What ATI gonna do when 7900GTO sales for $250?

[mikek753]

Originally posted by: videopho
$219.99 (AR)

ATI has to place x1900xt 256 below $200 and x1900xt 512 below $250 to make ppl buy it - IMHO

again - NV will sale all VPU, where ATI will not due to higher price ...
remember what happened when NV pushed 7900GT below $299 on market, when x1900xt 512 were at $450 price range? how many ppl went with NV that time vs. ATI?

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: mikek753

ATI has to place x1900xt 256 below $200 and x1900xt 512 below $250 to make ppl buy it - IMHO

We'll have to wait for good benchmarks to determine how the cards stack up against each other but I'd say the current price points for the X1900XT (both versions) are pretty good. The 256MB version could go down a tad but they would both be very competetive with the GTO at current pricing.

 

[MrX8503]

Originally posted by: mikek753

Originally posted by: videopho
$219.99 (AR)

ATI has to place x1900xt 256 below $200 and x1900xt 512 below $250 to make ppl buy it - IMHO

again - NV will sale all VPU, where ATI will not due to higher price ...
remember what happened when NV pushed 7900GT below $299 on market, when x1900xt 512 were at $450 price range? how many ppl went with NV that time vs. ATI?

The X1900xt 256 has been cheap compared to the 7900gt for a while. Very few acknowledged this.

Why are you comparing a 7900gt to a x1900xt 512? At the time of release x1900xt 512 was High End competing against the 7900GTX 512.

7900gt's competitor was the x1800xt, which can be found for around $200 right now.

I like how people compare bang/buck for vid cards that arent even in the same performance bracket. Of course an inferior card would be cheaper.

 

[Killer4Hire]

I may be mistaking but i thought the X850XTPEGHIT was a 2.0 shader card only.. no 3.0 shader surpport .. so why would someone pick that over a 7600GT other then not knowing better.. sure it a FPS monster .. but there are cards that can do that and look pretty also..

I have the money to buy almost any of the new cards .. even the X1950XTX.. but my eye is now on the 7900GTO..

 

[MrX8503]

Originally posted by: Killer4Hire
I may be mistaking but i thought the X850XTPEGHIT was a 2.0 shader card only.. no 3.0 shader surpport .. so why would someone pick that over a 7600GT other then not knowing better.. sure it a FPS monster .. but there are cards that can do that and look pretty also..

I have the money to buy almost any of the new cards .. even the X1950XTX.. but my eye is now on the 7900GTO..

You're right x850xtpe is only shader 2.0 only, but do you really think shader 3.0 is effective on a 7600gt? Whats the point of having a feature if it cant excel in it? Its pointless. I can see it more effective in higher end cards such as 7900gt/gtx.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: MrX8503

Originally posted by: Killer4Hire
I may be mistaking but i thought the X850XTPEGHIT was a 2.0 shader card only.. no 3.0 shader surpport .. so why would someone pick that over a 7600GT other then not knowing better.. sure it a FPS monster .. but there are cards that can do that and look pretty also..

I have the money to buy almost any of the new cards .. even the X1950XTX.. but my eye is now on the 7900GTO..

You're right x850xtpe is only shader 2.0 only, but do you really think shader 3.0 is effective on a 7600gt? Whats the point of having a feature if it cant excel in it? Its pointless. I can see it more effective in higher end cards such as 7900gt/gtx.

SM3.0 is primarily SM 2.0 extensions, just a tiny bit faster. Having SM 3.0 in a card is only a good thing.

The only "SM 3.0 feature" (it's not really part of SM 3.0 but all SM 3.0 cards support it) that is kind of worthless on a 7600GT is Open EXR/FP16 HDR (like what's used in Far Cry). The 7600GT is too slow to support "true" HDR at anything above 1024X768 (at playable framerates anyways).

But otherwise SM 3.0 is just more good stuff.

The 7600GT is neck-and-neck with the 6800GT if I'm not mistaken, and the 6800GT was only about 15% slower than an X850 XT (PE), so the 7600GT would be competitive with the X850XT, just maybe a bit slower.