I think most will agree that video card prices have skyrocketed on the high end. Is there any event out in the future from which we could expect some video card price drops?
After Conroe any hope of a nvidia or ati price drop
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No clue but boy itd be nice if the same thing that happened to the top end from AMD (1000) to conroe (500) happened to vid card market too.
I guess it is really a direcx 10 question. and 10 is not going to come out till vista drops in 2007
I doubt that INTEL/AMD will have an impact on video cards...anyways, video cards prices drops a little like every month.
I thought the top Core 2 XE is also about $1000?
I think the prices of the cards just below the top end ones have come down quite nicely though. The X1900XT in particular has dropped by something like $80 in the last month.
I think he means that the performance we got with a $1000 AMD part we will now get with a $500 conroe part. It would be like getting crossfire/SLI performance for $450. Which we are close to having. Not only that but Nvidia seams to beat the performance of an SLI system every generation with just a single card.
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You can get a 7900GT for $230. That's a good price for a high end card. I would not expect any major price drops until the G80 comes out. Maybe September.
i would seriously doubt anything will make video card prices drop unless nvidia / ati start a price war... or by some miracle matrox or s3 come out with something.
i could maybe see a drop on the low end , sub $90 market, when the g965 chipset comes out. tahst about it.
i could maybe see a drop on the low end , sub $90 market, when the g965 chipset comes out. tahst about it.
As long as there are enough monkeys buying the fastest cards whenever they're available for whatever price they may cost, it wont happen. Also, CPU market never had nor ever will have an impact on the GPU segment - why should it have one anyway?
If you want cheapness, buy mainstream or low end. That is where the money is made and thus competition is (somewhat) fierce.
If you want cheapness, buy mainstream or low end. That is where the money is made and thus competition is (somewhat) fierce.
uhh no they won't drop in price... Not from AMD and Intel atleast.
IMO a 7900GT for $230 is excellent and X1900XT's for $330ish is pretty good too...
IMO a 7900GT for $230 is excellent and X1900XT's for $330ish is pretty good too...
E6600 beats a Amd Fx62 atleast in gaming, actually maybe in most thing. Rather get E6600 than Fx62, overall it should be better + better oc
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Why does the ability and willingness to pay for the best make someone a "monkey"? Some of us don't want mainstream or low end video cards becasue we don't want a "lowend" gaming experience.
I seriously doubt that on tuner car forums you have people telling others that they should just stick with the stock model instead of the Type-R, or that you have members of a wine tasting forum suggesting MD 20/20 because it's cheaper. Why are tech forums so down on their own thing?
I highly doubt that the low volume of the high end market effects the pricing structures of the big chipmakers. Rather, it is the purchacing decissions of the mass (middle of the road) market. The middle and low end represent the larger market segment. When the middle decides it needs better gfx they either: A - Don't upgrade untill prices come down OR B - pay extra for the mid high and high market.
If that middle segment (ie the cards included in say a dell box) stoped paying more and just stoped buying you would see price changes.
My hope is that as the middle gets faster processors at the end of this month they DO NOT spend that saved $$$ on a GFX card. Rather, I hope they just make the big boys stew by not buying and thus forcing a change in the GFX pricing structure. This would be helped if when prices on CPU's go down, companies like dell should not offer better GFX. They should just pass on the $$$ savings in lower price boxes.
If that middle segment (ie the cards included in say a dell box) stoped paying more and just stoped buying you would see price changes.
My hope is that as the middle gets faster processors at the end of this month they DO NOT spend that saved $$$ on a GFX card. Rather, I hope they just make the big boys stew by not buying and thus forcing a change in the GFX pricing structure. This would be helped if when prices on CPU's go down, companies like dell should not offer better GFX. They should just pass on the $$$ savings in lower price boxes.
BUT... I realize the high end market does represent the margin leader and as such those companies driven by showing a high margin to stockholders (rather than say market share or other just as reliable corprate metrics) will not audjust.
happens all the time. inafact every year. eg.
last years high end. (7800gtx) available now (7900gt) for half price
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