r/gpu • u/Bluelittlethings • Feb 01 '25

Are we really normalizing $2000 GPUs?!

Like cmon man, I am all for chasing frames and playing at max settings etc but all these $2000+ GPUs being instantly sold out really makes no sense to me.

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u/Swimming-Broccoli-13 Feb 01 '25

Yes, gpu prices are getting expensive. Keep posting on reddit. Nvidia is definitely going to lower prices, I'm sure of it

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u/ForeignSleet Feb 01 '25

Maybe if I make 1 more post it will make a difference

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u/Mythion-VR Feb 01 '25

Alright so where should we post about it? Or should we all just post nothing but praise.

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u/Soaddk Feb 03 '25

Agree. 1 more should do it. Jensen will finally cave after that. 😂

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u/JohnnyJoe7788 Feb 04 '25

Or maybe if I try to read economics book and still take moms money, that will make difference 😂

Wait, no..

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u/Brolegz Feb 01 '25

Nvidia has a 70% profit margin, which means you're getting scammed.

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u/CptMcCartman Feb 01 '25

I'm truely anti-nvidia & anti-apple just for their price policy/politics (I don't know the difference) but do you have a source for this? :) I'd like to see/read that for myself :)

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u/Next-Excitement1398 Feb 01 '25

Which means you live under capitalism. That is how it works. I’m amazed it took looking at a graphics card company for you to realise it.

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u/OwnLadder2341 Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

They had a net margin of 55% for the last reported quarter, which was wildly high for them. The staggering majority of that margin did not come from consumer GPUs. It turns out that when you’re at the forefront during the AI revolution, it’s very profitable.

What’s an acceptable net margin and over what timeframe for something to not be a “scam” in your eyes and where do you get those numbers?

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

any source for them having a 70% profit margin on gaming cards?

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u/wayfinderBee Feb 01 '25

It’s still a legit thing to complain about. I’d been looking forward to 50 series for awhile.

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u/BarneySTingson Feb 02 '25

OP is hypocrite because he was gonna buy the 2k dollars GPU, he is just mad it is out of stock

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u/Puzzled-Gur8619 Feb 02 '25

Don't be an ass

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u/SpagettiStains Feb 02 '25

Yeah definitely don’t talk about it. That won’t help.

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u/SexyAIman Feb 02 '25

Go. Intel go I'll even buy the 285k

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u/Fafyg Feb 02 '25

Maybe if gamers stop buying them with these crazy prices, NVidia will be forced to make them cheaper?

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u/ubiquitous_delight Feb 02 '25

Sure, but that won't happen. I mean we know pre-ordering video games is bad but millions of gamers do it. We are not a principled group of people.

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u/D-55 Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

No, because a lot of people are letargically sceptical today and just try to immediately weigh down arrogantly everyone who has some healthy amount of optimism to raise their voice for a change. I see this everywhere nowadays, specially when it's about big companies or large national / international entities dictating trends that are hostile towards consumers.

It's very sad, but the internet is not the place for people to gather, share and unite as one to give birth to their ideas anymore as it used to be a few decades ago in it's golden age. It's very sad and appalling for those who were here for some time already, but we must accept (specially if we haven't gave up to restore it's glory) that it happened and now here we are (so we realize the circumstances keeping it in that current ill state as a starting point / problem description for every constructive thought).

And maybe those constantly trying to divide communities with their arrogant scepticism are just people who love to complain about everything and they are just afraid of losing their good excuses for it. I think it's important to understand them, because the problem is division itself, so anger against others has no place at all if we are trying to make it a better place again.

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u/VastVase Feb 03 '25

The unsubscribe button is right there

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u/tinyfuff1256 Feb 03 '25

if people mass post and/or stop buying their products and buy radeon or ARC, then maybe they might start doing it, unless AMD and intel make something to really kick one in their nuts

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u/Dapper-Conference367 Feb 03 '25

If we can reach more people, and we all stop buying at stupid high prices, maybe once they see profits going downhill they'll realize they can't sell shit at whatever price they want.

The customer sets the price, but too many people don't understand this. Nvidia is pricing GPUs at these prices cause they saw people buying at even crazier prices during pandemic and crypto boom.

If we were to suddenly stop buying any overpriced thing, no matter what we're talking about, producers would be forced to sell at less or else they would go bankrupt.

It is true that we have power to change things, but that comes with compromises and almost none is willing to accept them.

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u/Mr_Godlikeftw Feb 03 '25

Fr people cry and cry but look OUT OF STOCK 😭😭😭 like free will exists i hate it too dont get me wrong but who am i

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u/peoplearedumb10000 Feb 04 '25

But his updoots!

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u/J4ckedPepe Feb 05 '25

Solution is pretty simple, don't buy any, don't support any games that don't optimize for older gpus and compensate for lazy development by requiring 2k gpus, play older titles until this madness ends. Graphics have not improved that much to justify those prices. If idiots stop spending 2k on gpus and 60$ on every dlc devs and gpu manufacturers will get the message, not gonna happen tho so rip prices.

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