No offense, but are you aware that some applications utilize GPUs? The list includes a few mainstream Adobe programs (great impact) and MS Office (still somehow problematic but should be fixed in 2019).
I'm not talking about explicit GPGPU computation done by the user.
No. I'm defending 2GB cards. Sans "gaming".
That's exactly what the argument is about! We haven't seen a Turing successor to 1030 yet, despite obvious efficiency gains that would be welcome. I'm expecting near 1050 performance with sensible passive cooling.
I don't understand why some people are so much against products aimed at business and casual PC users. It's not harming your 4K60fps monsters.
Because Turing is a lot faster than Pascal - not to mention older GPUs. As long as cheap cards were only good for video signal, a GT710 could have been the last GPU a business or casual user needed in his life. But since GPU acceleration becomes more and more popular, this sector can also benefit from new tech.