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"Just buy a new gpu bro!" (rant) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by procapra@lemmy.ml to c/technology@hexbear.net

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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.

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[–] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I'm still using an amd 390x, which admittedly is almost 10 years old, but it still runs most almost-modern stuff pretty well. But I have started to run into a few games where it just straight up won't play the game at all because it doesn't support dx12 or something (looking at you, marvel rivals maddened ) . Stopped getting updated drivers like 5 years back lol.

[–] omniman@anarchist.nexus 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i just play chess on browser and i have this old hp laptop with intel core i5 vpro tm according to the sticker and my laptop except the dead battery is still usable also it has partial passkey and experimental uefi support . except passkey i am using experimental uefi with no problem on linux and bsd and i think i am going to use this laptop for more 5 yr . idk what obsolete you are talking about . blender , obs and godot works on my system and on windows blender and obs showed errors due to hardware requirement

[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think its great that your hardware works for you! My point was more concerning people who encounter an issue with older hardware (ie a driver that is no longer included in the kernel, people on 32bit systems, people on low memory systems, etc) being told to "just upgrade".

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

I would simply not play video games. For everything else, my 15yo ThinkPads are plenty snappy.

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