how low will ATI go.

[TanisHalfElven]

how low do you think prices for the current gen ati cards will go and how quickly.
today my $200 budget can get me a x1950pro which is awesome upgrade for me. But i keep remember the x850xt s that were 150 buck just last year and keep hoping the x1950xtx will drop below 200. what do you guys think are the chances of finding a x1950xt/x1900xtx/xt for that price.

 

[Kromis]

I think the chances of a X1900XT selling at ~$200 are somewhat moderate. Hopefully, one manufacturer will sell them at that price and the others will follow suit.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Its quite hard to say. The X1900 series already had price cuts, but to force even more price cuts doesnt make sense in a business sense. Currently as of now, the $499 market and up is nVIDIA territory along with very hard competition from nVIDIA for the low and mid range. (7900GS/7600GT to 7300GT). Although it may seem totally foolish to further cut prices, i think it may be there only chance of stealing some of the thunder from the G80 launch.

 

[Midwayman]

Well, the ati card are already pretty well positioned in the market in terms of street price. ~400 for a x1950xtx vs 500 for the 8800gts. Thats some good seperation right now. Wouldnt be surprised to see a $50 or so drop in response to the 8800 once it stabilizes though.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

so no chance of x1900xt/xtx hitting 200 this year eh ?
oh well.

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

There is a limit to how low prices can go. No one is going to sell for a loss.

No chance of a X19x0XTX going to $200 (damn that's a lot of X's).

 

[LordGestle]

Agreed thing will only go so low. In my experience the mid level/top level cards start dissapearing at 250$ in the retail chain. Not to mention the manufacturer stops producing those cards once the newer generation is released. The other scenario is a manufacturer has a limited run product of a new product that's a higher end product in disguise..
Recent Cards that followed this trend:
X1800XT
X1800XL 512MB and X1800GTO2 (really a downclocked X1800XT)
X1900XT 256MB
7900GTO (Really a downclocked 7900GTX)
However I think the big unknown is the used market. I'm already seeing X1900 512mb cards hitting 250-275. I think it will be very possible to get most of those cards for <250 in the upcoming months (especially when R600 and the midlevel DX10 cards are released) in the used market. The unknown is how low will they go..

 

[mikek753]

what are current x19x0 prices? and what were prices a month ago? How much drop in %?
I see that x1950pro/256 will be in $150 range soon and x1900xt/256 in $200 and $1900xt/512 in $250 - but that's all
after that point ATI may just cut production.
Why I think so?
B-z, ATI has (IMHO) 50% markup at MSRP
let say - MSRP for x1950pro is $299 then ATI can sale it in between $150 to $299. As result OEMs get it for about $150 as other internal ATI ppl.
the same for x1950xtx it might go down to $250 - $300 range, but that's all

When those prices will drop down to that 50% mark then newer card will be released (r600?).

That's how I understand it.

 

[Munky]

The x1900 series is not even a year old and it's the newest core Ati has, so no chance in hell of a x1950xtx dropping below $200. Maybe the x1900xt-256 will go that low at the end of the year, and that's a big maybe, since they're already selling out at $240. The x1950xtx may drop in price below $300 eventually when the r600 and its derivatives are released, but it'll prbably be phased out and out of stock before ever hitting $200 or lower.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: LordGestle
Agreed thing will only go so low. In my experience the mid level/top level cards start dissapearing at 250$ in the retail chain. Not to mention the manufacturer stops producing those cards once the newer generation is released. The other scenario is a manufacturer has a limited run product of a new product that's a higher end product in disguise..
Recent Cards that followed this trend:
X1800XT
X1800XL 512MB and X1800GTO2 (really a downclocked X1800XT)
X1900XT 256MB
7900GTO (Really a downclocked 7900GTX)
However I think the big unknown is the used market. I'm already seeing X1900 512mb cards hitting 250-275. I think it will be very possible to get most of those cards for <250 in the upcoming months (especially when R600 and the midlevel DX10 cards are released) in the used market. The unknown is how low will they go..

if i recall correctly the x1800xt was around 200 for a while before demand increased and prices jacked up to 250+
and the x850xt was sold for a long time for less than 150.

 

[LordGestle]

You are right about the X850 as I think you can still find them for <150. I don't recall seing the X1800XT 512MB going for less than 250 (not including rebates) except for a limited run on a MSI X1800XT 512MB Lite editions that popped up on zoomfly for a day. The X1800XL 512MB and the X1800GTO were about 199$ for rebadged XT's.
I just have a hard time seeing a X1950XT 512MB for <250 in a retail chain. I guess we will need to wait and see when the R600 is out. I still have a feeling once they reach the 250-275 is when they will be hard to find and no longer in production due to a refesh.

 

[ronnn]

The sapphire x1950xt 256mb is $310 Ca already. So I think $200 us for this card or equivilant is likely with in a couple of months.