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Is it the right moment to buy? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 1 day ago by SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world

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European here. I'm pretty content with my setup (Ryzen5 3600XT, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060... I play in 1080p) for the games I'm playing at the moment, and I don't plan on playing many AAAA games in the future. BUT. With the recent tariffs flying around, China denying rare earths, etc etc I fear we might see an increase in hardware prices like we had with covid, so I was thinking on upgrading at least CPU+VGA; more than FOMO let's say is Fear Of Being Overpriced. What do you think, should I upgrade now that things looks a little more relaxed? Will the whole mess involve only the USA or everyone cause globalization?

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[–] filister@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I agree with you, I just don't agree with the GPU advice. I would not buy a 4060 at the moment. I don't know what your budget is, but I would say buy something with at least 12Gb VRAM. Even for 1080p, 8 will be insufficient in the future.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html#section-rasterization-gpu-benchmarks-2025 and https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/ can give you some more idea what to buy. I would even go as much as saying buy second hand as the new GPUs all are underperforming and you might score a better deal buying second hand.