AMD Cutting Prices of its Radeon HD GPUs
There is word that AMD has just launched a round of price cuts for several CPUs that could be spicing up the graphics arena quite a bit.
Our friends at AnandTech say that the cuts will mainly affect the 7800 series, which will be dropping from $279 on the street to $249 next week. The 7850 will have to surrender this price point and drop to $209.
AMD's new contender for Nvidia's recently launched 660Ti will be the 7950 which will sell in the $299-$319 range (down from $349) to compete with the 660Ti's $299 price. The 7970 could decline slightly from 4429 to $399 while the 7970 GHz Edition is expected to shave $30 off its launch price and land as low as $469.
Nothing unusual here. It is a seasonal adjustment in the lifecycle of AMD's GPUs that is designed to keep the processors economically attractive and competitive against Nvidia's Kepler cards.
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vmem the sapphire vapor-x 3GB versions are already $469 on the egg. all carying the 7970 GHz edition cores and one of the best coolers on the market :-)Reply -
cptnjarhead when directX 12 comes out, i will pick one of those high end DX11 cards for cheap.Reply
nice to see the drop though, but i dont really see a reason to buy a new card until the new consoles come out. -
amk09 cptnjarheadwhen directX 12 comes out, i will pick one of those high end DX11 cards for cheap.nice to see the drop though, but i dont really see a reason to buy a new card until the new consoles come out.Reply
I'm sorry but is directX 12 coming anytime soon? I was under the impression that the next-gen consoles will use directX 11. We may be several years away from dx 12 homie. -
schnitter Just when I was convinced ASUS 670 GTX was in store for me, comes this announcement.Reply
I try to avoid nVidia all I can due to them holding back gaming because of bribing companies to code Physx for graphics calculation while my i7 sits at 30% usage, but if it is a clear winner, I can't throw money away.
Thanks AMD for allowing me to keep boycotting such a greedy horrible company. -
pacioli Oh darn... The GPU prices are going to drop? I really wanted them to stay artificially inflated because I have too much money to spend!Reply -
de5_Roy dare i say this price cuts effectively makes fermi cards irrelevant for new buyers.Reply
gcn and kepler are the ones to go for.
long live competition!