What's up with 58xx prices?

ViRuS2k · 10 Dec 2009 at 23:25

you guys should be lucky LOL all these nice flashy cards.
i work at ******s and the fastest card we have is a Nvidia 260 model lol

deadfolk · 10 Dec 2009 at 23:37

Add another £10 on those 5870's come Jan 1st too!

I'll shed a tear for you while I celebrate the fact that VAT has just gone down to 21% here in the emerald isle.

Slackworth · 11 Dec 2009 at 00:27

Disjunto said:
Which should be soon, as supply is on the way up (seemingly)

Quite the opposite I'm afraid. AMD are still only supplying tiny amounts in comparison to what the globe needs.

asoxedri · 11 Dec 2009 at 02:18

Slackworth said:
Quite the opposite I'm afraid. AMD are still only supplying tiny amounts in comparison to what the globe needs.

all those waiting for the price to drop back down to 200. get them while they are at 240ish or whatever it is at otherwise they going to keep crawling up lol

Disjunto · 11 Dec 2009 at 08:43

asoxedri said:
all those waiting for the price to drop back down to 200. get them while they are at 240ish or whatever it is at otherwise they going to keep crawling up lol

please explain that. less demand (people waiting) should cause prices to fall quicker

derkaderka · 11 Dec 2009 at 08:47

Its simple , the reason is ........ drum roll
..............

Because they can

For the last few years it has been nvidia's turn at price gouging because they
had the fastest card , oh I can remember back when the Ati fanboi's were shouting about this.

Now Ati have the fastest card and it is their turn the use extract the urine prices

the wopster · 11 Dec 2009 at 09:28

i got mine for £298 on launch,isnt it great the the people that bought them on launch are not getting **** on for once

maxilive · 11 Dec 2009 at 10:07

woppy101 said:
i got mine for £298 on launch,isnt it great the the people that bought them on launch are not getting **** on for once

same

The first card I every bought and launch and the most expensive. A few months down the line and I feel satisfied with my purchase

I can see production cranking up and price going down a bit in January while preparing for the new Nvidea cards.

the wopster · 11 Dec 2009 at 11:57

thats when im waiting till to get my 2nd 5870 for xfire

psychas · 11 Dec 2009 at 11:59

they not going to be expensive forever i bet by end of the january will be massive price drop

drunkenmaster · 11 Dec 2009 at 12:09

woppy101 said:
i got mine for £298 on launch,isnt it great the the people that bought them on launch are not getting **** on for once

Actually I got a 4870x2 on launch, at £330 and they were £400 within a couple months. I got a 4890 about two weeks after launch at £145, where they are now, there was that period you could find some for £120-130 but that was way later.

I got a great deal on a 3870x2 on launch aswell.

The only time you get screwed at launch is going out and paying over the odds when people jack up the price above the RRP. I paid £190 for my 5850 on launch, will have 3 months use of it maybe before prices start approacing the £150-160 mark(which I'm guessing will happen sometime in Feb, post paper launch of a certain card and after TSMC get their production back up 50% higher than now).

Slackworth, there aren't supposed to be that many top end cards being made, enthusiast stores will always sell more top end kit than your average store, and even then numbers aren't great. Theres not much use selling a million 5870's today, and not being able to sell another one for 6 months. If TSMC hadn't left them dry for 6 weeks most of the people waiting now would have theirs, worldwide, and there would be few stock issues.

Bilko123 · 11 Dec 2009 at 12:14

I just caved and ordered a 5850, I can't be bothered waiting until Jan. I have time off at Christmas to play games, not in the new year.

Secret_Window · 11 Dec 2009 at 12:18

Probably a good choice. I don't see things changing too much in January anyway.

Bilko123 · 11 Dec 2009 at 13:44

Thanks for making me feel better about it, lol.

*never returns to this thread*

LoadsaMoney · 11 Dec 2009 at 17:04

You should see how much a competitor has got 5970's for, only £640.70, no wonder they havn't sold them, been in stock for days

Slackworth · 11 Dec 2009 at 18:51

Secret_Window said:
Probably a good choice. I don't see things changing too much in January anyway.

The dollar rate has actually decreased by about 3c this week

ViRuS2k · 12 Dec 2009 at 12:48

hehe i might sell both my 5870 sapphires on the bay or in mm and make a killing considering there both fantastic and also overclock like ninja`s 1000+core1300+ memory

im sure i could sell them for 320 easy...

Secret_Window · 12 Dec 2009 at 14:42

Since we know you're doing this does that mean we get a discount when we go to buy them from you on the Bay?

evoyear · 12 Dec 2009 at 14:47

because they are the only cards support dirctx 11, which no one compete with them, so they can add up the value

jigger · 12 Dec 2009 at 18:37

Because TSMC are not ready to produce 40nm wafers in large numbers.

As things stand, Nvidia are actually doing a sterling job of keeping ATI prices down for everyone.