MrPing1000
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Graphics card market has been getting stupid for such a long time.
Prices have continued to rise but performance jumps haven't. I mean no card get do 4k particulary well. My last AMD card was a HD5850, a great card. I held onto it for a lot longer than I thought I would as nothing was beating it by much for a good two years.
Back then there were a clear two tier card level. Wheras Nvidia have been pulling some utter bullshit for a few years now.
Right when Kepler launched it was clear that the top end card was not a top end card, it was neutered but was so much better than anything AMD could come up with. This allowed them to have a big launch price, then whip out the titan and other shit. Both companies are guilty of rebranding old stuff as new too. The 5850 cost me £200. 2nd tier cards cost a lot more than that now. I eventually got a gtx670 for £250 ish, still using it.
Prices have continued to rise but performance jumps haven't. I mean no card get do 4k particulary well. My last AMD card was a HD5850, a great card. I held onto it for a lot longer than I thought I would as nothing was beating it by much for a good two years.
Back then there were a clear two tier card level. Wheras Nvidia have been pulling some utter bullshit for a few years now.
Right when Kepler launched it was clear that the top end card was not a top end card, it was neutered but was so much better than anything AMD could come up with. This allowed them to have a big launch price, then whip out the titan and other shit. Both companies are guilty of rebranding old stuff as new too. The 5850 cost me £200. 2nd tier cards cost a lot more than that now. I eventually got a gtx670 for £250 ish, still using it.