Edit: Oh I see you are from Toronto, I never knew you were from there RS. Never noticed in your avatar.
I am not from T. I just live there from time to time but not with the intention of living there permanently.
I always thought russiansensation was Russian
I am.
Is it a lot cheaper in Quebec? I'm still paying off my loan I used at UofT lol...I even went to school in Sydney, Australia for a semester and the local students paid WAAAYYY less than what I paid in Toronto.
Haven't checked the recent tuition costs but the
Quebec residents paid way less than a typical UofT/Western grad would.
Here you go:
Bachelor of Engineering/Software Engineering
Quebec Resident = $4444 per year
non-Quebec = $9181 per year
International = $37,055 per year
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Surgery
Quebec Residents = $6935 per year
non-Quebec = $16,882 per year
International = $39,748 per year
^ and this is
one of the best universities in the world.
A 100$ discrete GPU is as much of a luxury item as a 600$ discrete GPU.
Depends on your monthly income and the purchasing power of your currency. In Kiev, it would take an average worker ~627 hours to earn enough $ for a $650 dGPU.
But when you'll want to buy a GTX 1070. You'll have to sell your GTX 970 200$ and will have to pay 475$ for a GTX 1070... while the GTX 1080ti will be 900$ and the GTX Titan XX will be 1350$. Price gouging will never make you win.
Ya, it could get unhealthy. AMD price/performance this gen is one of the worst in years given where Fury/Fury X sit. R9 290 was $399 and AMD raised that successor card's price in the Fury to $550.
If cards like 970/980 barely fall in price after more than a year and they continue to sell well, it only reinforces the view in the eyes of GPU makers that these prices are 100% justified. Sounds like $500-600 next gen mid-range chips are almost set in stone now.
Some people are more materialistic than others. They like to have nice things to show off and rub in other people's faces. Not everyone needs their possessions to prove their status.
I don't think it applies to KaRLiToS though. He has 2x2560x1440 + 1x4K monitor. He actually uses his GPUs to the fullest. Such a monitor setup has the capability of taking Fury X Quad-fire or 980Ti Quad-SLI to its knees.
No that was a general statement. But this, "You'd own a Ferrari if you could afford it" isn't true of everyone.
That's true.
Yeah, but like Staples (let alone OfficeDepot) or Radio Shack, that's just their usual pricing...
Good thing some regulators haven't lost their minds yet
unlike others.
It makes me feel for anyone who pays $650 for a 980 Ti right now with the 16 nm gpus 6 months away.
Could be longer than that.
And my brother wants to buy SLI 980 Ti in March, I guess after getting his tax rebate. You gotta think with a node shrink coming the 980 Ti will age even worse than the 780 Ti. At least based on looking at 28 nm vs 40 nm, where Titan was the real successor to the GTX 580.
The situation is a bit different. While 980Ti will get pummeled in price/performance by future 2016-2017 GPUs, it won't become outdated as fast as 580 did because of the nature of the console life cycle. 980Ti is about 3X more powerful than the GPU in PS4 while 580 is less powerful. That means there is a high chance 980Ti could easily last until the next gen consoles unless GPU demands skyrocket. I'd at least let your brother know where he is buying in the GPU cycle and suggest EVGA 980Tis for a Step-Up option just in case.
. I gave up after glancing at the first dozen or so items - I wonder if there's anything worth buying among all that stuff at all?
With current prices on i7 6700K and stagnation of 28nm node, stagnation of price drops on SATA SSDs since Q2 2015, BW-E and 16nm GPUs launching in 2016, predicted price drops on DDR4 in 2016, Dec 2015 isn't exactly a great time to build a new PC.
I knew a guy who spent the full $1000 on a QX9770 literally a week before Nehalem came out. He didnt bother to check rumors or anything like that before dropping a grand
Baller. What about people buying last gen's iPhone in August or people buying last gen's Samsung Note in July/August? What about the 15" rMBP or the Mac Pro? Both haven't seen major upgrades in almost 2 years.