Good lord, you're pushing some really heavy stupid buttons there anubis44.
1) DO NOT DOUBLE POST. Tired of saying this, because reading the base rules should have been done prior to post one. After having been told multiple times, you continue to do this crap. Either learn and follow the rules, or find somewhere else to talk.
2) When you say it is my opinion, you divorce yourself from requiring facts. Looking at the title of this thread, which is "
exposing nVidia's latest ploy" in case you've forgotten, you start by spitting in the face of facts. You link together random bits of data, cobble together conspiracy based conclusions, and don't listen to anyone presenting other points of view. This is not supporting your point, it is yelling louder than the opposition in order to make your point seem more important.
3) Why did you assume Dx12 would be on Windows 7. MS already released 11.2, and it was an 8.1 exclusive. In exactly what world do you believe MS would suddenly go back on this idea, and make Dx12 run on Windows 7? Stating that it wasn't confirmed is like saying you don't know dog poop tastes bad until you eat some. While technically true, it's a stupid point. If that somehow is unclear, I'd like for you to confirm that conjecture about some dog poo in my front lawn.
4) Why did Nvidea release a new GPU right around the holiday season? I can't believe I have to answer such a stupid question. Nvidea released new cards so they had product to sell for the holidays. If they released a reasonably priced card, which does show some improvement, they've got something that will print money. The development for this particular product has almost all been underwritten by the 7xx series cards, so little overhead and a new product will line Nvidea's coffers nicely.
5) Why isn't AMD releasing a new GPU now? That one is also simple. AMD has the console market locked down. They've developed for the current production node, and are staunchly waiting for TSMC to be able to roll out production on the smaller node. Rather than getting into a pricing war with Nvidea, AMD has decided to focus their resources toward other things. It's at this point I'd like to refer to your own "evidence" about the Zen redesign. That kind of development is likely draining AMD's resources, and is why they aren't releasing a new card for this holiday season. Nothing even mildly conspiracy driven there.
Assuming you don't agree with any of the above logic, you're going to have to tell me why any of this is terrible. AMD was immensely lucky that they had compute heavy cards when the coin crunching markets came about, so the R9xx series sold well. It wasn't worth a conspiracy theory that AMD started the crunching market? Nvidea and AMD compete in so much as one is always a step behind the other. The highest end cards trade blows, but in my experience the big mover cards are positioned such that AMD wins on price
erformance, while Nvidea wins on pure performance. This is why I said AMD has been behind Nvidea for the last decade. I'm sure you can throw synthetic benches out, which shows the highest end AMD and Nvidea cards trade blows. At the same time, Nvidea sells an order of magnitude more 970s than 980s. AMD isn't a bad company because of their choices, Nvidea isn't a good one for its choices, and there is no reasonable basis for the claims that Nvidea is in the middle of some elaborate hoax to damage AMD.
For a moment, let's look at Nvidea. They don't like competition, but realistically they need it. AMD cards on the market prevent accusations of price fixing, monopolies, and actually allow you to sell your cards. Compare X to Y, and Y is better; you will therefore buy Y. If you were to look at Y one generation ago versus now, you'd see a 100% increase in cost, with a 7% increase in performance. Nobody in their right mind would buy that. In contrast, frame it as Y this generation beats X this generation by 5%, at only 104% the cost and it appears to be a steal. The thrifty consumer buys X, because the price decrease means more to them. While AMD will take a bath on sales, they will move units because of a price drop. Both AMD and Nvidea are benefiting from Nvidea releasing a new card, yet you aren't calling that a conspiracy.
Boiling this whole thing down; GIGO. You take garbage facts, extrapolate insane theories, and produce garbage conspiracy theories. Both of these companies are using their competition to move cards, by demonstrating their features in different ways. You look at facts, and Nvidea wins. You look at relative value comparisons, and AMD wins. Both companies selectively demonstrate truths, to get their units out the door. If this practice is unacceptable I suggest you find a communist utopia somewhere to live. Capitalism, for better and worse, is as much about your lies as it is your truths. If this system is unacceptable to the point of you conjecturing boogie-men you'll wind up in a nut house once you see the crap people do to control raw resources. If you want a real conspiracy, look-up aluminum billet sales.
GTFO of this thread 
