- Joined
- Aug 16, 2004
- Messages
- 3,275 (0.45/day)
- Location
- Sunny California
Processor | Intel Core i9 13900KF |
---|---|
Motherboard | Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero EVA Edition |
Cooling | Asus Ryujin II 360 EVA Edition |
Memory | 4x16GBs DDR5 6800MHz G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo Series |
Video Card(s) | Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo |
Storage | 2TB Samsung 980 Pro OS - 4TB Nextorage G Series Games - 8TBs WD Black Storage |
Display(s) | LG C2 OLED 42" 4K 120Hz HDR G-Sync enabled TV |
Case | Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Denon AVR-S910W - 7.1 Klipsch Dolby ATMOS Speaker Setup - Audeze Maxwell |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 1300W |
Mouse | Asus ROG Keris EVA Edition - Asus ROG Scabbard II EVA Edition |
Keyboard | Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition |
VR HMD | Samsung Odyssey VR |
Software | Windows 11 Pro 64bit |
the more produced an item is, the cheaper it is. If more factories start making PCI-E cards, the costs to produce them will drop (probably by about 2 cents)
Good point, but do you think this alleged 0.09~0.15% drop in production costs will actually translate to lower prices for the end consumer? I know you just the used the 2 cents as an example, maybe getting rid of the extra hours spent designing an AGP board and actual production costs would lower the PCIe production cost by a higher margin.
But my point is, do you think this justifies the "Why wont AGP just die" attitude, when there's a lot of ppl out there who still have AGP systems, I mean, if I had to choose between having the price for my GTX285 going from $340 to $337.99 when I bought it, but having to sacrifice any chance to upgrade my old AGP rig, or even let my father upgrade his old PC at home, or my cousin get a new AGP card for his good ol gaming PC, I would gladly choose to pay the extra $2...
Now, I don't see this as an "AGP Tax", and I really have no idea of how much droping AGP production completely would affect the price for PCIe parts, but does it really affect me so much to just wish other ppl didn't have the opportunity to upgrade?
Anyway, in the end the card doesn't even exist so, we may finally be witness to the end of AGP, an end that was supposedly due about 4 years ago; and for today the HD3850 remains king among old AGP rigs...
Last edited: