• All right! It is not just the tariffs that are causing the low availability and high cost of GPUs now, is it?

    From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Sep 10 20:16:12 2025
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    I was thinking about updating my current PC or having a new one built.
    I read at Tom's Hardware Guide (I think) that a big cause is that
    Google, and the AI companies like OpenAI are snatching up the high and mid-range video cards.

    Rats, the 5090 and 5080s are hard to find and hard to fund!

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will
    be available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball
    here?

    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    :-)

    -pw
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  • From bill_wilson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Sep 10 22:50:23 2025
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    Go back to sniffing toddler's diapers as a hobby.
    You're much better at it and there's little problem
    with availability.
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  • From Justisaur@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 11 08:02:38 2025
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    On 9/10/2025 7:16 PM, PW wrote:
    I was thinking about updating my current PC or having a new one built.
    I read at Tom's Hardware Guide (I think) that a big cause is that
    Google, and the AI companies like OpenAI are snatching up the high and mid-range video cards.

    And before that it was the crypto-bros.


    Rats, the 5090 and 5080s are hard to find and hard to fund!
    You want to avoid the 5090 anyway as the power they eat is melting some
    power cables.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/the-gpu-16-pin-melting-fiasco-is-getting-ridiculous-now-this-entire-nvidia-rtx-turns-into-a-red-ring-of-death-when-it-is-incorrectly-plugged-in

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will
    be available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball
    here?

    Once the next generation of cards come out.


    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    AMD GPUs were outperforming at the mid-range for the prices. My 3060Ti
    is still running everything (except Starfield) very well too, I don't
    see any reason to upgrade any time soon.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 11 11:05:02 2025
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    On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:16:12 -0600, PW
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I was thinking about updating my current PC or having a new one built.
    I read at Tom's Hardware Guide (I think) that a big cause is that
    Google, and the AI companies like OpenAI are snatching up the high and >mid-range video cards.


    Yeah, nvidia has gone whole-hog into feeding the AI-bros (and before
    them, the crypto-bros). The entire gaming market is pretty much an after-thought to them nowadays.

    On the plus side, it is giving its competitors (Intel and AMD) a
    chance to catch up in marketshare. Nvidia has dominated the market for
    almost a decade, and that's not healthy. I'm not the biggest fan of
    Radeons but I like competition in the market.

    But as you point out, it's at the point where years-old video cards
    are still capable of running modern games more than satisfactorally.

    [This is changing a bit as ray-tracing functionality becomes
    more prominent --I think we're even starting to see some
    games that _require_ hardware ray-tracing support to even
    run-- but the majority of games still run on older hardware.]

    But aside from maintaining its lead, its understandable why Nvidia
    corp doesn't put the same importance on the video-gaming market
    anymore. There's much less imperative amongst gamers --other than the enthusiast market that Must Have The Bestest Of The Best-- to upgrade
    these days.

    But eventually the AI bubble will burst (just like the crypto- and NFT
    bubbles) and then Nvidia is gonna have to scramble to reclaim their
    position amongst gamers.

    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    :-)

    -pw

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 11 13:05:16 2025
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    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:05:02 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:


    But as you point out, it's at the point where years-old video cards
    are still capable of running modern games more than satisfactorally.

    And... having written that, I just fired up the back-up PC and
    discovered its nvidia GPU (an EVGA 1080FTW 6GB) has up and died. So
    now I have to decide if it's worth it to buy a replacement or just
    stick in an even older card.

    I guess that sometimes years-old video cards /aren't/ still capable of
    running modern games. ;-)

    I really don't want to go with a less powerful card, but 1080s are
    still costing a pretty buck (considering their age). And on the
    gripping hand, the age of the PC in question doesn't really have much
    overhead for more powerful hardware. What to do, what to do, what to
    do...?

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  • From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 11 13:20:43 2025
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    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:02:38 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 9/10/2025 7:16 PM, PW wrote:
    I was thinking about updating my current PC or having a new one built.
    I read at Tom's Hardware Guide (I think) that a big cause is that
    Google, and the AI companies like OpenAI are snatching up the high and
    mid-range video cards.

    And before that it was the crypto-bros.


