03-13-2015, 09:39 AM
(03-13-2015, 08:03 AM)gstanford Wrote: So has nvidia with Titan. That doesn't mean that every consumer that wants an intel or nvidia chip pays $1000 or anything remotely close to it and yet they still get unbeatable performance. There is nothing on the market from intel/nvidia's competitors capable of touching 970 or i5 let alone anything higher.
GStanford, how can this be with the terrible monopolies going on?! Those parts you mention cost $200-$300. and yet are better than all of the competing parts?
Maybe some of teh intarwebz finance gurus need to explain to NVIDIA and intel how this monopoly stuff works?
This is another thing people forget:
http://www.quickmba.com/marketing/product/lifecycle/
Which part of the curve are personal computers on? Maturity at best, decline at worst. They've gone through their boom period where everyone was eagerly buying them and the ads were all over tv.
The company with the monopoly on VCR production can't sell them for the $500 they used to, and PC parts are somewhat the same. While we all still need X86 pc as work devices, the market has been eroded by installed user base and incursions by other types of devices for those who mainly want web, lite gaming, and non office apps.