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hotaru251 the fact that all these companies are trying to "fix" the PCI-SIG/Nvidia issue is astonishing as they shouldnt be required to fix another persons failure.Every one of them should have just pushed back anddemanded change to the spec to be more reliable and less prone to error (even if user) Reply
thestryker hotaru251 said: Every one of them should have just pushed back anddemanded change to the spec to be more reliable and less prone to error (even if user) As bad as this is going to sound this problem benefits them all because they get to sell more products than they otherwise would. There's an entire market that has sprung up trying to work around 12VHPWR/2×6 shortcomings. People will absolutely buy new $100-300 PSUs that promise to protect their $1000+ video cards. Reply
hotaru251 thestryker said: this problem benefits them all because they get to sell more products than they otherwise would. its not really a sure thing. every competitor will chase your fintie customer base. not all of those customers will care. other will go to competitors. they had to spend to create the fixes. There is no guarantee they will make their $ back rather than just doing normal business. Reply
thestryker hotaru251 said: they had to spend to create the fixes. There is no guarantee they will make their $ back rather than just doing normal business. None of the fixes that have come to market from the big companies actually involve much material cost. Most of them also don't really take a whole lot of exclusive engineering work either. If the companies didn't see dollar signs from implementing them they just wouldn't. Reply
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