Newegg raises 7900 pricing (fixed)

[Subyman]

Maybe they think they can get more because the 3 game deal went live? There is no way they will sell at that price. Wow.

 

[Don Karnage]

You're not actually this simple, are you Don? I'm pretty sure you're not.

In order to compare the two, there has to be comparable stock, which EVERYONE knows there is not. Just because Newegg might have 500 slowly selling 7900 cards doesn't mean the cards have less demand than a 600 which cannot be stocked. Yes, 600 is selling faster than they can stock them, but that is to be expected when they trickle in such minute amounts, if at all.

It's simply not comparable until the supply of 600 matches the supply of 7900. As a consumer that's the only way to make the comparison, unless you have insider sales info (which none of you people do).

On top of that, what is with you people thinking AMD needs to sell 7900's dirt cheap? 7970 MSRP is $479, 680 MSRP is $499. 4% more money for on average what, 6% more performance? Price doesn't need to come down, especially with 3 free games and 1 GHZ edition coming (which should keep same $479 MSRP).

7950 MSRP is $399, and compared to $399 670, 7950 should drop to about $349.

Stop acting like 600's beat 7900's so badly that AMD needs a buy one get one free promo, jeez.

Come on chi. Would you buy a 399.99 7950 over a 399.99 670? Ofcourse not

 

[chimaxi83]

Come on chi. Would you buy a 399.99 7950 over a 399.99 670? Ofcourse not

Hell no. Lol. I said 7950 needs to come down now that 670 is out, its gotta drop to $349ish.

 

[Don Karnage]

Hell no. Lol. I said 7950 needs to come down now that 670 is out, its gotta drop to $349ish.

I'll give the 7970 credit where credit is due. When overclocked over 1200 core it matches and beats the 680 BUT IMO it's very overpriced currently. It needs to be 429.99-439.99 not almost 500 dollars.

The 7950 is just a joke at 399.99. Gets slaughtered by the same priced 670 yet amd refuses to drop prices.

Does amd think gamers are dumb and don't read reviews?

 

[Zargon]

There is NO demand for the 79xx series. Its overpriced compared to Kepler. Why would anyone even consider buying it?

eyefinity has alot more options than surround does in general, other than that, no clue!

 

[Elfear]

I'll give the 7970 credit where credit is due. When overclocked over 1200 core it matches and beats the 680 BUT IMO it's very overpriced currently. It needs to be 429.99-439.99 not almost 500 dollars.

The 7950 is just a joke at 399.99. Gets slaughtered by the same priced 670 yet amd refuses to drop prices.

Does amd think gamers are dumb and don't read reviews?

You can get overclocked 7970's for $449 with three free games. How is that "very overpriced" if you think prices should be $429-439? Just sell the games and there you are.

 

[badb0y]

You guys are misinterpreting what I said basically when the stock of a certain item on Newegg gets low it automatically pushes the price up. That doesn't mean there is a lot of demand for the 7970, it just means for those specific SKUs the stock is low.

 

[Don Karnage]

You can get overclocked 7970's for $449 with three free games. How is that "very overpriced" if you think prices should be $429-439? Just sell the games and there you are.

You can get "ONE" 7970 for 449.99. After that prices rise. Next lowest price one is 469.99 and they go up from there.

 

[Imouto]

Nvidia sure is fueling its propaganda lately. Most HW sites are filled with NV news and forums are patrolled by Nvidia zealots pouncing for no reason.

And just because they launched an OOS super expensive card that beats its super expensive rival for a single digit percent.

This is hilarious.

 

[N4g4rok]

This is hilarious.

Welcome to the Internet.

 

[KompuKare]

Nvidia sure is fueling its propaganda lately. Most HW sites are filled with NV news and forums are patrolled by Nvidia zealots pouncing for no reason.

And just because they launched an OOS super expensive card that beats its super expensive rival for a single digit percent.

This is hilarious.

Welcome to the internet indeed. Despite (or maybe because of) their aggressive nature, NV seems to have lots fans. Still remember the various bumpgate threads here and on other forums. By post #2, there'd be somebody saying either

1) Charlie is a liar.

2) only few G84s were effected and not G92s, G86, nForce.

3) Xbox360 has the same issue and therefore AMD were equally bad (let's see, AMD licensed the Xbox GPU design-only, Microsoft were 100% responsible for having it made and MS's own engineers warned them before release = exactly the same as bumpgate).

Having been burnt by NV's poor QA, I do love pointing these things out but while that makes me unlikely to consider their hardware I am not in love with AMD (even if I do like underdogs).

 

[3DVagabond]

You guys slay me. There's a pricing error on Newegg and look at where the discussion ends up, LOL. We've got conspiracy, Charlie, bumpgate, automatic price increase due to low stocks...

It was likely someone uploaded an old price schedule. Anyway, things are beck to normal. Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

[Joseph F]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102982

7970 for $450, that is a new low as far as I know of.

A custom-cooled, Sapphire OC version, no less.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Nvidia sure is fueling its propaganda lately. Most HW sites are filled with NV news and forums are patrolled by Nvidia zealots pouncing for no reason.

And just because they launched an OOS super expensive card that beats its super expensive rival for a single digit percent.

This is hilarious.

-I can't speak to the propaganda, but I do have to say that its bizarre watching people Ooohhh and ahhhhh over the GTX680 when this is the worst showing NV's top card has had against AMD's flagship since the x1900/GTX7900 era. This is the generation of the straws (clutching at them, that is) if you're a fanboy in either camp.

 

[blackened23]

You guys slay me. There's a pricing error on Newegg and look at where the discussion ends up, LOL. We've got conspiracy, Charlie, bumpgate, automatic price increase due to low stocks...

It was likely someone uploaded an old price schedule. Anyway, things are beck to normal. Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Agreed, I got a kick out of reading this thread. What an unbelievable direction it took from the get-go, LOL.