Hd5870 - $299

[dragonso]

A $299 price point is not indicative of high yields. It is indicative of performance. If the card is truly priced at $299, take a look at current cards that are priced ~299 and you will have the approximate performance of the new ATI card. On the other hand, people are right to put the validity of this report under the microscope.

oh yeah! that is what nvidia thought when they first priced their gt200 crap

[SKYMTL]

oh yeah! that is what nvidia thought when they first priced their gt200 crap

So? They sold a ton of cards, made money and were still able to slash prices when the HD4800-series was released. Even to this day the majority of Nvidia 200-series cards outsell the ATI competition. IMO, they thought right and hit the nail on the head when it came to their bottom line.

[LiquidReactor]

So? They sold a ton of cards, made money and were still able to slash prices when the HD4800-series was released. Even to this day the majority of Nvidia 200-series cards outsell the ATI competition. IMO, they thought right and hit the nail on the head when it came to their bottom line.

Huh? Steam hardware survey shows that ATI HD 4xxx are far more prolific amongst the survey demographic then Nvidias GTX 260 / 280 / 285.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/

[SKYMTL]

Huh? Steam hardware survey shows that ATI HD 4xxx are far more prolific amongst the survey demographic then Nvidias GTX 260 / 280 / 285.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/

You forget that the survey you see there lumps in ALL HD4800-series cards into one demographic.

Also: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

[eric66]

You forget that the survey you see there lumps in ALL HD4800-series cards into one demographic.

Also: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

it also does same thing with 8800 so ?

[SKYMTL]

it also does same thing with 8800 so ?

Yes, but we were referring to the HD4800 versus GTX 200-series. What I would be interested in is an actual product by product breakdown. Now THAT would be interesting.

[perkam]

You forget that the survey you see there lumps in ALL HD4800-series cards into one demographic.

Also: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

The point stands, however, that very few of those are GT 200 based cards, which is not the case with the HD 4800 series.

Perkam

[SKYMTL]

The point stands, however, that very few of those are GT 200 based cards, which is not the case with the HD 4800 series.

Perkam

I agree. I go with what distributors and retailers tell me and nothing more. There is no doubt that ATI HD4800 series cards are popular and their pricing structure is absolutely kick-arse right now.