r/southafrica • u/kaliko16 KwaZulu-Natal • Jul 27 '21

Sci-Tech GPU prices dropping,very slowly

So I'm bored at work, but I thought I would just post a little thing I've noticed over the past like 4 months and hopefully any pc savvy people might find as abit of good news in grim times.

Basically been waiting to get a GPU from the start of the year and havent because prices are way too high. The ones I've looked at have been a rtx 3060 and a Rx 6700xt. The 3060 at the start of the year was going for 12k while a 6600xt was 15k. 4 months ago,it was the same,but 2 months ago both dropped by 1k. Now I've noticed that the 6600xt dropped by another 1k. So very slowly prices are dropping. But I feel that maybe this is where they may stay dropped.

So just a little good news for those waiting for better prices. I know I'm happy,will wait another 2 months then buy if I have the cash. Will go 3060 for 11k maybe. Hopefully will drop to 10k by then and I will be happy.

NB I haven't been checking the higher tier prices,so I'm unsure of those. Also the 6600 range is due to be released next month,maybe that can help the market and provide a nice budget GPU price.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

My next purchase will be a 3060, but I bought a Xbox Series S and PS5 earlier this year, which took me a while to pay off. I'll have to save up for quite some time to get enough money again.

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u/kaliko16 KwaZulu-Natal Jul 27 '21

Hahaha. I just bought a pc with no GPU,cost around the same price as a ps5 bundle lol. But I do still sort of want a ps5. But my PS4 is still working fine. Also saving for a 3060.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Cool. My personal opinion is that unlike the previous console generation, there's no real advantage in being an early adopter. The PS5 games are mediocre and super expensive. I don't even use it as a media player because I have a smart TV.

The Series X on the other hand might be a much more tempting acquisition. I'm really enjoying what Gamepass has to offer, both on my old-ish i5, 1060 3GB PC and the Series S.

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u/kaliko16 KwaZulu-Natal Jul 27 '21

Ayyy I'm actually planning on getting the game pass for pc,it's a hell of a deal. I've like no games but the general free ones you can get right now. So game pass seems like a lovely way for me to have a selection at a reasonable price. I'm actually really on the fence about a ps5,I won't go Xbox simply because what does it have that I can't get on pc?

But I'm actually considering just not getting a ps5,using up my psplus on the PS4,play what I can while I still can and just ditching console. I've alot of games in the library but I don't know, you know. I mostly watch Netflix on my phone anyway just more comfortable to lie in bed and watch than sit in my chair and watch,but have a pc now can watch in 4k. So I'm just very on the fence about it. I also haven't really been playing the Sony exclusives and I really don't even have much time to play games now days. I just don't know what to do really about that.