expired Posted by jaddicott • Mar 30, 2025
Mar 30, 2025 12:17 AM
expired Posted by jaddicott • Mar 30, 2025
Mar 30, 2025 12:17 AM
MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 5070 Graphics Card RTX 5070 12G VENTUS 2X OC - Newegg.com $549.99
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Video Card Original MSRP (2005) Adjusted Price (2025)
GeForce 7800 GTX $599 $1,081.86
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 $649 $1,172.17
GeForce 7800 GT ~$449 ~$810.15
GeForce 6600 GT $200 $361.22
GeForce 6600 $150 $270.92
ATI Radeon X800 XL $299 $540.03
from what i recall 6600 was definitely the low end budget card so while they have crept up, its not as much as you think it is?
Video Card Original MSRP (2005) Adjusted Price (2025)
GeForce 7800 GTX $599 $1,081.86
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 $649 $1,172.17
GeForce 7800 GT ~$449 ~$810.15
GeForce 6600 GT $200 $361.22
GeForce 6600 $150 $270.92
ATI Radeon X800 XL $299 $540.03
from what i recall 6600 was definitely the low end budget card so while they have crept up, its not as much as you think it is?
What's the MSRP of an RTX 5090? Can you even find an RTX 5090 in stock at that price? What does a 5090 sell for on Ebay? None of these situations existed back then like they do now, and products didn't hold their value then as they do now, because manufacturers continue to sell at MSRP for almost the entire lifespan of a generation.
I could walk into Best Buy back then and find video cards in clearance aisles. Even consoles of today are holding their MSRP value far longer than they did back then, when sales and permanent discounts came much earlier in the product lifecycle.
What you were actually paying out of pocket then versus now is a totally different story from inflation adjusted sticker prices.
But if you wanna keep defending an industry that's taking complete advantage of you, that's your right. A graph of the market valuation of Nvidia as a company over time says so much more than those numbers you just Googled and posted.
Video Card Original MSRP (2005) Adjusted Price (2025)
GeForce 7800 GTX $599 $1,081.86
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 $649 $1,172.17
GeForce 7800 GT ~$449 ~$810.15
GeForce 6600 GT $200 $361.22
GeForce 6600 $150 $270.92
ATI Radeon X800 XL $299 $540.03
from what i recall 6600 was definitely the low end budget card so while they have crept up, its not as much as you think it is?
What's the MSRP of an RTX 5090? Can you even find an RTX 5090 in stock at that price? What does a 5090 sell for on Ebay? None of these situations existed back then like they do now, and products didn't hold their value then as they do now, because manufacturers continue to sell at MSRP for almost the entire lifespan of a generation.
I could walk into Best Buy back then and find video cards in clearance aisles. Even consoles of today are holding their MSRP value far longer than they did back then, when sales and permanent discounts came much earlier in the product lifecycle.
What you were actually paying out of pocket then versus now is a totally different story from inflation adjusted sticker prices.
But if you wanna keep defending an industry that's taking complete advantage of you, that's your right. A graph of the market valuation of Nvidia as a company over time says so much more than those numbers you just Googled and posted.
Video Card Original MSRP (2005) Adjusted Price (2025)
GeForce 7800 GTX $599 $1,081.86
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 $649 $1,172.17
GeForce 7800 GT ~$449 ~$810.15
GeForce 6600 GT $200 $361.22
GeForce 6600 $150 $270.92
ATI Radeon X800 XL $299 $540.03
from what i recall 6600 was definitely the low end budget card so while they have crept up, its not as much as you think it is?
The only reason GPUs have gone against this trend is because of greedy business practices by nVidia and AMD.
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I would not worry about the 12gb VRAM at all on the 5070. It's solidly a 1080p/1440p card and with DLSS, 99.8% of the games out there won't exceed that.
Video Card Original MSRP (2005) Adjusted Price (2025)
GeForce 7800 GTX $599 $1,081.86
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 $649 $1,172.17
GeForce 7800 GT ~$449 ~$810.15
GeForce 6600 GT $200 $361.22
GeForce 6600 $150 $270.92
ATI Radeon X800 XL $299 $540.03
from what i recall 6600 was definitely the low end budget card so while they have crept up, its not as much as you think it is?
The only reason GPUs have gone against this trend is because of greedy business practices by nVidia and AMD.
COVID proved to the industry that people will pay anything to be able to keep playing their video games, and it's hurt the consumer base as a whole in a major way. I'm old enough now that I can afford this shit, but I feel for the up and coming generations. It's such a barrier to entry, they might be enjoying record profits for now, but in the long run they're on the path to causing another industry crash IMO.
My rant for the day as someone that started over 20 years ago on solid $100-200 GPUs...
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Lol that's one of the reasons why I wanted to upgrade my rig. (i7-6700k with 1070).
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