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Wow nVidia really needs some serious competition.
by serverholic 6y ago
Wow nVidia really needs some serious competition.
- TomVDB 6y agoIndeed. We can only hope that AMD implements a similar slowdown.
- serverholic 6y agoWhy shouldn't people be allowed to use their GPUs how they want?
- TomVDB 6y agoWhy shouldn't companies be allowed to do product segmentation? Limiting mining performance on a consumer GPU is no different than limiting certain professional or machine learning specific performance features.
- serverholic 6y agoThis isn't about product segmentation. They're artificially neutering their product. It's perfectly fine to offer a different product that's designed for better performance but to artificially limit product A so that people are forced to buy product B (that's probably more expensive) is messed up.
- TomVDB 6y agoMicrosoft designed Office with professional features, but they artificially neuter the Home version with a compile switch. This is no different. As long as you know what you're paying for, segmentation is fine. It allows consumers to pay for what they need.
- theandrewbailey 6y agoAside from AMD, there really isn't anyone competing on high-end mass market PC GPUs. Intel is making some moves, but nothing has been released yet. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-xe-hpg-graphics-unveiled https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-xe-hpg-graphics-unve...
- zokier 6y agoIt's tsmc if anyone who needs competition. Without solving the supply side, its unlikely that the situation will improve meaningfully for the consumer.