why won't nvidia drop their prices?

[T2k]

Originally posted by: Jovec
What makes anyone think prices are going to drop quickly?

Last gen Nvidia was first out of the gate with high prices, so ATI countered with 90% of the performance as 70% of the price (or whatever).

Seriously: what are you talking about? 4800 was neck-to-neck in everything when it came out.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: happy medium


I still think Nvidia as a whole in the past 7 years or so has generally been the better and more popular company. Besides the fx5800 dustbuster ,its been fairly consistant.

Until, if and when Nvidia fails then Amd gets my money. Unless Amd pulls off a G80 series ,my money stays where the consistant performance and drivers are.(not saying Amd's drivers or performance sucks)

In other words I'll stay with whats been working for me till Nvidia screws me. And to stay within topic is why I'll pay a little more for a Nvidia card and might be a reason for Nvidia not needing to lower their prices.
Even though I think they should.:thumbsup:

I agree 100%

Originally posted by: Elfear

More popular sure, they have ~2/3 of the market. Better company? That is debatable.

All companies are evil faceless monsters. Debating which company is less evil than the other is like debating which cast member of "The View" is the least annoying or which expired meatloaf you would rather eat.

 

[MODEL3]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/v...n_the_GPU_Market.html#

A number of recent media publications suggest that ATI and Nvidia have started to reduce supplies of previous-generation high-end offerings, e.g., ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 285, as well as previous-generation 55nm graphics chips in general. Due to short supply of GPUs, graphics board vendors are reportedly even considering to increase pricing of graphics boards in order to fulfill the demand. Some claim that shortages will persist till Q1 2010.

Even though the two designers of graphics chips are streamlining their businesses at the moment, shortage of graphics cards may not be completely their fault. At a recent meeting with financial analysts, Mike Hara, vice president of investor relations at Nvidia, explained that the company?s goal is to have inventory for 30 days of sales, which allows the firm to respond to competitive challenges in a timely manner. ATI?s goal seems to be generally similar: to keep as few chips in stock as possible.