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If Trump's new threat of massive 100% tariffs on chips from Taiwan comes true an RTX 5090 for $2,000 will seem cheap (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

You know what's cheaper than a $2000 RTX 5090? Not spending money or upgrading unless you actually need to.

[–] inclementimmigrant 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And you miss the whole point. So you think this only affects the 5090? You do realize that even the lowly B570, $219 MSRP, is manufactured by TSMC and would be hit by the moronic Republican 100% tariff.

Good luck average/budget gamers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think I might get the point...but I think we are past trying to build budget friendly PCs for gamers wanting to play the latest AAA titles.

As a gamer myself, it's sad but I'm tightening up my belt and preparing for much worse economic consequences. Like what a 100% tariff on Taiwan made chips will mean for the US military budget and the national debt.

Honestly, I'm anticipating buying junk hardware for at least the next 4 years that's being auctioned off by companies that are not able to deal with the new economic hardships that this and other decisions are going to create. I doubt I'm going to be able to play the latest games nor will I be able to afford them. Luckily I have a backlog of games and there are a lot of books I want to read too.

I think one of the bigger consequences of this in terms of pure compute is people not being able to self host open source LLMs and similar models offline. As I think this will soon become something that's expected to have access to in the next couple of years.

[–] inclementimmigrant 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Again, I know I posted about PC/video cards because this is a PC gaming sub but this will affect so much more we use and buy and having a computer to self host is the least of your worries.

TV's? Uses tons of semiconductors, 100% tariffs. Washing machine? Semiconductors, 100% tariffs. Car? So many semiconductors, 100% tariffs. That cordless impact drill? Semiconductors, 100% tariffs.

If it has any electronics your going to be paying more with this cockamamie grift.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm in agreement. I think where our opinions differ is that I'm not worried about consumer electronics in this new economic and political reality. And the reason I'm not worried is that I know it's fucked.

We will not see the type of economy that we have been used to for quite some time. And if the last democrat admin is anything to consider, then I doubt these insane new regulations will be repealed even if the Republicans lost power in 4 years.

I think there are much greater concerns than consumer electronics and now is the time to plan for them.

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