> Artificially shortening the lifespan of a product isn't profitable because of the hit the manufacturer takes to its reputation. Works well for nVidia. Specul

> Artificially shortening the lifespan of a product isn't profitable because of the hit the manufacturer takes to its reputation. Works well for nVidia. Speculations that it's newer drivers destroying older cards' performance seemingly cannot be quelled. You can get away with that if you can still create a superior product than your sole competitor and can even get away with deliberately lying to customers (See 3.5 GB of good memory instead of 4 GB on GTX970)