I swear I said this in 2020 and 2022. But this time, it's probably really it, chief.
The dark age of crypto mining is over. The GPU shortage has ended. The GPU prices have gone back to what it should cost.
From the CPU side, Intel is finally fighting back and is catching up to AMD. It may take years, but I believe Intel can get back and re-challenge AMD so AMD does not turn up to be the new monopoly. When multiple companies compete, consumers become the winner.
From the GPU side, I know some people have a pessimistic view on this, and I get it. However, there are two ways you can look at this.
One, pessimistic. AMD will join Nvidia to establish a duopoly.
Two, optimistic. First, it is not wise to challenge two bigger companies at the same time. Second, Nvidia is, like, 100 times harder to defeat than Intel, because they're not as complacent. This is the company that is willing to release a 600W GPU so that they don't lose the gaming crown. The "Zen" strategy of putting aggressive prices worked against Intel because they were too complacent at that time. The Zen strategy won't work against Nvidia, especially not after they saw how AMD wrecked Intel using it. They WOULD put aggressive prices and outlast AMD.
It is not good news, I know, but perhaps AMD is building up their Zen moment against Nvidia. Hopefully, that is what's happening.
From everything else, I am digging it a lot. The new PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 are exciting. I am glad the tempered glass case era is over. And I am liking the rise of ITX builds.
As for me, I am planning to build a PC in 2024, with specs that can hopefully last until games stop being released for PS5/Series X. My target is not that crazy, just 1080p 120FPS High settings. Maybe something like a 16-Core CPU, 16-24GB VRAM GPU, 32GB DDR5, 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD.
What do you think? When do you think consumers can really feel like they are winning from the competition?
The dark age of crypto mining is over. The GPU shortage has ended. The GPU prices have gone back to what it should cost.
From the CPU side, Intel is finally fighting back and is catching up to AMD. It may take years, but I believe Intel can get back and re-challenge AMD so AMD does not turn up to be the new monopoly. When multiple companies compete, consumers become the winner.
From the GPU side, I know some people have a pessimistic view on this, and I get it. However, there are two ways you can look at this.
One, pessimistic. AMD will join Nvidia to establish a duopoly.
Two, optimistic. First, it is not wise to challenge two bigger companies at the same time. Second, Nvidia is, like, 100 times harder to defeat than Intel, because they're not as complacent. This is the company that is willing to release a 600W GPU so that they don't lose the gaming crown. The "Zen" strategy of putting aggressive prices worked against Intel because they were too complacent at that time. The Zen strategy won't work against Nvidia, especially not after they saw how AMD wrecked Intel using it. They WOULD put aggressive prices and outlast AMD.
It is not good news, I know, but perhaps AMD is building up their Zen moment against Nvidia. Hopefully, that is what's happening.
From everything else, I am digging it a lot. The new PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 are exciting. I am glad the tempered glass case era is over. And I am liking the rise of ITX builds.
As for me, I am planning to build a PC in 2024, with specs that can hopefully last until games stop being released for PS5/Series X. My target is not that crazy, just 1080p 120FPS High settings. Maybe something like a 16-Core CPU, 16-24GB VRAM GPU, 32GB DDR5, 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD.
What do you think? When do you think consumers can really feel like they are winning from the competition?