    Rats, the 5090 and 5080s are hard to find and hard to fund!
    You want to avoid the 5090 anyway as the power they eat is melting some >power cables.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/the-gpu-16-pin-melting-fiasco-is-getting-ridiculous-now-this-entire-nvidia-rtx-turns-into-a-red-ring-of-death-when-it-is-incorrectly-plugged-in

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will
    be available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball
    here?

    Once the next generation of cards come out.


    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    AMD GPUs were outperforming at the mid-range for the prices. My 3060Ti
    is still running everything (except Starfield) very well too, I don't
    see any reason to upgrade any time soon.

    *--

    Thanks! I didn't know about the heat issue and I agree - need a next generation of cards to bring the prices down, and maybe availability.

    -pw
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 11 13:55:33 2025
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    On 9/11/2025 10:05 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:05:02 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:


    But as you point out, it's at the point where years-old video cards
    are still capable of running modern games more than satisfactorally.

    And... having written that, I just fired up the back-up PC and
    discovered its nvidia GPU (an EVGA 1080FTW 6GB) has up and died. So
    now I have to decide if it's worth it to buy a replacement or just
    stick in an even older card.

    I guess that sometimes years-old video cards /aren't/ still capable of running modern games. ;-)

    Or any games at all....
    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.
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  • From ant@[email protected] (Ant) to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 11 23:19:46 2025
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    Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 9/11/2025 10:05 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:05:02 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:


    But as you point out, it's at the point where years-old video cards
    are still capable of running modern games more than satisfactorally.

    And... having written that, I just fired up the back-up PC and
    discovered its nvidia GPU (an EVGA 1080FTW 6GB) has up and died. So
    now I have to decide if it's worth it to buy a replacement or just
    stick in an even older card.

    I guess that sometimes years-old video cards /aren't/ still capable of running modern games. ;-)

    Or any games at all....

    Just stick with old games that are cheaper and free. Worry about the newer games later on. ;)
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 12 10:25:57 2025
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    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:55:33 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 9/11/2025 10:05 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:05:02 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    But as you point out, it's at the point where years-old video cards
    are still capable of running modern games more than satisfactorally.

    And... having written that, I just fired up the back-up PC and
    discovered its nvidia GPU (an EVGA 1080FTW 6GB) has up and died. So
    now I have to decide if it's worth it to buy a replacement or just
    stick in an even older card.

    I guess that sometimes years-old video cards /aren't/ still capable of
    running modern games. ;-)

    Or any games at all....

    Actually, that's not quite true.

    The card works... just not at any resolution higher than 640x480.
    (I'm fairly certain it's a VRAM issue. Unfortunately, my extremely
    limited soldering skills aren't up to removing the RAM. I'm _maybe_
    okay if there are visible legs, but when its sodered flush to the PCB
    there's no chance.)

    So technically I could probably boot to DOS and run a game at 320x200
    @256 colors. The BIOS screen looks fine, after all. Doom would
    probably run.

    But anything more modern than that? It would become increasingly
    chancy.

    I'm thinking about getting a GeForce 1660. It's about 25% slower than
    the 1080, but it costs ~$100 USD, and I really don't want to spend any
    more than that on the computer.


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  • From Zaghadka@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 12 12:00:55 2025
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    On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:16:12 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, PW
    wrote:

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will
    be available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball
    here?

    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    :-)

    Watch Intel. Nvidia is pretty much screwing gamers rn because only a
    pro-gamer should be able to afford a 5090 that "melts in your system, not
    in your hand."

    I have a 4060Ti and I've ignored 4k. You can probably get by with a
    5060Ti, even at 4k. Just make sure it's got 16GB. Some have 8GB.

    I'm liking MSI right now. I used to be EVGA.

    Example:

    https://www.newegg.com/msi-rtx-5060-ti-16g-gaming-trio-oc-white-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-16gb-graphics-card-double-fans/p/N82E16814137953

    It also matters that performance is now being shifted to frame generation rather than raw texels, and that has its drawbacks. Read up on it. The
    50xx series is a disappointment to some because of this.

    Stay away from Zotac. I got a 3060Ti from them and it sounded like a
    bloody jet taking off at load. I called support and they said, "Nope.
    That's normal ambient noise." Including the low whistle! So I traded it
    in for an MSI 4060TI, and it's got the same kind of fan system, but runs
    quiet as a mouse at load.

