Seisame Nvidia ja AMD uue põlvkonna graafikakaartide kaldal, on veebis juurdunud tuttav arutelu – kas eelmise põlvkonna GPU-sid tasub ikka osta, kui silmapiiril on midagi uuemat, säravamat ja võimsamat?
Ma võin selle teile selgeks teha: oh, jah.
Argument jääb samaks, mis viimaste põlvkondade väljalasete puhul – et on mõttetu osta toodet, mille äärel see vananeb, ja sageli ei lange hinnad piisavalt, et see oleks seda raha väärt. Seal is Selle argumendi loogika, kuid see ei võta arvesse suurt probleemi: GPU-turg pole pikka aega loogikat järginud.
Vähemalt mitte olulistel viisidel. Jah, möödunud aastatel võisite minna kohalikku tavalisse arvutipoodi ja haarata uue graafikakaardi suhteline lihtne, olgu MSRP-s või eelmise põlvkonna mudelit maitsva allahindlusega asendamas, kuid viimased aastad on tõestanud, et turu, GPU või muu tuleviku tulevikku lihtsalt ei oska ennustada.
When GPUs like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 were first released, plenty of PC gamers and computing enthusiasts believed an upgrade from the previous generation couldn't be justified by the insanely high prices, and that waiting for the 3000 series to drop was the more sensible option – and then all hell broke loose.
Ajalugu võib end korrata
Haruldased Gundami teemalised RTX 3080 GPU-d, mis ehitati kaevandusplatvormi, tekitasid võrgus segadust. (Pildi krediit: I_Leak_VN)
The Ampere series of cards like the GeForce RTX 3060 had a divisive pricepoint – some finding it to be reasonable, while other lamented the apparent death of affordable graphics cards – but a terrible cocktail of word issues also made them almost impossible to find.
The Cryptomarket saw a boom in Ethereum, which made the cards very attractive to miners who snapped them up in bulk for use in cryptomining farms, while the Covid-19 pandemic caused supply chain issues and a chip shortage that affected almost everything in the tech world, from computing components to cars and appliances.
All this scarcity inflated the price of GPUs to wild levels, with the GeForce RTX 3080 hitting an average resale price of almost x3 times its original MSRP during the height of the Great GPU Shortage. AMD fared a little better, though even Team Red was still blighted by shortages and scalpers.
One difference between how the two companies approached the situation was in regards to cryptomining, with Nvidia eventually re-releasing updated models of almost its entire Ampere series equipped with anti-mining preventatives.
These LHR (low-hashrate) cards weren’t completely uncrackable, but they may have helped dissuade folks from snapping up mountains of RTX 3060s. On the other hand, AMD acknowledged the situation and stated that once a customer buys a GPU, they’re free to do what they like with it.
Suur probleem on aga see, et see nappus ei mõjutanud ainult seda graafikakaartide põlvkonda – see tõstis ka peaaegu iga turul oleva GPU hinda. Argument oodata järgmise põlvkonna graafikakaartide ilmumiseni, et hankida odavam, vanem mudel või üsna soodsa hinnaga uus väljalase, kadus peaaegu üleöö.
It's your money, your requirements and your choice
Miks ta nii õnnelik on? Kes teab, aga ma võin kihla vedada, et tema GPU teeb täpselt seda, mida ta vajab. (Pildikrediit: Shutterstock)
Will this happen again? It's hard to say.
The shortage was caused by a variety of issues that just happened to occur at the same time, but should Covid-19 cause more supply chain constraints then it's likely that both Lovelace and RDNA3 GPUs could see their prices start to skyrocket due to demand. The crypto market also has every likelihood to recover given its volatility, so you shouldn’t feel like we’re out of the woods just yet.
I do have a simpler argument in all of this though: it's worth buying a new GPU if it’s worth it sulle .
Older GPUs still very much have a place in the market right now. You only have to look at the Steam Hardware Survey to see how many gamers are still using cards that are several generations old at this point, and depending on the games you play, it's likely you don’t actually need an especially powerful graphics card. Most first-person shooters and battle-royale style games intentionally keep the system requirements low to attract more players for example.
I wrote a piece several months ago off the back of the RTX 3070 Ti getting poor reviews. It was marked down for its price and performance, but the joy it has bought me is beyond value. I won’t feel bad for my choices given the circumstances given graphics cards were harder to find than gold dust. Would I have preferred an RTX 3090? Sure, but did I need one? Absolutely not.
Kuna elukallidus muutub paljudes maailma riikides üha kõrgemaks, pole lihtsalt mõtet minna üle uuele suurele asjale lihtsalt selle nimel ning nii Ampere kui ka RDNA2 GPU-d on endiselt asjakohased ja võimekad. aastateks.
If you see an especially good deal on a cheap graphics card in the coming weeks, don’t let early adopters try and convince you to wait for Lovelace or RDNA3 unless you’re happy to do so – we simply don’t know what the market will look like when they launch.
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