sc94597 on 10 September 2023
There is an idea that seems common on this forum that older => cheaper.
It is important to remember that when companies like Nvidia and Nintendo plan hardware, they are considering how much something will cost 5-10 years now as much as it costs today.
Having older technology that is more expensive because you're the only buyer of it isn't ideal in those circumstances.
It's best to optimize for cheap but relatively new hardware (that is at the bottom of a binning process, see:https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/glossary-binning-definition,5892.html ) than it is to buy cheap hardware that is cheap because it is old.
