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Unread 02-18-2006, 12:03 PM   #4
BGP Spook
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Default Re: Something Fishy in the Computer industry

Yes, after a time the performance improvement as per investment becomes minimal. What I don't get is prices are barely falling when compared to performance by traditional standards.
A 6600 GT cost about $200 when it was first introduced almost two year ago, and that same video card now cost $130-$140.

A few year ago if I tried to sell a two year old mid/entry video card I don't think people would have taken me seriously. Doesn't that seem odd to you?

I know that performance hasn't improved a whole lot since mid 04' but still it should be less, by a fair amount($40?).

I think the video card market has adopted a business model similar to the car market. Where the appreciable differences between this years model and last years model are none existent (or nearly so). But we are in transition until the "used" market (old vid cards) catches up in terms of performance vs. price.

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