AMD Cuts Prices of its Radeon HD 7000 Series
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AMD is set to cut the prices of its Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs... Let the Price Wars Continue!
AMD is preparing another round of prices cuts on its Radeon HD 7900 series and HD 7800 series products. The move is to make them more price competitive against Nvidia's lineup, including the pending release of the GTX 660 Ti.

New Pricing Structure:
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition: US $499
- Radeon HD 7970: US $429
- Radeon HD 7950: US $349
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition: US $299
- Radeon HD 7850: US $249
The most significant set of price cuts come with the HD 7950 and below, which puts these cards into a more affordable price point, in the price-performance "sweetspot" battle with Nvidia.
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It's not the 7950 that needs more price cuts (but yeah that would be great), it's actually the 7800 cards (7870/7850)
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AMD HD 7000 prices are still too high. AMD should lower the 7950 to $300 to be competitive with nvidia.
Mid-range cards were in that range less than 3 years ago. It seems like this generation is the beginning of the trend...
love the competition!
Don't get me wrong, I love low priced video cards - but really the prices of either camp don't seem unreasonable.
It's not the 7950 that needs more price cuts (but yeah that would be great), it's actually the 7800 cards (7870/7850)
There's nothing else out that that can run slot power that competes with the 7750. Would be nice if nVidia put out the 640 with gddr5 to start a price war in the slot power market, but they didn't.
No need to talk about pockets - whether shirt or pants.
I'm just making the observation that these prices aren't unreasonable or unheard of. I think that the prices for either camp are acceptable. They aren't gouging because there is still a market.
As I said, I'd love to see 5870/4870 prices. However, unless one side dominates the market - I don't see the other side making a gambit like that to regain market share.