dembegama Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) We know that Nvidia has dropped TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) in favor of Samsung Electronics, having awarded them the contract to produce Ampere based on Samsung's 7nm EUV FinFET process. With Ampere we'd be going from 12nm down to 7nm. I wonder how the new production process would affect pricing and performance, I'm kind of hoping we won't see another big jump in prices like we saw with the current RTX cards. sweepstakes software providers The high-end cards in particular seem to be getting hit hard by price increases with every successive generation. It's like Nvidia is trying to get rid of their "upper middle-class" tier of consumers. These are the people who would normally buy cards like the GTX 780/GTX 980/GTX 1080 but were unwilling to spend a few hundred extra for the Ti's and Titans. Instead Nvidia is now adding that tier to the price range of the Titan and Ti versions, so those same people now buy 2070's instead of a 2080. This is a shame because cards like the GTX 780/980/1080 used to be situated perfectly between the mid and top-tier prices (the "expensive but affordable within reason" cards). Edited August 20, 2019 by dembegama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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