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I think it’s important to note that the 3060 is not for sale yet. Nvidia is telling everyone up front that this is how it’s going to work. The analogy is impro
by s3cur3 6y ago
I think it’s important to note that the 3060 is not for sale yet. Nvidia is telling everyone up front that this is how it’s going to work.
The analogy is improved like this: Ford announces in advance that their upcoming truck requires a certain usage, and if you want whatever special commercial usage, you need to pay a premium. You might be grumpy about the upcharge, but this is a very different situation from them changing the terms of the deal after the sale.
- social_quotient 6y agoYeah I thought about commercial usage. And they do generally need a specific license types. Eg I can’t drive a dump truck. But then I started thinking the analogous Tesla v100 or something which is higher priced for commercial application. Wouldn’t it be fair to say nvidia makes the 3060-3090 for gamers and not for commercial rendering farms. So why is using a gaming gpu for autocad really any different than using it for mining. Implicit somewhere is the economics and supply is that nvidia has made these ans knows people use them for work. What would be our collective thinking if they made the gpu not work for non games? This would probably increase supply further for the gamers. Commercial users should and would pay more since they are literally profiting from their use. Miners would buy the edition now meant for them.
- MikeUt 6y agoThe key difference is a manufacturer exerting control over what you're allowed to do with property that is supposedly "yours". That the terms were announced ahead of time will mean little once this becomes commonplace.