NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

[GAC]

Stop, don't me me nervous haha. I aven't had a GPU die on me yet, and always bought second hand.

last gpu to die on me was a ati x800 xt!

 

[Greebo]

And theyr'e doing an S, which I think may not have 8k, disc drive and something else and if thats' the case but the tech is basically the same at £299 is a steal! How they will do this is beyond me!

Wont be the first or the last time a console manufacturer sold the actual console at a big loss and then relied on making money from selling the games.

 

[Greebo]

Argh so I could not use EARC? Looks like I would be limited to Asus only as they have 2 x HDMI 2.1?

And the Gigabyte card has two x hdmi 2.1 as well.

 

[Gerard]

Wont be the first or the last time a console manufacturer sold the actual console at a big loss and then relied on making money from selling the games.

Yup, original xbox and 360 i believe were sold at a loss, 360 must have cost them a bomb with the rrod, near sure it cost over a billion+ to sort all the replacements.

 

[bicpug]

I've only ever had one gpu die an me, and the psu killed it; bought Seasonic psus ever since.

 

[five8five]

MS have caved in by releasing their pricing first.
They're under mega pressure because Sony is expected to sell heaps more PS5 consoles.

 

[bicpug]

MS also have 2 prices to release, theyre doing a cheap and pro version.

 

[five8five]

And theyr'e doing an S, which I think may not have 8k, disc drive and something else and if thats' the case but the tech is basically the same at £299 is a steal! How they will do this is beyond me!

It's aimed at 1440 or lower gaming, not 4K hence the price.

 

[Bindlestiff]

It's aimed at 1440 or lower gaming, not 4K hence the price.

1440p armchair co-op gaming for £249 is still pretty amazing.

 

[Sparx]

Smart move by Microsoft with the £249 S model. That'll be very popular this Xmas for a lot of people, mainly parents I expect wanting to get their kids the next-gen games console.

As they won't have a clue what the X @ £449 does better for the £ or versus the PS5 pricing when announced lol. So will just think £249 is ample for my kid, which tbh I'd agree with if I was buying for my kid.

And theyr'e doing an S, which I think may not have 8k, disc drive and something else and if thats' the case but the tech is basically the same at £299 is a steal! How they will do this is beyond me!

The S is 1440p

Pay monthly 0% APR:

https://twitter.com/xboxuk/status/1303681720303181824

Love the fact those "0% APR pay monthly deal" prices make the X £695 and S £503... only double the original cost

That'll be the next scandal soon. Advertising 0% APR deals with the price being double or very close too....

 

[Unseul]

Smart move by Microsoft with the £249 S model. That'll be very popular this Xmas for a lot of people, mainly parents I expect wanting to get their kids the next-gen games console.

As they won't have a clue what the X @ £449 does better for the £ or versus the PS5 pricing when announced lol. So will just think £249 is ample for my kid, which tbh I'd agree with if I was buying for my kid.



The S is 1440p



Love the fact those "0% APR pay monthly deal" prices make the X £695 and S £503... only double the original cost

That'll be the next scandal soon. Advertising 0% APR deals with the price being double or very close too....

They'll claim that it's the game pass that causes the extra cost.

 

[bicpug]

£30 a month for the console AND unlimitted games?

 

[danlightbulb]

Love the fact those "0% APR pay monthly deal" prices make the X £695 and S £503... only double the original cost

That'll be the next scandal soon. Advertising 0% APR deals with the price being double or very close too....

Yeah but if you get unlimited access to a massive game library for that, its not too bad. On demand subscriptions models likely the way forward now, look at TV viewing the likes of Netflix and Prime.

 

[2Thumbs]

Love the fact those "0% APR pay monthly deal" prices make the X £695 and S £503... only double the original cost

That'll be the next scandal soon. Advertising 0% APR deals with the price being double or very close too....

You're saving £10 over two years with the plan, so basically a month of Game Pass for free. For people able to buy it outright it's not worth it. But there's plenty of people out there who can't or won't pay outright on a console for whatever reason.

 

[Sparx]

Ahh my bad - didn’t realise the Game Pass thing was included or it’s value. Makes a bit more sense then.

But yeah @ £249 for the S if I was bothered about hiring one you’d just go outright. Sure it’ll make sense for the Pass for some...

One expensive year. Need Sony to announce their pricing as for me it’s 3080 + PS5. Already got the new LG 55CX TV, good job lockdown enabled me to save money for all this.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Any you ampere buyers getting cold feet with rdna 2 claims.

A new era of leadership performance across computing and graphics is coming. The journey begins on October 8.

 

[five8five]

1440p armchair co-op gaming for £249 is still pretty amazing.

True, just pointing out not the same spec as the X.

 

[Sparx]

Any you ampere buyers getting cold feet with rdna 2 claims.

Nope because 2-3 times now over the years I’ve tried to make switch to AMD GPUs, and every time had some sort of niggle or driver issue. Sticking with Nvidia this time.

 

[Adrian1976]

True, just pointing out not the same spec as the X.

Hmm may have to hold off pulling the trigger lol.

 

[five8five]

Any you ampere buyers getting cold feet with rdna 2 claims.

AMD have made wild claims before.

"POOR VOLTA!"