It’s not speculative!

They have the orders in hand. If they provide the card, they get the money.

The people doing the speculating are the ones building the data centres, hoping the demand will be there long enough to pay off the costs.

I completely agree that Nvidia is one of the least consumer-friendly companies, but for a long time they have simply offered the better features like DLSS and RT efficiency. And depending on the tier of card you're buying, that is also the case in terms of raw performance, even now.

AMD and Intel also has their share of shitty practices, so it's not like you either buy from "the good guys" or "the bad guys". They're all corporations that would, and do, happily screw you over if it means more money.

I agree though. While there are some valid reasons for buying an Nvidia GPU, a lot of people keep buying them simply because they're used to it or that they're already popular. If something like the 9070 XT, or any weaker cards, would meet your needs then you should seriously consider looking elsewhere than Nvidia.

The B580 should have been the best-selling card in the industry. It's price/performance was spectacular.

Yes but the only time I got an AMD GPU it was the biggest waste of time energy and money I had ever spent. The only reason why I have an Nvidia card now is because it broke. This one's running on the same system and can handle anything I throw at the damn 6 year-old card.

There are specialized chips in development that have ve already proved to be faster, cheaper, and less power hungry. The second they become generally available, any new data center not using them would be foolish.

That being said, we are talking about gamers who will just continue to buy Nvidia in the future despite how awful they treat us.