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Not OT, right on topic: Ridiculous prices+rich(?) people=inflation in the market
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I just can't help but see that people are not ****ed off, but in fact paying these ridiculous graphics card bills. I remember the days we were paying $65 for a really good graphics card. Although I know that todays's cards are way way different than those days', I still think that especially latest generation cards are way overpriced. $600?!? $500? Please, even $400? Always remember: If no one buys them, the prices WILL go down, and quick! The rich, or dumb, pull the prices up, and keep them up by paying for these ridiculous price tags; and we all loose! The companies will milk the bejeesus out of us, if they can, nad they will. Why would not they? If I could sell something for the most that I could sell it for,i.e., not for what it's worth, why would I sell it for any lower, right? Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. Come on people, THINK and ACT! Please... I thought that the 'computer community' was a little smarter than this. Let's not be herd by the marketers of these companies. What do you think? Spell your guts, it's your turn. GT |
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The rich, or dumb, pull the prices up, and keep them up by paying for
these ridiculous price tags; and we all loose! Oh noes !!! We all the loosers!!!! B. |
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"GT-Force" wrote in message ... Hi, I just can't help but see that people are not ****ed off, but in fact paying these ridiculous graphics card bills. I remember the days we were paying $65 for a really good graphics card. Although I know that todays's cards are way way different than those days', I still think that especially latest generation cards are way overpriced. $600?!? $500? Please, even $400? Always remember: If no one buys them, the prices WILL go down, and quick! The rich, or dumb, pull the prices up, and keep them up by paying for these ridiculous price tags; and we all loose! The companies will milk the bejeesus out of us, if they can, nad they will. Why would not they? If I could sell something for the most that I could sell it for,i.e., not for what it's worth, why would I sell it for any lower, right? Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. Come on people, THINK and ACT! Please... I thought that the 'computer community' was a little smarter than this. Let's not be herd by the marketers of these companies. What do you think? Spell your guts, it's your turn. GT We are game addicts. Not buying the latest hardware to play your game at its max is like a junky saying "ok I wont buy any more drugs until the price comes down". Actually I can afford to buy the latest graphics card ,but even though there is a lot of excitement about the new games like D3 and how good the new cards are, I am holding off on buying them because IMO they cost more than I care to spend for something that I don't really need. Well, at least until my game addictiveness takes over. I keep reading the D3 reviews and actually hoping its not really that good so I wont be tempted to buy it or new V card for it until the price comes down. HL2 is going to be very tough to hold off an upgrade. Hopefully it will be delayed again, oh but by then I might need a whole new PC. Dam! Lou |
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Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example
is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. Its all marketing. They know that x% of the buying population will pay $55, and after that, another y% will pay $30.00, and finally, it will sell for $20.00 Play them at their own game and buy in when you feel good with the price. Quake 3 Arena goes for $10.99 at Amazon at the moment S |
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"GT-Force" wrote in message ... Hi, I just can't help but see that people are not ****ed off, but in fact paying these ridiculous graphics card bills. I remember the days we were paying $65 for a really good graphics card. Although I know that todays's cards are way way different than those days', I still think that especially latest generation cards are way overpriced. $600?!? $500? Please, even $400? The high prices VGA market is only a small portion of the total market, and a small percentage of sales. Always remember: If no one buys them, the prices WILL go down, and quick! The rich, or dumb, pull the prices up, and keep them up by paying for these ridiculous price tags; and we all loose! If no one buys them they will not be produced, as this would be the signal that the market does not want them. The companies will milk the bejeesus out of us, if they can, nad they will. Why would not they? If I could sell something for the most that I could sell it for,i.e., not for what it's worth, why would I sell it for any lower, right? Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. It's market forces - companies have a unique product and they will optimise their profit. You just said you would do it yourself in the previous paragraph. Why do you think PS2 games and DVDs are reigion specific? So companies can charge different prices in different counties as too what they think the market will bear. Come on people, THINK and ACT! Please... I thought that the 'computer community' was a little smarter than this. Let's not be herd by the marketers of these companies. What do you think? Spell your guts, it's your turn. GT I think you are naive. If you think product x is too expensive then don't buy it. |
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"GT-Force" wrote in message
... " Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. " I'll admit that I am addicted to games, but I've made a pact with myself that I don't buy games when they first come out. That way, I get the cheaper versions that include patches, updates and add-ons. I still have many games on the shelf to play that are 1-2 years old, and this regime also gives me the luxury to afford the best graphics card from that generation. I'm about to upgrade my Ti4200 to a 9700 Pro, and I have no plans to buy Doom3 until it comes down a little in price. |
