Except in this instance the Tesco equivalent has just increased its prices to nearly match Mars.
Sorry AMD to put you in the Tesco position but in this example that is what has happened.
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Why are GPUs so expensive?
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Except in this instance the Tesco equivalent has just increased its prices to nearly match Mars.
Sorry AMD to put you in the Tesco position but in this example that is what has happened.
None of the comparisons made here work. Won't stop people making them though. Just like it won't stop people posting WCCFTech links
None of the comparisons made here work. Won't stop people making them though. Just like it won't stop people posting WCCFTech links
This is true. The comparison to a 25p Chocolate bar called Freddos was the worst in a long time though!!
You are still talking waffle, Saying the same thing several times in different ways doesn't change that.
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The original Titan is to blame for this.
At the time people insisted it would not have adverse effect on the pricing for regular gaming cards, but it indeed airlifted the pricing of graphic cards across the board in all price brackets on the gens that followed, with Nvidia selling mid-chip cards as "70 and 80" at £400-£600+, because people didn't vote with their wallet.
I remember having a 290x back then and was thinking about upgrading to 1080 with the expectation that it would be launch at most around £400~£500 (based on 680 and 980 launch price), but nope it launched at £600+ and I gave Nvida the finger and spend that money on my 34" Ultrawide Freesync monitor instead and braved on with my 290x (until I eventually upgraded to the Vega64).
At the time people insisted it would not have adverse effect on the pricing for regular gaming cards, but it indeed airlifted the pricing of graphic cards across the board in all price brackets on the gens that followed, with Nvidia selling mid-chip cards as "70 and 80" at £400-£600+, because people didn't vote with their wallet.
I remember having a 290x back then and was thinking about upgrading to 1080 with the expectation that it would be launch at most around £400~£500 (based on 680 and 980 launch price), but nope it launched at £600+ and I gave Nvida the finger and spend that money on my 34" Ultrawide Freesync monitor instead and braved on with my 290x (until I eventually upgraded to the Vega64).
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We're to blame, nobody else. The idea that i can blame a manufacturer when i pay i high price for a luxury item is nice and all but that isn't reality - it would be my fault.
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It does when it's the outback shack. Kiosk Kev only ever has a choice of two items
I doubt the shareholders would be happy if AMD had a perminent half price January sale on.
Nvidia are way ahead, they're the first to release a new product and they're the first to set the price. AMD then only have to undercut Nvidia by at least 1p.
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Yeah a crazy part of me would like to see Nvidia's market share to get to 100% so AMD gives up and quits the GPU business. So when people complain about the total lack of progress and ultra high prices I can smile and say to myself "you've made your bed now lie in it".
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Except that it's true and illustrates my point.
https://babeltechreviews.com/the-rtx-2080-vs-the-gtx-1080-ti-in-vr/3/
https://babeltechreviews.com/the-rtx-2080-vs-the-gtx-1080-ti-in-vr-revisited/
You retyping the word "waffle" doesn't make my point any less valid either.
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The same way Nvidia came close to 3DFX's high end with 1/10th of the budget.
The same way 3DFX came close to AMD's high end with 1/10th of the budget.
Money isn't everything, do you think AMD are currently tea-bagging Intel in the CPU division because they woke up one day and started spending the same amount on R&D?
Well the mining booms did have a big effect too.
During the first and second boom the 7990 and the Vega respectively were both changing hands for double their retail value and selling faster than AMD could make them. When people are literally queuing up to buy your products at an inflated cost then manufacturers will start to get ideas. Hell Nvidia were even getting benefit from the second mining boom as their cards didn't suck at it anymore and the AMD shortage lead to their cards becoming viable on price/performance.
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consumers didnt have to buy the cards.
Mainly because nVidia didn't consistently drop the ball year on year to allow AMD to pull ahead. Intel only have themselves to blame for the mess they are in.
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It's amazing how the guy next to me at work bought a GPU and he isn't much of a gamer. The guy who works a few teams down too and my mate who has never built a pc in his life spent £3.5k on one.
In this modern age you don't need to be part of an enthusiast forum to know what you are talking about when there is google and the Internet and YouTube.
For example I'm not a Michelin starred chef but I'm sure I could figure out how to cook the perfect steak within half an hour.
So again what is confusing? The Internet has existed for a while now
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How would that be the consumers fault?
Do you regularly go out of your way to buy crap products to help the little guy?
If so can you share examples with pictures?
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Hopefully AMD can pull an rabbit out of it's hat on the GPU front.
It really is best for all of us that Nvidia gets some competition at the top end as the consumer is being ripped off.
£1500 for 2080ti FTW3 it's just ****ing crazy money.
It really is best for all of us that Nvidia gets some competition at the top end as the consumer is being ripped off.
£1500 for 2080ti FTW3 it's just ****ing crazy money.
Because they're worth it! They are the most exciting part of a PC and the good ones are virtually computers in and of themselves. I think they were underpriced for years v cpus which are quite dull in comparison. Your GPU is your gaming performance, it's not really the cpu or the memory, it's mostly gpu.
They would not still be at those prices if they were not selling. GPUs are sexy.
They would not still be at those prices if they were not selling. GPUs are sexy.