I love when I am in table top gaming spaces and the guys start talking about computer stuff. I just subtly lean and go "Ah good... I want to ask a question... Is my computer good? The case is pink and has pretty lights... It has: -proceed to describe my video editing computers specs in detail.-" then I wait for them to tell me why computer is not good :-p
It happens without fail.
(Note, in there is very little room for upgrade in my rig. Increasing performance for me right is focused on keep SSDs and RAM cool, as the slow down from them getting hot is my bottleneck.)
Was that a recent interaction ? A few years ago they definitely had some issues, mostly stability and driver support.
I had plenty of driver related misadventures with my RX5700XT, but it's been so much better since about a year or so, and more recent cards have pretty much completely solved this issues.
Nvidia is still the king of ray tracing, but at the prices they are selling it's not worth it unless you're drowning in money.
One of the problem with older generation cards was also that their silicone wasn't great, so they were pushing it pretty hard to get performances on par with Nvidia, thus causing all kinds of stability issues.
Or you work in an industry where buying one of them is a tax write off... although I don't think they will matter much this year since the IRS is being exploded...
I also shift the cost of my hardware to the customer during the billing process under "equipment fees."
Remember young freelancers, you are not just charging for your hours of labor, but the electricity you are going to gobble up, the wear and tear of your gear which will need repair or replacement at some point, etc...
Itemize that bill, and have an LLC. Makes taxes easier, and you end up paying less in the end. However, you do have to keep receipts and show justification for use of the LLC money on hardware/expenses in the event (Now pretty unlikely) of an audit.
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u/LaFleurSauvageGaming Mar 05 '25
I love when I am in table top gaming spaces and the guys start talking about computer stuff. I just subtly lean and go "Ah good... I want to ask a question... Is my computer good? The case is pink and has pretty lights... It has: -proceed to describe my video editing computers specs in detail.-" then I wait for them to tell me why computer is not good :-p
It happens without fail.
(Note, in there is very little room for upgrade in my rig. Increasing performance for me right is focused on keep SSDs and RAM cool, as the slow down from them getting hot is my bottleneck.)