will the 980 drop in price once the ti comes out

If your asking if it will drop to 400 I think that's a definite no. Maybe there will be a little more sales but that's it.

nah, the 980ti is pretty much gonna be a nerfed titan. If we'll see a price drop, we probably won't see it lower more than $50 to $550.

I think your best bet for a $400 card would be... a high-end GTX 970? Namely, that one EVGA model that's selling for $390 on Newegg right now?

Or, if you're willing to put up with the heat generation and power consumption, you should totally go for the new revisions of the Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC on Newegg. Those are quite capable of outperforming the GTX 970, and they go for just about $315. Again, though, you have to put up with heat generation and power consumption.

In my opinion, the addition to the 980 Ti to Nvidia's lineup will just be filling a price point gap. They have no reason to change the prices because people interested in buying the 980 Ti probably won't be interested in spending less than $650, which is the most expensive *reasonable* 980 cards are right now. The only cards going for $700 or $800 that I'm familiar with are the EVGA Classified and Kingpin, respectively. But, come on. Looking at the specs, $230 more doesn't really justify LEDs on your card, nor does it justify a better silicon lottery unless you're a hardcore overclocker. I'm not into overclocking, though, so I'd much rather buy a GTX 980 Ti for $800 rather than a possibly overprice GTX 980. And if the GTX 980 Ti is closer to $750 or even $700, then that makes buying such an expensive 980 all the more questionable. So the GTX 980 Ti is probably going to fill the gap between normal GTX 980s and the Titan X, rather than shove cards out of the way like the 980 did to the 780 Ti.

Look on the red team's side of the house, though, and you might see such slashes in the R9 290X. The R9 390X is probably going to replace the R9 290X, after all. The only reason why they wouldn't deflate the R9 290X's prices when the R9 390X is released would be that they've already cut prices in half compared to what they were in Q3 2014. The cheapest R9 290X was about $500 back then, many good aftermarket models such as the Vapor-X approaching and even surpassing $600. Now they're between $330 and $300. Will AMD drop their prices even further, especially if the R9 390X sits at a higher price point? It's possible, but it could go either way.

if you're looking for a card in late June, wait til E3. That's when they're officially announcing the r9 300 series, maybe even earlier this year at Computex in the very beginning of June. R9 300 series release dates are already announced also near the end of June. Speculation also shows Nvidia may announce their 980ti at Computex also, so next month's gonna be fun lol

@PCBuilderProbs,
I think you have missed the memo bro. The 980ti is set to be released this week or next. Early reviews are already available on the net and review samples are in the hands of reviewers.
It is a stripped down Titan with 6Gb memory. It performs in between a Titan and a 980 meaning its going to be priced somewhere in there. I'm guessing $850.

oh sh*t they release next month? Let the battles begin!

Well I saw that the 390x may only have 4GB of Memory. That would certainly stink. Especially if your intention is to play 4K without buying a Titan.

That depends on whether HBM delivers on the promises AMD are making about it's advantages.
It's supposed to do more with less.

speculation shows they can release an 8gb model using HBM using what they call a "dual-link interposing" design, basically stacking 2 4gb HBM modules on top of each other. This would help them get over the obstacle of the 4gb limit of first gen HBM. If not, then it's been speculated that they will be easily able to integrate HBM2 into their cards, so we'll probably see an 8gb HBM card at the end of the year rather than maybe next month

At least it's HBM, though. That could give it an edge at 1440p.

I read that too. I wont hold my breath though. It'll be interesting to see how it performs in tests shortly after the card is released.

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