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A 96C gaming CPU doesn't make any sense. Stuff like the 7900X3D is realistically the most expensive thing you could cook up. On the GPU side, HBM GPUs like the

A 96C gaming CPU doesn't make any sense. Stuff like the 7900X3D is realistically the most expensive thing you could cook up. On the GPU side, HBM GPUs like the server chips dont really make sense either due to supply constraints. And monitor prices are indeed completely bonkers, with some displays costing more than equivalent TVs 4x their size. I think the article is spot on. It almost feels like Nvidia and AMD are colluding (though I know they probably aren't).

PaulHoule 4y ago
Hasn't the definition of a computer monitor been "4x the cost of an equivalent TV" since the beginning of the HD age? What makes sense or doesn't make sense for gaming is a function of the software as much as anything else. I think the biggest disappointment of Stadia was that so many companies got onto the cloud gaming bandwagon out of some combination of self-servingness and me-tooism. Of all companies, Google was in the best place to develop games that could generate graphics that could be streamed to 20+ players who simultaneously inhabit a complex and closely coupled world... Google has machines in Google cloud that are completely capable of that, but instead of moving the standard of gaming forward (where gamers will be saying "you can have my cloud games when you take them out of my cold dead hands") they just streamed more boring episodes of Assassin's Creed.
- brucethemoose2 4y ago
  No, about a decade ago a 1440p/120hz monitor would blow the best TVs out of the water, for less than $400. Even low latency modes were a rare thing on TVs. And even before that era, some 1080p 120hz and 2560x1600 60hz monitors were quite good for the money. Yeah, Stadia was sad and never lived up to its potential. But this is a frequent issue with Google, so it's not really surprising.

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A 96C gaming CPU doesn't make any sense. Stuff like the 7900X3D is realistically the most expensive thing you could cook up. On the GPU side, HBM GPUs like the

by brucethemoose2 4y ago

PaulHoule 4y ago
Hasn't the definition of a computer monitor been "4x the cost of an equivalent TV" since the beginning of the HD age? What makes sense or doesn't make sense for gaming is a function of the software as much as anything else. I think the biggest disappointment of Stadia was that so many companies got onto the cloud gaming bandwagon out of some combination of self-servingness and me-tooism. Of all companies, Google was in the best place to develop games that could generate graphics that could be streamed to 20+ players who simultaneously inhabit a complex and closely coupled world... Google has machines in Google cloud that are completely capable of that, but instead of moving the standard of gaming forward (where gamers will be saying "you can have my cloud games when you take them out of my cold dead hands") they just streamed more boring episodes of Assassin's Creed.
- brucethemoose2 4y ago
  No, about a decade ago a 1440p/120hz monitor would blow the best TVs out of the water, for less than $400. Even low latency modes were a rare thing on TVs. And even before that era, some 1080p 120hz and 2560x1600 60hz monitors were quite good for the money. Yeah, Stadia was sad and never lived up to its potential. But this is a frequent issue with Google, so it's not really surprising.