Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

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Not true. Especially when your FAB is having problems manufacturing such a complex chip at a reliable rate, causing the cost/chip to be very high. Additionally, if you already have the top performing product in the market segment with zero competition in sight, it would smart to maximize profits on that GPU before releasing a product that will cause a huge price cut to the current line as well as a reduction in sales figures.

Bad FAB/R&D means burning $$ while you wait for your new part to become viable. IF it becomes viable before passing the point of return on input on R&D and you are not selling it then you are losing more money on it, let alone if you're sitting on your butt thinking your competition is having a picnic. This is why AMD had the 4870 then later the 4890. The released the 4870 because it was viable then released the updated version later as the process matured. IF the 780 is viable then nVidia should be producing and selling it asap, while applying updates to the technology to market as the 781, if it is going to be viable to do so before the next refreshes. At this time it seems the 780 has been in the shop for a really, really long time..

If the chip performs as expected and is viable then its release shouldnt hurt the current technology as its market price would likely be significantly above that of the current hardware. Unless its nV's bulldozer that is..

Tajoh has it mostly correct, its the pro line that would suffer (if anything), but really thats nV's own fault for having too much product, and honestly at the retarded prices of pro hardware, they can eat the cost.


As to bitcoining, its just a black market currency.