PapaTaipeiCompagnies mutilating a product to artificially make it worse should be sanctioned hard.

Be realistic.

I'm not For fifty different versions of 3060 being sold as same Same But.

Using dies that were defective in some areas on lower end/spec cards is the way to go( just with decent differentiation in name's), saves e waste and due to that should save consumer's money, SHOULD.

They are not neutering GPU to make 3060 or if they are double down on your statement and I am with you, but I don't think they are.

OwnedtbhJust finally start naming the gpu better. Like.
4010
4020
4030
4040
….
We get over 10 „diffrent“ gpus from Nvidia each series anyways

I am reminded of the many faces and flavors of the nVidia GeForce 6800series.
Also, how same-named cards were often completely different silicon depending on what section of nVidia''s Curie era you look at.

www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv40.g6
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv41.g162
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv42.g44

edit: I forgot 1!
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv45.g163

edit 2: HOLY CRAP there's even more than I remember:
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv48.g374

This card will be perfect for creators that don't want to spend too much on a GPU. Davinci Resolve can use all the VRAM you throw at it, the faster, the better. For some video editing scenarios, a 12GB GDDR6X 3060 will be faster (and less expensive) than a 3070Ti. I guess NV has excess of GDDR6X chips and is using them on this strange (at first glance) card.
For gaming, it doesn't make much sense though. A placeholder until 4060/4050 arrive.

LabRat 891I am reminded of the many faces and flavors of the nVidia GeForce 6800series.
Also, how same-named cards were often completely different silicon depending on what section of nVidia''s Curie era you look at.

www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv40.g6
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv41.g162
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv42.g44

edit: I forgot 1!
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv45.g163

edit 2: HOLY CRAP there's even more than I remember:
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-nv48.g374

nVidia does this constantly, and if you're not familiar with the Asian market, all of Intel, AMD, & nVidia have different SKU's there to sell off even more oddly cut-down parts.

EmerilLIVEnVidia does this constantly, and if you're not familiar with the Asian market, all of Intel, AMD, & nVidia have different SKU's there to sell off even more oddly cut-down parts.

Oh. I really do not mind at all having many delineated sub models and cut-down parts. Just make the models distinct and unique, or add a "Rev. B, etc" like WiFi and NIC manufacturers do.

What boils my blood is purposefully misleading customers into a lesser price/perf purchase, because you change BOM components and purposfully made no attempt to denote it to the prospective customer. (SSD manufacturers do this commonly now,) I squarely put the blame on Apple for this. Apple didn't just change things mid-run. No, they made their naming purposefully misleading on their newest hottest product, so even the secondary market encouraged scamming and kept perception and price inflated.

I used the 6800s as an example, specifically because you could buy a 6800 XT, and have it be on one of about 5+ different performance levels, which could not be compensated for in OCing. One or 2 of which were slower than the 6600s, IIRC.

neatfeatguyDo yourself a favor if you're looking for a mid-ranged GPU that can handle 1440p well, get a 6700XT/6750XT instead. They're pricing at $380-440 (Micro Center). You'd have anywhere from 20-30% performance gain over a 3060 at 1440p, same amount of VRAM (12GB) and have the same or slightly better performance with ray tracing, if that's your thing.

The 6700XT is so close in price to the 3060 that I'm amazed by those opting for the latter as a gaming GPU. If it's being used for CUDA programming, then that makes sense, but for gaming, the 6700XT is vastly superior. Let's take Hogwarts Legacy as an example. The 6700XT is nearly 40% faster at 1080p.



It's 50% faster at 1440p in Cyberpunk 2077, and to reiterate, it's priced almost the same as the 3060.

EmerilLIVEif you're not familiar with the Asian market, all of Intel, AMD, & nVidia have different SKU's there to sell off even more oddly cut-down parts

Oh really, tell me more? Any recent examples you can think of? Genuinely curious because I don't see any unique/odd dGPU's selling in these parts, if at all. China might be different but not much outside that area.

claesAs long as new 30-series are on the market, 40-series will be more expensive. Gotta sell the overproduced product before margins make sense.

This is exactly what they are doing, keep Lovelace stock low (not as much for the 4090) to artificially jack up prices and force people to buy Ampere. Also why neither AMD or Nvidia has released mid-tier or lower end cards. Can't give people even more reason not to buy old stock of last gen cards.

They will do anything to maintain the high prices. People happily paying $800-1000 for mid range graphics during crypto boom are to blame