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Comparing now to the GK 204 release (GTX 680/670) in May/June 2012:
- VAT is identical at 20%
- The pound is worth 90% of what it was (in US dollars)
- Inflation increased prices by c 4.% (US inflation as otherwise we are double counting via the exchange rate)
- Thus a pound now is roughly 90% * 96% = 86% of what it was in 2016
(EDIT: to be clear this is assuming no one buys FE)
Therefore we can deflate the £365 cost of the cheapest AIB 1070 (on OCUK) to £315 in 2012 dollars. As the cheapest 670 was £300 on release, 1070 prices have increased by about 5% over the 670. The same logic can be applied for AIB 1080's which are currently £525, or £455 deflated. The cheapest 680 was £430 on release, so 1080 prices have increased by about 5.8% over the 680.
This suggests that the feeling that the 10 series is worse value than we've had historically might not be entirely true, once we look at the true value of a pound by controlling for exchange rates and inflation. To be fair the Founders Editions represent considerably worse value, but aside from that smoke and perspex act, a 10 series card appears to cost about the same as 2012's 600 series did.
Note that the 1070 series gives roughly the same amount of GPU silicon (314 vs 294mm^2), about the same amount of memory silicon and the same quality of manufacture as the 600 series. I've drawn a comparison to the 600 series rather than the 700 or 900 series' as like Pascal, Kepler was the first release a new (28nm) manufacturing process, otherwise we'd need to add yields etc to die size comparisons.
Thoughts?
- VAT is identical at 20%
- The pound is worth 90% of what it was (in US dollars)
- Inflation increased prices by c 4.% (US inflation as otherwise we are double counting via the exchange rate)
- Thus a pound now is roughly 90% * 96% = 86% of what it was in 2016
(EDIT: to be clear this is assuming no one buys FE)
Therefore we can deflate the £365 cost of the cheapest AIB 1070 (on OCUK) to £315 in 2012 dollars. As the cheapest 670 was £300 on release, 1070 prices have increased by about 5% over the 670. The same logic can be applied for AIB 1080's which are currently £525, or £455 deflated. The cheapest 680 was £430 on release, so 1080 prices have increased by about 5.8% over the 680.
This suggests that the feeling that the 10 series is worse value than we've had historically might not be entirely true, once we look at the true value of a pound by controlling for exchange rates and inflation. To be fair the Founders Editions represent considerably worse value, but aside from that smoke and perspex act, a 10 series card appears to cost about the same as 2012's 600 series did.
Note that the 1070 series gives roughly the same amount of GPU silicon (314 vs 294mm^2), about the same amount of memory silicon and the same quality of manufacture as the 600 series. I've drawn a comparison to the 600 series rather than the 700 or 900 series' as like Pascal, Kepler was the first release a new (28nm) manufacturing process, otherwise we'd need to add yields etc to die size comparisons.
Thoughts?
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