2900pro 512mb and 1gig pricing.....I hope????

[lunyone]

Just found this online and wanted to share it with all. Not sure if these will be street value, but something to consider if your buying a 8800gts 320mb in the $300 range.

AMD 2900pro pricing link
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17571

 

[shargrath]

$249 is pretty good seeing that it tends to beat the 8800gts in a number of tests. i want to see the 2900gt i wonder how it performs..

 

[abigsmurf]

There are a handfull of UK shops offering them for pre-order at the moment. The typical price seems to be £170($340) with Ebuyer offering one for £148($296). Bear in mind these prices include 17.5% VAT and a ~5% 'getting ripped off because you're british' fee.

I did see one UK shop offering one for £140 but I lost the link. Hopefully Dabs will get some in over the weekend and have them cheap

 

[lunyone]

I wonder how well they will do. Anyone got any benchmarks on these guys?

 

[abigsmurf]

there are a couple of benchmarks floating around, both from questionable sources. 1 says it outperforms an 8800gts, the other says it's slightly behind. Both say it overclocks well

 

[pauldh]

I wonder how well they will do. Anyone got any benchmarks on these guys?

Tweaktown has the only review written in English that I have seen. It looks to compete and even beat the 8800GTS 320MB and HIS states $249 for the retail price:
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1189/1/page_1_introduction/index.html