GTX 260 for $330. Thoughts?

[doomsdaydave11]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121257

This kind of surprised me. Do you think this will be able to compete with ATI/AMD's current offerings? It's a lot better then $450 for one.

 

[Milos-stancene]

good

 

[FrozenGpu]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121257

This kind of surprised me. Do you think this will be able to compete with ATI/AMD's current offerings? It's a lot better then $450 for one.

aahhahahahahaha, that's what those arrogant fools deserved, power to the people, long live competition!!!!!

 

[smartel7070]

Well considering the 4870 beats the 260gtx hands down in benchmarks I say it's not enough of a price drop .... the 260gtx should sell for 250-275. Any more than that and the 4870 becomes the better choice !

 

[Ycon]

Not bad, but Ive seen even better prices on those

 

[homerdog]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121257

This kind of surprised me. Do you think this will be able to compete with ATI/AMD's current offerings? It's a lot better then $450 for one.

Not bad, but the 4870 is still faster and cheaper

 

[rangers]

you dont want to go for the 260, the 4870 is faster

 

[zipz0p]

Advice: screw the GTX200 series. Get a 4870 and smile.

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

Still a waste of money, except if you have some nvidia fetish

 

[rwayne]

I am surprised that a GTX260 dropped down to $330. However that still is not enough. Even matching the price of a 4870 is not enough.

This is bad news for Nvidia. The yields for the GT200 chips have been very, very poor (low as 40% in some cases) where as the yields for the R770 chips have been unbelievably good.

Nvidia and their partners are getting ready to lose a lot of money. The GT200 chips will never be able to beat the R770 chips on a price to performance ratio. Just because of the yields alone ATI has a whole lot more headroom to drop prices and still make profit than Nvidia does.

 

[danbfree]

Wow... ATI finally has won this round hands down. Absolutely no reason to get a GTX260 when the 4870 is faster and cheaper even after the price cut... Although those that are financially endowed enough could go for a GTX280, a 4870 Xfire setup would really be ideal.

 

[gridener]

i would go with ATI right now if only i had a crossfire board but instead i have a sli board so im going with nvidia! But no harsh feelings toward ATI really..

 

[NarwhaleAu]

4870

....or two 4850s in crossfire. That would give you a setup faster than the GTX280 by a decent amount.

 

[rangers]

Still a waste of money, except if you have some nvidia fetish

john: iv got a fetish

ann: what is is john, whipps, leather mask, getting tied up, feet, hanging a large weight of ur balls

john: no ann every time i see an nvidia gfx card i touch myself

ann: oooh kinky

 

[rwayne]

What I think is interesting that several reports are saying that the 4870x2 is up to 15% faster than two 4870 running in X-Fire mode.

I thought about getting two 4850s myself because I have an xfire motherboard. But if you can get 15% better gains while using less power why not go for a 4870x2 or a 4850x2 card?

Yeah, it is lot of cash upfront (still less than a GTX280), but if you planning on buying a 2nd one anyway it may be worth to wait until august and save the money to get X2 series card.

 

[doomsdaydave11]

john: iv got a fetish
john: no ann every time i see an nvidia gfx card i touch myself

wtf lol?

Yeah, I ordered the VisionTek HD 4870 from Tiger (stupid newegg was charging $10 more ) I think I'm still happy with my purchase regardless of the price drops.

 

[mik3ymomo]

Got mine from Tiger also. Bought it through my AMEX worldpoints mall and they quadruple the dollar amount towards my points. Now i get a 50 dollar gift card from Amex from the extra points i got from buying it from tiger direct.
WIN WIN WIN. Cant wait to try this 4870 Card, its replacing an old 6800 Ultra. Woohoo.

 

[rwayne]

Got mine from Tiger also. Bought it through my AMEX worldpoints mall and they quadruple the dollar amount towards my points. Now i get a 50 dollar gift card from Amex from the extra points i got from buying it from tiger direct.
WIN WIN WIN. Cant wait to try this 4870 Card, its replacing an old 6800 Ultra. Woohoo.

WHOA!!! What an upgrade that is going to be!!

 

[L1qu1d]

Did any1 bother to ask him if he has a sli board? or a CrossX board?

 

[rangers]

Did any1 bother to ask him if he has a sli board? or a CrossX board?

he only got one card so crossfire and sli wont come in to it

 

[L1qu1d]

looking to the future has nothing to do with buying a card then?
I think throwing in another 260 or 4870 later on would benefit him more, so if he has the wrong motherboard, buying another card and motherboard is a waste.

 

[ovaltineplease]

he only got one card so crossfire and sli wont come in to it

If single gpu is the only option, then anything less than gtx280 or 4870x2 is a bit of a waste of money, as anything below that perf level becomes outdated too rapidly in single gpu...

 

[Crazy-PC]

Nvidia has to drop down the GTX260 price because 4870 is around the level of GTX260 (4870 better in gaming but poorer in 3DMark benchmarking) and with better HD video placyback peformance.

 

[ovaltineplease]

You know really, Nvidia only has to much AMD's price; its not like they have to undercut them.

The difference between the 4870 and the gtx260 is very nominal; its not like the 4870 is astronomically better :S

I mean one company has to have the better product, its not like the other one just rolls over and dies cause they aren't "the winner", otherwise AMD would've packed up and gone home quite some time ago :x

 

[L1qu1d]

From Tom's its about 6% better than the 260 GTX, not much, but the price bloats the results...for now.

But like any card, it shines in certain games over other Graphic cards in certain games. (GRID)