Sapphire Drastically Reduces Price of HD 2900 Graphics Cards

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Sapphire Drastically Reduces Price of HD 2900 Graphics Cards on Newegg

It seems as though Sapphire is having some sort of sale, offering their entire stock of HD 2900 graphics card either at a discount, or with free shipping. Get them while they are hot:

• 2900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3: $170 + shipping.
  
• 2900Pro 512MB 512-bit GDDR3: $250 shipped.
  
• 2900XT 512MB 512-bit GDDR3: $280 + shipping.
  
• 2900Pro 1GB 512-bit GDDR4: $300 + shipping
  
• 2900XT 1GB 512-bit GDDR4: $340 + shipping.

Source: Newegg


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Originally Posted by mascaras

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fook, that price for the 512 2900xt is what it should have launched at!

http://www.directcanada.com/products...anufacture=HIS

2900 gt is $170 canadian on this site. Its probably priced lower in the US

These are the prices that we should have seen around launch time.. I imagine AMD would have sold a few more 2900's with these prices.

this puts the price to performance of the 2900pro back on top

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Originally Posted by zanzabar

this puts the price to performance of the 2900pro back on top

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for ati cards...

and actually technically id rather have an XT because they overclock higher/better than pro, so the XT is a great choice for that price point.

Not, surprising, but the hd2900xt needs to be lowered to 200$ to be competitive with nV..

the 2900pro is the fastest card on neutral platforms when slightly oced (thats compared to everything)

I too noticed this as I did a WTF double take when looking at the XTs (just browsing) and noticed the price drop ... well there will be a lot of Diamond cards left at the egg, that is for sure!

I wonder if this means saphire is worried about g92, or that the r680 will be coming out soon

This is to unload stocks before the 3870 is released...

Anybody get a confirmation on the release date for the next generation? Nov 15th and the 19th are potential release days with no confirmation.

I doubt that, the rv670 line up is independant of the r600, as they are "performance"products whereas the r600 lineup (well, really just the xt) are "enthusiast", if anything it has to do with the r680 which replaces it, or g92 spanking it

Hmm, I'd think that it was to unload them before the launch of the 3870 esp. The rumor are that it will be around 10% quicker then the 2900XT and at a lower price point, who's going to buy the 2900XT. Sell as many as you can at the best price possible before the market totally bottoms out on them.

The 2900XT is reaching EOL so no, its not independent of the RV670

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Originally Posted by zerazax

The 2900XT is reaching EOL so no, its not independent of the RV670

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thats like how the p35 wasnt going to affect teh 975 chipset its not going to happen the stats on the 3870 are better than the 2900xt and it has almost the same memory bandwidth

Makes me feel awesome for paying $400 for my 2900XT just after the release :(

sniff sniff... i smell a price war emerging with ati and nvidia... and I am now a happy camper :)

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Originally Posted by TechPowerUp

Get them while they are hot:

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I don't think we have to worry about any not-hot R600s....

Tell that to my Tek-9 :D

the 2900xt is back up to $400 now

thats prolly due to some retailers jacking up prices and not because of sapphire or ati

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Originally Posted by Idaho

Makes me feel awesome for paying $400 for my 2900XT just after the release :(

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For those of us that game, it's happened to all of us bro. :up:

that's great news.... btw... the 3dmar06 record is with 2x2900XT not 8800Ultras :D

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Originally Posted by ediflorianus

the 3dmar06 record is with 2x2900XT not 8800Ultras :D

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Which really doesnt mean much

2900XT is back up to $329 :down:

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Originally Posted by zanzabar

the 2900pro is the fastest card on neutral platforms when slightly oced (thats compared to everything)

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Ummmm...no.

The 8800gt beats the 2900pro at the same price point. That's stock vs. stock AND overclocked vs overclocked.

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Originally Posted by DilTech

Ummmm...no.

The 8800gt beats the 2900pro at the same price point. That's stock vs. stock AND overclocked vs overclocked.

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8800gt is hovering around 280-320 now.... Gotta love Nvidia lieing to their customers, sure it would be around $235.. at launch. After first stock went out, PRICE JUMP!

going from 235 to 280 averaged and up to 320 on the higher end is bull :banana::banana::banana::banana: any way you slice the pie.

a flashed 2900pro is the better bargain.

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Originally Posted by EvlUndrWareNome

8800gt is hovering around 280-320 now.... Gotta love Nvidia lieing to their customers, sure it would be around $235.. at launch. After first stock went out, PRICE JUMP!

going from 235 to 280 averaged and up to 320 on the higher end is bull :banana::banana::banana::banana: any way you slice the pie.

a flashed 2900pro is the better bargain.

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Maybe you need to learn something about retail business. It got NOTHING to do with nVidia. You can thank stores like newegg for it. Just as when I could buy E6600 at release day for 270$ in droves. Yet on newegg it was 400$ or more. Go figure.

So get a :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing clue before spreeing out bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:.

Also the MSRP on the 512MB card is 249$.

I also doubt its controlling the price. Since nVidia only sell the G92 chip to board makers that uses reference design or their own.

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Originally Posted by EvlUndrWareNome

8800gt is hovering around 280-320 now.... Gotta love Nvidia lieing to their customers, sure it would be around $235.. at launch. After first stock went out, PRICE JUMP!

going from 235 to 280 averaged and up to 320 on the higher end is bull :banana::banana::banana::banana: any way you slice the pie.

a flashed 2900pro is the better bargain.

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TBH thats just the E-tailers price gouging...

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Originally Posted by Shintai

Maybe you need to learn something about retail business. It got NOTHING to do with nVidia. You can thank stores like newegg for it. Just as when I could buy E6600 at release day for 270$ in droves. Yet on newegg it was 400$ or more. Go figure.

So get a :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing clue before spreeing out bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:.

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Not my problem. If the manufacturer tells me $235 and it goes up to 280-300$, then yeah I do hold them responsible. Obviously they are not giving out the right contracts for retailers to sell their product. Theres plenty of people willing to have sales brought to their door for selling a product for the right price.

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Originally Posted by EvlUndrWareNome

Not my problem. If the manufacturer tells me $235 and it goes up to 280-300$, then yeah I do hold them responsible. Obviously they are not giving out the right contracts for retailers to sell their product. Theres plenty of people willing to have sales brought to their door for selling a product for the right price.

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Maybe try check the rest of the world. And you would see the issue is on your home turf.

Instead of just whining and blame others instead of who you should.

And even then, if you should blame a manufactoring company. Blame Asus, EVGA, XFX etc etc.

Your crap is like blaming AMD or Intel if a PC increase in price.

maybe if people actually bought amd cards, their prices would go up too lol.
even with the price cut its not that good of a deal compared to 8800gt or 3870