Do You Think The GTX 670's Price Will Drop By December?

[TheAutarch]

I'm about to build my first rig and the only component I haven't decided on is the GPU. I was going to buy the 570 until I compared it's benchmarks to the 670. But I just can't justify spending 400 dollars on it. How long does it usually take for these things to take a significant price drop? Is it possible for the 670 to be priced around 300 dollars by the end of the year? Or should I just just get the 570 and hope it lasts me for the next couple years?

 

[Gothams Finest]

BRB consulting crystal ball.

On a serious note, I don't know what your needs, expectations, monitor resolution and system specs are but a 570 should be adequate for another couple of years. Its an excellent card.

 

[TheAutarch]

BRB consulting crystal ball.

On a serious note, I don't know what your needs, expectations, monitor resolution and system specs are but a 570 should be adequate for another couple of years. Its an excellent card.

I'll be using a 24" Dell UltraSharp; i5 3570k with ASRock Z77 Extreme4 mobo and 8GB of Vengeance low profile RAM. If a 570 can push Max Payne 3 and yet to be released games like BioShock 3 and GTA V, I'll be good.

 

[georgekn3mp]

I would doubt if GTX670 will hit $300 by end of 2012..but then SSD's have dropped $100 or so in the last 3 months...different market but you never know.

Either one would work with Ivy Bridge but the 670 gets you PciE 3 for more bandwidth...which doesnt mean much for now anyway, 2.0 isn't really saturated either.

 

[17seconds]

There will be other cards and even new generation cards released by December, so it's a good bet the prices will drop, but not by much.

 

[vmem]

Unless AMD's 8*** sea-islands cards crush Nvidia's Kepler, and I mean CRUSH, not like 5-15% performance increase, I doubt the 670 will come down in price until Nvidia releases their next generation card to replace it. this has happened every generation.

typically, it's better to just wait for the new generation, or find a card in the current avialable cards that fit your needs. that said, the Dell ultrasharps are amazing monitors, and while a 570 will let you play most games, only a 670 or something equivalent can truly do it justice (especially for future games). well, that's my opinion at least

 

[ohyouknow]

It took a release of the entire HD 7k series to bring price drops to the 570's. I doubt they would drop prices if at all by December if AMD were to mimic their GPU release window like they did with tahiti.

By that time you would be close to the release of the next generation which would be wait and see. Save up that extra $100 bucks and enjoy the 670 IMO.

 

[master_nz]

Some brands of gtx 670 dropped in price about $50 in NZ (gigabyte, msi, galaxy). . I endedup just getting 2 evga versions due to there cooling design.

 

[checkitman22]

The ASUS card has dropped 20 bucks since I bought it.

 

[TheAutarch]

Best answer selected by TheAutarch.

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been closed by Mousemonkey