AMD Cuts Prices of its Radeon HD 7000 Series

Back in my day (2009), mid-range cards were $200-249. Not this $299+ crap.

$370 for the 7970 with 5 free games at TD. O.O
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3419957&Sku=V261-7972%20FREE%20GAMES

and 7700 series have no price cut lol........

I thought the main reason for the price cuts was GHZ version of the 7970.

Rumors place the gtx660ti above the performance of a gtx580, then it should be between the performance of the 7870 and 7950.

AMD HD 7000 prices are still too high. AMD should lower the 7950 to $300 to be competitive with nvidia.

doomtombBack in my day (2009), mid-range cards were $200-249. Not this $299+ crap.

Mid-range cards were in that range less than 3 years ago. It seems like this generation is the beginning of the trend...

lots of performance for cheap.
love the competition!

They have to increase the price of the cards to make up for the increase in price for petroleum (crude oil)

Why is everyone freaking out about these prices - I recall the 8800gtx costing upwards of $550 per card (if memory serves).

Don't get me wrong, I love low priced video cards - but really the prices of either camp don't seem unreasonable.

Amd doesn't need to lower prices to compete with nvidia. The 7950 can be found for $335 and it overclocks extremely well, to within 5% of an overclocked gtx 670 which is $400. I own both so this is not fanboy nonsense.

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Amd doesn't need to lower prices to compete with nvidia. The 7950 can be found for $335 and it overclocks extremely well, to within 5% of an overclocked gtx 670 which is $400. I own both so this is not fanboy nonsense.

It's not the 7950 that needs more price cuts (but yeah that would be great), it's actually the 7800 cards (7870/7850)

So no price drop on the 7850? Hmmm... I guess I'm not too mad since I bought one a month ago and a big drop now would probably make me mad but still...

8800GTX was the highest end card of its time hence the price this is a mid range card, not a 680GTX therefore the price is high and not to mention we're in a recession of sorts so not everyone has deep pockets like you.

greghomeNo discount for the 7750?I know it's cheap already........but.......

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.

Trickset8800GTX was the highest end card of its time hence the price this is a mid range card, not a 680GTX therefore the price is high and not to mention we're in a recession of sorts so not everyone has deep pockets like you.

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.

Prepare for the HD8000 series anyday now!!!

People are playing on consoles, tablets and other handhelds, so we'll be looking at longer update cycles and higher prices for PC gaming hardware. Kinda blows but whatchagonnado