Move goalposts much?
I think a plain reading of my statement makes it clear that I am referring to RX Vega - a product which has been out for less than 60 days. Additionally, if the supply shortage is accurate (and I'm pretty sure it is) those two or three cards I do have in stock aren't really...
1: Ryzen has jack all to do with RX Vega
2: I'm not the one who said these cards looked like "plastic crap" so check yourself
3: Sunk cost is a thing, that's why a company will sell what they have committed to at an inflated price - they have to recover anything they can in order to move forward...
Nope.
If I'm a retailer I'm not selling for a loss, regardless of anything else.
So. If the price was being driven by such high demand - why are there cards available at all?
These prices are being driven by cost of acquisition, not by slavering hordes of consumers who simply cannot wait to...
You're only accounting for demand in your assumption here. It is equally as likely that supply is the root cause of the 30% increase in price that we are seeing...as noted in the OP.
Or, folks could buy a 1080 for $509 and get an arguably better experience...
And anyone else who might be interested in replicating your experience can do so for a minimum of $650 per an earlier post...
That buck fifty sure colors the whole thing.
plus the corollary:
5. VIRAL MARKETERS WILL FLOG NAVI TO DEATH IN MULTIPLE FORUMS USING THE SAME POSTS
Regardless of the performance of the product - even after metrics have been released - there will always be another goalpost to move to (*cough* "dual gpu!", "Mining rates!", "power usage is...
Cheap. looking to upgrade a media server i have but not really "needing" it. figured if anyone had some of this lying around they could let go cheap...
testing the waters as it were.
thanks for looking!
not looking to spend a lot, but looking to upgrade the wife's inspiron 530. sadly no quads work so looking for quick 45nm dually.
cheaply
thanks for looking
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