Posted August 25, 2018 Tom's Hardware's new Editor-in-Chief, Avram Piltch, recently wrote an article regarding to the upcoming RTX 2080 Ti and 2080, and has been stirring up a storm within the computer hardware community. The article in question, 'Just But It: Why Nvidia RTX GPUs Are Worth the Money' https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-rtx-gpus-worth-the-money,37689.html =========================================== Sept 5 2018 update (Final Update?) According to Gamer's Nexus' most recent HW new video, Tom -- as in O.G. founder of Tom's Hardware, Thomas Pabst, has responded. He too, is JUST as confused as we are! There might be a Tom + Igor coolab comeback!! @Igor Wallossek you have any information you wish to share Source (Tom's personal response) : https://www.facebook.com/GamersNexus/posts/10155799307847825 Quote ... ... What does Tom think of the article you love so emphatically? Well, I’d say Tom would have been less kind than you have been with his assessment! It is ultimately ridiculous, it is indeed suicidal, and its conclusions are epically nonsensical. There is value in being an early adopter? Aren’t we, who are impatiently into the latest tech, sorely aware of what we keep doing to ourselves when we purchase technology at high prices ‘ahead of the curve’? It’s maso-f***ing-chism! We make ourselves paying beta testers, and wait for software (and often other hardware) that will hopefully bless our brand new tech with the meaning and usefulness they simply do not have by the time of our premature purchase! There are no RTX games, but there is value in adopting Turing early, because current games *might* be faster than on our 1080ti SLI setup? Yes, this is madness, and good old Tom is scratching his head no less than you are, Steve! There’s got to be value in masochism! ... ... I'm not in control of Tom's Hardware anymore, but Igor and I are currently contemplating some kind of come back. =========================================== =========================================== August 31 2018 update We did it bois! This made it onto the WAN show! =========================================== =========================================== August 2018 Update (some fine people of the keen LTT community has also shared this additional information in the thread *thumbs up* ) As few has already mentioned, Gamers Nexus has received more information on this situation. Several former Senior Tom's Hardware editors have reached out to Gamer's Nexus regarding to this article, and how Tom's Hardware's U.S. (possibly the parent company, Purch Group, Inc.) is handling this issue. Quote Igor Wallossek, former senior contributing editor on Tom's Hardware, notified [Gamer's Nexus] that he purchased an independent licence for the German-speaking area, and fully independently operates Tom's Hardware Germany... He also posed a forum response in the Tom's Hardware U.S. thread about Avram Piltch's flawed article...in his post, Igor said... "For me, this article is damaging to my business because it also seriously destroys the name and reputation that all reviewers have built up over a long timer period, including my reputation." Igor also mentioned that he was then issued a 100-year ban for his response post, that is mentioned above. He post was then deleted by, who I am assuming, forum moderator(s). Not only just Igor but: Quote Other former senior editors have also voiced concerns about the 'Just Buy It' article, as it was titled, and some of them have faced similar actions to Igor's ban and post deleting. Please don't give me the 100-year ban for this... Spoiler =========================================== EDIT: There is it boys, and from the man himself: Many have expressed their ... confusion and disagreement on this matter on Tom's Hardware's social media -- Twitter for an example Paul's Hardware, Real Hardware Reviews, Gamer's Nexus Stream HPC Gamer's Nexus did the break-down and analysis of Tom's article, here: First time ever, hearing Tech Jesus say Quote ..... What??! What the F#$ck is this ??! ... Is this satire ? This entire article is complete lunacy... it actually seems, insane -- like delusional, like the rantings of someone who's just gone so far off the rails, I CAN'T even tell if I've been had. Derek Forrest, from Tom's Hardware, wrote an article, 'Why You Shouldn't By Nvidia's RTX 20-series Graphics Cards (yet)'. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wait-to-buy-nvidia-geforce-rtx-gpus,37673.html In Avram's article, he even criticizes Derek, another Tom's Hardware staff. I am sorry, but what?! Quote ...so many users, including our own Derek Forrest, are advising shoppers to hold off on buying one of Nvidia's RTX graphics cards. However, what these price-panicked pundits don't understand is that there's value in being an early adopter. From the Article: Quote New Technology usually gets cheaper if you wait long enough. So, inevitably, when a game-changing component or device hits the market, many will urge you to stay away until prices drop or a new standard gets wider adoption. That's why, this week, so many users, including our own Derek Forrest, are advising shoppers to hold off on buying one of Nvidia's RTX graphics cards.However, what these