x50 class, fake x60 name and x70 price
Wowsers! thats poetry with a pinch of veracity right there.
tbf, 40-series through-in and through-out pretty much resembles the same pattern. Now its just a question of whether the consumer-market will adjust to the new highs (prices). I certainly wont. I'm a 80-class man, demanding 90-class raster performance at 70ti-class prices. I know, A bit of a mess - might have to wait for a 50-series card and see if a 5070/5070ti mid-ranger can fill the gap (unless AMD steals me away).
4060-16GB for $500 is just madness! Probably a $550-$600 card by the time AIBs have added their embellishments and retailers have their say.
Although i have to admit:
- The cards in general are probably decent with modest performance bumps as expected (outside of nVs marketing BS). The main problem is price-divisioning, its thrown the entire class-categorisation in a whirlwind of self-prescribed in-house nv-scalping inflation. Definitely left a bad taste in my mouth!
- The 16GB variant for half a thousand dollars is pants. But i'm glad to see 16GB adoption at this performance level regardless of price. Let the sheep buy what the sheep buy, for me its more about future higher VRAM standardisation across the board and if the sheep make that possible, the sheep are my champions!
- Now... this ones more individual-specific. Nvidias efficiency or lower power consumption definitely adds value for me. I've done far worse with $100/$200 cooling solutions to get everything running cool, quiet or even resulted to undervolting for lower power consumption/thermals. I'd pay "some" of that added tax for this development alone, only $1200 for a sought 4080 is not tax, its outright day-light-robbery.
Anyway i'm as stubborn as they come and pretty much see the whole jam with these eyes:
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Guys get with the program... What on earth did you think Jensen was cooking in that oven of his? He's left one too many clues for us to fail at this game.
the 4090 is the 4080
4080 > 4070
4070 > 4060
4060 > 4050
The mathematical approach to unravel the brainteaser - take the MSRP of the former and divide it in half to correctly identify the latter price
4080 - $800
4070 - $600
4060 - $300
4050 - $150/$200
So not bad, the 4050 is a 8GB VRAM card skating on 4.0 x8 Bus Interface. What more could you ask for?
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I thought cracking the code would get me a free GPU or something... he just threw a fist in the air and smiled.
So why are you paying double you might ask? Cheeky! You'll have to wait for part #2 of the great wheresmycar deciphering escapades