Official HD 2900 Discussion Thread

[Starscream]

I wouldn't say that but AMD/ATi is in a whole range of trouble now....
The only thing nVidia has to do now is lower their prices just like Intel did and hurt them where it hurts most... AMD/ATi cannot follow simply because there's not much room to compete with price wise... so they better give their R&D department a serious whooping and come up with something good...

my guess is that seing AMD cant compete in the high-end on performence theyl try to compete on price.

Profit margins will suck but it can work.

Nvidia did the same witht he fx 5900. that card sucked compaired ot the 9800 but it was also cheaper.
Dito for the Geforce 6800GT, it wasnt the fastest card around but it was cheaper so sold very wel.

@duploxxx
y would Nvidia look green?
as ive said ATis best bet is to compete on price but Nvidia has the same option.

Nvidias advantage is that their cards have been out for months.
And those cards have been selling grt without competition. So ims hure that Nvidia has more then enough room to lower the price. AMD ont he other hand stil has to release their cards and has had alot of costs due to delays etc wich they want to get back.
the only question is will Nvidia follow in a pricing war? Cause with the geforce 7 series they were often very slow to follow ATi with price drops.

So Nvidia has the room and the money to make price drops with the 8800s but their recent history with such things hasnt been to good.