Are you going to flip it?I had signed up for EVGA's queue on a 3060 back in Feb. It'll be coming on Friday. While it's nice to pay MSRP in this climate still feel like a let down since I paid the same for my 970.
Are you going to flip it?I had signed up for EVGA's queue on a 3060 back in Feb. It'll be coming on Friday. While it's nice to pay MSRP in this climate still feel like a let down since I paid the same for my 970.
What a weird freaking world when that is the first comment.Are you going to flip it?
You know, people do use these cards for their original intended purpose. PC gaming.Are you going to flip it?
Something like 40% of all American families can't handle an unexpected $1000 expense. So I don't judge people who try to fight neoliberalism to get a little bit ahead.You know, people do use these cards for their original intended purpose. PC gaming.
The amount of money I would get by mining or flipping gaming cards is miniscule. It wouldn't change my bottom line in any meaningful way. Enjoying the hobby and gaming on my PC is worth far more.
People are ruining this hobby by limiting availability to those of us who get actual enjoyment out of it. All in the pursuit of relatively small monetary gains.
Shortages don't ruin an entire hobby, maybe you need to expand your personal worldview? Its almost like you're blaming the shortage on scalpers when in reality is exactly the other way around. Also, I'd just like to point out that these hobbys don't revolve around cheap hardware whatsoever. Its really ironic because these hobbies were born out of extremely expensive and much slower hardware. Everyone would like new and cheap GPUs but 2020+1 is a thing and we're all living with it. Someone flipping a GPU isn't the real problem whatsoever. Although I guess I shouldn't assume what you mean by 'this hobby', perhaps for you PC gaming is all about cheap and fast hardware?People are ruining this hobby by limiting availability to those of us who get actual enjoyment out of it. All in the pursuit of relatively small monetary gains.
No. The card is coming right in time for Battlefield. I would really prefer not to be stuck with the 970 for that.Are you going to flip it?
IMO, scalpers (and unscrupulous retailers, suppliers) are more of a problem than an actual shortage, at least on the NVidia side. If you look how many cards are ultimately ending up in the hands of gamers, it doesn't look like the supply is actually that short.Shortages don't ruin an entire hobby, maybe you need to expand your personal worldview? Its almost like you're blaming the shortage on scalpers when in reality is exactly the other way around. Also, I'd just like to point out that these hobbys don't revolve around cheap hardware whatsoever.
The problem with believing that is nvidia isn't interested in losing half of their potential margin to scalpers. If they had stock they'd much rather sell it direct or with a proper markup instead of letting AIBs double msrp. Ampere has been shipping for well over a year now, if nvidia could correct the scalping situation by now they definitely would, and the fact they or anyone else haven't seems to point towards a shortage. The other problem with believing there isn't a shortage is that everyone sees retailers, everyone sees they sell out stock in minutes even above MSRP even in November. My local microcenter has consistently had abysmal inventory this whole past year, only being able to keep cards in stock by having the MSRP high.Scalpers, and slimy retailers are the problem, not a "shortage".
But GPU makers are still losing massive amounts to scalpers, the scalpers have essentially become another layer in the retail chain that just buy up all the stock and charge another massive markup on top. They have grown fatter and more organized from small players into a functioning larger scale businesses.The problem with believing that is nvidia isn't interested in losing half of their potential margin to scalpers.
Just a friendly observation, but you're double-posting in some threads. Might want to get that sorted out.Shrink should be more than 50% actually. The question is more what do they spend the budget on.
As I understand it the big advantage is it's in the drivers so you can just turn it on there and then use it in games, the game doesn't need to support it. The guru3d article gives more info: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-announces-updated-open-source-image-scaling-sdk.htmlNot sure if this was the best thread to post, but looks like Nvidia is rolling out their version of a spatial upscaler that is open source, a la FSR. It apparently was always a feature of the driver but now they are making it more obvious and giving it a formal name.
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NVIDIA Image Scaling goes open source, NIS now available to all games - VideoCardz.com
NVIDIA makes it spatial upscaler open-source, will compete with AMD FSR NVIDIA NIS is going open source. Today’s announcements including DLSS 2.3 and ICAT are not the only news from NVIDIA. The company is also open-sourcing its Image Scaling technology, which has been present in the drivers for...videocardz.com
2050 is RTX 3050 Laptop with halved BW and reduced TDP. I don't understand the misleading name.
nVidia announces the 2050 laptop, mx570 and mx550.
2050L specs: 2048 cores, 64-bit 4 GB memory, 30-45 W. It's pretty gimped compared to the 2060L. I wonder if the "mx550" that was rumored a couple days ago is the mx570 - just with 2 GB and lower clocks/power.
Bizzare. The only thing I can think of is that they are going to mix Ampere and Turing with the same specs, but it hasn't happened yet?2050 is RTX 3050 Laptop with halved BW and reduced TDP. I don't understand the misleading name.
- Are we sure on that? Given the reintroduction of turing dies for discrete parts, I see no reason NV cannot drop the limbo bar a notch and re-release turing into the laptop space as well.2050 is RTX 3050 Laptop with halved BW and reduced TDP. I don't understand the misleading name.
Nvidia confirmed to ComputerBase directly that it is Ampere. 2050 and MX570 are GA107, MX550 is TU117While AT might not do GPU reviews anymore, they still occasionally post news and 2050 is Turing.
Then Anandtech need to update their article as it says the following.Nvidia confirmed to ComputerBase directly that it is Ampere. 2050 and MX570 are GA107, MX550 is TU117
First and foremost, NVIDIA’s literature confirms that, like the RTX 2050, MX550 is based on the Turing architecture.
- Jesus Christ let the Red vs Green rebranding wars start anew. Nvidia is definitely winning this round's "dumbest, most confusing, crowded naming scheme" and might be going for GOAT. AMD's HD7xxx -> 2xx -> 3xx rebrands are still a thing of legend though.Nvidia confirmed to ComputerBase directly that it is Ampere. 2050 and MX570 are GA107, MX550 is TU117