I have a Gaming PC that I bought in 2022 on Facebook marketplace. Old GPU, DDR4 Ram, with a 3070

Honestly it's served me well. But for a year I've been meaning to upgrade. Always had some other shit I wanted to get so I put it off

Last 2 weeks the graphics card industry has gone insane. Cards that were $750 are now $1500+. It's out of hand. And there is way less inventory.

And the companies making them, nvidia and AMD, have recently basically announced they are going all in on AI.

All of a sudden this loserish hobby became a rich persons hobby.

And I panicked. Last two weekends going to every micro center, Best Buy, and Costco on the area looking for deals. Nothing.

The two cards I wanted, the 9070xt and the slightly superior 5070ti became luxury items - as of last weekend a prebuilt with either of them

Cost $2200/2300+. No way, not for Gaming

So last night, in a panic, I went to micro center and spent $1600 on a 9070xt and an upgraded processor and motherboard and ram package to upgrade me existing system.

I do Vr and triple monitor sim racing, which the 5070ti is actually a lot better, but the 5070ti cost $1500 minimum, and the slightly less specced 9070xt was on a huge deal for $930 ($1100 everywhere else)

Bought it and came home.

Then I checked Reddit - I found a brand new Reddit post about Walmart having a Black Friday sale on 5070tis for the ridiculous price of $999

I copped.

Feel luckier than I have in a long time. These cards might go to $2000+ soon, the companies aren't really making them anymore.

It's basically over for Gaming but I feel like I lucked the fuck out. The deal I got was impossible in this current age. And Reddit nerds were crying about missing this deal - it's like the touchpad craze on xo on 2009 (which I lucked out on too)

Then I went out with a Russian app chick tonight who basically harangued me for never having been married and why I haven't been in a LTR in a long time

Rate my loserness

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5921975&forum_id=2#50254757)

Have you seen Bodycam?? Look it up.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5921975&forum_id=2#50254768)

$1500 everywhere sometimes $2000

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5921975&forum_id=2#50254786)

you either bought the bottom like me and have been laughing@ donks like you or are bragging on anonymous lawboarts about sacrificing an arm and leg just to rank bronze in competitive overwatch

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5921975&forum_id=2#50254792)

Actually, yes I do: "Reddit."

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5921975&forum_id=2#50254788)