RussianSensation
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tviceman, not sure I am buying into the theory of too much inventory build up.
7 out of 10 SKUs of 7950 are sold out at Superbiiz
7 out of 12 SKUs of 7970s are sold out there too
On Newegg, 5 of 13 7950 SKUs were sold out today and they replenished most of that stock later today. 4 of 19 7970s that were in stock before the NSR bundle are sold out.
But here is the kicker. On Amazon, there are almost no HD7950/7970 cards left at cheap prices this evening because most of those $280-300 HD7950s and $380-400 HD7970s have sold out. Last week, it was easy as pie to find HD7950-7970 on Amazon at those prices.
Given HD7950's ridiculous overclocking potential, you are paying $280-290 and getting 2 games that would cost $80 in retail on launch date? That's like grabbing GTX680/7970GE level of performance for net $200-210 if you already intended to play those games. If you decide to sell that coupon for $40-50, you are still walking away with a card that sets you back just $240-250. Similarly, buying 2x 7950s and selling the coupon for 1 of those is effectively like buying 90% of the performance of 2x 680/7970GE OC cards if you don't mind tinkering 15 min in MSI AB. That's an unheard of level of value, even better than 2x HD6950s unlocked vs. GTX580 since HD7950 OC can surpass any sub-$460 flagship card at stock speeds from NV or AMD. Not many people want to pay $200+ more for 10% more performance.
Even if you consider dropping down to GTX670, it still can't touch the value of the 7950, not even close.
Your 670 is going for $390 on the Egg. That's about $80 overpriced when even fully maxed out at 1300mhz, it might beat an HD7950 OC by 10% and yet it still doesn't come with Crysis 3 / Bioshock that can be resold for $40-50. The value proposition of after-market HD7950 cards is out of this world right now.
Why exactly does AMD need HD8000 series? Do you honestly think AMD would replace HD7950 with HD8950 at only $279-299? No, a brand new generation would cost more, like $399-449. HD8970 wouldn't be $380-400 like 1Ghz HD7970s are but more like $549. I think most consumers would rather buy HD7950 for $279-299 than pay $399-449 for a 15-20% faster HD8950. At the current moment NV's GTX670/680 are vastly overpriced and their 3 F2P game bundle changes little. I think NV needs to drop prices $60-80 on 670/680s.
7 out of 10 SKUs of 7950 are sold out at Superbiiz
7 out of 12 SKUs of 7970s are sold out there too
On Newegg, 5 of 13 7950 SKUs were sold out today and they replenished most of that stock later today. 4 of 19 7970s that were in stock before the NSR bundle are sold out.
But here is the kicker. On Amazon, there are almost no HD7950/7970 cards left at cheap prices this evening because most of those $280-300 HD7950s and $380-400 HD7970s have sold out. Last week, it was easy as pie to find HD7950-7970 on Amazon at those prices.
Given HD7950's ridiculous overclocking potential, you are paying $280-290 and getting 2 games that would cost $80 in retail on launch date? That's like grabbing GTX680/7970GE level of performance for net $200-210 if you already intended to play those games. If you decide to sell that coupon for $40-50, you are still walking away with a card that sets you back just $240-250. Similarly, buying 2x 7950s and selling the coupon for 1 of those is effectively like buying 90% of the performance of 2x 680/7970GE OC cards if you don't mind tinkering 15 min in MSI AB. That's an unheard of level of value, even better than 2x HD6950s unlocked vs. GTX580 since HD7950 OC can surpass any sub-$460 flagship card at stock speeds from NV or AMD. Not many people want to pay $200+ more for 10% more performance.
Even if you consider dropping down to GTX670, it still can't touch the value of the 7950, not even close.
Your 670 is going for $390 on the Egg. That's about $80 overpriced when even fully maxed out at 1300mhz, it might beat an HD7950 OC by 10% and yet it still doesn't come with Crysis 3 / Bioshock that can be resold for $40-50. The value proposition of after-market HD7950 cards is out of this world right now.
Why exactly does AMD need HD8000 series? Do you honestly think AMD would replace HD7950 with HD8950 at only $279-299? No, a brand new generation would cost more, like $399-449. HD8970 wouldn't be $380-400 like 1Ghz HD7970s are but more like $549. I think most consumers would rather buy HD7950 for $279-299 than pay $399-449 for a 15-20% faster HD8950. At the current moment NV's GTX670/680 are vastly overpriced and their 3 F2P game bundle changes little. I think NV needs to drop prices $60-80 on 670/680s.
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