Why do the 9700s cost more than the 9800s?

[Wedge1]

I've scoured about, comparing prices, and it seems the 9700 pro or non-pro costs more than the 9800 pro and non-pro, respectively. Why is this so?

 

[Corporate Thug]

9700 pro is discounted so there is less supply

 

[Ronin]

1 simple word:

Availability.

Well, that and the fact that the 9700 is still a solid performer.

 

Yup, good ol' supply and demand kicking in.

 

[Rogodin2]

Get yourself a sapphire 9800nonpro from newegg.com for $249

They have the samsung 3.3ns ram and with a simple bios flash you have a pro.

rogo

 

[Artician]

What is the difference between pro and non-pro?

 

[Shogun]

Originally posted by: Artician
What is the difference between pro and non-pro?

With regards to the 9800 vs. the 9800 Pro, clock speed on the Pro is 380 MHz vs. 325 for the non-pro. The memory speed is 340 MHz on the Pro vs. 290 for the non-pro.

 

[Goose77]

Originally posted by: Rogodin2
Get yourself a sapphire 9800nonpro from newegg.com for $249

They have the samsung 3.3ns ram and with a simple bios flash you have a pro.

rogo

sorry to say this, but there are not more sapphire 9800 np, just the 9800 SE np. they pulled them from the shelves!!!! im mad!

 

[Rogodin2]

Crap

sorry for the hope-so they are not there at all

rogo

 

[xSkyDrAx]

The difference between the pros and non pros are the mem and core clock speeds.

 

[Sunny129]

Originally posted by: Goose77

Originally posted by: Rogodin2
Get yourself a sapphire 9800nonpro from newegg.com for $249

They have the samsung 3.3ns ram and with a simple bios flash you have a pro.

rogo

sorry to say this, but there are not more sapphire 9800 np, just the 9800 SE np. they pulled them from the shelves!!!! im mad!

yeah, this sucks! prices for the 9700's go up b/c they are discontinued AND they do away with the 9800np! what an outrage! although i suppose i'd do the same if i were running ATI and finally figured out that everyone w/ a 9800np was flashing it to make it a 9800pro...