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Vector86 · 02-18-2006, 11:22 AM

I've been researching specs and prices for some new desktop components, and I'm what I'm seeing doesn't look quite right. For most of the computer industries lifespan the trend was to double processing power and offer it at half the price. In the past four years cpu performance hasn't done anything like double. Graphics cards aren't markedly faster either, the only real changes to them are new rendering technologies which, were they supported on the older models, would run just nearly as well. Yet in 2006 I'm looking to spend nearly $800 bucks for the same "jump" in performance that I got in 2004 for about $350. As far as I can tell, prices are increasing with minimal gains in the product. Does anyone else find this odd? If so, what does it mean for the future of computing?

02-18-2006, 11:22 AM	#1
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	Something Fishy in the Computer industry I've been researching specs and prices for some new desktop components, and I'm what I'm seeing doesn't look quite right. For most of the computer industries lifespan the trend was to double processing power and offer it at half the price. In the past four years cpu performance hasn't done anything like double. Graphics cards aren't markedly faster either, the only real changes to them are new rendering technologies which, were they supported on the older models, would run just nearly as well. Yet in 2006 I'm looking to spend nearly $800 bucks for the same "jump" in performance that I got in 2004 for about $350. As far as I can tell, prices are increasing with minimal gains in the product. Does anyone else find this odd? If so, what does it mean for the future of computing?