    If you want to stick to Nvidia. I'd wait for the 60xx series if you have
    a 4070Ti. That might actually be a *real* performance leap.
    --
    Zag

    Give me the liberty to know, to think, to believe,
    and to utter freely according to conscience, above
    all other liberties. ~John Milton
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  • From Zaghadka@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 12 12:09:21 2025
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    On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:05:16 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    I really don't want to go with a less powerful card, but 1080s are
    still costing a pretty buck (considering their age). And on the
    gripping hand, the age of the PC in question doesn't really have much >overhead for more powerful hardware. What to do, what to do, what to
    do...?

    If you don't give a damn about RTX, a 1080 is still a pretty damned good
    card. That's why it's expensive. I'm running one in my backup PC with
    8GB. Sorry to hear about yours.

    @)----->-- @)----->-- @)----->-- @)----->--
    @)----->-- @)----->-- @)----->-- @)----->--
    @)----->-- @)----->-- @)----->-- @)----->--

    A dozen roses for your loss. ;^)

    I find that it took the 40xx series before RTX was capable of doing
    something I care about without a ridiculous power-hog piece of hardware.

    20xx - RTX new. Fun new toy that barely cuts it. Must order a 2080+.
    30xx - Refinement. Workable for cosmetic effects. xx60's are passable.
    40xx - Chef's kiss. All down the line it's pretty good.
    50xx - We have to sell cards to maintain revenue. Right? RIGHT?

    I generally find this to be the typical Nvidia pattern over 4
    generations.
    --
    Zag

    Give me the liberty to know, to think, to believe,
    and to utter freely according to conscience, above
    all other liberties. ~John Milton
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 12 14:40:56 2025
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    On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:00:55 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:16:12 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, PW >wrote:

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will
    be available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball
    here?

    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    :-)

    Watch Intel. Nvidia is pretty much screwing gamers rn because only a >pro-gamer should be able to afford a 5090 that "melts in your system, not
    in your hand."

    I have a 4060Ti and I've ignored 4k. You can probably get by with a
    5060Ti, even at 4k. Just make sure it's got 16GB. Some have 8GB.

    I'm liking MSI right now. I used to be EVGA.

    Example:

    https://www.newegg.com/msi-rtx-5060-ti-16g-gaming-trio-oc-white-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-16gb-graphics-card-double-fans/p/N82E16814137953

    It also matters that performance is now being shifted to frame generation >rather than raw texels, and that has its drawbacks. Read up on it. The
    50xx series is a disappointment to some because of this.

    Stay away from Zotac. I got a 3060Ti from them and it sounded like a
    bloody jet taking off at load. I called support and they said, "Nope.
    That's normal ambient noise." Including the low whistle! So I traded it
    in for an MSI 4060TI, and it's got the same kind of fan system, but runs >quiet as a mouse at load.

    If you want to stick to Nvidia. I'd wait for the 60xx series if you have
    a 4070Ti. That might actually be a *real* performance leap.

    I used to be a fan of EVGA (and, in fact, the 1080 in question is one
    of their cards) but I agree: the quality of their wares had gone down
    over the years. But once-upon-a-time I swore by their cards; they were
    fast, durable, decently priced and they had excellent service. But
    slowly, that changed and it was only with reluctance (and an excellent
    price!) that I picked them for the 1080.

    [Of course, it's moot now, of course; EVGA is no longer
    a player in the GPU business. MSI is reputed to be the
    best brand now but I've a reluctance to go that way
    (bad experiences in the past). Then again, what are
    the real options? Gigabyte? PNY? ASUS?!?!?

    (But I agree with your asssessment about Zotac... lowest
    quality crap. They're cheap for a reason).]

    Given the PC in question is my 'back-up' it doesn't really need to be
    powerful; that's what the main PC is for! But I'm still reluctant to
    go to anything less powerful. Still, I don't want to pay a premium for
    it; it gets turned on maybe once every other month, mostly to apply
    any updates. There are occassions when I actually _need_ it so I'd
    like some performance... but not so often that I want to dump more
    than $100 USD into it.

    But I'm not so stuck on Nvidia that Radeon --and even Intel's ARC--
    aren't options. I just don't have enough familiarity with those
    brands. More research required!

