I'm still in shock from the Intel + Radeon GPU + HBM2 announcement, then this comes along and I keep frantically looking at a calendar to confirm that April 1st hasn't come way early.
I don't know what to think about this. My first reaction is that nVidia has so little competition on the high end that they can just jack around and release stuff like this. I don't mean that in an angry way, it's just... crazy.
I'm still stunned at the idea of $1200 designer computer hardware components. Computer hardware depreciates more rapidly than most anything else I can think of, it's not like ... I dunno a normal durable good. A Star Wars (or any) themed car is still going to be a fun and useful car in 10 years. A video card in 10 years... is someone going to buy one of these, NIB unopened or something? I... can't...
Like, initial knee jerk reactions aside - think of this at the "meta" level. nVidia having enough "slack" in the GPU market for the first time in years to just... play around and release a non-sensical "just for funzies" SKU for 1. 2nd you know people will buys these and... I guess I've never been in a position where I can just blow $2400 for a matched set for fun. My mind boggles.
Lastly... I still keep looking to see if it's April. lol.