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OcUK lowers NVIDIA GTX 260 & 280 Pricing......

Makes you wonder what the sales numbers are like the GTX260 doesn't it. My guess is the real hardcore enthusiasts will go for the GTX280 (which has unrivaled performance) no matter the cost. The GTX260 is a lot cheaper but then the 4870 is a strong competitor costing a lot less again.

My guess is that Nvidia hoped that by pricing the GTX260 in between the 9800GX2 and the 3870x2 they would drum up some business around the £250 mark, but the 4870 has rather spoiled the party with it's much more aggressive pricing (£180).

The biggest shame is that NV couldn't tweak just a bit of extra performance out of the GTX260, then I might have been interested at £235. Alternatively maybe they should have gone for 768meg RAM to cut costs a bit.
 
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Tute said:
It's a pity the 4870 and 4850 are on offer as well - kinda negates the price cut on this a bit.

It's going to need another £50 to look attractive.
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Agree its gonna need to be atleast sub 200 but even then......
 
shaffaaf27 said:
and yet it will still have two power connectors. id rather have the 4850 an OC the nuts off it.
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Same thing might apply to the 9800GTX+ as well. Already it will be faster than a 4850 and if it overclocks by the same margin then nothing in it really.

Especially if you have a SLI board, not a xfire board ;)
 
HI there

Check out our Asus GTX 260 and 280 pricing.......

Cheapest there is out there by miles! :D
 
Id still get the 4870 to, cheaper and faster than the 260, and only about 10% slower than the 280, which is about £170 more expensive, tis no brainer. :p
 
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LoadsaMoney said:
Id still get the 4870 to, cheaper and faster than the 260, and only about 10% slower than the 280, which is about £170 more expensive, tis no brainer. :p
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HI there

I agree! :D

4870 all the way..............

But OcUK is pushing hard to get NV prices dropped and were having some sucess as you can see! :)
 
Gibbo said:
HI there

I agree! :D

4870 all the way..............

But OcUK is pushing hard to get NV prices dropped and were having some sucess as you can see! :)
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What you mean is the conversation went like this:

Gibbo: Hi Asus, we have a problem. We were selling about 10 of your GTX280 a day but since the 4870 has come out we haven't sold one and there are still 900 in the warehouse. Help?

Asus: Not a problem Mr Gibbo God, drop the price by £75 and if they still aren't selling next week then drop the price by another £75.

Sounds about right? ;)
 
Cool, cause they are still the faster cards, its only price that's ******* them.

Hmm BTW, The hot GTX280's are now replaced, EVGA swapped all theirs (can't comment on other Vendors), peeps getting 100C within seconds of benches/gaming now get 70C after hours of benches/gaming.
 
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Greebo said:
What you mean is the conversation went like this:

Gibbo: Hi Asus, we have a problem. We were selling about 10 of your GTX280 a day but since the 4870 has come out we haven't sold one and there are still 900 in the warehouse. Help?

Asus: Not a problem Mr Gibbo God, drop the price by £75 and if they still aren't selling next week then drop the price by another £75.

Sounds about right? ;)
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Hi there

Nope we don't have huge stocks of GTX 260 & GTX 280 as we knew what ATI had prepared. ;)

The conversation was more along the lines I am willing to pay no more than a certain amount or I simply do not buy the stock. They met my demands. :)
 
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