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"GT-Force" wrote in message ... Hi, I just can't help but see that people are not ****ed off, but in fact paying these ridiculous graphics card bills. I remember the days we were paying $65 for a really good graphics card. Although I know that todays's cards are way way different than those days', I still think that especially latest generation cards are way overpriced. $600?!? $500? Please, even $400? It's always been that way. You want bleeding edge, you pay. Back in early 1998 I paid over $300 Cdn for a new Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo card. I paid over $200 Cdn at the same time for a decent 2D/3D 4Mb Diamond Viper 330 AGP card. For those of you who don't remember, you needed both cards in your system. The Voodoo had a pass through cable from the other vide card. AT the time, this was pretty much cutting edge state of the art. Total cost, 8 years ago, over $500. Total cost today, at least $550. So how have things changed costwise, exactly? |
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In alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia, GT-Force ordered an army of
hamsters to type: Hi, I just can't help but see that people are not ****ed off, but in fact paying these ridiculous graphics card bills. I remember the days we were paying $65 for a really good graphics card. Although I know that todays's cards are way way different than those days', I still think that especially latest generation cards are way overpriced. $600?!? $500? Please, even $400? Always remember: If no one buys them, the prices WILL go down, and quick! The rich, or dumb, pull the prices up, and keep them up by paying for these ridiculous price tags; and we all loose! The companies will milk the bejeesus out of us, if they can, nad they will. Why would not they? If I could sell something for the most that I could sell it for,i.e., not for what it's worth, why would I sell it for any lower, right? Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. Come on people, THINK and ACT! Please... I thought that the 'computer community' was a little smarter than this. Let's not be herd by the marketers of these companies. What do you think? Spell your guts, it's your turn. GT i dont know, you get what you pay for. When i bought my Voodoo5 it cost £200, i got my FX5800 for £266 and i got my 6800GT for £245 there is a difference in prices but its not like its gone up by hundreds What i have noticed though, over the last few years is that the performance differences between the low end cards and the high end cards is much wider than it was. Maybe the prices reflect that? .....then again ive been watching my little sister lay Alice on my spare Voodoo3 equiped machine and have been commenting on just how smoothly it plays, i always thought the little card to be a slow clunky thing. |
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In alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia, Kokoro ordered an army of
hamsters to type: i dont know, you get what you pay for. When i bought my Voodoo5 it cost £200, i got my FX5800 for £266 and i got my 6800GT for £245 there is a difference in prices but its not like its gone up by hundreds okay, i just checked my recipt, including vat my £245 6800GT was actually £289.... maybe too close to £300 for much comfort |
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GT-Force wrote: Hi, I just can't help but see that people are not ****ed off, but in fact paying these ridiculous graphics card bills. I remember the days we were paying $65 for a really good graphics card. Although I know that todays's cards are way way different than those days', I still think that especially latest generation cards are way overpriced. $600?!? $500? Please, even $400? You don't have to buy a bleeding edge card if you don't want to, however if you spend many hours playing games, the cost of even a very expensive card per hour of game play will be small. Always remember: If no one buys them, the prices WILL go down, and quick! Not really. What would probably happen instead is that cards that are such hard end won't be made, less money will be spent on R&D, and even lower priced cards won't evolve as rapidly. Sales of the highest end cards drive R&D spending, and lead to great improvents even in low priced cards. The rich, or dumb, pull the prices up, and keep them up by paying for these ridiculous price tags; and we all loose! No. Read my previous comments. Without sale of expensive cards, R&D spending would be much smaller, and technology advances would be much slower. These advances trickle down to the low priced cards as well after a while. A low priced card now might is probably a much better performer than the highest end card of 5 years ago. Even if you don't think it is worth it for you to buy a very expensive card, be thankful that others are buying them, as it drives R&D spending and advances that trickle down to even the lowest priced cards after a bit of time. The companies will milk the bejeesus out of us, if they can, nad they will. Why would not they? If I could sell something for the most that I could sell it for,i.e., not for what it's worth, It is worth what people will pay for it. The cost to make it is just the cost of parts and assembly, but all the high cost R&D that went into it. why would I sell it for any lower, right? Same applies to latest (especially hyped) games, a very good example is Doom3. $55 for a game? Good God! No way I am paying that. Many are paying it. If they play the game for 200 hours, that is under 30 cents an hour. Card prices are already inflated, I am not going to help inflating the game prices now. Come on people, THINK and ACT! Please... I thought that the 'computer community' was a little smarter than this. Let's not be herd by the marketers of these companies. What do you think? Spell your guts, it's your turn. GT |
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