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[2415.28 --> 2417.82] All these guys are going to kind of, like, glom onto a type.
[2418.16 --> 2421.78] Oh, it's the best value if you get, like, this much RAM and this type of RAM.
[2421.92 --> 2422.84] So you should buy that kind.
[2422.90 --> 2426.42] They can create the SKUs now and then just focus on whatever's working later.
[2426.42 --> 2429.10] Yeah, so they might not end up making a ton of each one.
[2429.22 --> 2429.56] Yeah.
[2430.06 --> 2433.62] But I think they'll shift manufacturing to whatever one becomes a major thing.
[2433.82 --> 2434.70] This is insane, though.
[2435.00 --> 2438.72] Like, it's, the SKU mess around this is going to be nuts.
[2438.76 --> 2441.38] And if you're not super into computers, this is going to be a big problem.
[2441.38 --> 2451.62] The other issue here is that one of my problems with manufacturers calling different products pretty much the same thing.
[2451.62 --> 2454.14] Because they're all RTX 2060.
[2454.34 --> 2459.78] All they had to do was make the GDDR6 ones 2060 Ti or something.
[2461.18 --> 2463.02] Sample Jerky redirects to Savage Jerky now.
[2463.02 --> 2465.02] The guy that bought it is a cool dude.
[2465.46 --> 2465.96] That's funny.
[2466.02 --> 2468.16] And SampleJerky.com redirects to Savage Jerky.
[2468.28 --> 2468.58] You don't know.
[2468.64 --> 2469.20] That's hilarious.
[2469.46 --> 2470.00] Thank you very much.
[2470.00 --> 2473.38] So all they had to do was call that one a Ti or something.
[2474.30 --> 2474.48] Yeah.
[2474.56 --> 2478.26] And then they can go, okay, now it has either 3, 4, or 6 gigs of RAM.
[2478.80 --> 2481.02] Because Ti, people kind of get Ti now.
[2481.18 --> 2481.46] Yes.
[2482.14 --> 2482.94] Ti's not that bad.
[2483.30 --> 2483.80] Ti's okay.
[2484.34 --> 2485.34] It's been around for a while.
[2485.42 --> 2485.96] People are used to it.
[2486.04 --> 2486.44] Titanium.
[2486.58 --> 2486.74] Yeah.
[2486.80 --> 2487.28] It's pretty cool.
[2487.36 --> 2487.66] It's hard.
[2487.92 --> 2488.06] Yeah.
[2489.50 --> 2490.20] Titanium, it's hard.
[2490.32 --> 2490.50] Yeah.
[2491.84 --> 2492.04] Yeah.
[2492.04 --> 2492.48] Yeah.
[2492.48 --> 2500.40] But this, all this does is make it so that the only way to differentiate one card from
[2500.40 --> 2502.30] another is through the manufacturer part number.
[2502.42 --> 2505.86] Something that very rarely even ends up in a product description on a website.
[2506.46 --> 2512.46] So if you're looking for reviews of the RTX 2060, you might find a review.
[2512.50 --> 2513.80] And we've seen this strategy.
[2514.20 --> 2521.74] You might find a review of the RTX 2060 GDDR6 overclocked thing, because that's what the manufacturer
[2521.74 --> 2523.02] is sampled to all the press.
[2523.32 --> 2528.30] And then you might see that and go, well, that can't be that different from the 3 gig
[2528.30 --> 2530.76] GDDR5 non-overclocked one.
[2531.00 --> 2534.92] But the thing is that we might be looking at, even if that performance delta is only like
[2534.92 --> 2537.86] 10%, 12%, 15%.
[2537.86 --> 2539.12] Let's say it's somewhere in that range.
[2539.12 --> 2545.62] You look at how compressed the stacks of technology products have become, and those are completely
[2545.62 --> 2546.78] different products now.
[2547.34 --> 2551.22] 10% difference in performance is not the same product anymore.
[2551.22 --> 2555.30] And it's very frustrating to me that we get the same name assigned to both of them.
[2555.60 --> 2557.34] Now, to be clear, I don't blame Gigabyte for this.
[2557.76 --> 2559.38] I blame NVIDIA for this.
[2559.44 --> 2559.54] Yeah.
[2560.40 --> 2560.80] 100%.
[2560.80 --> 2561.16] Because...
[2561.16 --> 2565.08] Gigabyte's just trying to cover themselves and be like, whichever one of these goes gangbusters,
[2565.22 --> 2566.96] we need to be ready for it.
[2567.02 --> 2569.20] If I was the product manager at Gigabyte, I'd do the same thing.
[2569.32 --> 2569.48] Yeah.
[2569.52 --> 2570.82] I'd be ready to go with all of it.
[2570.82 --> 2573.18] I would be really frustrated about it, but I would do the same thing.
[2576.08 --> 2576.56] I don't know.
[2576.60 --> 2578.52] This is just yet another example of NVIDIA's arrogance.
[2578.52 --> 2579.70] Like, they just don't give a crap.
[2580.10 --> 2584.16] Like, the amount of extra headache and cost that this adds for their partners to have
[2584.16 --> 2588.88] to support all of these SKUs, it just doesn't make any sense.
[2589.92 --> 2595.66] Because the thing about it is that you'll get this price sheet, and the manufacturer already
[2595.66 --> 2596.22] knows.
[2596.72 --> 2598.70] They already know which ones are the focus models.
[2599.14 --> 2599.26] Yeah.
[2599.34 --> 2600.38] They just get rid of the other stuff.
[2600.42 --> 2601.24] Why are we doing this?
[2601.40 --> 2601.62] Yeah.
[2602.34 --> 2602.82] I don't know.
[2602.82 --> 2604.66] I gave Asus a hard time about this a few years ago.
[2605.52 --> 2607.78] So, this was pre-RGB.
[2608.22 --> 2611.18] This was back in, like, back when they were doing that weird gold thing.
[2612.38 --> 2614.72] With, like, that kind of tacky, yellowy gold.
[2614.94 --> 2618.24] Which is funny, because that got, like, really hot shortly after, anyway.
[2618.24 --> 2624.42] And I was telling them, look, you guys sell, like, three boards, okay?
[2624.80 --> 2625.90] In the mainstream lineup.
[2626.40 --> 2627.42] Leaving out ROG.
[2627.68 --> 2630.70] You've got your dash A, or, like, your blank one.
[2631.08 --> 2638.02] So, your P whatever, chipset name, D, A, or just with nothing.
[2638.14 --> 2638.32] Yeah.
[2638.44 --> 2639.16] You got that one.
[2639.58 --> 2641.44] Then you've got your whatever pro.
[2641.70 --> 2644.62] Which is usually that one with, like, a couple features.
[2644.92 --> 2647.40] Like, raid support or something like that.
[2647.40 --> 2650.94] Then you've got your deluxe, which is your Cadillac board.
[2651.70 --> 2652.58] Everything else.
[2652.68 --> 2656.26] And there's, obviously, you need a micro ATX one or whatever.
[2656.58 --> 2660.14] But all the other ATX boards, and there would be, like, nine in the lineup,
[2660.64 --> 2666.02] would sell drips and drabs, and those three are moving the vast majority of the volume.
[2666.02 --> 2669.40] And I was like, look, wouldn't it be a better idea at this point?
[2669.46 --> 2673.18] Because this was at a time when NZXT was starting to take off as a case manufacturer.