ATI shakin' it up (5850, price drops?)

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Looking over the 5850 benchmarks today, and I must say, for $200 that be some mighty fine value and performance. Generally 10% to 15% quicker than a 285 and at $100+ less? ATIs got a winner. Just may need to upgrade since the price seems right.

How long do you think till we see some kickback from Nvidia (price drops, competition, etc)?
 
i read somewhere nvidia wont lower prices because they dont wanna take a loss
 
strangly for many it take more than a faster card at a lower price to switch companies.
 
it seems to me nvidias offerings wont be price competitve compared to ati. at least it seems that way so far. with nvidia re-designing a whole new graphics chip i dont see how they can sell it "cheap".
 
I have no doubt the price will eventually go down, but I don't expect just yet. Either Christmas or after.
 
LoBoxJa said:
i read somewhere nvidia wont lower prices because they dont wanna take a loss
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:p

Hahaha....and thats after they moved to 55nM and ghettofied the pcbs in order to cut costs. Is Nvidia operating at razor thin margins right now?
 
LoBoxJa said:
i read somewhere nvidia wont lower prices because they dont wanna take a loss
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they have been doing that for a while (hell I think even ATI had a loosing quarter in this as well) with just about everything but the GTX285. the economy is just not conducive to people buy new gear. but there are a LOT of die hard nvidia fanbois that will keep buying as well as people looking for nvidia specific features (3D glasses, physx, folding performance, the 1% that need cuda). they will keep paying the premium for a while.

but I will be surprised if nvidia doesn't drop some prices and soon. and unlike ATI (its parent company actually) Nvidia can afford to do this for a while.
 
LOL, as if there would be a price drop on the 5850 when it was just released about a week ago and they are basically sold out everywhere you can find them. If anything there should be a price increase to match the overwhelming demand.
 
the thread title is: 5850, price drops

in reference to the AMD/ATi and nVidia strategies, not 5850 has a price drop!
 
jeremyshaw said:
the thread title is: 5850, price drops

in reference to the AMD/ATi and nVidia strategies, not 5850 has a price drop!
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inotocracy said:
Looking over the 5850 benchmarks today, and I must say, for $200 that be some mighty fine value and performance. Generally 10% to 15% quicker than a 285 and at $100+ less? ATIs got a winner. Just may need to upgrade since the price seems right.
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Pretty good attempt at salvaging this thread however it is obvious the OP is severely misinformed. For the 5850 to be $100+ less it would have to be around the 200 price point, hell even lower.
 
What a bunch of cheap skates.

Where is the price drop? :mad:
 
inotocracy said:
lol my bad, it was a quick glance. Strange cause I searched for "5850". In my defense, the reviews I've been reading have been quoting MSRP at around ~$219 :p
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Haha sometimes when you newegg something and it can't find it it'll link you the most related search. I don't think the 5850 will be $219, $259 is a good price point to fight the GTX285, maybe by Xmas it will drop 20$ or so, never know though.
 
You do know that usually there is a price drop because their competitor has something out that can compete with said product(that is not the case right now). I dont think there will be a price drop until either Nvidia drops their 285 bellow the 5850 by $20-40 or when they release their Fermi, which still might not cause a price drop if they only have a $650 part. We will be seeing the 5850 and 5870 at a static price point like the 8800gtx until there is some external factor causing it to drop in price.
 
Only reason I stick with nVidia is for the fact that i've had insane issues with ATI drivers in the past. I've only just RECENTLY switched from an AMD/ATI rig to Intel/Nvidia.

Feels good man.

but yeah, oh topic, $259 seems to be the norm.
 
imo, 5850 price isn't going to drop for a while because of 5770 & 5750 MSRPs

5870 price might drop, but that's only if Nvidia drops their price on GT200 cards
 
inotocracy said:
lol my bad, it was a quick glance. Strange cause I searched for "5850". In my defense, the reviews I've been reading have been quoting MSRP at around ~$219 :p
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The official MSRP as stated by AMD is $260.
 
why would nvidia drop prices? card's out of stock everywhere. until the 5850 is back in stock, the 285 is afaik the card to beat at the ~290 price point lol.
 
Remember for 4 consecutive years 2000-2004 AMD's processor was *faster* AND *cheaper*? Yet Intel still maintained a dominant market share?

It doesn't really matter what the price is, nVIDIA will have no problem getting away with a price disparity in the short term because the brand name. OCed GTX285s will continue to sell at $400 and above. Hell they could rebrand the GTX285 the GTS350.
 
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