alessandro to PC Gaming · 25 days agoThe first of a new wave of RTX 4070 V2 graphics cards has been spotted and despite having slower memory, they haven't had a discount.www.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down11
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkThe first of a new wave of RTX 4070 V2 graphics cards has been spotted and despite having slower memory, they haven't had a discount.www.pcgamesn.comalessandro to PC Gaming · 25 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·24 days agoIt’s objectively worse. “Real world performance” might be the same, but I’m paying for performance AND parts.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·24 days agoYou’re not paying for the discrete parts. You’re not gonna desolder that RAM and use it for something else.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-224 days agoNo but I am paying for the accumulation of those parts no? Otherwise I’m not buying hardware. And we know shoe on the other foot, if there was no performance increase, but a fancy marketing label, they’d be all over increasing the price for it.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoYou’re paying for the overall performance of the product, not for specs of each discrete component by itself. Yes, you also pay for whatever they decide is relevant to marketing.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-224 days agoHow is buying hardware based on specs not doing both? To that end, that’s like saying apple doesn’t need to offer higher base specs on things like ssds and internal storage because the performance is the same.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoCorrect, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoSo then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoBecause you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoExcept your buying both….
It’s objectively worse. “Real world performance” might be the same, but I’m paying for performance AND parts.
You’re not paying for the discrete parts. You’re not gonna desolder that RAM and use it for something else.
No but I am paying for the accumulation of those parts no? Otherwise I’m not buying hardware.
And we know shoe on the other foot, if there was no performance increase, but a fancy marketing label, they’d be all over increasing the price for it.
You’re paying for the overall performance of the product, not for specs of each discrete component by itself.
Yes, you also pay for whatever they decide is relevant to marketing.
How is buying hardware based on specs not doing both?
To that end, that’s like saying apple doesn’t need to offer higher base specs on things like ssds and internal storage because the performance is the same.
Correct, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
So then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
Because you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
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Except your buying both….