yay 3850 and 3870 price drop!

Yea this is pretty good news. I am curious is to the reasoning. I hope we see something new or maybe this is just to counter the 9600GT that we have seen some info on recently. Hopefully the former, but probably the latter.
Best,

3Ball

You guys do realize that 8800GT 512M is dipping into the $200~$220 range right? Without lower prices it's hard to justify buying 3870 these days. (Yeah, they can match 8800GTs once you get both of them SLi'd and Crossfire'd... but dual card remains a small part of the market)

And those prices are here now, thats why it its this way. You dont like competition? This is what its all about . And WE win!! Cant wait for the 700s

does this mean a price drop in the 3870x2? o.0

Not until the higher end 9800's release is what I would assume.

Best,

3Ball

If the 3870 drops to $189 surely the 3870x2 would drop to $380?

hemm... not necessarily... after all, the X2 is still the better solution... +, it's at the high end, so...

I looked at the sub $200 3870 as an upgrade over my GTS 320.

They're about equal.

ehm, the HD3850 is the one that competes with your 320 gts

the 3870 goes for the 640mb GTS...

I'm gutted I bought my 3870 yesterday and the drops were announced today. The only saving grace is that here the UK they will probably just ignore it for a couple of weeks.

Not to mention that for people who dont have crossfire capabilities, which is alot I might add. If you they want that sort of solution then the X2 is the only way to go, thus causing them to maybe justify the premium.

Best,

3Ball

According to the VGA charts they're basically the same in real world performance.

edit - for the rez I'm looking for, I guess I should say (1680x1050 and below)

so your saying 2x3870s in crossfire would be the same, and cheaper than a single 3870x2?

....and you yourself realise theres now a card for more or less any price point: 8800gs, 3850 256 or 512, 8800gt 256, 9600gt, 3870, 8800gt 512, 8800gts 512.

In short if you want to spend an extra 10 dollars/pounds, you can buy something a bit faster. In the u.k. the 95-150 quid price range takes in all these cards except the 8800gts 512. Weve never had such a choice as at this present time. You could set yourself a budget and be very happy with whatever you bought imho.