(Sailboat photo by Robbie Sproule)
Can you feel it? The change for PC builders, not very subtle, happening even as I type these words?
The clouds have lifted. The sun is shining. The news is good. It is as follows:
After some very brief relief around the 2017 holidays, graphics card prices continue on the path of going absolutely insane.
We had a cryptocoin-induced inflation back in late 2013, but it was somewhat mild, and only lasted a couple of months. We had a second inflation in 2017, where the price hikes were higher, and lasted more than half a year. When this ended in December 2017, I thought: “Thank goodness that is over. Nothing could have been as bad as that!”
I was so naive, so wrong.
In short, there is not much we can do about graphics cards prices other than continue to recommend the best graphics cards at each price point. However, we want to be realistic about how bad the situation has gotten.
Goodbye, old friend.
Greetings! We have two updates we’d like to share.
First, we’ll start with the sad news…
We’re often asked this question: Between the AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which is the better card for gaming?
SSD prices have steadily been falling.
Aside from Black Friday, Christmas and the holiday season is typically the next best time of year to buy PC hardware. Between Christmas sales and retailers selling off end-of-year loss leaders, there are ample opportunities to score on upgrades or new builds.
With that in mind, we want to provide some insight on what’s a good purchase for Christmas 2015, and what you should hold off on purchasing.
ASUS R7 370 STRIX
Newegg’s Cyber Monday deals are here! If you missed Black Friday, well, Newegg has you covered with some excellent choices!
EVGA GTX 980 Ti
It’s finally Black Friday, and that means Newegg has rolled out even more deals to go along with their seemingly month-long Black Friday sale so whether you’re looking for a 13 inch gaming laptop or an SSD, now is the perfect time to buy. We’re continuing to round up the best deals we can find, and we’ve listed the newest ones at the top of this post.
MSI GTX 980
It’s Canada’s turn to get in on some of the crazy Newegg deals going on this week!
ASUS R9 390X
They’ve done it: Newegg has successfully split the time continuum.
This year, Black Friday has begun on Monday, November 23. That’s right — Friday now happens on a Monday.
Once again, we’re rounding up our favorite deals from the sale.
If you’re anything like us, then the graphics card is your favorite part of a computer. Graphics cards let your computer do awesome things like super complex computations, physics processing, and most importantly, producing shiny graphics in games.
So, what is a graphics card, and how do you figure out which one you should buy?