3 years ago Nvidia was far from the leader in the graphics card industry. Now however, I don't think anyone will dispute the fact that they are the leader in 3d technology. They kept to their 6 month product line and blew away the once thought unstoppable competition 3dfx.
They listened to their market.
-We asked for 32bit color, and they gave it to us before anyone else.
-We asked for the fastest possible gaming and they gave us a vastly superior card every 6 months.
-We wanted FSAA, and even though 3dfx seemed primed to release it first Nvidia gave us new drivers supporting the function (although not the better FSAA, they still gave it to us right away).
-We asked for inovation and Nvidia developed hardware T&L.
Nvidia is a fanastic company that knows what their doing. In an industry so dependent on user satisfaction Nvidia has proven that it knows what the consumer wants. The Geforce3 looks amazing and hopefully will live up to its marketing hype. $600 is a lot of money and even though many of us won't be spending that kind of money on a new card there are more than enough people out there willing to buy it. I say good for Nvidia, you have been working hard a long time now and its time for you to relish in the profits. Prices will come down and besides it takes nearly a year for the game companies to put out a product that truely takes advantage of last years card anyway. In a year the geforce3 will be available for $200 and it will be us hardware junkies who understand the industry that will wait to buy it then. Let the idiots buying compaq's and dell's for $2,500 coupled with "the new Geforce3" give Nvidia the revenue it deserves and needs. We can just sit here and wait while the idiots provide Nvidia with the revenue needed to produce an even faster card and then take advantage of the price drop a year later.
Stop bitching about the price. If you really want the card that bad when it comes out then obviously it is worth the $600 to you. Simple supply and demand here and Nvidia being the smart company they are is just taking advantage of it.
-thoughts??
They listened to their market.
-We asked for 32bit color, and they gave it to us before anyone else.
-We asked for the fastest possible gaming and they gave us a vastly superior card every 6 months.
-We wanted FSAA, and even though 3dfx seemed primed to release it first Nvidia gave us new drivers supporting the function (although not the better FSAA, they still gave it to us right away).
-We asked for inovation and Nvidia developed hardware T&L.
Nvidia is a fanastic company that knows what their doing. In an industry so dependent on user satisfaction Nvidia has proven that it knows what the consumer wants. The Geforce3 looks amazing and hopefully will live up to its marketing hype. $600 is a lot of money and even though many of us won't be spending that kind of money on a new card there are more than enough people out there willing to buy it. I say good for Nvidia, you have been working hard a long time now and its time for you to relish in the profits. Prices will come down and besides it takes nearly a year for the game companies to put out a product that truely takes advantage of last years card anyway. In a year the geforce3 will be available for $200 and it will be us hardware junkies who understand the industry that will wait to buy it then. Let the idiots buying compaq's and dell's for $2,500 coupled with "the new Geforce3" give Nvidia the revenue it deserves and needs. We can just sit here and wait while the idiots provide Nvidia with the revenue needed to produce an even faster card and then take advantage of the price drop a year later.
Stop bitching about the price. If you really want the card that bad when it comes out then obviously it is worth the $600 to you. Simple supply and demand here and Nvidia being the smart company they are is just taking advantage of it.
-thoughts??