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if RTX is ray tracing what is GTX?

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12 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

GTX was usually the top tier SKU for their GPUs. There were plenty of other letters they used beforehand until they distilled it to just GTX.

I'm not at all a fan of NVidia's business practices in general, IMO they purposefully complicate their product line in order to confuse consumers. Look at their 'current' GPU lineup...1650,1660, 1660ti, 2060, 2060 super, 2060ti, 2070, 2070 super..

 

It's become absurd at this point.

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They just changed G to R for raytracing, otherwise it's just a name without any practical meaning (I know Nvidia's marketing team will find a way to explain all this). Before RTX and GTX there's GT, GTS and MX for Geforce cards, GTS is the only one never used for flagships and then dubbed down.

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33 minutes ago, steelo said:

I'm not at all a fan of NVidia's business practices in general, IMO they purposefully complicate their product line in order to confuse consumers. Look at their 'current' GPU lineup...1650,1660, 1660ti, 2060, 2060 super, 2060ti, 2070, 2070 super..

 

It's become absurd at this point.

Better more than less imo ?‍♂️

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8 minutes ago, Whiro said:

Better more than less imo ?‍♂️

The problem is many of their product segments overlap one another. The average consumer is not going to know the difference between a GTX 1060 versus a GTX 1660ti versus a RTX 2060 super (all currently being sold new by NVidia as far as I'm aware)...let alone which one is the better value...

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24 minutes ago, steelo said:

The problem is many of their product segments overlap one another. The average consumer is not going to know the difference between a GTX 1060 versus a GTX 1660ti versus a RTX 2060 super (all currently being sold new by NVidia as far as I'm aware)...let alone which one is the better value...

The average customer doesn't likely know the difference between a Radeon 5700 XT or a Geforce RTX 2070 anyway aside from what the Best Buy employee tells them.

 

The only thing they'll likely put together is "this thing is more expensive, it must be better."

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55 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

The only thing they'll likely put together is "this thing is more expensive, it must be better."

Sadly, that is very true and NVidia seems to bank on this belief as their equivalent GPU's are often priced higher than AMD's.

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