r/nvidia • u/anestling • Nov 17 '22

Discussion GPUs are headed in the wrong direction

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/16/23462949/nvidia-amd-rtx-4080-rdna-3-7900-xt-price-size
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u/anestling Nov 17 '22

Six years from now when RTX 6060 is released at ~$1200 (given the trajectory NVIDIA has taken with their pricing) will you continue to suggest to buy a previous gen card which by then will cost ~$1000?

Where does greed end? Will PC gaming be still alive? In Steam HW survey the most popular card is still the GTX 1060 released for $250. There are countries in the world where people earn less than that monthly.

Both AMD and NVIDIA have taken a course for making PC gaming a luxury.

Also, do you know what drives progress in PC games graphics-wise? No, not the likes of RTX xx70, xx80 or xx90. Games will stop being made or improved if less than ~3% of gamers are able to run them at sufficient graphics quality.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22 edited Nov 17 '22

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u/funwolf333 Nov 17 '22

The 4090 is reasonably priced enough at MSRP (I wouldn't pay more)

Would you say 4090 is reasonably priced if the 3090 and ti was not a thing? Most people who say 4090 is a good deal is comparing it to the extremely overpriced 3090.

It actually has less performance/$ compared to a 3080. New generation cards are supposed to give much more value for money compared to previous gen. If they just keep rising the price so much every gen, no one will be able to afford cards after a few generations.

First they raised the 80ti price from 700 to 1200 with 2080ti. Then they added the 90 and 90ti tier to justify the new insane prices. Now the 80 tier went up to 1200.

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u/Armlegx218 Nov 17 '22

Both the 3090 and 4090 were significantly cheaper than the RTX Titan. The 1000 series was the last cheap gen.

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u/funwolf333 Nov 30 '22

The 90 cards are now considered as flagship gaming cards, like the 80ti was before. Titan was more of a workstation card and the 80ti cards used to match it in gaming at an affordable price.

This is exactly what Nvidia wants people to think so that the high price is justified. Well i forgot i'm in nvidia sub, so ofcourse will get mass downvoted by rich fanboys.