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[DEAD] Sapphire Radeon HD6970 2GB - $300AR/FS at Newegg

Nice price !! Wish I could have waited a bit longer before I bought, but for anyone looking for a card, this is a good deal.
 
I just ordered one of these cards from newegg. There is a combo deal of $38 off when you combine this with a corsair AX850 power supply. $189.99 - $38 + $5.99 (the power supply does not qualify for free shipping) = $158 for the AX850, pretty decent price.
 
LOL_Wut_Axel said:
Price/performance ratio always starts to go down considerably after ~$200. This does have more overclocking headroom than the 6870, though.
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Another thing to consider is the price/performance ratio of your entire system. If you build a system that costs $1000 with a 6870 or $1160 with a 6970, then you're getting a 33% gaming performance increase for a 16% price increase.
 
kalrith said:
Another thing to consider is the price/performance ratio of your entire system. If you build a system that costs $1000 with a 6870 or $1160 with a 6970, then you're getting a 33% gaming performance increase for a 16% price increase.
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I've always viewed this argument as significantly flawed. If you're an enthusiast you probably already have things like a DVD burner, Hard Drive, power supply, case, and/or RAM which you may reuse.

Comparing using platform costs seems more reasonable.
 
LOL_Wut_Axel said:
I've always viewed this argument as significantly flawed. If you're an enthusiast you probably already have things like a DVD burner, Hard Drive, power supply, case, and/or RAM which you may reuse.

Comparing using platform costs seems more reasonable.
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Why is it flawed? Yes, you already have those things, but there's a cost involved with all of them. If you look for the absolute best bang for the buck, then it probably doesn't make sense to spend more than $100 on a video card. I haven't seen any deals on a $200 video card that produces double the frame rates of the 460 1GB that was $100 a week or two ago.

My point was akin to spending $1,000 instead of $500 on set of tires for a Corvette. The $1,000 tires might not have double the performance of the $500 tires. However, spending $51,000 compared to $50,500 is a very negligible cost difference for the entire car. Yes, you already own the car, but that doesn't mean that you should buy a $500 set of tires because they perform 70% as well as the tires that cost twice as much.

In the same way, you shouldn't put a $1,000 set of tires on your Geo Metro or a $300 video card in a $300 computer.

I think that looking at the entire system cost for price/performance is valid for those reasons.
 
kalrith said:
Why is it flawed? Yes, you already have those things, but there's a cost involved with all of them. If you look for the absolute best bang for the buck, then it probably doesn't make sense to spend more than $100 on a video card. I haven't seen any deals on a $200 video card that produces double the frame rates of the 460 1GB that was $100 a week or two ago.

My point was akin to spending $1,000 instead of $500 on set of tires for a Corvette. The $1,000 tires might not have double the performance of the $500 tires. However, spending $51,000 compared to $50,500 is a very negligible cost difference for the entire car. Yes, you already own the car, but that doesn't mean that you should buy a $500 set of tires because they perform 70% as well as the tires that cost twice as much.

In the same way, you shouldn't put a $1,000 set of tires on your Geo Metro or a $300 video card in a $300 computer.

I think that looking at the entire system cost for price/performance is valid for those reasons.
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No, it's not. I already explained why to you. You compare each component or the platform as using a whole new system to compare you're assuming too many things that could be incorrect. If the person already has almost half the parts (which most do, as things like the OD, HD, and case are used for multiple builds).

Second, price/performance goes down after ~$200. At that and below it stays linear, and the point is not going for the absolute best bang-for-buck but to not get something where you get to a point of very diminishing returns (see GTX 570 vs GTX 580).
 
LOL_Wut_Axel said:
No, it's not. I already explained why to you. You compare each component or the platform as using a whole new system to compare you're assuming too many things that could be incorrect. If the person already has almost half the parts (which most do, as things like the OD, HD, and case are used for multiple builds).

Second, price/performance goes down after ~$200. At that and below it stays linear, and the point is not going for the absolute best bang-for-buck but to not get something where you get to a point of very diminishing returns (see GTX 570 vs GTX 580).
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OK, if price/performance goes down after $200 and not $100, then show me a $200 graphics card with double the performance of the $100 460 1GB. If you can't, then either don't bother replying or fix all your posts to say that the price/performance goes south after $100.
 
kalrith said:
OK, if price/performance goes down after $200 and not $100, then show me a $200 graphics card with double the performance of the $100 460 1GB. If you can't, then either don't bother replying or fix all your posts to say that the price/performance goes south after $100.
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There's no $100 GTX 460 1GB, so don't make things up. Also, I'd suggest you come down from that cloud and stop being rude and confrontational for no reason.

There's no current stock cards that can be had for $200 as the HD 6870 is $160-170 and the GTX 560 is $180 to $190 while being no faster than the 6870.

Radeon HD 6750: $100
Radeon HD 6770: $110
Radeon HD 6870: $160

The Radeon HD 6870 currently costs 45% more than the HD 6770 and is 55% faster, therefore bang-for-buck actually goes UP. If you want to compare other possibilities, there's the HD 5670 DDR5 at $70. The 6870 is 229% more expensive than it, but also 240% faster. Again, bang-for-buck goes up.
 
price/performance

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-performance-radeon-geforce,2997-7.html

Tire of seeing you people argue pointless reasons when if it comes down to price/performance. I bought the 4870x2 posted a while back for $150 and it's right up there in performance. But like I said before your view of price/performance may entirely be on a different realm than mine.

This is a good price for current gen card though. If would want to be future-future proof it's not a bad idea.
 
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