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Back when Gerforce Fermi GPUs (GF Codename) the Midrange GPUs were using a bus width of 256-bit with GDDR5 memory,50-33% less vram than high end gpus,less ROPs, and less compute performance , these midrange GPUs were codenmamed either with GF104 or GF114, the price for these GPU at release were around 220-250usd with 114 being the slighly improved architecture, then High End GPUs were codenamed GF100 / GF110 these high gpus would use a 384 bit bus width and the High end GPUs used to be priced at 500usd while being around 25-38% faster than the midrange gpus GF110 to GF114 32-38% difference GF100 to GF104
When Nvidia released the "Top End" GPU Model on 2012 from Kepler family they released the GTX 680 with 2GB, 256 bit bus width, at 500usd, and it was codenamed GK104 which stand for Geforce Kepler 104(midrange GPUs) which one year later was rebranded as a GTX 770 (GTX 560Ti/460 equivalent) given the just Released GTX 780 with 384 bit bus width 3GB vram, was taking the High-End GPU price tag for 650usd, and the GTX Titan with 384 bit and 1000usd price , not 500usd like the last high end GPU GTX 580(codename and performance wise), and when AMD Released the card which beat the GTX Titan for 1/2 the price , Nvidia released the true big gpu die from kepler 780 Ti 3GB 384 bit GK110 with a price tag even higher than the GTX 780 by 50usd (700usd) and it was 28% faster than the midrange GTX 680(GK104) , then the prices compared to the midrange fermi GPUs GF114 with MSRP of 250usd to the midrange kepler GPU there is a 100% price increase for the same market segment, a 23% difference in price between the High end GF110 and the GK110(GTX 780ti) and a 100% increase compared to the GF110 and the GK110(GTX Titan).
In 2014 when Maxwell was released the GTX 980 256 bit GM204 had a MSRP of 550usd, 10% higher than the older midrange GTX 680, and the GTX 980TI kept its MSRP given there was no card to match performance from AMD,the GTX Titan X Keep its price tag given was tagged as a "professional GPU" (which had wose SP performance than the old GTX Titan, now in 2016 Nvidia is releasing the GTX 1080 256 bit GP104 (yet another midrange die for High end price)with a MSRP 600usd (or 700usd usd Founder Edition) then what can you expect from this price trend where Nvidia midrange GPUs are being sold at almost 3x the price they used to be, then they will keep increasing prices and also the high end gpus will be more expensive, consumers are getting less value out of their money with this trend then we will see Nvidia midrange card reach 1000usd just because consumers are allowing them to do it with the backing their users are giving them with the money they need to keep doing the exaggerated pricing from latest years.
Price
2010 to 2011
Mid-range gpu Marketed as Mid-range
High-end marketed as Mid-range
Dual Mid-range GPU
High end GPUs
Dual High-End GPUs
2012 to 2013
Mid-range GPU marketed as High end
Mid-range GPU marketed as Mid-range
Dual Mid-range GPUs
High-end GPUs
High-end GPU marketed as "enthusiast" (Slower than High end)
Dual High-End GPU
2014 to 2015
Mid-range GPU marketed as High end
High-End GPU
(Reference) GTX GTX 980 Ti 650 USD
High-End GPU Marketed as Enthusiast
(Reference) GTX Titan X 1000 USD
2016
Mid-Range GPU marketed as High-End
When Nvidia released the "Top End" GPU Model on 2012 from Kepler family they released the GTX 680 with 2GB, 256 bit bus width, at 500usd, and it was codenamed GK104 which stand for Geforce Kepler 104(midrange GPUs) which one year later was rebranded as a GTX 770 (GTX 560Ti/460 equivalent) given the just Released GTX 780 with 384 bit bus width 3GB vram, was taking the High-End GPU price tag for 650usd, and the GTX Titan with 384 bit and 1000usd price , not 500usd like the last high end GPU GTX 580(codename and performance wise), and when AMD Released the card which beat the GTX Titan for 1/2 the price , Nvidia released the true big gpu die from kepler 780 Ti 3GB 384 bit GK110 with a price tag even higher than the GTX 780 by 50usd (700usd) and it was 28% faster than the midrange GTX 680(GK104) , then the prices compared to the midrange fermi GPUs GF114 with MSRP of 250usd to the midrange kepler GPU there is a 100% price increase for the same market segment, a 23% difference in price between the High end GF110 and the GK110(GTX 780ti) and a 100% increase compared to the GF110 and the GK110(GTX Titan).
In 2014 when Maxwell was released the GTX 980 256 bit GM204 had a MSRP of 550usd, 10% higher than the older midrange GTX 680, and the GTX 980TI kept its MSRP given there was no card to match performance from AMD,the GTX Titan X Keep its price tag given was tagged as a "professional GPU" (which had wose SP performance than the old GTX Titan, now in 2016 Nvidia is releasing the GTX 1080 256 bit GP104 (yet another midrange die for High end price)with a MSRP 600usd (or 700usd usd Founder Edition) then what can you expect from this price trend where Nvidia midrange GPUs are being sold at almost 3x the price they used to be, then they will keep increasing prices and also the high end gpus will be more expensive, consumers are getting less value out of their money with this trend then we will see Nvidia midrange card reach 1000usd just because consumers are allowing them to do it with the backing their users are giving them with the money they need to keep doing the exaggerated pricing from latest years.
Price
2010 to 2011
Mid-range gpu Marketed as Mid-range
- (Reference) GTX 460 229 USD
- (Reference) GTX 560 TI 249 USD
High-end marketed as Mid-range
- (Reference) GTX 465 279 USD
- (Reference) GTX 560 TI 448 289 USD
Dual Mid-range GPU
- GTX 460x2 519 USD
- GTX 560 Ti x2 519 USD
High end GPUs
- (Reference) GTX 480 500 USD
- (Reference) GTX 580 500 USD
Dual High-End GPUs
- (Reference) GTX 590 700 USD
2012 to 2013
Mid-range GPU marketed as High end
- (Reference ) GTX 680 500 USD
Mid-range GPU marketed as Mid-range
- (Reference)GTX 770 400 USD
Dual Mid-range GPUs
- (Reference) GTX 690 1000 USD
High-end GPUs
- (Reference)GTX 780 (with performance slower than the enthusiast) [COLOR=FFA500]650 USD[/COLOR]
- (Reference)GTX 780 Ti [COLOR=FF4500]700 USD[/COLOR]
High-end GPU marketed as "enthusiast" (Slower than High end)
- (Reference)GTX Titan 1000 USD
Dual High-End GPU
- (Reference) GTX Titan Z 3000 USD
2014 to 2015
Mid-range GPU marketed as High end
- (Reference) GTX 980 550usd
High-End GPU
(Reference) GTX GTX 980 Ti 650 USD
High-End GPU Marketed as Enthusiast
(Reference) GTX Titan X 1000 USD
2016
Mid-Range GPU marketed as High-End
- GTX 1080 600 USD (Reference) GTX 1080 700 USD
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