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NVIDIA HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT - GPU PRICE CUTS AT OcUK!

Purgatory said:
Well we have AMD to thank for that, as the 3080 would have been on GA104 not GA102 and the 90 class cards would have all been Titans.

That's why the 30 series looked good and have to thank AMD for that as they forced Nvidia's hand.

Turing was a nightmare for the top end 2080ti was silly money, 2080 wasn't a bad card but over priced too. 30 series only looked good compared to the 20 series, if the 30 series came out as 20 series we would have still complained and said too expensive, it's just many of us were waiting for an upgrade as Turing wasn't it and well most said what the hell seems pricing is this from now so time to update and swallowed our pride and gave our money to Nvidia.

It's all part of the brain washing, Apple did the same to their customers and Nvidia is now copying Apple to the point they want to kill off their AIBs and run the full show as Apple does.
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So then since amd forced nvidias hand to be competitive, surely can't we say the same if 7xxx is also just as "competitive" as the 40xx?
 
Pricing started going down the pan when nVidia launched the original Titan. Prior to that their flagships were circa 500 USD. Titan was circa twice that and nVidia has consistently been pushing the boundaries ever since because they realised that there’s an enough pc enthusiasts that will pay huge numbers just to have the ‘best’.
 
rare said:
Pricing started going down the pan when nVidia launched the original Titan. Prior to that their flagships were circa 500 USD. Titan was circa twice that and nVidia has consistently been pushing the boundaries ever since because they realised that there’s an enough pc enthusiasts that will pay huge numbers just to have the ‘best’.
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Ladies and Gentlemen I present Exhibit A, the 8800 Ultra at $830+
 
JediFragger said:
Ladies and Gentlemen I present Exhibit A, the 8800 Ultra at $830+
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Oh there were exceptions to that rule. But GTX 680 was 500, as was 580 and 480. From what I can recall the GTX 280 was higher, around 600 dollars. To me though, Titan really felt like a pivotal moment for a single GPU card in terms of nVidia pushing the boundaries when it came to pricing. It was obviously part of their longer term ambition to push pricing upwards and test the market to see just how much people were prepared to spend…quite a lot it turns out!
 
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rare said:
Pricing started going down the pan when nVidia launched the original Titan. Prior to that their flagships were circa 500 USD. Titan was circa twice that and nVidia has consistently been pushing the boundaries ever since because they realised that there’s an enough pc enthusiasts that will pay huge numbers just to have the ‘best’.
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Same goes with AMD these days, pricing them as high as they can. Must be the premium branding and features! :D

Back then, their offerings were about half the price at about the same performance - compared to the Titan.
 
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