Any Price Drops coming soon? CPU/Video Cards/Mobo?

[HDTVMan]

Video card prices are coming down but I think that is a reflection of ram prices. I suspect around the release date of the next gen video cards should be a little drop.

Also I read motherboard prices especially SLI are going to drop when ATI releases it SLI. Does anyone know when that is?

Finally has anyone any info on AMD dropping prices on dual core chips to comete with Intel's pricing or because demand is currently very high and it was just released we can assume no price drop is going to occur until they actually start backlogging inventory on those dualies?

 

[imported_Starman]

The price remains high due to limited availability. Once production picks up then you'll begin to see the prices come down.

 

[CheesePoofs]

are you asking about price drops for the Athlon 64's or the A64 X2's? The A64's might see a small drop, who knows, but the X2's won't see one for a while; they have just barely been released and haven't even hit the market en masse yet.

 

[HDTVMan]

Thats what I figured. Demand too high and will probably last that way for a while. Wonder how good production yields are on the dualies?

 

[HDTVMan]

Anyone know the release dates for the next gen video cards and when the ATI SLI mobo's are coming out?

 

[HDTVMan]

Anyone know the release dates for the next gen video cards and when the ATI SLI mobo's are coming out?

 

[imported_X]

Nvidia will be releasing the 7800 in two weeks. ATI is expected to paper launch the R520 the third week of July, but no idea yet on whether cards will accompany the announcement. Crossfire boards should be out this month as well.

 

[HDTVMan]

Originally posted by: X
Nvidia will be releasing the 7800 in two weeks. ATI is expected to paper launch the R520 the third week of July, but no idea yet on whether cards will accompany the announcement. Crossfire boards should be out this month as well.

Ok so that means SLI mobo prices should drop now that there will be competition from ATI.

But Video cards its hard to say maybe a small price drop? Has anyone else noticed in the last couple years that when the new card came out it replaced the 200 video card and the previous 200.00 card dropped to around 120.00 Now video card companies just add on 100+ to each generation and the previous maybe drops 20.00? Im a 120-140.00 video card guy. Sadly I wont upgrade until the prices get to there. Im hoping the GT6600 GT PCIE gets to there but I also was 256megs on that card. Im guessing the wait will be a bit longer.

 

[imported_X]

The Crossfire boards are supposed to be priced pretty aggressively, around what you would pay for an Nforce 4 Ultra. Whether or not SLI prices go down really depends on how many people decide to take the Crossfire plunge. I think many are waiting to see whether R520 delivers on time and as promised.

I keep hearing that the 7800 is supposed to be available in good numbers on launch day. If so, you will probably see a drop in current gen cards. But if it ends up being a repeat of previous high end cards, where they are marked up and hard to get, don't expect prices on current cards to come down for a while.

 

[HDTVMan]

Thats the problem current cards really dont come down any more when a new card is released. Heck the Radeon 9800 is still expensive and arent we 3 gens beyond that in 2 weeks? I guess the problem is people are willing to pay over 400 for a video card. And heck why not 2 in SLI?

There must be a lot of people buying them too because the prices just dont budge like they used to.

Thanks for the reply.