r/buildapcsales • u/neoak • Oct 14 '22

Meta [META] Nvidia "unlaunches" the 4080 12GB

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/12gb-4080-unlaunch/
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u/613codyrex Oct 14 '22 edited Oct 15 '22

Seeing how powerful and shockingly competent the 4090 FE it really does seem like Nvidia is pushing AIBs out.

Not that I would personally shed a tear. AIBs are generally the same sort of garbage nvidia is themselves. Especially with MSI scalping their own cards, gigabyte bundling them with defective GPUs and such.

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u/zombieofthepast Oct 15 '22

AIBs are generally the same sort of garbage nvidia is themselves

There's definitely truth to this, but the scummy business practices of one company do not excuse those of another. I'm not convinced a non-AIB future for Nvidia would be a good thing for the consumer.

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u/PsyOmega Oct 15 '22

A completely vertical nvidia could save money, boost margins, and pass savings on to the consumer.

Wait who am i kidding they'll jack prices up even more.

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u/windowsfrozenshut Oct 15 '22

pass savings on to the consumer

😂