[BuckRogers]

While I view my Intel iGPU as a backup, I don't have any negative impressions about its performance like many gamers do. I have the 11900K which has an iGPU capable of 720P gaming. Which is quite remarkable to be honest considering it's integrated into my CPU. Cheap and "just works" is exactly how I view it, but they're getting better in the last 2 generations.

I can't find a new dGPU at MSRP so I'm going to see if the Intel Arc cards are more readily available, and if not, I'm probably going to part out my desktop and move permanently to using Intel NUCs. Mostly for the GPU contained within. It seems like the days of getting your hands on a dGPU are over, and I'm not fighting over them.

[tgtweak]

GPU shortages are nearing an end and with next generation products from Nvidia, AMD and Intel on deck, well probably be in a really good spot for GPU consumers come q4 2022.

[BuckRogers]

It’s been so long now, 2.5 years that I now view GPUs like I do gas prices. You can’t trust in a stable market. It’s not like GPUs didn’t skyrocket in price in the years leading up to the shortage anyway.

Best long term lifetime decision is to get off any dependency for either of them. I’m looking at electric cars and Intel NUCs. A lot of people that I know moved to laptops for the same reason. A lot of us gave up and many like me no longer trust the market.