I've recently seen a trend in tech communities on lemmy where people have developed this mentality that computer hardware is as disposable as a compostable cup, and that after 10-15 years you should just chuck it in the bin and get something new. If someone asks for tech support, they'll just be told to buy new hardware. If someone is saddened their hardware is no longer supported by software they are just entitled, need to pull up their bootstraps, and "only" spend $100 to get something used that will also not be supported in 5 years. It doesn't matter if there is actual information out there that'll help them either. If the hardware is old, people will unanimously decide that nothing can be done.
I've seen this even in linux communities, what happened to people giving a damn about e-waste? Why is the solution always to just throw money at the problem? It's infuriating. I've half a mind to just block every tech/software community other than the ones on hexbear at this point.
Yep, its never just "upgrade your gpu". That's one bit. But for the new gpu to work, I've gotta get a new mobo, and the new mobo needs new ram and a new cpu. Basically replacing everything but the damn case, and sometimes that's gotta go too.
It's honestly a miracle any of this shit worked in the first place.
I recently got a deal on RAM, which I later realized required a new motherboard, which I later realized had wifi-7, which required forcefully updating my fine Windows-10 install to the yucky windows 11. Awful all around. Linux was fine but goddamn I bought the ram to improve some games.
Windows sucks. It's always sucked. But it definitely used to suck way less.
And, like, Linux is annoying in some ways too. I just personally hate it less.
I feel like the GPU slot on a mobo (pcie x16) hasn't changed since I started building PCs in the early 2000s? I got the sense AGP was already mostly phased out by then.
Obviously you couldn't take advantage of the full speed of current cards with something that old but it should work no?
The physical slot hasn't, but depending on the age, size, and layout, getting a big new beefy triple slot gpu is gonna be tight, to say the least.