX 3060 12 GB, I would assume, and with it's VRAM amount it is proving to be a great buy if you have bought it in the last eight months or so, when it reached the price of 400 € or less (in EU).
I own an RX 5700 XT, which is great, but playing Resident Evil 4 Remake, even if I have the VRAM meter showing that everything is okay, I get some blurry textures pretty regularly, though no hitches or anything, because this game is seriously techincally refined. It is a demanding game, but scalable and even those blurry textures are a sign of active swapping of textures. If I would have more VRAM, the game would look pretty darn pristine, but it still looks impressive even with 8 GBs.
I wonder if I should have invested in GTX 1080 Ti in the Pascal era instead of GTX 1070, but I certainly did not foresee how the market would develop back then and even if GTX 1080 Ti is a great card, we have to remember the power consumption, especially in the relative sense back when it was released, though overall Pascals were certainly power efficient. I'm just thinking out loud here, I really don't invest in GPUs much more than 400 € these days, so I wonder what that will get me from the RX 7000 series, since it very much seems Nvidia is not offering anything too appealing with the 4000 series for mid-range buyers, at least without serious price drops. Let's hope those mid-range 8 GB cards aren't true or at least they get refreshed at some point with Super models or simply having just more VRAM.
Being an enthusiast doesn't necessarily mean always aiming for the latest and greatest. I am enthusiastic about all hardware, high or low end, old and new. ;)

Blurry textures while assets are loading are normal. I get them in World of Tanks every time I start a new map with my 12 GB 6750 XT, even though the game only uses around 4 GB max.
 
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I guess I've been trying Stellaris (2016 game) recently, so I'm at least playing games from this decade at the moment.
I've been giving Stellaris another run through given all of the updates they made to it. I love games like this because they run great at 4k on both my Vega 64 and Radeon Pro 5600m. Some of the best games don't have the best eye candy. Stellaris is one of those games. So is Factorio and RimWorld just to name a couple bigger ones. Minedustry and Timberborn to name a couple lesser known ones.
Being an enthusiast doesn't necessarily mean always aiming for the latest and greatest. I am enthusiastic about all hardware, high or low end, old and new. ;)
...and some of us just have competing priorities. My daughter's education costs enough for me to buy all the realistic camera gear I want along with a top spec tower in just one year's time with money to spare. I love hardware and software, but unfortunately there are overriding priorities. Otherwise I'd be rocking a DDR5 platform and a 7900 XTX. :laugh:
 
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Still on a Kepler. Otherwise modern build though.

The XFX SWFT 6700 on sale at $270 caught my eye. It feels prudent to wait for 7600/7700, but I’m a Linux gamer, and apparently 6xx0 is particularly well supported.
 
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Benchmark Scores "Speed isn't life, it just makes it go faster."
Still on a Kepler. Otherwise modern build though.

The XFX SWFT 6700 on sale at $270 caught my eye. It feels prudent to wait for 7600/7700, but I’m a Linux gamer, and apparently 6xx0 is particularly well supported.

If you're on anything Kepler, that 6700 is going to be a quantum leap for you. Especially on Linux.
 
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I'm surprised that the 3000 series is on top, considering that you couldn't buy one (at a resonable price) to save your life. And that's why nvidia keeps pushing the prices up, because they saw that the sheep will pay pretty much anything for the cards.
 
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I'm surprised that the 3000 series is on top, considering that you couldn't buy one (at a resonable price) to save your life. And that's why nvidia keeps pushing the prices up, because they saw that the sheep will pay pretty much anything for the cards.
The more they push prices up, the more people will falsely believe that they're premium products. If you can't win with innovation, then do it with proprietary technologies, artificial scarcity and price inflation.
 
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4080 nice upgrade from 5700XT, sold on a secondary market for 180€.
 
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