What is it with all this new hardware hype!?

[Indy500]

peetee please stop throwing around insults just because you have a difference of opinion, you've simply been conditioned to believe what companies do like this is ok, your missing the point, companies do this to sell items with a new name that offer little real improvement over the previous model, it keeps the money flowing without any real innovation, basically a few MHz here and there every so often with the odd change in architecture to improve performance is deemed acceptable, its what I call artificial limitation, i can nearly bet it costs not a lot different to have one or two cards at a reduced cost overall but with the mid to maximum performance that year, that way everyone would benefit but at the cost of an overly greedy nvidia.

Nvidia's\its partners' main business is with OEMs, who go on version and model numbers and MB as indicators - they're after profit, hence they'll buy up the low-end 8400\8500 cards en masse, and hype them in "gaming PCs" for silly prices that the average joe will buy.

 

[MHayes]

I am here to say sorry for the capitals, it was wrong but my statement remains correct.

as we have now concluded, crysis needs POWAH. (sorry, there are the caps again).

 

[Richdog]

peetee please stop throwing around insults just because you have a difference of opinion, you've simply been conditioned to believe what companies do like this is ok, your missing the point, companies do this to sell items with a new name that offer little real improvement over the previous model, it keeps the money flowing without any real innovation, basically a few MHz here and there every so often with the odd change in architecture to improve performance is deemed acceptable, its what I call artificial limitation, i can nearly bet it costs not a lot different to have one or two cards at a reduced cost overall but with the mid to maximum performance that year, that way everyone would benefit but at the cost of an overly greedy nvidia.

You're forgetting that every user has a CHOICE whether or not they want t6o buy these items... no-ones forcing them to do it. Any PC enthusiast with some knouse can keep abreast of the latest technology with relatively little cost by upgrading wisely... and with hefty amounts of overclocking of course.

Not to mention that each gen of cards since the 6800 series has provided drastic increases over the last gen, usually by 2x or more. I DO call that progress.