Originally posted by: kwaichangkang
No one wants a 7800GT...... prices should therefore go DOWN.
Same thing happened with people wanting to do 6800GT/ULTRA SLI. SLI only makes sense for ultra high end it seems, not a middle of the road upgrade. Nvidia probably cuts all production on the old models in favor of the new, this lowers supply. Since there's a lot of people looking for a mate for their card to SLI with this increases demand more then usual for older parts. Which leaves us where we are now.
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Regardless, it's insane you can get an X1800XT for far less $$$ than a 7800GT.
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Whats more insane is that people will still buy the 7800GT instead.[/quote]
That was the whole point of SLI man. 2 7800 GTs in SLI benches a bit faster that a 7800GTX. I don't have the link but AT did a comparison(or you can google it). Instead of buying a expensive brand new card, you could buy your same, older card and keep your system chugging along.
Wasn't that the whole point of SLI?[/quote]
Yeah, a lot of people talked about that. Even I thought it was interesting idea for awhile. But in practice, it just doesn't work out. You usually end up paying more for the second card then you should have because its a competitive industry and nvidia can't afford to keep producing last years product. This in turn increases the price they fetch on the used market as well. So it makes more sense to sell your old card at the inflated prices and buy a faster new card. The new single card usually performs better then the two older cards in SLI, uses less power and often has a better feature set.
I remember reading a buying guide here on AT where they came to that conclusion as well, and there was a thread in this forum where a lot of people argued with the guy that wrote it. He was right though. And it looks like the situation has repeated itself with the 7800 series.
I wanted to buy a 7800GT for awhile, I was thinking of snagging one when they hit $200. But it doesn't look like thats going to happen. I grabbed a x850xt instead and am pretty happy with it.
My concern is when crossfire becomes more popular I'm not going to be able to turn to last years ATI parts either. They'll have the same inflated prices as nvidia parts do. I prefer to buy the old flagship parts rather then the new budget parts...because when saving money I'd rather sacrifice some features in favor of performance.
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