Anticompetitive Nvidia Cartel ?

[Zooke]

Do Nvidia deliberately gimp cards at extra expense to themselves just to control the market ?

Do Nvidia card stockists have anticompetitve sales restrictions imposed ?

Is it easier to get a deal on cheaper oil from an OPEC member that it is to get a game thrown in with a Titan X ?

Just my thoughts on the past few days trying to buy a new card.

 

[new boy]

Do Nvidia deliberately gimp cards at extra expense to themselves just to control the market ?

Yes, but so do AMD and Intel.

290 is the same as a 290x, but they went through the expense of having the extra shaders laser cut (on the later ones atleast). Same story with all the other tech companies, with Intel using that tactic most effectively.

 

[ubersonic]

Do Nvidia deliberately gimp cards at extra expense to themselves just to control the market?

I'm not so sure about the extra expense, IIRC making one type of card and gimping half is actually cheaper than tooling for and producing two different cards, hence why it's done.

Do Nvidia card stockists have anticompetitve sales restrictions imposed ?

Yes, in addition to the rules on Titan stock coolers Nvidia once banned ASUS from releasing their MARS 3 dual GTX680 super card as they didn't want a third party card around that could smash a GTX690 (which was ironic as the ASUS ARES II dual HD7970 GHz could do just that and remained unopposed due to Nvidia's decision).

290 is the same as a 290x, but they went through the expense of having the extra shaders laser cut (on the later ones atleast).

To be fair they probably had to do that because places like OCUK were selling 290 cards that had been flashed into 290X cards for less than "proper" 290X cards and users were starting to do it themselves.

 

[Mal X]

yea that's the problem with TX, no aftermarket versions....Stock only..........can you imagine an MSI Lightning Titan X

 

[Zooke]

yea that's the problem with TX, no aftermarket versions....Stock only..........can you imagine an MSI Lightning Titan X

Lol, it would match my 780 Lightning that I'm gonna use for PhysX.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Unless they were binned cores I wouldn't bother.

I'd rather spend the extra few hundred watercooling the card properly and putting max volts through it whilst still running cooler than custom air.

As you can see from that Galax 980 HoF review jaytwocents did, it doesn't matter how many power phases and what not you put on the card if the silicon is poor.

 

[Orangey]

They don't bundle games with Titan because it's a boutique thing.

 

[Geeman1979]

Nor do they need to, as the spec itself sells the card.

 

[africanos23]

Do Nvidia deliberately gimp cards at extra expense to themselves just to control the market ?

As mentioned above everyone does it. From shaders and coolers to VRAM, its standard practice in the whole industry.

Do Nvidia card stockists have anticompetitve sales restrictions imposed ?

Depending on the card yes.

Is it easier to get a deal on cheaper oil from an OPEC member that it is to get a game thrown in with a Titan X ?

People that spend a grand on a GPU could care less for a game as AMD don't compete at those price ranges. Games are thrown in to make a GPU look like a better option against competing (AMD) cards.

 

[Mal X]

Nor do they need to, as the spec itself sells the card.

the trouble with a card as good as this is :-

you wont find a replacement till next year because only another Titan X will be good enough wont it .