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Posted by wertigon
Would AMD have done the same if roles were reversed? Possibly. Would I buy from AMD if they had? Probably not. Whataboutism doesn't really validate any breaks of trust.
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In terms of what it sells in the store, yes. MSRP is meaningless. In terms of, what does it cost the manufacturer to produce this though? No, it is actually a very relevant metric that tells us that Nvidia is most probably looking to increase margins further. Both AMD and Nvidia want to have higher margins, but not disclosing MSRP makes it that much harder to keep tabs on Nvidia.

Example:

Assume Nvidia releases a card that performs at x FPS and cost $300. Then we know this. We are expecting Nvidia can sell a card profitably with x FPS at $300.
Next year Nvidia releases a card that performs at x*1.1 FPS and cost $350. Again, we can keep tabs here and compare the new value to the old value.
Year after, Nvidia release a card that performs at x*1.15 FPS and cost... We do not know how much these cost. Could be $500 or could be $50. Is it a good value now? Is Nvidia producing cards at a loss, or not?

So, this is dishonest both for prospective customers, and their shareholders. What would be reasonable to expect here? An MSRP between $300 and $350. Is it though? Is it an attempt to hide a bad value proposition card, or not? Or are they just being greedy fuckers for the sake of being greedy (at which point they expose a huge opening for competitors, and wish to obfuscate this fact)? Should it even be that the 3080 12GB version sell for less than the 8GB version, since prices on DRAM have come down significantly these past few months?

MSRP is valuable still, even though it is not valuable as a measure of store prices during shortages.

Posted by tomman
action videogames DO NOT belong to cellphones!

Posted by CaptainJistuce
When sanctions don't work, you need to be willing to follow up with something more direct. And if you aren't willing, then your pretty words are meaningless and you shouldn't bother with the sanctions.

Posted by evazion
Should be working again, although unhiding hidden comments will still be broken on these browsers.

Posted by wertigon
Need a motherboard with LGA1151, LGA1200, LGA1700, AM4 or AM5 sockets.

Posted by wertigon
By late 2025 no supported Windows will run on your system as it stands today. Period.

Posted by tomman

30W fast charger so the sealed battery can die faster

Posted by CaptainJistuce
Every time I'm reminded precisely how minimal this hardware is, I think about how it is a minor miracle anything actually works on this hardware.

Posted by tomman
The OLED display is simply stunning. Every computer, TV, cellphone, clock, and anything with a display should be OLED, period. It's like going back to the Good Ol' Age of CRTs, but this time with Retina™ razor-sharp pixels, and actual blacks!

Posted by tomman
This phone is FAST. It boots far faster than ANYTHING ELSE in this house, including computers and dumbphones!

Posted by tomman
NanoSIMs. The phone is BIG, maybe too much for comfort, yet OEMs still insist into using those ridiculously small SIMs

Posted by wertigon
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Posted by wertigon
1 MB of RAM and 256 kB of storage