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HD 7950 Specs Leaked

If its true that the 7950 will come out in two flavours: one 3Gb and one 1.5Gb model, I think the price/performance will be with the 1.5Gb model.

If a 7950 1.5Gb model can max BF3 with all the bells and whistles on at 1200p then I might get one.

3Gb is a bit overkill for 1200p right?
 
i think we're going to see pretty rubbish prices due to the 6000 series still selling well. If the 6970's come in at around 280 and are still selling, AMD are going to pump the 7950 1.5gb for around 330-350 I reckon, the 3gb 7950 around 380 and the 7970 about 480 quid.

Will wait for the 9th, hoping the 7950 1.5gb comes in at less than 300, but if not then I will definitely 5850 crossfire and just deal with the crap drivers.

To be honest my biggest question about the whole 7900.7800 series launch is what is going to happen to the 6000 series? Price reduction ?
 
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nitram100 said:
i think we're going to see pretty rubbish prices due to the 6000 series still selling well. If the 6970's come in at around 280 and are still selling, AMD are going to pump the 7950 1.5gb for around 330-350 I reckon, the 3gb 7950 around 380 and the 7970 about 480 quid.

Will wait for the 9th, hoping the 7950 1.5gb comes in at less than 300, but if not then I will definitely 5850 crossfire and just deal with the crap drivers.

To be honest my biggest question about the whole 7900.7800 series launch is what is going to happen to the 6000 series? Price reduction ?
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AMD don't set the UK pricing.
 
I think the 7950 will have to undercut the GTX580 to sell well. Many people who are prepared to spend £300 on a graphics card will already have something reasonably fast tucked inside their system (6950, GTX570 etc), and they may not be prepared to spend a lot more money for modest performance increases.

£275-£300 for GTX580 performance will tempt me, but anything higher and I will wait to see what Kepler will offer.
 
Really not sure what to do. Waiting for a new gpu as my 4870x2 no longer works in crossfire mode. Didn't want to spend no more than £250 as I'll need an additional £100 for a waterblock to go with it. Waiting till end of Feb and no later.

RoEy
 
Cupra said:
how dont they?
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RRP prices are set for the US and Chinese market afaik.

Knowing those figures, exchange rates, sale tax and current market trend in the UK can help us to estimate the pricing strategies here.

The dominant factor will be retailers and their margins, this will be based on the cost of purchasing hundreds of units from their suppliers, suppliers are either directly manufacturers (Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Asus, Sapphire, etc.) or third parties that purchase in bulk and resell to foreign markets, then there is a fixed price (most likely) that AMD charges AIBs for the GPUs and PCBs, and whatever the hell AMD can supply them with (I think RAM modules come from a different party).

I'm not sure if reference cards are fully manufactured at AMD's cost, in that case AIBs would take care of packaging, warranties, service and that chain of business.

What you need to take into account is that RRP includes the US retailers margins at quite high level but doesn't include the VAT.

It annoys me greatly when people start shouting at AMD/Nvidia for their pricing strategy in the UK. There's none.
 
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For any budget'ers I think the 7850 or 7890's will be the best bang for buck.

They are the lower tier of each die size and therefore should hopefully OC very well with a half decent fan. Hopeful OC's.. 7850>7870 and 7890>7950.

I'll be keeping a close eye on their release date and price.
 
really looking forward to how this will change Nvidia prices up until and after Kepler launch, and whether current driver issues will impact said launch, as they are now. I think ATI have got the market sorted for a few months, they even got me tempted for a moment :)
 
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