GeForce GTX 580 pricing revealed

[TWY]

Think prices will be slightly higher or lower, depending on the manufacturer.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-g...th-/10222.html

[K404]

That aint gonna be cheap in the UK

Expect a few % difference in performance... and for the Cayman part to be much better value?

[Vardant]

These cards are either more powerful than we think or AMD will not have their answer ready till the end of the year.

Otherwise it doesn't make sense. It was the GTX 280 launch, when people got upset by sudden price drop mere weeks after, right? They would have to be insane, to try that again.

[Shadov]

These cards are either more powerful than we think or AMD will not have their answer ready till the end of the year.

Otherwise it doesn't make sense. It was the GTX 280 launch, when people got upset by sudden price drop mere weeks after, right? They would have to be insane, to try that again.

I suppose they will keep a premium pricing, since:

A. This is high end, where price dosent follow performance in the same way as mainstream.
B. The part will have limited availability just as e.g. 5800 FX Ultra.
C. Low availability and premium pricing go together till they can evaluate 6900 series.

End result? I guess its worth waiting first for AMD 6900 series and Nvidia price moves. Early suckers, excuse me enthusiasts will have to bite the bullet.

[highoctane]

Well at that price supplies should be stable.

[zalbard]

Repost, and we don't really need 1 million threads about the same damn card.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Would be nice with good competition in the highend as well like we've now seen between GTX 460 and Barts. Somehow I think $599 is accurate for GTX 580 and Cayman XT will end up at $499 being only about 5% behind in performance and the prices will probably stagnate for a while, GTX 580 dropping $50 at best and both nvidia and amd/ati will be happy to milk cash out of people as long as possible.

[Jowy Atreides]

That'll translate to £450-500.

Man, I bet AMD are jumping for joy right now since they'll have the freedom to keep their prices to the moon.

Rumour says reviewers benched the 6950 at the same sorts of speed as the 580.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Rumour says reviewers benched the 6950 at the same sorts of speed as the 580.

LOL and I thought I was being slightly optimistic with a ~15% or so perf advantage above GTX 480 for HD 6970.

But yea at least this should just give AMD free hands to at least price Cayman up to $499 for single gpu and way beyond $599 for the dual-gpu version if it's good enough which it most likely is.

[safan80]

$600 really?

It better be one killer card.

[Olivon]

Rumour says reviewers benched the 6950 at the same sorts of speed as the 580.

Really ?

[zalbard]

Really ?

Why not, sounds about right. If VLIW4 and Cayman are really that good... GTX580 sounds quite unimpressive so far, at least until we get more info that it's really not just GTX480-512SP.

[Flying duck]

That'll translate to £450-500.

Man, I bet AMD are jumping for joy right now since they'll have the freedom to keep their prices to the moon.

Rumour says reviewers benched the 6950 at the same sorts of speed as the 580.

That's amazing if true, can you provide a link to the rumour?

[Carfax]

If I can't get a good price for my 480s, I'm going to skip these cards and wait for the next generation. Paying a further 1,200 USD for 2 of these cards after spending slightly over a 1,000 USD on the 480s doesn't sound very appetizing to me.

The best time to buy these cards will be after Cayman becomes available, as Nvidia will be forced to reduce the price due to competition.

[Flying duck]

If I can't get a good price for my 480s, I'm going to skip these cards and wait for the next generation. Paying a further 1,200 USD for 2 of these cards after spending slightly over a 1,000 USD on the 480s doesn't sound very appetizing to me.

The best time to buy these cards will be after Cayman becomes available, as Nvidia will be forced to reduce the price due to competition.

Man I feel sorry for you...

[Dimitriman]

It's simple, they are pricing against the 5970 and playing wait and see with Cayman. Most likely both Cayman and 580 will settle at 499 to 459$ and god knows how much antilles will cost.

[TheBreezyBB]

Not very good if True!!

[Dezmen]

Nvidia: Every new generation GPU + 100$ to previous!
LOL...
GTX680 - 699$
GTX780 - 799$
GTX880 - 899$
etc xD

[K404]

Top-end refresh (not necessarily silicon refresh) is always expensive, but in terms of raw £/$, the price hasn't changed much

6800 GT-> Ultra -> Ultra 512

7800GTX -> 7800GTX 512MB

8800GTX -> 8800 Ultra

[HelixPC]

honestly, if those are true, nvidia is really in trouble if caymen is priced at $400

[Sam_oslo]

That's a fake price, I bet.
Because last years "peace"-period is over, and with that the era of 600$ card is over too.

[zalbard]

honestly, if those are true, nvidia is really in trouble if caymen is priced at $400

Taking a wild guess looking at 68x0 cards... $349 for 6950, $449 for 6970, $599-$649 for 6990 (the x2 card). At least that would make sense in my book given that the performance increase is significant.

[Olivon]

Why not, sounds about right. If VLIW4 and Cayman are really that good... GTX580 sounds quite unimpressive so far, at least until we get more info that it's really not just GTX480-512SP.

Right, I'm just curious ...

And GF110 might have 128 TMUs too Vs 60 TMU's from GTX 480 according to rumours ...

[Pantsu]

Well enthusiast market isn't very price sensitive, or all that important in terms of market share and profit so it's easy for Nvidia to price this card sky high especially before it has any competition. I'm sure there will be enough foo...enthusiasts to buy the first batch that Nvidia has scraped together. If the paper launch proves true there won't be more until next year. Of course this sucks if Cayman ends up as fast as people think since AMD can overprice it too.

[Flying duck]

That's a fake price, I bet.
Because last years "peace"-period is over, and with that the era of 600$ card is over too.

Just lol...