Ya know....most of us can't spend money like we used too. Going to taco bell, we have to dive in our couches to scour for change. Just recently I seen a McDonalds fry hid deep in the cushion! Thinking logically, I should give that one wilted 5 month old French fry to my wife!!  I mean she hasn't eatn' in weeks. Well.....other than visiting her parents house which they didn't like me or invite me. But....what does a supportive man be without a women that has no job for over a year-half. My daughter is off to college now, am I supposed to be enjoying my mid 50's like this? Hm....so I thought this.....
 
I have a dinosaur rig....Right? I don't have a rich family. SUURRE....I'm Native American but....{SPOILER ALERT} just because you have Native Blood? does NOT constitute a pay day. Ooooops... got off track. So anyways....Main Question: Do you think I should double up on my GPU. Ya know...at least make me feel I'm "still cool". Add another 1070?. Or just leave her pass away gracefully

Encrypted_God
Do you think I should double up on my GPU. Ya know...at least make me feel I'm "still cool". Add another 1070?. Or just leave her pass away gracefully

The answer is obvious. No.

Yeah, it's not worth doubling up for the most part. You could paint a racing stripe or some flames on your case I guess?

 
Moved to Hardware.

The rig you have described in your signature isn't a dinosaur rig, in my opinion, X79 w/4820k and a  GTX 1070. Maybe use some more mem(?). I don't know what res you are playing at, but I'd guess it's 1080p 60FPS. You are still sitting fine for gaming, even possibly 1440p at low/med gfx settings. No rush to upgrade, just like others said. Wait for the market to be desirable; you are not at as bad a spot as you think. Don't SLI (for gaming), get on the waitlist for an EVGA 30 series, and save up until that notification email comes months from now - or if the market stabilizes, whichever comes first.
Why do the parts not made by EVGA have them listed like that in your signature?

Awesome. Thanks everyone. You cleared the smoke and put a better perspective on this horrible time. Juss a lil personal comment and I'm done with this. I think all the hardware these days are getting waaaaay outta hand. Who has the money? As I said; during this covid stuff I'm struggling paying rent, food etc. Unless your a billionaire or a child who's parents are. I dunno, I can't justify spending that amount of money.

I would hold off, see if you can score a used video card or something that's better. Or wait until things die down a bit. Or get a side gig lol.

donta1979
I refused to pay scalpers out of principle....It’s why I went with a custom built to order PC with one of the cheaper priced system builders. If those of us with money to those with parents with money would stop buying the scalper prices what is going on right now would not be a thing.

We need more thinking like this in the current CPU, GPU, console markets.
It gives me hope to hear from someone with that mentality... One day supplies will catch up and scalping opportunities will die down.

Encrypted_God
Awesome. Thanks everyone. You cleared the smoke and put a better perspective on this horrible time. Juss a lil personal comment and I'm done with this. I think all the hardware these days are getting waaaaay outta hand. Who has the money? As I said; during this covid stuff I'm struggling paying rent, food etc. Unless your a billionaire or a child who's parents are. I dunno, I can't justify spending that amount of money.

It's mostly just GPUs. Most Ryzen 5000-chips are in stock at MSRP and RAM/boards haven't gone up much at all. GPU prices will crash again eventually... might take most of this year, but when they do you will likely be able to score a good GPU at a good price.