This doesn't really make sense to me. What would the "casual customer" do if nvidia didn't introduce this segmentation? Would this completely halt the gaming industry such that 10 years from now no one would even consider buying a GPU? I don't believe that.
Also, if they're able to produce both consumer GPUs and miner GPUs to meet both demands, what's stopping them from doing it now? Is it not worth their while at current prices, so bumping the miner GPU prince by a significant amount would change that? Why not just increases prices as it is? It seems to me that the actual price charged by amd and nvidia isn't that outrageous, it's just that the cards are bought well in advance and possibly scalped later.
Also, if they're able to produce both consumer GPUs and miner GPUs to meet both demands, what's stopping them from doing it now? Is it not worth their while at current prices, so bumping the miner GPU prince by a significant amount would change that? Why not just increases prices as it is? It seems to me that the actual price charged by amd and nvidia isn't that outrageous, it's just that the cards are bought well in advance and possibly scalped later.