It should come with a dummy GPU, wooden screws and all, only way we can put anything in those PCIe slots nowadays lol. Checked GPU prices earlier today and it was quite funny. AMD, Nvidia and their AIB partners really messed up, they got to accept that much higher levels of channel inventory are needed and deal with it the best they can.
not enough stock, possibly filling back orders OR my best guess AMD and Nvidia are ensuring there is a shelf ready to fill with "new" generation stuff due out shortly, the first one sucks because it keeps pricing high for nothing, the second one sucks because it means those who want/need cannot get OR have to contend with new buyers tax when released....cannot claim every single GPU is bought by miners and miners alone, can for sure blame amazon, newegg etc from artificially upping the price because "we sell them as fast as we get them"
Now, the price of VRAM/DRAM is higher that is for sure, but, I highly doubt it is making what was a $200 gpu $350-$500+, that is absolute greed IMO nothing more.
Demand is lumpy due to mining, when currency prices drop, demand eases and when currency prices skyrocket, demand goes nuts. The problem is that every time we end up with shortages, it takes 3-5 months to ease those shortage due to long cycle times. If they up prod today, we start to see higher supply in April so it really isn't a situation they wanna be in, they need to accept a new reality , increase channel inventory and do their best to deal with it. It's less comfortable but right now everybody gets screwed, us and them.
but will the M.2 be an actual functional heatsink, or yet another heatshield as many others use which HURTS performance rather than sinking the heat away (a bit of extra protection for the costly device) as should have been done from the get go O.o
"GIGABYTE also has an integrated rear-panel backplate on this X470 design, to save users the embarrassment of having to disassemble the PC having forgotten about it after the fact."
I never understood why this is not the case with every mobo. Is there any actual benefit to providing the I/O shield separately?
Some motherboards are used in environments where IO plates are not needed, for various reasons. With this pre-integrated solution, it's actually harder to remove them.
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jjj - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
It should come with a dummy GPU, wooden screws and all, only way we can put anything in those PCIe slots nowadays lol. Checked GPU prices earlier today and it was quite funny. AMD, Nvidia and their AIB partners really messed up, they got to accept that much higher levels of channel inventory are needed and deal with it the best they can.PeachNCream - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
I just took a look in Amazon at GPU prices and they really did go way up in the last month or so. What happened? o.Ojjj - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
It used to be " but can it run Crysis" and now it's "but can it mine". I suppose Trump did revive the mining industry lol.Dragonstongue - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
not enough stock, possibly filling back orders OR my best guess AMD and Nvidia are ensuring there is a shelf ready to fill with "new" generation stuff due out shortly, the first one sucks because it keeps pricing high for nothing, the second one sucks because it means those who want/need cannot get OR have to contend with new buyers tax when released....cannot claim every single GPU is bought by miners and miners alone, can for sure blame amazon, newegg etc from artificially upping the price because "we sell them as fast as we get them"Now, the price of VRAM/DRAM is higher that is for sure, but, I highly doubt it is making what was a $200 gpu $350-$500+, that is absolute greed IMO nothing more.
jjj - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
Demand is lumpy due to mining, when currency prices drop, demand eases and when currency prices skyrocket, demand goes nuts.The problem is that every time we end up with shortages, it takes 3-5 months to ease those shortage due to long cycle times. If they up prod today, we start to see higher supply in April so it really isn't a situation they wanna be in, they need to accept a new reality , increase channel inventory and do their best to deal with it. It's less comfortable but right now everybody gets screwed, us and them.
Someguyperson - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
" the motherboards will still except first generation Ryzen"I think this should be "accept" instead of "except". Unless you were trying to say something else.
Byte - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
lol how this guy become a writer.Ian Cutress - Saturday, January 20, 2018 - link
Oh noes, he's rushing around CES from meeting to meeting and one word got by! Job FAIL!Alexvrb - Saturday, January 20, 2018 - link
Can we just change his name to trollbyte?MrSpadge - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
"GIGABYTE stated that they will be using the latest International Rectifier solution for the power delivery"International? Now that's some serious commitment to political correctness!
Ian Cutress - Saturday, January 20, 2018 - link
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=International+Re...Now known as/Owned by Infineon
Dragonstongue - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link
but will the M.2 be an actual functional heatsink, or yet another heatshield as many others use which HURTS performance rather than sinking the heat away (a bit of extra protection for the costly device) as should have been done from the get go O.oBarilla - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
"GIGABYTE also has an integrated rear-panel backplate on this X470 design, to save users the embarrassment of having to disassemble the PC having forgotten about it after the fact."I never understood why this is not the case with every mobo. Is there any actual benefit to providing the I/O shield separately?
Ian Cutress - Saturday, January 20, 2018 - link
Some motherboards are used in environments where IO plates are not needed, for various reasons. With this pre-integrated solution, it's actually harder to remove them.