[SOLVED] Why don't more people look at clearance GPUs rather than the new lines?

[SR TEE]

I see articles recommending for example the NEW RTX 2070 SUPER when people don't always take into account sometimes the clearance GPUs should be options. For example I picked up an EVGA RTX 2070 XC Ultra(the one with the better TU106A die, beefier cooler and RGB lighting) for $335 at Microcenter. If I had not seem that sale I would have 100% not bought any Nvidia GPU because in my opinion the RTX line in general is overpriced. Do you people feel that Tom's Hardware should make some recommendations for clearance items like GPUs being phased out? I believe they should because a brand new RTX 2060 Super costs $400 and my RTX 2070 cost me $335 and that GPU outperforms a RTX 2060 Super especially for that price to performance.

Thank you everyone for posting interesting forums

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Reccomending these 2070s is pretty smart for someone buying now, but unfortunately, the stock will soon be gone making these suggestions irrelevant.

 

[USAFRet]

Parts like that are recommended here all the time.

The reviews and articles? Yes, those are almost all new parts. That's what the articles are for.
Serves no purpose to write a new article on a year old part, that was reviewed last year when it came out.

 

[DMAN999]

As stated by USAFRet,
older GPU's are recommended regularly here in the forums when appropriate for the user in question.
I personally have recently recommended a GTX 1660 Ti for a user that was looking for a good GPU to pair with a Ryzen 5 2600.
The user wanted a reliable mid level 1080p/60 Hz combination.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Not everyone lives near a Microcenter.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Not everyone lives near a Microcenter.

Like me for example. The nearest one is in a town I have never been to. It is over an hour away.

Microcenter tends to have very good "in-store only" deals compared to other retailers.

Really online deals are the easiest to reccomend as you can't exactly ask for someone's address and then see what stores are around them.

 

[SR TEE]

Not everyone lives near a Microcenter.

Point taken. I happened to be near one today, otherwise it's a long drive just to get a GPU.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Point taken. I happened to be near one today, otherwise it's a long drive just to get a GPU.

I would have to drive 6 hours.. one way.

 

[DMAN999]

Most people don't have $600 or more for a GPU.
I personally spent $300 on my current GTX 1660 Ti Armor OC but I sold my GTX 1060 for $90.
So I was really only $210 out of pocket., which is about the most I like to spend on a GPU.
I only casually game on a 1080p, 60 Hz monitor so spending more $200 to $300 just doesn't make sense.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely drool over the "big dog" GPU's (RTX 2080's, etc.), but I just can't justify the price for one.

 

[USAFRet]

My closest MC is 3 hours away. I can't imagine any consumer PC part that justifies a 7 hour round trip
I used to live around the corner from one.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I spent $89 on a "refurbished" RX480 which I have since flashed into a 580.

Since I only game at 1080p60 and mostly play slightly older games I found no need to spend a ton on a GPU, even ignoring CPU limitations.

I mostly see people buying RX570s, 1060s, 1660tis, and other less expensive cards. So perhaps the reason you dont see 2070s and 2080s being recommended is due to the majority of consumers dont have that kind of budget. I believe the steam hardware survey still has the 1060 as the most used GPU.

 

[tennis2]

Came here expecting to see something completely different than "Hey, how come nobody recommends GPUs that were only phased out one month ago?"

Haha.

 

[gn842a]

Well a lot of people here recommend "holding off" buying something that is currently on the market because "in two or three months" the new line will be out. Two or three months after that the "new line" will be out at lower prices. Taken to its extreme, you never buy anything, because there is always something new coming out, or about to get cheaper.

The truth is that if you are currently using a five or six year old build and you buy today's stuff, or today's stuff that is being discounted and moved off the market to make way for tomorrow's stuff, you're going to be substantially ahead compared to where you were. Very good stuff from 2018 is still pretty good in 2019 and both are going to blow away 2013.

If you want to always be in the vanguard you should probably be building a new system every three months.

And all that said, a good 2013 build does pretty much all common tasks including streaming and spreadsheets, net surfing, etc.

One of the reasons I go nuts on these fora is that I get caught up in the excitement. I had been thinking about getting a Ryzen 5 3600 in a few months. But two things stopped me. The first is, someone here posted that he swapped a 1600 out and put a 3600 in and now neither works in the motherboard. The second is, I see myself in that person. I can't count the times I undertook a 30 minute replacement job and ended up spending four weeks on all the problems that ensued. Swap a CPU because the new one is on sale? No problem! pop off the fan, unclick the old chip, pop in the new one, put on a dab of paste, replace the fan, and you're good to go!

But not in my universe. Not a good deal of the time.

So once I get something working I like to leave it be and move on to something else in my life. The downside of THAT approach is that when the time comes to do a complete or partial upgrade you're out of date and there are a lot of traps and pitfalls that you can fall into. You don't know they're there till you fall into them. It's PC Jumanji.

Greg N

 

[SR TEE]

Most people don't have $600 or more for a GPU.
I personally spent $300 on my current GTX 1660 Ti Armor OC but I sold my GTX 1060 for $90.
So I was really only $210 out of pocket., which is about the most I like to spend on a GPU.
I only casually game on a 1080p, 60 Hz monitor so spending more $200 to $300 just doesn't make sense.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely drool over the "big dog" GPU's (RTX 2080's, etc.), but I just can't justify the price for one.

I totally agree. with your comment There's no sense in spending these outrageous amounts on these newer GPUs that offer very little additional price to performance ratio compared to last generation. If it wasn't for the fact that I happened to be near a Microcenter that day and I found what was a $550 GPU selling for $335 I would've waited for the RX 5700 XT to come out with a decent AIB model because in my opinion the current RTX prices in general are for the most part a giant ripoff. I buy the best bang for the buck for my needs and uses(not everyone else's) so whether it's Nvidia or AMD I go for the best value and this even includes clearance models.

 

[hang-the-9]

I see articles recommending for example the NEW RTX 2070 SUPER when people don't always take into account sometimes the clearance GPUs should be options. For example I picked up an EVGA RTX 2070 XC Ultra(the one with the better TU106A die, beefier cooler and RGB lighting) for $335 at Microcenter. If I had not seem that sale I would have 100% not bought any Nvidia GPU because in my opinion the RTX line in general is overpriced. Do you people feel that Tom's Hardware should make some recommendations for clearance items like GPUs being phased out? I believe they should because a brand new RTX 2060 Super costs $400 and my RTX 2070 cost me $335 and that GPU outperforms a RTX 2060 Super especially for that price to performance.

Thank you everyone for posting interesting forums

A lot of people recommend last gen and video cards on sale, unless you are just talking about the reviews section outside of the forums. Most members that give advice go for the best speed for the price that matches the system and requirements not just new stuff. The reviewers can't really recommend that people head to stores and look for sale items, they are focuses on current gen hardware that is generally available.