alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 months agoThe first of a new wave of RTX 4070 V2 graphics cards has been spotted and despite having slower memory, they haven't had a discount.www.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1101
arrow-up1101external-linkThe first of a new wave of RTX 4070 V2 graphics cards has been spotted and despite having slower memory, they haven't had a discount.www.pcgamesn.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoYou’re paying for the overall performance of the product, not for specs of each discrete component by itself. Yes, you also pay for whatever they decide is relevant to marketing.
minus-squarewholooksherelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoHow is buying hardware based on specs not doing both? To that end, that’s like saying apple doesn’t need to offer higher base specs on things like ssds and internal storage because the performance is the same.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoCorrect, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
minus-squarewholooksherelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoSo then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBecause you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoNo, you’re not purchasing discrete components for use as discrete components.
minus-squarewholooksherelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIf im not buying the cumulation of parts I don’t know what im buying.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYou don’t understand how the overall system as a whole differs from the discrete components in isolation?
You’re paying for the overall performance of the product, not for specs of each discrete component by itself.
Yes, you also pay for whatever they decide is relevant to marketing.
How is buying hardware based on specs not doing both?
To that end, that’s like saying apple doesn’t need to offer higher base specs on things like ssds and internal storage because the performance is the same.
Correct, there would be no reason for them to purposefully overspec their parts.
So then why wouldn’t I expect a discount on this v2 card?
Because you’re paying for the card as a whole, not discrete components.
Except your buying both….
No, you’re not purchasing discrete components for use as discrete components.
If im not buying the cumulation of parts I don’t know what im buying.
You don’t understand how the overall system as a whole differs from the discrete components in isolation?
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