They picked PAM3 to keep the costs down, so my guess is that it won't be more expensive than GDDR6X, while being faster.
DDR5 is also getting to price parity with DDR4 already. These things don't have to be much more expensive.
They picked PAM3 to keep the costs down, so my guess is that it won't be more expensive than GDDR6X, while being faster.GDDR7 will be more expensive, how much is still up in the air.
Lame. I mean they aren’t going to be the most exciting reviews anyway right? Consensus is like a 3% average increase over regular 4080 with the MSRP being the big deal.A slight delay for 4080 Super reviews:
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER reviews rescheduled to January 31st - VideoCardz.com
RTX 4080 SUPER reviews on January 31st NVIDIA moves “MSRP” review embargo up. NVIDIA has opted to delay the reviews for the RTX 4080 SUPER by one day. This decision is unrelated to any driver issues. The delay is due to problems with RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition cards shipments to...videocardz.com
Except the Crypto craze is now Post-Crypto (i.e. dead and no more for GPU's at least), and the COVID supply shortages is now Post-COVID with no supply shortage. So all the conditions that caused the price spikes are gone, with only manufacturers still thinking they can squeeze the market to try and get that money that scalpers received during the supply shortages and crypto market....Cue Abe Simpson ranting about a loaf of bread only costing a Nickle back before WW2...
As much as we would like to return to the "good old days" for a variety of things, that isn't how the universe works. The Pre-COVID, Pre-Crypto GPU market is gone and it's not coming back.
Ultimately, the sellers can only decide what they want or are capable of offering, and it's the consumers that choose how to respond.Except the Crypto craze is now Post-Crypto (i.e. dead and no more for GPU's at least), and the COVID supply shortages is now Post-COVID with no supply shortage. So all the conditions that caused the price spikes are gone, with only manufacturers still thinking they can squeeze the market to try and get that money that scalpers received during the supply shortages and crypto market....
How much of a GPU's production cost is the node cost? Can't be more than 20%. Any data available on that?but that is also due to the cost increases of new nodes.
...manufacturers still thinking they can squeeze the market to try and get that money that scalpers received during the supply shortages and crypto market....
I love UAE very much. It allowed me to play my old Amiga games from my childhood!4080 Super already available here in UAE. But only the Palit Super version. For $1250. Greedy buggers!
I would be careful when mentioning inflation as counter-argument to corporate greed:Prices are no where near what scalpers were getting during the crypto boom.
[...] and a lot of inflation in recent years driving price of most things up.
Corporate profits drove 53% of inflation during the second and third quarters of 2023 and more than one-third since the start of the pandemic, the report found, analyzing Commerce Department data. That’s a massive jump from the four decades prior to the pandemic, when profits drove just 11% of price growth.
Maybe the watercooled versions will be up to 10% faster. Their customer base is SUPER excited!Compubase has the 4080 Super at a whopping 1% faster.
A 320bit/20GB 4080 Super with 100 SM even at the original $1200 would have been a more interesting card than this one. Drop the 4080 to $999, and you get a couple new points for people to talk about.View attachment 92821
Totally not an unreasonable wish. The company has enough in their coffers to give back to their loyal customers. But of course, we are supposed to believe that we live in a changed world now where such expectations don't jell with reality anymore. Oh that's in addition to making sure to take all responsibility of plugging in the connector just right too. Coz everyone involved in the development of these amazing products is too busy to make it idiotproof and we are supposed to co-operate and help this company and their partners make even more billions, for a better RTX future!
Go Green Greed!
A 320bit/20GB 4080 Super with 100 SM even at the original $1200 would have been a more interesting card than this one. Drop the 4080 to $999, and you get a couple new points for people to talk about.
It's totally unnecessary, IMO. There is no competitive pressure to do so and bringing the ASP up is how they are keeping the "numbers go up" magic working. A 4080Ti only diverts sales away from the 4090.That would be the 4080 Ti and likely more than $1199. Probably not happening at this point.
So there's two 4080 SKUs on the market today: the SUPER and the HOT POTATO.So, an MSRP drop that got a new name and left retailers holding old stock at higher prices. Sounds about right