What could a GPU cost? $5000?
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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Maybe some Chinese manufacturer will find a way to fill the gap in the market
i think the latest is that china has managed to create a GPU that’s ~7 years behind. i’m not sure that’s “a GPU from 7 years ago” or “it will take them 7 years, acknowledging that there’s a known path so will take less time”
AFAIK they’ll have to figure out EUV or some other method of lithography at that scale, which they’re trying really hard at but it’s one heck of a difficult thing to do which is why only TSMC currently actually has it working
Their current GPU is roughly equal to a 4060 which isn't that bad when you consider how far behind they are in terms of time.
Careful what you wish for.
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Oh I wasn't wishing for anything, just pointing out the possibility. There are some Chinese companies gearing up to fill the gap in the memory market. GPUs would be much harder, but maybe very profitable.
Here's hoping
Stop buying Nvidia
Easy enough when they're not selling
Well, they are helping out with that one...
The time to prevent Nvidia from practically gaining a total monopoly on the entire market by stopping buying Nvidia, was 10 years ago, not now.
Now, I'll consider buying a GPU from you instead if you can make a GPU that satisfies technical needs like Nvidia could, but you cannot.
AMDs the last 10 years have been great. No overheating, like they did 20 years ago.
I will when someone makes a GPU that can surpass a 4090. Not even Nvidia themselves can pull that off, so I'm not getting my hopes up.
I'm going to be stuck with this GPU for the next decade the way things are going...not that I'm complaining. It's a beast of a card, especially for someone like me who could only ever afford bargain bin parts until one day I came into a windfall. (That was a fun 4 years.) I don't have to worry about games being unoptimized because I can simply brute force them with pure GPU processing power. I was getting 90 FPS in Last of Us on launch. Even Cities Skylines 2 runs smoothly.
Youre not actively buying from them by using what you have. nobody buys a downgrade.
My 4070ti isn't as beefy but there's still not a non-nvidia upgrade. And I am able to play most of my games at 4k / 120. I'd like to upgrade mine so I can give my card to my daughter and give her 3060ti to her brother who is currently running a 1060.
I wish there were more laptops using AMD gpus here in Brazil. You basically can't find any laptop with an AMD gpu if you search for "gamer laptop" in Brazilian stores.
Gaming laptops are a not really worth it imo. They're underpowered, overheat easily, and tend to break quickly. That doesn't even touch on their battery life, even when not under load.I'd recommend getting a steam deck if you really need the portability, but it doesn't look like they're available in Brazil :/
Steam deck and a gaming laptop don't have the same niche. Laptop is great when you don't have a permanent spot to setup a gaming computer, or traveling a lot for example, but still want to enjoy full experience. Deck is more for playing "on the go" so to speak.
Buying gaming laptop was the best decision for me
You can buy a USB dock and plug every peripheral into the Deck.
You can use desktop mode, too.
There is nothing the Deck can't do. It has weaker hardware, but you can game on it just fine.
I have mine plugged into a projector, for watching movies or playing games.
I can't imagine using a steam deck to do anything productive. If he's traveling a lot it makes no sense. No one wants to drag around a monitor and KNM when they could just buy a laptop.
I mean, it has enough RAM to handle some workloads.
But yes, laptop (ideally without a dedicated graphics card) would be better, if you want to do more than gaming.
Though for gaming it's more than enough, unless you're into RTS.
It has weaker hardware
And that's kind of the point. Don't get me wrong, Deck is an amazing thing and I am happy it exists, and if I ever get some spare money, I'm buying myself one.
But a laptop will always be stronger, and that's a significant difference.
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If you want to do work with the GPU you're still buying NVIDIA. Particularly 3D animation, video/film editing, and creative tools. Even FOSS tools like GIMP and Krita prefer NVIDIA for GPU accelerated functions.
While AMD is no angel, I'm glad I went for Radeon RX 9070 XT this time. Really good GPU and fuck NVIDIA. I hope unified RDNA5 will work out for AMD.
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We're running straight into a future where consumers' only option for computers are a cloud solution like MS 365
Pushing constantly towards a subscription economy.
That "economy" is already falling apart. Subscriptions are down, services on "the cloud" are becoming less reliable, piracy is way up again, and major nations and companies are moving to alternatives.
Hell, DDR3 is making a comeback. All that is needed is one manufacturer to start making 15 year old tech again and bam, the house of cards falls.
I have at least 80 DIMMS of DDR3. Upgrading an old tower this morning.
The only future, is one where billionaires aren't in it.
Brother, we're up to trillionaires now and they don't seem like they're going anywhere.
Didn't like 1% of them die from accidents recently? That sub accident, that guy who's penis surgery went wrong.
i really hope nvidia collapses when the AI bubble pops. They've been more harm than good for consumers for too long.
It won't collapse. It'll lose a huge chunk of its stock price, but it both has other business to fall back on and its chips will still likely be used in whatever the next tech trend is - probably neural network AI or something.
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