• capn_hectorB
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    1 year ago

    there’s barely even any monitors anyway.

    it’s like nvidia and the consoles: AMD can do whatever they want but the market penetration isn’t there until nvidia is onboard. Monitors are a low-margin high-volume business and you can’t support an advanced product that tops out at 10% addressable market.

    Let alone when that brand’s customers are notoriously “thrifty”…

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      1 year ago

      It’s not just about what you need today, it’s also about what you need in a couple years. If I pay $1600+ for a video card you can rest assured I expect it to be used for more than a couple years. Skimping on the ports seems like a bizarre choice.

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        1 year ago

        It’s not just about what you need today, it’s also about what you need in a couple years.

        I think this is a real tough argument even in the high-end monitor market. isn’t your $700 or $1200 or $2500 or $3500 going to get you more in 2 years if you wait?

        why not wait to see what the monitor market has to offer when nvidia has cards to drive them?

        it literally is the ironic mirror image of AMD’s tech holding back the consoles. just a funny coincidence of fate, funny reversal.