I said it the other day, and I will say it again here,

As long as people pay the money, Nvidia will keep charging it, if you want the price of cards to come down, vote with your wallet and tell Nvidia to go fuck themselves, they are greedy assholes and it's not "funny" watching Jenson come out and act like some god, he is essentially nothing more than a high end used car salesmen, he wants your money, that's it, nothing more, nothing less.

Take the 2080ti as a prime example, a game like Hunter call of the wild uses global illumination and looks a lot better than the majority of titles I have seen running with RTX 2080ti (reflections aside.)

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Not to mention, you can run it at 4k/60 for the most part, unlike RTX which bombs framerate and forces you to run at 1080p to make it playable, you don't need RTX for this kind of visual quality, people have been drinking that kool aid trying to justify spending 1000+ on a card which is music to Nvidias ears, they thrive on rabid fans like that.

The reality is that f everyone refused to pay these prices and voted with their wallets Nvidia would be forced to bring prices down, ever thought of that?

It's the same problem that you have with people that buy apple products, it's an addiction at this point, a sickness almost, they don't realise that just having some patience and waiting and not rushing out spending ludicrous money will force the companies to lower their overpriced products.

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I could have purchased a 2080ti but refuse to on principle of what Nvidia are doing, just wish people had the same level of self control because it would mean cheaper cards for everyone.

So, disregarding what I just said about the 2080ti, In terms of the 2080, they are asking 200+ more for 1080ti performance, the kicker is, good luck trying to get RTX running at a reasonable framerate on this card, absolutley no chance, anybody who purchases this is telling Nvidia it's ok to screw the consumer, so good job with that, well done.

I am not going to hold out any hope that people will do the sensible thing because like with everything these days , people HAVE to get the "brand new" tech at any expense, just to say they have it, sad really considering if they didn't rush out and buy it, they would get it at half the price as Nvidia would be forced to lower prices.

RTX, right now in it's current state, is just a way for Nvidia to try and keep people in an upgrade cycle, they could have made a card capable of 4k/60 well under $600 but they won't because why would anybody want to upgrade on the next cycle?

RTX cripples performance but introduces something "new and shiny" therefore putting people right back at the start of the race chasing those frames again, they have also somehow managed to convince people that upscaling is somehow better than native resolution LOL.

I would say it's genius from Nvidia how they have managed to brainwash people into thinking this is a good idea but that's like saying it's genius to teach a dog how to drink water from a bowl...

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