NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Put Through AoTS, About 16% Faster Than GTX 1060

[Captain_Tom]

Wow ... it seems we have more economics PhDs on the forum than techno-geeks . The economics are simple.

1. Folks who make a living at this examine the market and ascertain "what the market will bear".
2. Vendors will always sell at a premium over this number as early after release, they can't sell more than they can get,
3. As supply catches up with demand, the sale prices will come into line.
4. If supply can't keep up, prices will rise; if supply exceeds demand prices will drop.
5. Prices will always follow what the market will bear. It's not "shenanigans", it's called capitalism.
6. Board members are fiscally responsible to their shareholders and have a legal obligation to maximize shareholder returns
7. So pricing procedures will ignore any philanthropic reasoning; only 2 things can affect that. a) competition and customer price ceilings
8. AMD has been unable to compete in the upper tiers for some time and with each successive generation of late has lost 1 more tier.
9. Customers want what they want ... until they are able to exercise restraint, the only option they have is buy and cry.
10. In the US, we still have the tariff penalty. Buy a complete PC made in china = no tariff .... buy the parts and built pay the penalty

One would call of this "common sense", but yes some people don't seem to have any around here. My favorite complaints were the ones regarding Vega 64's prices a month after launch - they are elevated because the demand is higher than supply... not because AMD is "lying" lol.

 

[AnkitaMishra]

Wow ... it seems we have more economics PhDs on the forum than techno-geeks T. The economics are simple.

it is not that simple and rather far from it, look at 10-series and 20-series comparison. 10-series up to 60 percent performance boost, 20-series nearly zero.

 

[EarthDog]

One would call of this "common sense", but yes some people don't seem to have any around here. My favorite complaints were the ones regarding Vega 64's prices a month after launch - they are elevated because the demand is higher than supply... not because AMD is "lying" lol.

lol, that's ok...nvidia is doing the same thing...its a two way street but some standing on either side of the road cant tell.

 

[Captain_Tom]

lol, that's ok...nvidia is doing the same thing...its a two way street but some standing on either side of the road cant tell.

I mean the "Founders Edition" was a load of crap, but at least now the founders cards do have good coolers, and in fact my main problem with the Founders cards wasn't Nvidia - it was nvidia fanboys acting like the AIB cards would ever be cheaper lol. We all know that outside a handful of horrible and limited-run blower coolers, almost all AIB cards will cost more than the inferior founders cards.

Having said that, yes - it is still Supply and Demand. If no one bought the founders cards, the MSRP would be "real." People need to stop buying up new cards on release that are only 20% better than something they got years ago... or at least stop complaining when their actions lead to higher prices.

 

[anubis44]

Under $300 would translate to $299 knowing Nvidia's recent pricing shenanigans. /s Hopefully the price is $250.

Not likely. NVidia will actually try to charge $300 (or 20% more than the $250 price point of the GTX1060) for a card that's barely 15% faster than the previous generation equivalent.

 

[gamerman]

yeah, why nvidia dont sell it 100$ and get free lisence next product and give free coffee also.. byaaa <--crying

why this complain...its cheap and nvidia are not charity factory, it need profit also, but, when it get cash from you,you get best gpus,fastest,high new tech and excellent efficiency with whisper quiet.

it cost money.

buy rx 550 gpu its cost 100$, and be happy.