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Nvidia will stop price gouging you for their cards and features when you stop buying them. (lemmy.one)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Sorry if I'm not the first to bring this up. It seems like a simple enough solution.

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[–] 14 points 3 years ago (9 children)

I mean, you could also say they'll stop price gouging when competitors can meet their quality and support level. What's the alternative?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    The reason nvidia has the r&d budget it has is because you buy their cards. AMD is just now matching them on that but they used to have about half the resources.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I mean, I buy my cards second hand because I'm dirt poor, but I still want the best option for my money. It's a hard sell to convince people to buy inferior products to expand the market.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Except that most of nvidia's features are borderline gimmicks or will not have a long lifespan. DLSS will eventually die and we'll all use FSR just like it happened with gsync vs freesync. Raytracing is very taxing still for all cards in all brands to be worth it. RTX voice (just like AMD noise supression) is not something that useful (I don't even want it). What else do you have that could make an nvidia card "superior"? The only thing I can think of is that the most recent nvidia cards are way more energy efficient than amd's.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    The only thing I can think of is that the most recent nvidia cards are way more energy efficient than amd’s.

    I think power draw is so close to even right now, that it's not worth talking about.

    edit: yep, I was wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    AMD is a lot better than before both in terms of hardware and software, far better in fact. For people that don't buy the top of the line card every other year AMD is a real alternative, more so than in a long time.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    I love my 6900XTH, killer chip. if you don't expect ray tracing it's an absolute monster. I bought it because it was what was available on the shelf but ultimately I feel like it was the best choice for me. I don't think I'd buy another nvidia card for a while with the shit they've pulled, and I'd previously bought dozens of EVGA nvidia cards.

    I just wish FSR2 could be improved to reduce ghosting. it's already OK so any improvement would make it very good.

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