Comment on Nvidia Blackwell RTX 5000 GPUs may debut earlier than expected
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Hope they either suck less or are less expensive than the 4000 series. Both would be great, but that for sure won’t happen
long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’m sure they won’t be any cheaper. Nvidia can be as greedy as they want given the low competition they have.
aluminium@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And with the 4000 Series it worked so damn well. 4090s sold like sliced bread
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It’s just frustrating that mining has made it effectively impossible to buy a higher end video card at anything even approaching a reasonable price.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
nVidia simply noticed that enough people were willing to pay the absolutely ridiculously inflated prices scalpers were demanding and realized they could skip the middleman and reap the profits themselves. Crypto and COVID might have been how they found that out, but the lack of competition and greed are the reason they are getting away with it.
gornius@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At least the performance gap somewhat justified the price. The other cards, mainly 4060 got little to no performance upgrade, yet cost more.