NVIDIA Prefaces AMD's Radeon HD 6800 Launch with Price Drops

[Vardant]

Haha, tell me about it.

Yesterday, I was ready to buy the GTX 460 1GB after the price cut and there was no way, I would ever consider the GTX 470.

And now? My head hurts from thinking

[RPGWiZaRD]

Got headache now picking a new card as replacement for a broken GTX 280, GTX 460 overclocks well 850~950MHz or so depending on your luck and can now be had very cheap but then HD6870 also got a nice price/performance/power consumption ratio. If only Cayman also had been released at this point.

[Olivon]

Got headache now picking a new card as replacement for a broken GTX 280, GTX 460 overclocks well 850~950MHz or so depending on your luck and can now be had very cheap but then HD6870 also got a nice price/performance/power consumption ratio. If only Cayman also had been released at this point.

Yeah, that's right RPGWiZaRD, quite an headache ... Not so easy to make a choice ... GTX 460 OC performs quite well but consumes more but those HD68X0 are really cool, especially HD6870.

Cayman is the next step and it will probably bring massive enhancements

[spursindonesia]

Got headache now picking a new card as replacement for a broken GTX 280, GTX 460 overclocks well 850~950MHz or so depending on your luck and can now be had very cheap but then HD6870 also got a nice price/performance/power consumption ratio. If only Cayman also had been released at this point.

With the way nVidia aggressively responding in adjusting their card value with the advent of Northern Islands family cards & prices falling everywhere, i think it would be wise to wait a month till Cayman arrives and the picture gets clearer. We might be pleasantly surprised regarding HD 6970 & HD 6950 pricing structure and its effect toward competitor price (hey, el cheapo GTX 480 for teh win !).

Ofcourse, you still have to monitor these AMD new gen availability, if there's a sign of short supply in 255 mm^2 Bart, then things won't get any better for the significantly bigger (390 mm^2 ?) Cayman & waiting might not be the best avenue for you anymore. Regards.

[RPGWiZaRD]

I'd like to wait but I've already waited 1 month for Barts and don't think I'd stand using a 7900GTO for any longer. It's either GTX 460 1GB or HD6870 but dunno which to pick, GTX 460 can be had for like 50 EUR cheaper around here, 192 EUR for a 1GB Palit Sonic GTX 460 and the only shops that's listed HD6870 but not available yet priced them all at 249 EUR (30% higher), with these prices GTX 460 looks to have perhaps more value. Cayman is probably gonna be rather expensive, I generally try to stay below 300 EUR for a gpu, could spend 350 EUR if it's really worth it and Cayman Pro will most likely not end up much below 350 EUR in Finland at least (corresponding to $350 in the US).

[rintamarotta]

I bought my 4 GTX470's with price of 199euros (277dollars) each, its true that they are actually Point of View GTX465's but since PoV just reflashes GTX470 cards to GTX465 i dont really care .
Also i bought 4 GTX480's with 380-420euros each and did throw waterblocks on em.

Wondering why PoV GTX460 768M price is at 206euros when GTX465 is at 199euros, some other GTX460's are priced around 160euros.

I can see GTX460, GTX465, GTX470 and maybe even GTX480 prices to come down by 10-30 dollars, nvidia needs now hell good price management to sell more cards than AMD with HD6850/70 and later coming HD6950/70.

Asus HD6870 is priced at 249euros and HD6850 is priced at 189euros at one of the finnish online computer stores, i can say thats GTX460 killer price only 29euros more than it.