RanceJustice
Supreme [H]ardness
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I wonder if AMD will either A) release reference cards in sufficient number or B) strangle the AIBs to only have a minor increase in prices this time around. Last gen with all the crazy shit back then everything was up in the air, but if these $899 and $999 cards are going to thrive (lets assume they're at least competitive to 4080 and preferably at least somewhere between 4080 and 4090 for most things for the XTX) then it can't be an issue where the "real' price of any AIB in stock is like $1400+ for a "good version" Asus, PowerColor, or Sapphire. It completely upends the value prospect and especially if the card either battles with the 4080 or (as NV will surely point at ) doesn't do as well in some exclusive raytracing performance etc.. its going to be a very different situation from a "worst situation" where its 10% slower than the 4080 at $899/999 vs 10% slower at a parity $1200-1400. So lets hope this works out but it is all up in the air until we get hard reviews in hand.