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GTS 512mb still better bang for buck compared to GT im my opinion (dual slot cooler )

OK, you can buy a crappy Apollo or Sapphire for that much (well, not crappy if you don't mind the card radiating its heat into the case), but you'll still get soaked for the nicer cards, i.e. Diamond.

It truly is high time that the prices come down though....

-B

no new news!

Well I dont know where the rest of you all are from I know your not all US but in the UK the prices are not dropping like yours are and on top of that the popularity of the Wolfdale cores has seen the prices going up.
Mactronix

Gotta do it.. ok guys read up http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] ice_drops/

NICE! See AMD can do something right

I Just don't see the purpose of producing a card slower then 8800GTX..(they already had an entire line that fills this void)
In my mind the next card from Nvidia should be faster then 8800GXT, I understand they create a new 'line-up' but come on, why waste the silicon.

I will be excited when they release a new top dog, 9800GTX perhaps.

OH here we go...
Nvidia Clears 9600 GT Graphics Cards For Launch Tomorrow
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] _tomorrow/

Guess what though, the card in my machine is faster then the 'new' one AND i have had it for like a year.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814129100
3870 $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814103049
3850 $150
Price drops already started.

That must be it.

Sure is an interesting looking
card huh.
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] 6&Itemid=1

This is why I'm so afraid of nvidia purchasing AMD. At the moment, I'm going to continue to lead toward nvidia, but if ATI goes away, the quality will go down for lack of competition.

Here's to hoping IBM will buy AMD and offer Intel some serious competition.

i don't think NV can afford to buy AMD, too much debt to erase. IBM is a different story.

I seriously doubt that Nvidia is in a position right now to buy AMD. And if they tried I would think the Federal Trade Commission would not approve of the purchase.

I think the Ageia purchase by Nvidia was a good move for them. I think in the coming years it is really going to make it harder for ATI to compete. Ageia basically placed themselves on a silver platter for AMD to buy and they did not take it. I think AMD should had bought them. I mean if you already lost 1.7 Billion dollars for the year what would another 10 million or so matter?

I am very much in favor of an AMD buy out by IBM but I question if they would. It seems like IBM is much more focused on Services these days and have less emphasis on manufacturing.

Real quick, and sorry if someone already brought it up I apologize, but will the price of the HD 3870 X2 see the same price drop?..

As it stands now 2 - HD 3870's vs. 1 - HD 3870X2 are cheaper by $80??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814241070 $450

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102719 $185 <-- double top secret price SHHHH!

Saving $80 and having the coolness factor of Crossfire (I've never had 2 Gx cards before) seems like a no brainer.

I also have a 790FX motherboard that is screaming for 4 cards whenever ATI gets around to updating their drivers.

but... I'd be limited to playing between 1-6am EST as not to stress the power grid here on the East Coast!

There is a much high availability of the plain HD3870 compared to the x2. yeah, no brainer IMO too if you have a crossfire capable mobo, grab two $185 3870's instead of one x2.

Even if Nvidia could buy AMD, I doubt the Fed Trade Com would care too much since Nvidia still wouldn't be the "only" company to make CPU's, GPU's, and chipsets. Then M$ is always being looked into.

LOL