Slimebeast on 09 July 2016
JEMC said:
If full Polaris 10 had 40 Compute Units, not the 36 it has (and it's the max capacity, no chance of a new card with 40CUs), I'd say that yes it would. Or at least, it would be a draw. But a card like that wouldn't cost $249, but rather $299 (it would be a bigger chip and more expensive chip, for starters). |
So making it $199 was the best strategy then. Now AMD has a a chance to get at least a few customers who set $200 as their maximum limit even if the 1060 is the more valuable purchase and also has the stronger brand name and trust.
