So which one are you accusing me of being? FYI I hold no stock in AMD, nVidia, or intel, and I am retired from the federal government, so I guess that means I am a shill, right?
Edit: by the way the title of the thread was that it was "genius" for AMD to go for the "mainstream" performance level. I would assume "genius" would be a strategy that would make a lot of money for the company.
Agreed, it is grossly outdated.
Even AMD recently said 84% buy $100-$300. And even then, it makes you wonder how the 970 is leading the steam charts when it has been $330 for most of its life.
At any rate there is no way in the modern era only 14% buy more than $200.
That would mean in 2012 dGPU sales that GTX 660, 660 Ti, 670, 680, Radeon 7850, 7870, 7950, 7970 combined added up to a pathetic 14%. All of these cards were $200+ that year. Just what exactly were people buying in 2012?
Take it to 2014- early 2016, and that means 14% included every variant of Hawaii, some Tongas, GTX 970 (Steam favourite) and above, some GTX 960 4GB models, etc. What are people buying that outnumbers all those combined 6:1? 750 Ti is a good seller, but please.
The chart hearkens back to ye olde days of $199 GTX 560.
I'm having a hard time finding 1080 in the June 2016 HW Survey, can you link to new data?Current Steam HW survey already puts 1080/1070 at +0.30% of overall count, already more than the 0.22% rate of the #1 GTX 970 in the same time period. Saying $400+ GPUs doesn't sell in high volumes now is a load of bullshit.
I'm having a hard time finding 1080 in the June 2016 HW Survey, can you link to new data?
That was fast!
1080 penetration has already exceeded R9 Fury penetration? Wow.
On the survey.
Yes. It should be fairly representative as pretty much no PC gamer buying high end gear is going to not have a Steam account.
Having a steam account and taking part on the survey is not the same.
1080 penetration has already exceeded R9 Fury penetration? Wow.
1080 penetration has already exceeded R9 Fury penetration? Wow.
I will have a serious problem if my card becomes obsolete in one year.Why call them good products if this happens?True, but it should be pretty representative.
Let's give credit where it is due: 1070/1080 are excellent products, certainly better than their direct predecessors, and they seem to be selling well.
As enthusiasts shouldn't we be happy when good products sell well? After all, the better these GPUs sell, the better GPUs in the future will be. Looking forward to Pascal becoming woefully outdated when Volta drops, perhaps in a year's time
Yes. It should be fairly representative as pretty much no PC gamer buying high end gear is going to not have a Steam account.
Anyway, glad to see that good products like the 1070/1080 are gaining traction. I am really enjoying mine.
And this month's completely new AMD Radeon R9 390 Series (+1.56%) outperformed 1080 by 780%.
Something is very wrong with those numbers.
I will have a serious problem if my card becomes obsolete in one year.Why call them good products if this happens?
And this month's completely new AMD Radeon R9 390 Series (+1.56%) outperformed 1080 by 780%.
Something is very wrong with those numbers.
So which one are you accusing me of being? FYI I hold no stock in AMD, nVidia, or intel, and I am retired from the federal government, so I guess that means I am a shill, right?
Edit: by the way the title of the thread was that it was "genius" for AMD to go for the "mainstream" performance level. I would assume "genius" would be a strategy that would make a lot of money for the company.
not looking so good for fury x here :'(
True, but it should be pretty representative.
If you read my OP the "genius" part is how they will be set up perfectly for the generation AFTER Polaris and Vega (aka like 2018-2020).
Obviously you just read the title and formed an opinion.
Polaris sold the same volume as GTX 1080 in just the first day of release
That was funny.
As enthusiasts shouldn't we be happy when good products sell well? After all, the better these GPUs sell, the better GPUs in the future will be.
Looking forward to Pascal becoming woefully outdated when Volta drops, perhaps in a year's time