price-panicked pundits don't understand is that there's value in being an early adopter. And there's a cost to either delaying your purchase or getting an older-generation product so you can save money. While we don't have final benchmark results, the new features and enhanced performance of the Turing cards make them worth buying now, even at sky-high prices. ... The 15-inch Apple Studio display, one of thre first flat panel monitors, cost $1,999 when it came out...in 1998. Tofay, you can get a used one on eBay for under $50 or a new 24-inch monitor for under $150, but if you bought one at the time, you had the opportunity to use a fantastic new technology when other didn't. It will take some time before Ray Tracing becomes widely adopted, and I prefer NOT to be the guinea pig for technology still under heavy development. For an example, look at DX10, DX12, and Vulkan. DX10 never really took off. DX12 has been around since the launch of Windows 10, and look where we are at with it -- same goes for Vulkan. Another one, HBM memory. 15-inch Apple Studio monitor. My family bought a 46" Sony 1080p HDTV when 1080p was a new thing for $2100. 1080p content was barely available. A year or two later, we bought a 40" thinner, better, 1080p HDTV for $499. Now the 46" Sony TV gets barely used. early adopter is not always good. Not just electronics, same goes for items such as vehicles; the first year or two of a new generation / design will have factory defects, and tolerance issues, that gets ironed out over time. How can you just say "just buy it" when nobody has received a review sample, or have done any testing on the RTX GPUs?! The $150K 2019 new ground-up design Nissan GT-R will be the best car in the world, pre-order it now...I'm sorry, what? In Gamer's Nexus's video...** flashes to Jensen Huang, saying "The more GPUs you buy, the more money you save. That's right.." ** ... that is not how money works. People wait for your review articles, your in-depth testing and analysis before deciding whether or not to make the purchase. The article: Quote Let's say you are building a new system or planning a major upgrade and you need to buy a new video card this fall. You could buy the last-generation GTX 1080 Ti for as little as $526, but if you do, you won't be able to take advantage of key RTX features like real-time ray tracing and great 4K gaming performance until your next upgrade. You can always, DISABLE Ray Tracing. You don't need a GTX 2080 Ti to enjoy 4K gaming. The GTX 1080 Ti is capable of gaming at 4K just fine. Sure, it might not be Ultra settings 144 FPS, but 4K gaming is still possible -- it is not like you need a GTX 2080 to unlock 4K gaming. I am not going to drop $1700+ CAD on a video card that has not been tested yet. How can you take advantage of Ray Tracing when those games don't exist yet. People are aware a GTX 1080 Ti is not a GTX 2080 or a GTX 2080 Ti, and it's limitations. The article: Quote Unless you plan to upgrade your GPU every year, you're going to be stuck with technology that looks much more outdated in 2019 and 2020 than it does in 2018. Yes, there are only 11 announced games that support ray tracing and only 16 that support DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), but there will be a lot more in the months and years ahead. Do you want to put yourself behind the curve? There will be more Ray Tracing supported games as months and years go by. I wouldn't be buying a RTX 2080 when a RTX 4080 comes out... You are suggesting people should be upgrading their GPUs every year -- that cannot apply to everyone. What? The article: Quote According to Nvidia's own numbers, the RTX 2080 delivers between 35 and 125 percent better performance on 4K games than the GTX 1080. The percentages were between 40 and 60 percent for games that did not have special optimizations for the new cards. In other words, you should be able to play existing 4K games smoothly that were either unplayable or choppy on 10-series cards. You cannot just trust nVidia -- or AMD -- and go by their numbers. We have seen this in our lifetime with Intel, AMD, and past nVidia products... 35% - 125% is too big of a range; this tells us nothing. This is why reviewers exist! The article: Quote When you’re among the first to purchase a new architecture like Nvidia's RTX cards, you take the risk that the technology won't work as well as advertised right away, that you won't find a ton of titles that support its special features and that the price will drop, making you feel like you wasted your money. However, when you pay a premium for cutting-edge components, you're also buying time, time to enjoy experiences. Life is short. How many months or years do you want to wait to enjoy a new experience? You can sit around twiddling your thumbs and hoping that an RTX 2080 gets cheaper, or you can enter the world of ray-tracing and high-speed, 4K gaming today and never look back. When you die and your whole life flashes before your eyes, how much of it do you want to not have ray tracing? Yes, if new technology like Ray Tracing doesn't work well in the first year or so, because it is still brand-new technology, I think we feel as money is wasted. Why would I get a RTX card knowing this, when I