You, I and a couple of others are smart buyers and perhaps willing to go the extra mile to do "the right thing" but look at nvidia market share, why do you think is that high?
Remember my greatest quote:
"Never underestimate the stupidity of the average human!"
- Me, 2002
Because lots of people dont know better and look up to people like Tim Jensen, Steven Jensen, Linus Jensen and Jay Super-Jensen for advice and guidance and what do those "reviewers" say?
They say "Buy Nvidia Yo!"
I agree. I would even add to that by saying the whole reason that they just take their word is that they're incapable of translating the data shown for themselves. All they can do is base their choice on someone's
opinion, an opinion that may be honest, but it's an opinion that is only really applicable to thre reviewer giving it. That's problematic because reviewers have become 100% out-of-touch when it comes to taking prices into account since they get everything for free. With them, suddenly little frills like RT and DLSS become important because, hey, if it's free, why not? What they fail to take into account is whether or not these frills are worth paying extra for. What they also fail to take into account is just how vital the amount of VRAM is. They get free samples of cards EVERY GENERATION so they don't give a damn about longevity.
Over the years, they've forgotten what it's like to actually have to BUY their own parts. That's why I still like Daniel Owen. He gets a few samples but for the most part, he buys everything that he reviews and it shows. You can sometimes see the pain in his face when he says how much he paid for something. It's also why Radeon cards are (from what I can remember)
completely undefeated in comparisons vs. GeForce cards in his videos.
It all started with him wanting an RTX 3080 but being unable to get one so he got an RX 6800 XT instead and posting a review of that.
And that places people like you and I at their mercy because one day, AMD might say "To hell with this" and drop out of the GPU market, since its clear that no matter what, they cant win.
The day that happens is the day I switch to consoles. I agree though, the consumerist noobs will one day cause the collapse of the market at this rate. Radeon won't cease to exist, but it will only exist in the data centre space where the purchasers aren't such brand-wh0res. A good case-in-point is the fact that the most powerful supercomputer in the world (over 200% faster than 2nd-place) uses Radeon Instinct GPUs.
As for PC gamers, you're right, we'll be totally screwed. At least when it happens, we'll both know that we weren't a part of the problem.
