Asus has been teasing the ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Platinum desktop graphics card on Twitter recently, and it has already attracted some attention from interested gamers. The binned card features the company's Infinity Loop Cooling system, which is a closed-loop water-cooling solution that is installed under the shroud.
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These prices are getting ridiculous anymore. I remember thinking $600-700 for a high end card was nuts, with $1000 being insane.
And now double that? For something that will be superseded by something much better in a year? Just seems ridiculous anymore. Phones are getting the same way.
I could probably buy 4 or 5 decent mid-range cards for the next 4 or 5 years for the price of one of those cards and have 80% of the performance and eventually better over that time than buying one big card and using it for 4 years.
Sure, there are niche uses, but unless you're a pro and/or have money to burn, this is just a waste.
Quote from: Superguy on May 03, 2019, 17:36:03
These prices are getting ridiculous anymore. I remember thinking $600-700 for a high end card was nuts, with $1000 being insane.
And now double that? For something that will be superseded by something much better in a year? Just seems ridiculous anymore. Phones are getting the same way.
I could probably buy 4 or 5 decent mid-range cards for the next 4 or 5 years for the price of one of those cards and have 80% of the performance and eventually better over that time than buying one big card and using it for 4 years.
Sure, there are niche uses, but unless you're a pro and/or have money to burn, this is just a waste.
I'm pretty happy with my Asus 2070 OC Edition. I could literally buy 3 of them for the price of this card and have money left over for a couple games.