Developer balks at $16k price for what is essentially a consumer GPU with extra memory
draginol · x · 2026-09-16
Brad Wardell (draginol), Stardock CEO, says he's "not willing to spend $16k on what amounts to a consumer GPU with extra memory," pushing back on the pricing of high-memory AI accelerators that are closely derived from consumer cards — a sentiment resonating with indie developers facing steep compute costs.
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