Good news is that not a lot of games are taking advantage of ray-tracing. On top of that seeing as how the new RTX series isn't that much of a huge upgrade over the GTX 10 series, I'm confident the new Polaris 670 and 680 series should be able to compete with the lower end RTX series especially considering the lower price. but that's just me assuming that AMD won't screw us with absurd prices.

Also the i9 9900k IN GAMING was only 12% faster than the Ryzen 2700x while being 66% pricier. Also with that updated test carried out by Principled Technologies, they still didn't address the proper memory configurations giving the Intel an edge. I bought my 2700x with the fatal1ty b450 at Micro center for a steal due to their bundled prices. Do not regret it one little bit. with the amount of money I've saved, I bought the nitro+ special edition and some case fans along with an extra SSD for my PC. Definitely worth it even it's 12% slower than the 9900k

AMD did the right thing with Ryzen by basically soldering the heat spreader to the die - smart.

I remember when Intel Core 2 Duo came out, and they must have messed up the pricing at the time.  These CPUs outclassed AMDs offerings by respective margins and were not expensive.

It's actually a C2D that was my last system and lasted almost 10 years!

It wasn't that long that Intel seemed to be saying that there wouldn't likely be much more of the enthusiast parts.  Instead CPUs would come pre-soldered on motherboards for OEMs to install (basically a modern laptop/phone).  But look what we have - there is some kind of war and drive to keep enthusiast parts scratching at the envelope of what is possible.

Do not forget the big elephant in the room - crypto mining.  That has done a massive amount towards keeping GPUs at high prices.  3rd party OEMs even ran out of the GPU supplies because the primary OEM could get more money for their own spec card than they could selling the parts to another company to build a 'better' card.

Generally speaking, it seems like it is the way of modern developed economy to provide nothing for an increased cost.  The richest 1% do not care about the longevity of the company, the brand, the reputation.  They have but one thing in their mind and that is to pay themselves a ridiculously over the top figure.  We are seeing many bricks and mortar stores disappear because those at the top in the company will not reduce their cut to keep things afloat - they gouge and gouge and take until the company is just a shell of debt.  Then they move on to the next 'project'.

Reason?

jaisonsharma has gone and edited every single post they have made to include malicious/spam links. This is the latest trick in the spammer book, make seemingly legitimate posts then go back in a few hours/days and edit to insert links......