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Time to let Nvidia sit on inventory and let them suffer, they screwed us for two years now they can go fudge themselves.
Really? Nvidia screwed you?, exactly how did nvidia screw you. They ramped up production to provide more cards, they implemented a line of cards for miners that helped free up regular cards, they did NOT jack the original prices way up, which they could have done.
The only thing you were screwed by was crypto currencies and yourself by not having enough insight to just buy a card and put it to work making you money. But enjoy being nieve
 
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they did NOT jack the original prices way up, which they could have done.
The only reason AMD and Nvidia didn't jack up prices to the moon is because they have contract pricing with their AIBs which greatly limit their ability to alter pricing after the fact. AMD and Nvidia did jack up pricing on each subsequent SKU launches once they realized there was no apparent ceiling to how much crypto-miners were willing to pay.
 
The only reason AMD and Nvidia didn't jack up prices to the moon is because they have contract pricing with their AIBs which greatly limit their ability to alter pricing after the fact. AMD and Nvidia did jack up pricing on each subsequent SKU launches once they realized there was no apparent ceiling to how much crypto-miners were willing to pay.
Prices on the new releases were not raised to market value. They were still getting scalped for big profits. What issue do you have with reducing scalper margins?
 
The only reason AMD and Nvidia didn't jack up prices to the moon is because they have contract pricing with their AIBs which greatly limit their ability to alter pricing after the fact. AMD and Nvidia did jack up pricing on each subsequent SKU launches once they realized there was no apparent ceiling to how much crypto-miners were willing to pay.
Yea... try again, minor adjustments to pricing was solely due to a jump in material costs from worldwide shortages on silicon and other materials.
Not to mention contract pricing does not affect what they can personally charge for cards on thier own site to users.
 
Yea... try again, minor adjustments to pricing was solely due to a jump in material costs from worldwide shortages on silicon and other materials.
Not to mention contract pricing does not affect what they can personally charge for cards on thier own site to users.
Right right... 2gb of extra ram on the 12gb 3080 was $500 more? Nvidia was the king of scalping the last two years.
 
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Anyone that thinks Nvidia screwed over gamers has misplaced their anger. Ampere cards routinely sold on the aftermarket for 25% to 100% higher than MSRP, model dependent. Over the last year, Toms provided supporting data that highlighted these price trends. In any market, a product which you can purchase and then immediately resell for a significant profit is the antithesis of “screwed” by the manufacturer. Significant demand because of inflated crypto yields and reduced supply side material, shipping and production shortages caused by the pandemic led to significant consumer price increases. A better target for your ire are the disingenuous retailers (e.g., Newegg, Bestbuy, Amazon, etc.) that allowed scalpers to purchase multiple graphics cards.

Rest assured, market forces are working as they should. Nvidia will soon release the RTX 4000-series that promises significant performance increases. AMD is releasing a similarly situated card. Intel is now entering the fray. The crypto market is crashing; cards are widely available; price per performance is falling; and everything will soon be right with the world. It is a great time to be a gamer and most will be able to acquire a powerful graphics card for a reasonable price in the upcoming months.

Of course, all that flies out the window if you want the RTX 4090 the day it comes out. Again, it will see high demand and likely low supply, with inflated early adopter prices, until the next big dog arrives; a vicious cycle that persists ever since the Canopus Voodoo 2 release and we were playing Quake 2 Glide.