[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]This must has been written by some cowboy... because this is total Bull.... 1) There is never been any real HDD shortage, the HDD prices were hijacked even when they were safely dry, right here in the US. They didn't even got wet, yet the prices skyrocketed. 2) Even if "new PC's" was even an excuse, Neither AMD or Nvidia sell high end graphic cards for pre-built PC's. Their real market is the "enthusiast market" which upgrades (or build) their system(s).This people (myself included) have a lot of hard drives already or have moved to SSD's. (or both)This is just a scheme to hijacked their prices, hope that people don't fall for it.[/citation]
Well for one thing, Jane ain't a boy... certainly not a cowboy. Not sure she could be a cow girl as I'm somewhat under the impression she's not from the U.S. (I'm completely indifferent to the truth of that, Jane, just making a point)
Lets forget about AMD here, they shouldn't have been mentioned in the title as that footnote said enough.
1.) In relation to what the article discusses it doesn't matter if the shortage is real. Certainly Western Digital was hit. If you don't believe that look at where every recent Western Drive is made and then look for pictures of Western's factory post flood. A LOT of hard drive makers were hit there, some certainly less than others but a lot of parts come from there even if they're assembled in Korea (Samsung). But all that doesn't matter anyway. Prices are high, that's just how that is and nVidia is feeling it.
2.) You're right but mostly wrong. nVidia doesn't make just high end cards but they make a tun of decent and budget cards for OEMs. Think DELL for a moment, who isn't a big AMD seller. You think those are all integrated card machines? HD 3000 sucks and we all know it, even a lot of Dell customers. So which GPU often gets paired with Intel CPUs? nVidia. Is it always high end? No... Doesn't have to be anyway, just anything's better than intel integrated. This is common thought to any vendor who's primarily an intel seller.
So all the OEMs are poppin' along selling computers with 1TB hard drives or better and all the sudden, wham. For whatever the reason (doesn't matter why, just that it is) hard drives are now $100+ more at those capacities. Well Dell, HP, and Acer, ect. want to still sell those systems with drives near those capacities but something's gotta go. First to go is the add-on GPU. Second is a lesser CPU. Ram barely matters in fact it's been said its so cheap 8GB is becoming the new norm.
AMD said they're feeling pressure, but that's all. They've got the budget scene nailed with Llano the way it's selling. Budget cards don't really matter to them anymore and High end GPUs aren't what move the market. Sorry if that hurts anyone's feelings after just buying a Radeon 7x but it's true. High End GPUs are sold in such that they pay for their materials and R&D so next year a refined low-power, fat-cut version can sell en-mass to OEMs. This is how it's always worked. How many times have you read a review where a mid-range ATI/nVidia card was just last years cutting edge with refined process and lowered specs. Not knocking that system, just a fact.
Well for one thing, Jane ain't a boy... certainly not a cowboy. Not sure she could be a cow girl as I'm somewhat under the impression she's not from the U.S. (I'm completely indifferent to the truth of that, Jane, just making a point)
Lets forget about AMD here, they shouldn't have been mentioned in the title as that footnote said enough.
1.) In relation to what the article discusses it doesn't matter if the shortage is real. Certainly Western Digital was hit. If you don't believe that look at where every recent Western Drive is made and then look for pictures of Western's factory post flood. A LOT of hard drive makers were hit there, some certainly less than others but a lot of parts come from there even if they're assembled in Korea (Samsung). But all that doesn't matter anyway. Prices are high, that's just how that is and nVidia is feeling it.
2.) You're right but mostly wrong. nVidia doesn't make just high end cards but they make a tun of decent and budget cards for OEMs. Think DELL for a moment, who isn't a big AMD seller. You think those are all integrated card machines? HD 3000 sucks and we all know it, even a lot of Dell customers. So which GPU often gets paired with Intel CPUs? nVidia. Is it always high end? No... Doesn't have to be anyway, just anything's better than intel integrated. This is common thought to any vendor who's primarily an intel seller.
So all the OEMs are poppin' along selling computers with 1TB hard drives or better and all the sudden, wham. For whatever the reason (doesn't matter why, just that it is) hard drives are now $100+ more at those capacities. Well Dell, HP, and Acer, ect. want to still sell those systems with drives near those capacities but something's gotta go. First to go is the add-on GPU. Second is a lesser CPU. Ram barely matters in fact it's been said its so cheap 8GB is becoming the new norm.
AMD said they're feeling pressure, but that's all. They've got the budget scene nailed with Llano the way it's selling. Budget cards don't really matter to them anymore and High end GPUs aren't what move the market. Sorry if that hurts anyone's feelings after just buying a Radeon 7x but it's true. High End GPUs are sold in such that they pay for their materials and R&D so next year a refined low-power, fat-cut version can sell en-mass to OEMs. This is how it's always worked. How many times have you read a review where a mid-range ATI/nVidia card was just last years cutting edge with refined process and lowered specs. Not knocking that system, just a fact.
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