The Price is Wrong: This is What GPUs Should Have Cost

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Latest in tech March 14 Reality Check [The Price is Wrong: This is What GPUs Should Have Cost](=.CEC19D2UHBx4Rju-x2x0aNtJwKiwm2d6I3STfEqK0fc) In this GPU analysis, we look back across the last 4 generations of graphics cards to illustrate exactly [why this generation has underperformed – and by how much](=.r1dh35_FtadNyC_lNg5j-eDn2ZoOWjy2wy27EPscFa0) – showing what each GPU should have cost. =.Qal9_eKa7KUT9SAAFRWKdVvh1evZtsW5X_6_94ELsVs =.M1KLWRleKXIVs6aSQoXYOMkZrqVJDb8orjQpX_M4kGI In this GPU analysis, we look back across the last 4 generations of graphics cards to illustrate exactly [why this generation has underperformed – and by how much](=.fzrdp66O1ef3Fh2HPCai4oCSaxsudxOcyRGW0pKyku4) – showing what each GPU should have cost. =.dcg1kPDaDPQAe4QW3lHZej343m7QYfmwsYTaUvR_q68 Gaming Culture [Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten](=.HdJHl7j3HuSKVm8aMRX_hFFyj4BZMIlGQzBGwzfvuPM) In the late 1970s, Mattel developed a gaming system [called Intellivision](=.91qvQdrzFIHWli71l5pvUM7mvCUnnQfgqwPjbCXLg80) to compete against the equally legendary Atari 2600. 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