can wait for the Ray Tracing to further develop, and mature in 1-year's time. I can get a RTX 3080 at that point. We don't even know if Ray Tracing will take off ... look at PhysX, and HairWorks. How can one buy time? How does one do this? What does this mean? How can you enjoy Ray Tracing if it breaks every game you want to play with it enabled? The RTX cards, as with any GPU in existence, will get cheaper as time goes on. Why would I want to see and think about Ray Tracing ... when I am dying from a heart attack, or bleeding out in a car accident?? The article: Quote Second, video card companies know that people are willing to pay a premium price for RTX cards. If you look on Amazon, Newegg or Nvidia's own store, you'll see that many of the cards are already sold out. There's no lack of demand. You are saying to follow the "unknown" hype bandwagon? No, we want to see test proven results first. Like I said before, with the new car analogy...I am not going to buy a $150K 2019 new ground-up design Nissan GT-R when it doesn't exist yet, and haven't been tested on the track or road yet. 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Posted August 25, 2018 Popular Post The more GPUs you buy the more money you save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 Author 8 minutes ago, leadeater said: The more GPUs you buy the more money you save That...my brain does not compute... Here it is, from the nVidia CEO himself... 4:47 below: Intel Z390 Rig ( *NEW* Primary ) Intel X99 Rig (Officially Decommissioned, Dead CPU returned to Intel) i7-8086K @ 5.1 GHz Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master Sapphire NITRO+ RX 6800 XT S.E + EKwb Quantum Vector Full Cover Waterblock 32GB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3000 CL14 @ DDR-3400 custom CL15 timings SanDisk 480 GB SSD + 1TB Samsung 860 EVO + 500GB Samsung 980 + 1TB WD SN750 EVGA SuperNOVA 850W P2 + Red/White CableMod Cables Lian-Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL Ekwb Custom loop + 2x EKwb Quantum Surface P360M Radiators Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum + Corsair K70 (Red LED, anodized black, Cheery MX Browns) AMD Ryzen Rig AMD R7-5800X Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC 32GB (16GB X 2) Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4-3600 Gigabyte Vision RTX 3060 Ti OC EKwb D-RGB 360mm AIO Intel 660p NVMe 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB + WD Black 1TB HDD EVGA P2 850W + White CableMod cables Lian-Li LanCool II Mesh - White Intel Z97 Rig (Decomissioned) Intel i5-4690K @ 4.8 GHz ASUS ROG Maximus VII Hero Z97 Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7950 EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition ACX 3.0 20 GB (8GB X 2 + 4GB X 1) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz Corsair A50 air cooler NZXT X61 Crucial MX500 1TB SSD + SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD [non-gimped version] Antec New TruePower 550W EVGA G2 650W + White CableMod cables Cooler Master HAF 912 White NZXT S340 Elite w/ white LED stips AMD 990FX Rig (Decommissioned) FX-8350 @ 4.8 / 4.9 GHz (given up on the 5.0 / 5.1 GHz attempt) ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula 990FX 12 GB (4 GB X 3) G.Skill RipJawsX DDR3 @ 1866 MHz Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 + Sapphire Dual-X HD 7970 in Crossfire Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury in Crossfire *NONE* Thermaltake Frio w/ Cooler Master JetFlo's in push-pull Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD Corsair TX850 (ver.1) Cooler Master HAF 932 <> Electrical Engineer , B.Eng <> <> Electronics & Computer Engineering Technologist (Diploma + Advanced Diploma) <> <> Electronics Engineering Technician for the Canadian Department of National Defence <> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 hope the check was worth loosing so much credit as a site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 RIP Avram Piltch as Tomshardware's new editor in chief 2018-2018. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purch_Group With the PcPer dust up a bit ago, that was really just problems with disclosure. Any of the Purch associated tend to toss up stuff that seems clearly to have been paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 10 minutes ago, -rascal- said: That...my brain does not compute... Here it is, from the nVidia CEO himself... 4:47 below: Yea I had already watched the video, the part with Patrick was gold lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, leadeater said: The more GPUs you buy the more money you save So if I buy all of the GPUs, I save all of the money?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, leadeater said: The more GPUs you buy the more money you save All you poor plebs that can't afford to buy a pallet full of that ray-tracing goodness...like me. Dude should take a economics 101 course. Or maybe he has more dollars than sense. Entire article reads like an undisclosed paid shilling for nVidia. So much for high-level objectivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dylanc1500 said: So if I buy all of the GPUs, I save all of the money?! You save all the money for us. Magical Pineapples