EVGA pre-bins Kingpin 980Ti chipsPost Date: 2015-07-21 |
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Dax Doomslayer
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Topic: EVGA pre-bins Kingpin 980Ti chips Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 7:58am |
So what are people's thoughts on this? EVGA has pre-binned the chips for their Kingpin edition and has set up a sliding scale pricing model depending on the ASIC quality of the chip/board. An interesting concept...
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/evga-pre-bins-gm200-gpus-for-geforce-gtx-980-ti-kngpn/ |
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Steven
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Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 9:16am |
It's quite interesting but still sounds somewhat gimmicky. I wish they showed some numbers.
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bprat22
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Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 9:36am |
From the marketing point of view, a smart move by them to cater to the enthusiast willing to pay. They don't offer a guarantee, just the potential, so a gimmick that'll make money.
I can see it also backfiring, if the added money doesn't get results. |
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Dax Doomslayer
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Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 9:39am |
Yeah - that was my first thought. You pay all this extra money and the chip doesn't live up to the price. Definitely a gimmick but enthusiasts will probably like to have the 'silicon lottery' seemingly weighted in their favor...
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db188
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Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 12:01pm |
if they really want to use a sliding scale pricing model on their enthusiast cards why not max out their oc in-house on their pre-binned chips/custom pcb/cooling cards? that way the consumer knows exactly how the card will perform and it is a kind of guarantee. be completely transparent about a particular card's performance bench-marked right from the factory.
also, wondering if these are full custom chips? Edited by db188 - 21 Jul 2015 at 12:13pm |
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