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Nvidia chasing obscene profits is fine, but buyers wanting lower prices is entitlement?
A lot of those 3080's may have been bought for closer to £1k than £500 though.
I just think the hope that next gen is going to better will turn out to be pipedream.
So are you saying this person would have upgraded their PC if GPUs were cheaper? They mention they basically have every platform so money clearly isn't the biggest hurdle for them, I think this post is just showing console is their preference and isn't really addressing the earlier points raised.
Nvidia chasing obscene profits is fine, but buyers wanting lower prices is entitlement?
This is not just about 4090 or 90 class cards, but 60 class cards becoming 70 class cards and, on top, receiving another price increase while ALSO underspec-ing vRAM for more profit... Is a very scummy move from both sides, but Nvidia does take the lead on it.
These two are the golddiggers of hw industry ATM.
The problem is everyone buying vram gimped ampere cards last gen who are hoping for a big upgrade for 50 series costing the same as before sadly will find they’re not getting advancements for cheap.
Then stop reading them!
All but one are previous generation cards and while there's nothing inherently wrong with those are 'we' really saying that PC gamers can only have the new technology if they're willing to pay a premium, that people should be happy with buying 3+ year old graphics cards, that they should be happy that they can buy inferior models or second-hand.
Those prices are not ok, that's the problem (aka similar to launch prices - 3090 and 6900/6950 not included, but they were seriously overpriced anyway).When people give of about expecting to be able to max settings and not use upscaling at likes of 4k, yes
I agree, the low-mid end market is **** but there is plenty of choice for those people e.g.
6800xt/6900xt going for what £500-600?
3080/3090 going for £500+
4070/7900xt offering 3090 level of perf for £700/800 (not ideal but not exactly bad in grand scheme of things)
3060 12gb for what £400?
IMO, if you can't afford that then pc gaming is not for you but then it will depend entirely on the games you play e.g. some have considerably weaker hardware and are happy playing indie titles at 1080p
Then there is the second hand market where things are even cheaper.
Again, if you are the kind who wants to max out the latest and greatest and not use dlss or fg then you have no choice but to pay for the bleeding edge best hardware.
Then stop reading them!
All but one are previous generation cards and while there's nothing inherently wrong with those are 'we' really saying that PC gamers can only have the new technology if they're willing to pay a premium, that people should be happy with buying 3+ year old graphics cards, that they should be happy that they can buy inferior models or second-hand.
Well, my response to that is that then GPU manufacturer's hope that I will buy their cards will turn out to be a pipedream!
When people give of about expecting to be able to max settings and not use upscaling at likes of 4k, yes
I agree, the low-mid end market is **** but there is plenty of choice for those people e.g.
6800xt/6900xt going for what £500-600?
3080/3090 going for £500+
4070/7900xt offering 3090 level of perf for £700/800 (not ideal but not exactly bad in grand scheme of things)
3060 12gb for what £400?
IMO, if you can't afford that then pc gaming is not for you but then it will depend entirely on the games you play e.g. some have considerably weaker hardware and are happy playing indie titles at 1080p
Then there is the second hand market where things are even cheaper.
Again, if you are the kind who wants to max out the latest and greatest and not use dlss or fg then you have no choice but to pay for the bleeding edge best hardware.
Nvidia would beg to differ! Lol
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Exactly.
How can they since the Golden GPU Goose, is of course, the GPU Gaming Goose not Nvidia being able to repurpose their chips for other purposes.Nvidia would beg to differ! Lol
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It’s sadly inevitable. Nvidia don’t need gamers as much anymore. Also now I understand why AMD included AI cores on their 7900 series.
What is going to likely happen is that premium smartphones/Apple SOCs and datacenter grade GPUs will get the premium nodes while consumer GPUs are going to be relegated to 2nd tier ones.
