| Soleron said:
@Zappykins The plateau is here already with HD. Most people's eyesight and living room size don't justify anything bigger especially with a >$1000 price tag attached. We have also reached a demand plateau in desktop CPUs (2006, Core 2), video game graphics (2006, 360), laptop PCs for non-gaming (2011, Sandy Bridge). We haven't reached it for smartphone/tablet performance or battery life which is why those devices are 'hot'. |
Great post. It was an eye-opener a few years ago when I realized that the performance of desktops and laptops suddenly had reached the level where the average consumer needs are perfectly satisfied. Same with HD TV. Only a very small niche will crave for 4K.
But I disagree about video game graphics. I really can't even imagine the plateau there. Now someone might say that Avatar quality graphics are almost around the corner but then I'll say I want fully destructible Avatar graphics in huge worlds with interactive environments like in real life.
So our GPUs really need to become 100 times (if not 1000) faster than a 680GTX until we reach that level.
