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Haha, cannot say the same for the AmericansI guess the economy and cost of living crisis must be finally starting to bite a bit over there
It’s going to take another decade sadly. What do we do in the meantime? Lol
Judging by the current trend, I think gamers will let AMD Radeon Group go bankrupt and then the 5080 will cost £3000.
Look at how much r290/x price was back in the day, Fury /x/nano, Vega56/64 (so expensive cards with new, expensive memory and tech!), and how much AMD is charging now. AMD is not doing me any favors when they have the possibility to do so, ergo I won't do it either. For sure I'm not gonna pay more for a lot less, lol.
And is the same train of thought I've seen at other posters: "if it only would have been $200 cheaper" thereabouts). So forget the doubling in price, $200 cheaper and is fine. No, prices won't go down, because people are happy to pay more (sometimes for less).
As humbug said in the OP, AMD are not a charity, we shouldn't be expected to help them out if they won't help themselves or us.
nvidia is charging what it wants right now and thinks it can get away with. amd doesn't even matter, because amd doesn't care to compete with them.
And you think paying AMDs high prices will achieve this?
Probably the costs can be lowered if the plan is to sell high volumes for a relative long time. Adding a MCM design/cf/sli style would help as well. For example, 2x3060ti will be close to around a 3090ti/7900xt/4070ti at a much lower price (around 7-800 dollars). The same would be possible for current gen as well.
People give nvidia a lot of credit for their mindshare/brain washing by paying into their features and so on but honestly, amd are the true king here, they have brainwashed their following into thinking that amd are the poor underdog and that everything they do is for the good of the industry
So you're comparing the AMD issues you've experienced with the Nvidia issues people on the forum have experienced? Doesn't seem like an apples to apple comparison there...
Look at how much r290/x price was back in the day, Fury /x/nano, Vega56/64 (so expensive cards with new, expensive memory and tech!), and how much AMD is charging now. AMD is not doing me any favors when they have the possibility to do so, ergo I won't do it either. For sure I'm not gonna pay more for a lot less, lol.
LE: Humbug is fine with the 7900xt to be $749 at launch time. 2nd best card in the past, r290 was $399. Vega 54 was $399 as well. If he's fine with that almost double in price, do you think AMD will ever come back to those prices?
Yep, I was all against the price increases until my 4080 arrived but I understood at least part of the rise when I picked it up. It weighs nearly twice what my 3080 did and that was itself huge compared to all my previous cards. If TSMC raised prices on chips by 30% and the build costs had to rise to make these behemoths, then I could understand a 50% increase in the end product (i.e. £700+350= £1050 for a 4080.)£400 in 2013 is £520 today, that also doesn't reflect a far more significant raise in shipping costs, component costs and manufacturing costs.
The truth is add also the size and wight of modern GPU's, the power increase, the quality of the boards and coolers an equivalency is probably around £650.
No one wants to go from this handsome quality thing......
back to this.
That design didn't really make it into the market. I had something similar to this https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/sapphire-tri-x-r9-290-oc.b2706. it kept the card cool and quiet even over locked at 300w plus. It would have no issues on a 7900xt.£400 in 2013 is £520 today, that also doesn't reflect a far more significant raise in shipping costs, component costs and manufacturing costs.
The truth is add also the size and wight of modern GPU's, the power increase, the quality of the boards and coolers an equivalency is probably around £650.
No one wants to go from this handsome quality thing......
back to this.
