08-19-2017, 04:35 PM
No Gstan, I'm just a grown up who understands that marketing people are going to market, and companies can exist and even be successful without having the best product. Also that people aren't fired for not being the best in their industry.
All these things would seem self evident to me, but the armchair quarterbacks of the video card Super Bowl like you seem to think otherwise.
This launch is like any other. The product fell short of the top tier, but it occupies slots in the more commonly purchased $350-$500 tier and as such will sell when prices, availability get the 56 and 64 closer to MSRP. I don't see many water cooled selling for $700 except perhaps to miners.
A three fan Strix at $550 should sell a decent number in that market. If I were looking for a card at that price point and monitor, that's the way I'd go.
I have a HAF 932 case and good 1000W PSU, so I don't really care if they use more power and produce more heat. My 4790K CPU is water cooled and not overclocked.
So I'd gladly trade that power and heat for the money I'd save on a FreeSync monitor. That is the market for these products.
All these things would seem self evident to me, but the armchair quarterbacks of the video card Super Bowl like you seem to think otherwise.
This launch is like any other. The product fell short of the top tier, but it occupies slots in the more commonly purchased $350-$500 tier and as such will sell when prices, availability get the 56 and 64 closer to MSRP. I don't see many water cooled selling for $700 except perhaps to miners.
A three fan Strix at $550 should sell a decent number in that market. If I were looking for a card at that price point and monitor, that's the way I'd go.
I have a HAF 932 case and good 1000W PSU, so I don't really care if they use more power and produce more heat. My 4790K CPU is water cooled and not overclocked.
So I'd gladly trade that power and heat for the money I'd save on a FreeSync monitor. That is the market for these products.