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I've seen a lot of people within the tech community freaking out about next gen GPU pricing. Lots of anxiety and people already calling doom and gloom over some rumours from sources which I'm sorry to say... really don't have much credibility.

Turing was pretty fucked up in regards to pricing, mainly because they had no competition. However back in late 2016 and early 2017, there was a lot of speculation surrounding pricing for the GTX 1080 Ti. Lots of people were saying it was going to be very expensive. That the 1080ti would launch at $899 msrp and founders/AIB models will go for $999. There was a lot justification for it too, such as the pricing fitting right in between the then priced gtx 1080 ($699) and titan XP($1200). Also Pascal was selling like hot cakes, the 1080 despite being priced considerably higher than the gtx 980 was very popular due to the performance gains of Pascal. Everyone said why in the world wouldn't nvidia take advantage of the situation and price the 1080ti for more expensive? Nvidia would be crazy not to ride the coat tails of Pascal.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/56306/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-production-launch-march-20-23/amp.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/5ck67t/rumor_nvidia_geforce_gtx_1080_ti_with_10gb_memory/

However there was a looming threat. Nvidia was worried about RX Vega. We all know how it turned out, but at the time people were assuming that Vega might give the 1080 or 1080ti a run for their money. After CES 2017 the Vega hype train was running full steam regardless of release being many months away. Remember poor volta?

So what did Nvidia do? Much to everyone's surprise they cut the gtx 1080's price to $499 and released the 1080 ti at $699. The price to performance here was crazy good. People said screw waiting for Vega, I'm just going to buy the 1080ti now. And they were right to do so. As Vega was a dumpster fire.

This year though, nvidia not only faces a threat from AMD's desktop GPUs, but also the game consoles too. There's a world wide pandemic going on. Times are tough, lots of people have lost their jobs, working shorter hours, etc. Do you think nvidia would have the audacity to ask people pay up $1500 for a GPU or if you want the entry level card you're now going to have to pay $400 for it? How well do you think that's going to go? I feel like most will say fuck it, Ill keep my current gpu or buy a next gen console

Pricing hasn't been decided yet. Itll be decided on the spot by Jensen himself, before he goes live with the stream. But let's try to stay positive for now. If push comes to shove, I'll just keep my 1080 for another few months and see what amd is cooking up.

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ELI5: How do reviewers test response times? Is that something an enthusiast can do - if so, how?

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:39 AM PDT

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ARM and X86 on the same motherboard?

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:29 PM PDT

Given the high performance capabilities of x86 chips and high power saving capabilities of the ARM chips, has there been any motherboard in market implementing both the chips on the same pcb? Or is there any possibility of doing so, just like some motherboards have 2 sockets to implement processors on a pc (though both have the same architecture) but is it possible to use both on same pcb ?

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Why does keyboards and mouses come with proprietary USB dongles instead of use the built in Bluetooth from the computer?

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 08:16 PM PDT

There's some downside in use the normal Bluetooth?

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