03-09-2015, 05:15 AM
(03-09-2015, 03:54 AM)SteelCrysis Wrote: I wonder what you think of this analysis I posted on BTR. Basically, it goes like this: Nvidia may have made its biggest strategic blunder with Maxwell. The boost in efficiency gave them 2 choices: keep the TDP the same and blast performance into space, or go for a balance between TDP reduction and performance boost. They went with the latter. This was a mistake, due to the explosion of 4K, and due to the fact that AMD has demonstrated that 650W is nothing if you just slap a CLC on it. If AMD read the explosion of 4K right, and focuses on option 1, they could embarrass Nvidia quite severely in performance. After all, that leak of benchmarks for the 380X or 390X has the single GPU card approaching the R9 295X2.
I think Nvidias move works because there is no 4K "explosion".
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
.05% is a tiny percent of the market. Requirements of 4K gaming and cost of decent 4K monitors will keep it low for some time.
Not to mention we have no clue what NV has in the pipeline ready to drop. Dual 980 card? Apparently bigger Maxwell, Titan X. Maxwell GTX?
I don't personally care who wins ye olde video card war, but I'll take NVs product line + vaporware over AMDs at present.