    But I'm in no rush. Yes, it's my back-up PC that's affected, but
    --surprising nobody I'm sure-- I actually have a back-up to that
    back-up... and then a bunch of laptops to supplement THAT. So I'm not
    going offline anytime soon. (Sorry-not-sorry ;-)

    But I am sort of annoyed I have to bother in the first place. Like you mentioned elsewhere, the 1080 still goes for premium prices because it
    was /that good/ (and also crypto/AI-bros). I LIKED that card. It hirts
    me to have to replace it.


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  • From Zaghadka@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 12 14:52:56 2025
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    On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:40:56 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    [snip]

    But I'm not so stuck on Nvidia that Radeon --and even Intel's ARC--
    aren't options. I just don't have enough familiarity with those
    brands. More research required!

    But I'm in no rush. Yes, it's my back-up PC that's affected, but
    --surprising nobody I'm sure-- I actually have a back-up to that
    back-up... and then a bunch of laptops to supplement THAT. So I'm not
    going offline anytime soon. (Sorry-not-sorry ;-)

    But I am sort of annoyed I have to bother in the first place. Like you >mentioned elsewhere, the 1080 still goes for premium prices because it
    was /that good/ (and also crypto/AI-bros). I LIKED that card. It hurts
    me to have to replace it.

    Yeah, if my EVGA 1080GTX-SC blows a gasket, I'm probably just plugging
    the PC into on-die Intel video. Good enough! But the 16xx series sounds
    like a pretty good middle ground, if that scares you.

    I also have a bus powered 750Ti in an old, decommisioned machine that I
    need to scavenge for parts. No 12v required! That's got a Gen1 i5 in it.
    Not old enough for retrogaming; not new enough to be very useful. Time to
    gut it.
    --
    Zag

    Give me the liberty to know, to think, to believe,
    and to utter freely according to conscience, above
    all other liberties. ~John Milton
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  • From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat Sep 13 20:32:28 2025
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    I'm liking MSI right now. I used to be EVGA.


    Mej too! Always had eVGA cards but now MSI motherboard and graphics
    card and was very surprised by both. Very nice.

    -pw
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sun Sep 14 13:56:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:25:57 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:


    I'm thinking about getting a GeForce 1660. It's about 25% slower than
    the 1080, but it costs ~$100 USD, and I really don't want to spend any
    more than that on the computer.


    For the time being, I've stuck my old Nvidia 770 in the computer, just
    so I have _something_. It's about half the speed of the GeForce 1080,
    so it's not something I'm thrilled about, but it lets me play SOME
    games

    [If I ever purchased a 1660, it would fall right about
    in the middle between the 770 and 1080, performance-wise.]

    The 1080 goes into the bin-of-semi-functional-electronics- that-maybe-one-day-I'll-fix (but-probably-not), right next to that
    iPad with the cracked screen and that 6GB hard-drive with the faulty
    power connector that needs soldering.* ;-)

    At the very least, it allows me to update Windows on the back-up
    computer... which was the whole reason I turned the computer on in the
    first place.








    * the aforementioned bin gets emptied occassionally, once the hardware
    within becomes truly obsolete. But a functional 1080 still is useful
    (and valuable!), and I like to pretend that one day I'll perform the
    necessary repairs that keep it alive. It just seems a crime to send it
    to ewaste just because it doesn't work ;-)


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  • From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Mon Sep 15 20:02:07 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:16:12 -0600, PW
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I was thinking about updating my current PC or having a new one built.
    I read at Tom's Hardware Guide (I think) that a big cause is that
    Google, and the AI companies like OpenAI are snatching up the high and >mid-range video cards.

    Rats, the 5090 and 5080s are hard to find and hard to fund!

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will
    be available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball
    here?

    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around.
    :-)

    -pw
    *--

    Well, my current system is just fine. I read about how Borderlands 4
    is halting systems probably better than mine so I decided to buy it
    and then return it just to see how it worked with my video card.
    "Demo" it :-) I did like BL 2 quite a bit but quit playing it because
    of the aweful lengthy time between check point saves. Never tried #3.
    I had no intention of buying the game but I did and I am having no
    problems with it running on my PC whatsoever, even before the latest
    patch that is supposed to fix the extremely slow frame rate. I have
    not checked mine but it is as fluid as any other game on the high
    settings that the game picked.

