If by chug along you mean just live and allow you to browse and play some light 2D games - yeah, probably. For anything else bad news for you, not even Nvidia is going to update drivers for it anymore. I survived on 980 for over 10 years until the fan bearings died.
With the price of Noctua fans you might as well just get another 980 or any other budget/old GPU that's even better. Some old hardware is simply not worth repairing, especially when software support is also non existent at this point.
So when the bubble pops they'll just stop selling while the other sellers continue?
Yeah I don't think so, unless all sellers "lock in" their prices for 5 years it isn't happening and they're just saying this to get more companies to buy at high prices. If all of them do "lock in" their prices then this will probably be the second time the memory cartel is fined.
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nosuchanon@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 48d
This used to be called ‘price fixing’. Now it’s just normal business. I hope China starts to mass produce more ram and floods the market.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d
same.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 48d
I hope my 1070ti can chug along for another five years...
alakey@piefed.social · 3 pts · 48d
If by chug along you mean just live and allow you to browse and play some light 2D games - yeah, probably. For anything else bad news for you, not even Nvidia is going to update drivers for it anymore. I survived on 980 for over 10 years until the fan bearings died.
nehal3m@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 48d
You could just rip off the shroud and strap some Noctua fans onto it with zip ties. Cyberpunk as fuck.
alakey@piefed.social · 5 pts · 48d
With the price of Noctua fans you might as well just get another 980 or any other budget/old GPU that's even better. Some old hardware is simply not worth repairing, especially when software support is also non existent at this point.
tburkhol@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 48d
20" Lasko fans are still just $20, and you can use the box it comes in to shroud it to your GPU.
Azteh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d
I still have a functioning gtx 970 that I can play FFXIV on, but it won't last 5 years.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d
hoping a gpu finds it's way to you soon man.
InnerScientist@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 48d
So when the bubble pops they'll just stop selling while the other sellers continue?
Yeah I don't think so, unless all sellers "lock in" their prices for 5 years it isn't happening and they're just saying this to get more companies to buy at high prices. If all of them do "lock in" their prices then this will probably be the second time the memory cartel is fined.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d
it's surreal that even if this was their goal, that they'd put it in print....
fistac0rpse@fedia.io · 4 pts · 48d
Sounds familiar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing_scandal
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 48d
When regulation meant actual regulation and not this techno oligarchy shit for "regulation to prevent regulations"
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d
yep shit's rhyming really well
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d
MicroCon
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d
give 'em enough time and it'll be a macrocon