alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoThe first of a new wave of RTX 4070 V2 graphics cards has been spotted and despite having slower memory, they haven't had a discount.www.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkThe first of a new wave of RTX 4070 V2 graphics cards has been spotted and despite having slower memory, they haven't had a discount.www.pcgamesn.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s not worse if it doesn’t perform any differently. Besides, you don’t actually know the BOM cost.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s objectively worse. “Real world performance” might be the same, but I’m paying for performance AND parts.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou’re not paying for the discrete parts. You’re not gonna desolder that RAM and use it for something else.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoNo but I am paying for the accumulation of those parts no? Otherwise I’m not buying hardware. And we know shoe on the other foot, if there was no performance increase, but a fancy marketing label, they’d be all over increasing the price for it.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou’re paying for the overall performance of the product, not for specs of each discrete component by itself. Yes, you also pay for whatever they decide is relevant to marketing.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoHow is buying hardware based on specs not doing both? To that end, that’s like saying apple doesn’t need to offer higher base specs on things like ssds and internal storage because the performance is the same.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoCorrect, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSo then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoBecause you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
It’s not worse if it doesn’t perform any differently. Besides, you don’t actually know the BOM cost.
It’s objectively worse. “Real world performance” might be the same, but I’m paying for performance AND parts.
You’re not paying for the discrete parts. You’re not gonna desolder that RAM and use it for something else.
No but I am paying for the accumulation of those parts no? Otherwise I’m not buying hardware.
And we know shoe on the other foot, if there was no performance increase, but a fancy marketing label, they’d be all over increasing the price for it.
You’re paying for the overall performance of the product, not for specs of each discrete component by itself.
Yes, you also pay for whatever they decide is relevant to marketing.
How is buying hardware based on specs not doing both?
To that end, that’s like saying apple doesn’t need to offer higher base specs on things like ssds and internal storage because the performance is the same.
Correct, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
So then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
Because you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.