ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series discussion

[Shintai]

Shintai,
Dunno what you're going on about - ofcourse the profit from single 9800GTX is greater than of a 8800GT. But you can be sure that the sales volume of 9800GTX (~$300) is totally insignificant compared to 8800GT/S ($175-200) thus the latter brings more profit in the end of the day. Unless you can post some numbers...

Selling G200s @ $500 (or w/e) will be very, very bad business for nV... On the other hand, HD4870 will retail at much lower price thus more people will buy it. Volume is what matters.

There is a crossover point. The issue is not mainstream would generate more. But to say enthutiast aint highly profitable is wrong. AMD would want to be there aswell, but they cant really.

A 8800GT is more like 150-180$ and the 9800GTX 290$.

Asume the production price is about equal. Maybe add 10$. Then it depends what nVidia earns on a 8800GT. If the GT gives 10$ profit and the GTX 120$ profit you would quickly need a alot higher revenue. For Intel the 1499$ chip cost the exact same to make as the 266$ chip. Enthutiast part of the game is basicly like milking a golden cow. Its free more or less with extremely high profit.

Oh, and the ATI part still doesnt make any profit.