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First 5870 pricing in the wild - 320 euro

reflux said:
I kept banging on about the fact that none of this would be related to 'past promises' and it was simply down to the price elasticity of demand and considering competitive product positioning, but you weren't listening :)

I guess we'll see really, this could all be rubbish, but I would personally expect it to come in around this price.
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I didn't agree, that's a different to not listening.

Price elasticity doesn't have the profound impact you attribute to it.
 
Lightnix said:
I think the theory goes that they don't want people to stop buying cards up to that point, as they still need to clear inventory of old stock (which I suppose they've done successfully given the distinct lack of available 4870 X2's).
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Im quite sure the partners who have lots of stock of old cards will apply a lot of pressure on ATI to not talk about the 5870 so they can get rid of it.
 
dmxdex2020 said:
a lot money for a single card and unlike ati to put such a high price on a new card.
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Think I said this before, but I'll say it again, its by far the most powerful single card ever, it's also the first ever DX11 card, I think a premium is to be expected.
 
dmxdex2020 said:
a lot money for a single card and unlike ati to put such a high price on a new card.
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ATI haven't been in this position for a while, and for the fastest card on the market if it's sub £300 it will be the lowest launch price we've seen for a long time.

The ATI division need to start making some money. :D
 
kylew said:
Which is all well and good from our perspective, with us being enthusiasts.

We're naturally more inclined to cough up more money for hardware as we're more interested in it.

We're the minority in that thinking pattern though.

As I've said a load of times, the profit they make on a per case basis is completely irrelevant. If they priced them at £400, I'm sure that they would sell SOME, and they'd make far more profit per card, but that's not what makes them profit.

Shifting cards in high-volume makes them profit.
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Are you having a laugh mate? You think Joe Bloggs non-enthusiast was the first to buy a 8800GTX at 400quid when it first launched? ATI are launching the fastest single GPU cards by a country mile soon so the top cards are gonna touch 300quid- pretty damn cheap if you ask me.

Buy a bloody 5850 if it's more in your price range and stop moaning.
 
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