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  • Achaios - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    I don't get what would NVIDIA do that? AMD don't have a comparable card to either 1080, 1070 or 1060 6GB, so NVIDIA have pretty much no competition.

    (AMD's new) VEGA GPU's are expected to hit the market in late June 2017.

    So, why bother?
  • BrokenCrayons - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Don't forget that NV's leadership has to answer to its shareholders. If sales have slowed a bit, executives are going to start seeking ways to live up to forecasts since missing those targets can put them in uncomfortable positions when the board starts looking over the company's peformance.

    It's more than just external competition the folks at NV have to deal with.
  • negusp - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    As for the 1060 I'd readily disagree, but as for the other cards and nVidia's premium lineup I wholeheartedly agree.
  • jordanclock - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Yeah, the 480 is very much a competitor to the 1060.
  • Mr Perfect - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    It helps keep MSRPs up. If sales for 1080s and 1070s are slow (which isn't uncommon in Q1), they can either drop the price or provide a value-add like a game bundle. The problem with price cuts is once MSRP drops, it's almost impossible to get it back up. Game bundles are understood to be temporary, so it's easy to cut those later when sales pick up again.
  • Negative Energy - Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - link

    It is actually very smart. Consider you are in the market for a new GPU, but would like to wait for VEGA so you have better options to choose from. There will also probably be some pricecutting and you would like to save a few $. But now you see a special deal where you get a brand new game for free. The special may not be available when VEGA hits the stores, so you need to decide now...
  • rocky12345 - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    I got an idea instead of putting these game bundles out maybe release the desktop version of the 1070 with the Same Cuda core count as the mobile version. It seems funny the laptop version which is the same as the desktop version would have more Cuda cores in it. Yes I know Nvidia stated oh that is to make up for the down clock because of going in a laptop device. Not good enough either release it as it should be or don't release it at all. We all expect the mobile version of chips to be slightly slower than their desktop counter parts that is the way it goes. Oh but I bet they will have the GTX 2070 version with the 2048 Cuda cores for sure...lmao
  • Bullwinkle J Moose - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Hmmmm.....
    Not sure why that would be necessary when redeeming codes through GeForce Experience little Buddy?

    But then, I'm not sure why AnandTech would delete my posts when I gave a bad review of Microsoft's DRM either as I thought the Law was recently changed to prevent retaliation for bad reviews ????

    My posts also happened to be just one part of the "Management" portion of my Digital Rights Management regarding the oversight of My Application and Game Streaming technology

    I wonder why Anandtech won't let me use "my" DRM to prevent Microsoft/NVidia and others from stealing my technology in direct violation of my License and/or contract agreements???

    After all, My Company leadership has to answer to its shareholders. If sales have slowed a bit, executives are going to start seeking ways to live up to forecasts since missing those targets can put them in uncomfortable positions when the board starts looking over the company's peformance.

    Some of you who don't get the joke might want to stick around for the punchline!

    Stay Tuned Kids, we'll be RIGHT BACK.........unless banned for good!
  • jordanclock - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Are you already there, buddy? It's me, Rocky, you can tell me anything.
  • rocky12345 - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Awe that is so.....Anyways my point was instead of these game bundles maybe do the refresh release and maybe release the 1070 card less castrated at 1920 core it just seemed like an odd number to come up with and then when the laptop version was released that one had 2048 cores.

    If they released the desktop version at 2048 and the clock speeds it had it might have actually been a better card for 1440p and the go to card for a lot more people including myself. As it sits now because of this myself and a lot of others are just going to wait for either Vega or Volta so Nvidia missed the mark with the 1070 and a lot of sales as well. If they are worried about keeping to sales going then put something into the market more people will want these game bundles are just a band aid solution to a bigger problem.

    I wanted to replace my card this time around but I was not willing to spend $1000 CAD for the 1080 and the 1070 just seemed to fall short on performance because they castrated just a bit to much & AMD has nothing in that performance range so here is hoping the next chips released are better from both companies.
  • BrokenCrayons - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    I think that Nvidia was, in keeping shared model numbers between mobile and desktop parts, trying to convey the idea that there was little to no difference in performance between the two card versions. NV has been chasing after closing the desktop-to-laptop performance gap for a few years now and changing the number of cores between the 1070s is an effective way to target the same level of GPU performance within the power and heat budget of each respective form factor. (NV has been pushing out slides with line and bar graphs attempting to demonstrate that narrowing gap.) It means the company was targeting framerates and game quality settings rather than raw GPU specs when they attempted to achieve that similarity across the two platforms.
  • Ryan Smith - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    "Stay Tuned Kids, we'll be RIGHT BACK.........unless banned for good!"

    You're not getting banned. But please stop writing random rants in the comments section. I like to keep the discussion at least vaguely related to the subject at hand.
  • lmcd - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Honestly I don't know why anyone would bring up the DRM that comes with these games when the drivers needed to play these games are so patent-encumbered that you've basically signed your life away before playing anyway.

    But regardless, there's little chance that these games will change Nvidia's numbers.
  • Bullwinkle J Moose - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    Sorry Ryan

    This IS the Coolest Site I've ever seen when posts go against the Corporate script though

    Other sites require you sign your life away before posting and ban you immediately when you disagree with the Corporate viewpoint

    Sorry, off-topic again!

    ............and back to the topic at hand,
    Wish NVidia would let us choose among a wider selection of games
  • Sttm - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    BOOOOOO UPlay, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
  • BrokenCrayons - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - link

    I'm not much of a fan of UPlay either.
  • Jad77 - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - link

    Not available at Amazon!

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