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GFX cards seem so cheap these days

AMG said:
i7 920 seems rather cheap too about the same as my Q9550 annoyinly
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I disagree, they've been out over 6 months now and the cheapest of the i7 range is STILL priced at over £200!

I can't remember the last time there was a range of mainstream consumer cpus (i.e. not FX/EE type products) with such a high entry cost, especially when you consider the fact that the mobos seem to come in at around £150+ too. Core 2 was cheaper, Pentium Ds were cheaper, Prescotts were cheaper, Northwoods were cheaper etc, same goes for AMD. The first quads may have been up around that price on release, but not 6 months down the line.
 
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Lanz said:
Just a shame there's **** all worth playing on these cards anymore... How many of us are just playing 1 or 2 games that are like 5 years old ? I've been through about 7 cards now since BF2 was released, and with the last 3, I've not noticed any difference.
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This is true,

The PC games arena is very slow at releasing new titles.

Although I may well upgrade my HTPC card for something with a bit more punch to play some games even older titles on my 92" screen :D
 
mrk said:
You know what card I'm getting if I get a call tomorrow confirming my job success from today's 2nd interview :D
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good luck with that, hmm guessing the 4890, regardless of new cards around the corner I just cant understand why they are so cheap.
 
easyrider said:
Been out the loop for a bit after finishing my home cinema and I can't belive how cheap the GFX gaming cards are these days...
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Gotta love healthy competition driving prices down and speeds up. Fanboys wanting a single company to dominate can GTFO.
 
bledd. said:
^ yup, the 8800gt and 4850 are perfect for a 19" non widescreen TFT, besides crysis, but nothing can run crysis well yet, so that's besides the point :p


even on my 24", the 8800gt was fairly good in most games, but needed a 260-16 to max all games out on it
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I just tried the Crysis demo on my 4850, stock speeds, and got decent frame rates on 1680x1050 and high settings (don't know what the frame rate actually was, but I didn't notice any jerkyness, it was very smooth).
 
HangTime said:
I disagree, they've been out over 6 months now and the cheapest of the i7 range is STILL priced at over £200!

I can't remember the last time there was a range of mainstream consumer cpus (i.e. not FX/EE type products) with such a high entry cost, especially when you consider the fact that the mobos seem to come in at around £150+ too. Core 2 was cheaper, Pentium Ds were cheaper, Prescotts were cheaper, Northwoods were cheaper etc, same goes for AMD. The first quads may have been up around that price on release, but not 6 months down the line.
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I guess this is because core2 is so damned good that they can still sell it on its own in the 0-200 bracket.
 
HangTime said:
I disagree, they've been out over 6 months now and the cheapest of the i7 range is STILL priced at over £200!
I can't remember the last time there was a range of mainstream consumer cpus (i.e. not FX/EE type products) with such a high entry cost, especially when you consider the fact that the mobos seem to come in at around £150+ too. Core 2 was cheaper, Pentium Ds were cheaper, Prescotts were cheaper, Northwoods were cheaper etc, same goes for AMD. The first quads may have been up around that price on release, but not 6 months down the line.
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the *basic* or first set of mobos that came out for I7 are jsut under £200 like the UD3 but thats like the most basic one all the better onces are still over 200 annoyinly. I7 920 has gone down a bit, it was something £260inc vat or more maybe anyways i don't care right now I don't see the point. yet when my Q9550 dies than maybe or I go with AMD.

btw the core I7 920 is £215 so less than I paid for my OEM q9550 :eek: but one has to buy the board first. so still not worth it.
 
AMG said:
the *basic* or first set of mobos that came out for I7 are jsut under £200 like the UD3 but thats like the most basic one all the better onces are still over 200 annoyinly. I7 920 has gone down a bit, it was something £260inc vat or more maybe anyways i don't care right now I don't see the point. yet when my Q9550 dies than maybe or I go with AMD.

btw the core I7 920 is £215 so less than I paid for my OEM q9550 :eek: but one has to buy the board first. so still not worth it.
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the reason im holding out to upgrade my cpu is down to the price of them boards :( makes upgrading look expensive lol
 
Ive just built a new system, my first desktop in 4 years, and I couldnt beleive the prices, last time I built a comp I spent 350-400 on a card, now a new 4890 is dirt cheap
 
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