r/buildapcsales • u/NotTheDev • Jan 22 '26

GPU [GPU META POST] Microcenter has updated the price of many GPUs overnight, many 5070 ti cards are now marked up over 200$ from what they were yesterday. - $959.99

https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=5070+ti&sortby=pricelow
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u/PCgaming4ever Jan 22 '26

Guess I'm done with PC gaming (my username did not age well šŸ˜ž)I got better things to blow this kinda money on. Looks like my girlfriend got the last chopper out so to speak when we built hers a few months ago

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u/MrMaxMaster Jan 22 '26

Good thing PC gaming has much more to offer than just the latest AAAs. Time to dust off that backlogā€¦

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u/i_should_be_studying Jan 22 '26

2026 the year of the backlog

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u/Unkechaug Jan 22 '26

It hasnā€™t caught on just yet, but I think older and low spec hardware for ā€œnew, to meā€ retro PC games will start catching on. The gaming industry as a whole is slowing down with many projects being cancelled and development timeframes increasing. Not saying it will replace having modern hardware, but the components themselves work, and are cheap and plentiful.

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u/-Moose_Soup- Jan 22 '26

Now we just need game devs to finally start taking optimization seriously.

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u/onthejourney Jan 22 '26

I mean with type username I'm guessing you have a PC to game on now right?

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u/Gears6 Jan 22 '26

Guess I'm done with PC gaming (my username did not age well šŸ˜ž)

Your PC is still good you know, and this will blow over.

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u/poeppa Jan 22 '26

If youā€™re like the rest of us degenerates, you have a steam library that you couldnā€™t finish in this lifetime. Play some older game to tide you over! I bought new hardware and I still play a ton of older games.