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Which is precisely the point I was making. The Titan Black remains at $1K even though the market for the card has changed. The Titan Black appealed because of two buying groups - those who wanted the pinnacle of performance for benchmarking (which no longer applies), and those who wanted a cheap Tesla/Quadro alternative - the majority of those people likely have already purchased and further uptake is unlikely with the Osborne Effect now taking place thanks to the inadvertent outing of GM 200's test and validation status.It is basically two (downclocked) Titan Blacks on a single card. It is quite easy to see why it is worth more than a Titan Black in isolation.
Whether either it or the Titan Black are worth their respective price points is a different arguement altogether.