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NVIDIA always launches a high mid range + Titan $1000 card first, then a $1000 performance level card for $699 a year later to mop up the rest of sales for that gen. My guess is they will time this to squash Navi excitement. (and create halo product effect on a far larger scale than the $1000...

https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/926-gainwards-geforce-6800-gt-ultra2400-golden-sample-goes-like-hell-256mb/ 6800 GT Ultra2400 Golden Sample Goes Like Hell ….LOL! They used to have some of the best names and best cards.

Gainward has been a NVIDIA partner forever, back in the day they would have great names like "Golden Iridescent Duckling Edition". I haven't seen them around in the states for years, probably more an Asian/European brand. Leadtek and Gainward used to be the brands to get, long ago.

It's that way with everything and always has been. Truform, Glide, PhysX, 3D, spanning monitors- all "the way of the future". The top end cards probably aren't selling "bad" compared to Titan cards of generations gone by, just bad compared to past Ti cards. My guess is all the people who...

LOL I wasn' saying that. I was trying to say that between AMD not in the high end race, and the miner driven scarcity of what they have, what NVIDIA does or doesn't do is kind of a moot point. If you want a high end card you have to buy NV. If you want a low, mid, or mid high card you may well...

I just went to newegg's site. As long as Vega 64s a. cost a lot more than GTX1080s b. have far fewer models available to purchase c. perform at a lower level than 1080Tis, does it really matter what corporate policies on GPU distribution are to gamers?

Length of time between releases, lack of competition at leading edge, only two firms competing at mid range, and mining are the problems facing choice and competition for computer gamers. GPP? OK, but until the above are resolved, BOHICA.

It will be interesting. With Xbox One X at $499 with a game, it's a pretty compelling argument. Thinking of buying one myself.

This doesn' make any sense, no offense intended. AMD wants to build market share, not sell a few cards at a higher price. For easy numbers: What is better? Selling eight $600 cards for $100 profit each, or selling two for $200 profit each? The lack of Vegas in the market is pretty surprising...

I have my doubts as to how much sitting presidents impact the economy as a whole. Trump can cut taxes, but it doesn't guarantee reinvestment in one of the more expensive labor markets in the world. Federal environmental regs can be relaxed, which might solve the healthcare issue by giving us...

Ummmm...cheating in 2003 is somehow worth mentioning in 2017?! Look up Quack/ATi, the image quality of the ATi Rage Fury MAXX that they gave up on making drivers for, and the original FCAT frame pacing articles and run in terror from AMD/ATi cards. Or just remember that it's 2017 and NVIDIA...

I don't think Vega in a vacuum is a bad product, it's really good enough for almost everyone. Vega's problem is 1080/1080Ti are very GOOD products comparatively. (and Vega doesn't exist by itself)

There's some decent logic here, and it illustrates further the problem we as consumers face in the absence of competing products. Theoretically if the lowest end "poor Volta" beats 1080Ti by 20% NVIDIA can release it for $999, and then just start working their way up the ladder. It's not...

If you had a product with no competition, would you sell it for less money than you could get for it? Until someone delivers products that offer a compelling alternative NVIDIA will charge highh prices and vendors will mark them up more. When prices reach a point customers won't pay they will...

While this is true, his point that those waiting only missed out on gaming at this level of performance for that time is valid. For gamers, it turned out the only valid reason to wait for Vega was if one owns a Freesync monitor or was planning to buy one. For everyone else, they would have been...