alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 3 months 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down11
arrow-up1105arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 months 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-up1·3 months agoCorrect, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoSo then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBecause you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
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minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoExcept your buying both….
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNo, you’re not purchasing discrete components for use as discrete components.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoIf im not buying the cumulation of parts I don’t know what im buying.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYou don’t understand how the overall system as a whole differs from the discrete components in isolation?
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoExcept I’m buying a card with objectively worse materials.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoNo… You can’t buy a card without also buying all the individual composts though.
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.
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Except your buying both….
No, you’re not purchasing discrete components for use as discrete components.
If im not buying the cumulation of parts I don’t know what im buying.
You don’t understand how the overall system as a whole differs from the discrete components in isolation?
Except I’m buying a card with objectively worse materials.
No…
You can’t buy a card without also buying all the individual composts though.