Is that really true? Is it really going to cost $150 in less than one
year?
Tim O said:Yippie! I've been looking to blow 500 bucks on something that will
cost $150 in less than a year.
And when the launch really occurs, shall we see a 7800GTX-style with
stock immediately available at multiple vendors and no shortages, or
a 7800GTX512/X1800XT -style launch ---- with a dribble of product
and lots of idiots queued up at the vendors that accept pre-orders
or alternately vendors (or Ebay sellers) that jack the price with a
few hundred dollars premium.... as ZipZoomFly is occasionally
prone to do............ ???
Things are maybe not THAT dramatic, but I know too well how much a high-end
video card can drop in value in just two short years.
Tim O said:I'm sure it'll be great for the new 3DMark06.
By the time all that translinear stage buffering, omnidirectional
pixel pitch doubling and 32 pipe redundant resonance rectification
actually gets used in a game, the X1900 will be 150 bucks and the next
500 dollar sucker deal will be available just in time for the 3DMark08
benchmark nerds.
Things are maybe not THAT dramatic, but I know too well how much a high-end
video card can drop in value in just two short years.