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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down11
arrow-up1106arrow-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-square24fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 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-up1arrow-down1·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-up1·1 month agoCorrect, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSo then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBecause you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agodeleted by creator
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoExcept your buying both….
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNo, you’re not purchasing discrete components for use as discrete components.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoIf im not buying the cumulation of parts I don’t know what im buying.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou don’t understand how the overall system as a whole differs from the discrete components in isolation?
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.
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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?