The GT300/Fermi Thread - Part 2!

[Sam_oslo]

Yeah, right, so a card that is supposed to be much more expensive to make than 5970 and that is expected to be faster as well will be $200 faster?
Seriously, don't get your hopes high, everyone and their grandmother knows that Fermi will not come cheap.

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If the price was up to the producers, a GPU would cos 5 times more, because these guys are "businessmen" and never get enough.
The price is more impacted by the competition then the production-cost or producer-desires. It is all based on a simple rule, demand and availability. A competing ATi card will reduce the demand and price, it is a simple rule that apply to all products.

A good example on how this works:
ATi had no competition for 5x-series. You take a look at the 5790-prices and compare it to 4870x2-launch price and tell me why it is so much more?