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Nvidia GTX 280 - IN STOCK NOW!!!

Aekeron said:
I think it's going to be the same price as the 9800GTX currently and the current 9800GTX will drop in price a bit.

I think that's mentioned in the pc perspective article so god-knows how reliable that is.
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A bit? 9800GTX slated to drop in price by a half :eek:

Now if that isn't responding to the performance threat of the 4850 then I don't know what is!

So 9800GTX (old) will be same price as the 4850.

Where that leaves the G92 GTS and GT on pricing I'm not sure.
 
Strife212 said:
Yeah but look what happened to GeForce 8, they cut it down at the same time
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They found a more cost-effective way of producing a similar-performing product, which still heavily out performed their rival.

In this case, they will be looking for maximum performance while increasing yields and the number of GPUs they can extract from a single wafer.
 
Greebo said:
A bit? 9800GTX slated to drop in price by a half :eek:

Now if that isn't responding to the performance threat of the 4850 then I don't know what is!

So 9800GTX (old) will be same price as the 4850.

Where that leaves the G92 GTS and GT on pricing I'm not sure.
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you cant be serious :eek:

cheapest 9800gtx on ocuk is £188 inc the vat. if you say it drops to half price thats 94 quidish. i just cant see that happening. although if it does well then hmmm may just replace the 8800gt with the 9800gtx.
 
Aekeron said:
By half? I read more along the lines of a 10%-20% price drop. I guess we'll see in time anyhow.
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Well maybe not quite half since we don't get true conversions over here but 9800GTX old is listed as $199 as new price which should be £120.00 inc VAT and the new 9800GTX+ is $229 which is £137.99 inc VAT

That puts the 9800GTX and 9800GTX+ cheaper than the 8800GTS G92 so I guess that will now have to be less than £120 which means the GT will have to drop as well.

So right on 4850 price. ANd Nvidia not concerned about the performance of the 4850? Yeah right!:rolleyes:

If ATI can be thanked for one thing it's bringing out a fantastic bang per buck card which whether you hate ATI or not, at least you can thank them for getting Nvidia to drop the price of their cards.
 
Well, if it ended up like that it'd be nice indeed. I suspect we'll get gouged though :/

As it is I'm still not tempted to upgrade my 8800GTS640. Partially due to my limited resolution and partially due to not being a fan of Crysis :)
 
Cyber-Mav said:
you cant be serious :eek:

cheapest 9800gtx on ocuk is £188 inc the vat. if you say it drops to half price thats 94 quidish. i just cant see that happening. although if it does well then hmmm may just replace the 8800gt with the 9800gtx.
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Sorta had it in my head 9800GTX cards were around £220 the last time I looked.

I should have checked current price first before posting. Soz.
 
Aekeron said:
Well, if it ended up like that it'd be nice indeed. I suspect we'll get gouged though :/

As it is I'm still not tempted to upgrade my 8800GTS640. Partially due to my limited resolution and partially due to not being a fan of Crysis :)
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I know what you mean but if you knew for sure you could get a 9800GTX for £120 and you sold your gts now while it was still worth good money, it wouldn't cost much to swap.
 
Greebo said:
I know what you mean but if you knew for sure you could get a 9800GTX for £120 and you sold your gts now while it was still worth good money, it wouldn't cost much to swap.
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Exactly, that's what i'll do, i'm getting £100 for my 512 MB 8800GTS next week, selling it to a friend, will pay the extra to upgrade then :)
 
well if the gtx is same price as 4850 and performance same i would choose the gtx as at least i know id probably not have any drivers problems unlike a lot of ati stuff ive had in past.one of my mates has had xrossfired 3870s nearly six months and still has crashes and stuff and swears hell never touch another ati product again.
 
icey_haj said:
From what i've seen isn't the 4850>9800GTX
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Tough to say.

Most of the comparrisons have pitted the 4850 against the 8800GT, not the 9800GTX. Also the 'new' 9800GTX, which will be priced to compete with the 4850, is offering faster GPU, shader and memory clocks. I suspect nvidia have spec'd the card to specifically compete against the 4850.
 
Duff-Man said:
Tough to say.

Most of the comparrisons have pitted the 4850 against the 8800GT, not the 9800GTX. Also the 'new' 9800GTX, which will be priced to compete with the 4850, is offering faster GPU, shader and memory clocks. I suspect nvidia have spec'd the card to specifically compete against the 4850.
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I think it's more the old GTX vs the 4850 since they are both going to be $199. The new GTX will be a £20 premium.

SO I reckon in some games the 4850 will be best, others the old 9800GTX will be best looking at the 4850 reviews.

Pay £20 to get something quicker than the 4850 but then you can pay another bit more to get the 4870 (performance unknown yet)
 
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