Ok, I have to admit, I've been pretty impressed with the GTX 1660Ti, and now, moreso, with the GTX 1660, in terms of price to performance.
I'll admit, what I don't understand is whether Nvidia's "release the high end cards first, then trickle down to the lower cards" process makes sense.
This is what I'm looking for other peoples' thoughts on.
The first Turning cards came out before the holiday season.
I was looking for something to run in my son's PC, 2560x1080 monitor.
I went with an RX 580 8GB because there were amazing deals on them. The one I got was $160 after rebates but before sales tax.
The RX 590 was too pricey for the amount of improvement it was over the 580.
I was not in the market for a high end card. So, had the 1660 come out pre-Christmas, I would certainly have paid around $220 for the performance that offered over the 580. I can't be the only one who would've chosen that way.
But - I'm just one guy. I guess my ultimate question is: overall, does this waiting time before releasing the mid-range cards help Nvidia, or, as it appears to me, does it potentially hurt them?
I highly doubt people in the market for a mid-range card were going to buy, say, an RTX 2070 or higher just because nothing new in the lower tiers was available. Though, I wonder if I'm missing something about this release strategy. I realize I'm also assuming they were capable of releasing the RTX 2060, GTX 1660Ti, and GTX 1660 in late 2018.
I'll admit, what I don't understand is whether Nvidia's "release the high end cards first, then trickle down to the lower cards" process makes sense.
This is what I'm looking for other peoples' thoughts on.
The first Turning cards came out before the holiday season.
I was looking for something to run in my son's PC, 2560x1080 monitor.
I went with an RX 580 8GB because there were amazing deals on them. The one I got was $160 after rebates but before sales tax.
The RX 590 was too pricey for the amount of improvement it was over the 580.
I was not in the market for a high end card. So, had the 1660 come out pre-Christmas, I would certainly have paid around $220 for the performance that offered over the 580. I can't be the only one who would've chosen that way.
But - I'm just one guy. I guess my ultimate question is: overall, does this waiting time before releasing the mid-range cards help Nvidia, or, as it appears to me, does it potentially hurt them?
I highly doubt people in the market for a mid-range card were going to buy, say, an RTX 2070 or higher just because nothing new in the lower tiers was available. Though, I wonder if I'm missing something about this release strategy. I realize I'm also assuming they were capable of releasing the RTX 2060, GTX 1660Ti, and GTX 1660 in late 2018.