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Originally posted by: Wreckage
Right on schedule.
poor wreckage.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ntwW...rying-cross-bloody.jpg
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Right on schedule.
Originally posted by: Schmide
This may be the first time in history the early adopters were rewarded.
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Originally posted by: Schmide
This may be the first time in history the early adopters were rewarded.
Don't forget the retail BestBuy prices when the 4850 was first introduced. MSRP for the VisionTek reference design was $200, but BB had a 25% off sale on VisionTek graphics cards. Thing is, the weekend of the sale, was supposed to end BEFORE the 4850 came out, but some stores got them in a couple of days earlier, and you could get them to pull them out from behind the counter. PROFIT!
Then they had another 25% off sale about a month later.
I bought two cards, both times, so I have four VisionTek 4850s. Lifetime warranty!
Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Right on schedule.
poor wreckage.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ntwW...rying-cross-bloody.jpg
Originally posted by: OCguy
I thought only evil companies did things like this?
Originally posted by: toyota
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
How can people compare this to Nvidia releasing the GTX280 at what was it, 649$? LOL!
399$ and you get the only DX11 capable card out there, while being the best performer at the same time... Terrible deal huh?
Also in before Wreckage replying "GTX295 is the best card. In fact, even GTX260 beats it due to physx and 3d vision and CUDA. All hail Nvidia."
the gtx280 was Nvidias top card on release and no faster dual card from them was even planned at the time. now the 5870 is ONLY HALF of ATIs top card and we know their 5970(5870x2) is coming in a few weeks. sure the gtx280 was overpriced but the 5970 will likely be just as pricey if not more so your comparison makes little sense if you really think about it.
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Right on schedule.
poor wreckage.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ntwW...rying-cross-bloody.jpg
What? He's wrong?![]()
Originally posted by: s44
Either they're pissing away a huge chance to grab big market/mindshare, or they didn't have the capacity to dominate anyway.
In any case, ugh.
Originally posted by: akugami
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Right on schedule.
poor wreckage.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ntwW...rying-cross-bloody.jpg
What? He's wrong?![]()
Yes, that picture is wrong in so many ways. Let's just start with the obvious, it should be green and not red.
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Maybe it is being done to let the vendors hold on to some stock so it doesn't appear that there is a shortage? If the prices are raising, people will just be that more patient to wait on Fermi and see what it does to ATI's pricing. Especially those with GTX series or 48xx series currently.
Originally posted by: ronnn
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Maybe it is being done to let the vendors hold on to some stock so it doesn't appear that there is a shortage? If the prices are raising, people will just be that more patient to wait on Fermi and see what it does to ATI's pricing. Especially those with GTX series or 48xx series currently.
Obviously amd are selling all of their stock, so I imagine yields are the issue. Fermi appears to be basically irrelevant.
Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
This is probably the best thread you'll ever get to see who the real die hard hardcore ati bois are; not that they weren't always obvious to begin with.
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Originally posted by: ronnn
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Maybe it is being done to let the vendors hold on to some stock so it doesn't appear that there is a shortage? If the prices are raising, people will just be that more patient to wait on Fermi and see what it does to ATI's pricing. Especially those with GTX series or 48xx series currently.
Obviously amd are selling all of their stock, so I imagine yields are the issue. Fermi appears to be basically irrelevant.
Isn't that what I alluded to? How do you figure Fermi is irrelevant? It's going to be even more anticipated now in the hopes it will drive ATI's prices back down. Do you think that isn't the case?
Originally posted by: ronnn
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Originally posted by: ronnn
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Maybe it is being done to let the vendors hold on to some stock so it doesn't appear that there is a shortage? If the prices are raising, people will just be that more patient to wait on Fermi and see what it does to ATI's pricing. Especially those with GTX series or 48xx series currently.
Obviously amd are selling all of their stock, so I imagine yields are the issue. Fermi appears to be basically irrelevant.
Isn't that what I alluded to? How do you figure Fermi is irrelevant? It's going to be even more anticipated now in the hopes it will drive ATI's prices back down. Do you think that isn't the case?
If Fermi was relevant in today's market, possibly this thread wouldn't exist. Anyways not my thing to blame nvidia for amd shortage. I like the rest here hope that nvidia is not leaving the market and going software, as we will all pay more.
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Originally posted by: ronnn
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Originally posted by: ronnn
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
Maybe it is being done to let the vendors hold on to some stock so it doesn't appear that there is a shortage? If the prices are raising, people will just be that more patient to wait on Fermi and see what it does to ATI's pricing. Especially those with GTX series or 48xx series currently.
Obviously amd are selling all of their stock, so I imagine yields are the issue. Fermi appears to be basically irrelevant.
Isn't that what I alluded to? How do you figure Fermi is irrelevant? It's going to be even more anticipated now in the hopes it will drive ATI's prices back down. Do you think that isn't the case?
If Fermi was relevant in today's market, possibly this thread wouldn't exist. Anyways not my thing to blame nvidia for amd shortage. I like the rest here hope that nvidia is not leaving the market and going software, as we will all pay more.
Nobody is blaming Nvidia for AMD shortage. 40nm yields are obviously not that great yet.
Nvidia is probably going software to sell more hardware to a wider customer base. That is all.
Originally posted by: FalseChristian
I think the prices are quite fair considering I paid $763 Canadian for a Radeon X800 Pro. I'll never do that again. Just call me stupid.