05-09-2016, 11:07 PM
(05-09-2016, 06:29 PM)BenSkywalker Wrote: Okay Ocre, in no way am I saying nVidia should be doing things this way, just going to lay out an alternative path they *could* have taken which I would have found more agreeable.
GP100 is already in production, based on the information we had it was prior to GP104. Now, if they had a fully GPU functional GP100 base and started binning them from day one and launched in say August instead of May, they could have saved all the say 1/4 defective cores for Titans, 1/3 defective for 1080s, 1/2 defective for 1070s. If they had done that and then launched the GK104 parts as 1060Ti and 1060 we could be looking at this lineup-
Titan- $1K
1080- $650
1070- $450
1060Ti- $350
1060- $270
Now the x60 parts would have less and slower RAM so they wouldn't be as fast, but we'd still be looking at an overall *significantly* faster top to bottom lineup.
Don't get it confused in any way, I completely understand *why* they do it the way they do, just saying as an enthusiast I'd rather see the big boy sooner. For the record, I had the exact same issues when the 680 launched, which I why I waited for the 780.
If they launched with that lineup, AMD's new architecture would be looking at their highest end part fighting for fifth fastest GPU, and honestly, that would likely shut the viral marketers up which to me would be the best possible thing that could happen to enthusiast forums.
Ditto.
However; since a 1070 is supposed to have Titan X level performance, I could see buying two.
I'm frankly disappointed the "founders edition" is just the reference card. I was hoping for something factory OCd for my extra $100, not just earliest release. They should call it "Funders Edition" if that is the case- because we'll be funding JHHs retirement.
I hope what we've seen about this is wrong.