    I like it! Just some stupid bugs like the bot player gong in circles
    at one point where I had to restart it to meke him stop, therefore
    losing progress before the next checkpoint. Oh - the easy setting is
    not easy in my opinion!

    -pw
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  • From vallor@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Sep 17 04:29:37 2025
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    On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:02:07 -0600, PW wrote:

    On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:16:12 -0600, PW
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I was thinking about updating my current PC or having a new one built.
    I read at Tom's Hardware Guide (I think) that a big cause is that
    Google, and the AI companies like OpenAI are snatching up the high and >>mid-range video cards.

    Rats, the 5090 and 5080s are hard to find and hard to fund!

    What is everyone's guess as to when (if at all) the newer cards will be >>available and more affordable? Who has the correct crystal ball here?

    I would consider an AMD CPU but not a GPU.
    Oh well, I got excited for nothing. My GeForce RTX 4070 ti runs
    eveything at max settings pretty much any way. Just playing around. :-)

    -pw
    *--

    Well, my current system is just fine. I read about how Borderlands 4 is halting systems probably better than mine so I decided to buy it and
    then return it just to see how it worked with my video card. "Demo" it
    :-) I did like BL 2 quite a bit but quit playing it because of the
    aweful lengthy time between check point saves. Never tried #3.
    I had no intention of buying the game but I did and I am having no
    problems with it running on my PC whatsoever, even before the latest
    patch that is supposed to fix the extremely slow frame rate. I have not checked mine but it is as fluid as any other game on the high settings
    that the game picked.

    I like it! Just some stupid bugs like the bot player gong in circles at
    one point where I had to restart it to meke him stop, therefore losing progress before the next checkpoint. Oh - the easy setting is not easy
    in my opinion!

    -pw

    If you don't mind me asking...what video card do you have, how much
    RAM does it have, and how much RAM does your system have?

    Trying to evaluate if I want to get it when the price drops...
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  • From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Sep 17 19:53:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action


    I like it! Just some stupid bugs like the bot player gong in circles at
    one point where I had to restart it to meke him stop, therefore losing
    progress before the next checkpoint. Oh - the easy setting is not easy
    in my opinion!

    -pw

    If you don't mind me asking...what video card do you have, how much
    RAM does it have, and how much RAM does your system have?

    Trying to evaluate if I want to get it when the price drops...

    *--

    Sure:

    MSI GeForce RTX 4070Ti 12GB
    32GB System RAM
    It is an MSi motherboard too.

    -pw
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  • From vallor@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 18 16:44:38 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:53:21 -0600, PW wrote:

    I like it! Just some stupid bugs like the bot player gong in circles
    at one point where I had to restart it to meke him stop, therefore
    losing progress before the next checkpoint. Oh - the easy setting is
    not easy in my opinion!

    -pw

    If you don't mind me asking...what video card do you have, how much RAM >>does it have, and how much RAM does your system have?

    Trying to evaluate if I want to get it when the price drops...

    *--

    Sure:

    MSI GeForce RTX 4070Ti 12GB 32GB System RAM It is an MSi motherboard
    too.

    -pw

    I might have to do the "try it, and refund it if it does work" thing
    when the time comes...not sure if my RTX 3090Ti 24GB will keep up.
    --
    -Scott System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090Ti 24G
    OS: Linux 6.16.7 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18
    NVIDIA: 580.82.09 Mem: 258G
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  • From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Sep 18 20:10:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:44:38 -0000 (UTC), vallor <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:53:21 -0600, PW wrote:

    I like it! Just some stupid bugs like the bot player gong in circles
    at one point where I had to restart it to meke him stop, therefore
    losing progress before the next checkpoint. Oh - the easy setting is
    not easy in my opinion!

    -pw

    If you don't mind me asking...what video card do you have, how much RAM >>>does it have, and how much RAM does your system have?

    Trying to evaluate if I want to get it when the price drops...

    *--

    Sure:

    MSI GeForce RTX 4070Ti 12GB 32GB System RAM It is an MSi motherboard
    too.

    -pw

    I might have to do the "try it, and refund it if it does work" thing
    when the time comes...not sure if my RTX 3090Ti 24GB will keep up.

    *--

    That is what I planned on dong but kept it. I assume you mean BL4 and
    not the video card :-)

    -pw
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