Will Nvidia Drop Their Prices Over Christmas?

[JCX50]

Hello guys,

This is my first post on the OCUK Forums.
I just wanted to know if anyone knows if Nvidia will drop their Graphics Card Prices over christmas? I am wanting to build a new Gaming PC and want to use a Nvidia Graphics card but the AMD Cards are cheaper and some cards have the same FPS with the new Drivers.

Thanks a lot,
JCX50

PS: Ho Ho Ho

 

[Gregster]

No mention or hinting at this but you never know. Keep an eye out

 

[Rusty0611]

Hopefully! Previous generations have not seen massive drops though.

 

[Stanners]

If they are selling why would they

 

[mranderson]

No drop until April/May. If anything they may go up.

 

[Randomface74]

I think there'll be offers from retailers, to compete with each other.

As far as Nvidia are concerned, they don't want to sell you one card - they want to sell you a card a year indefinitely. If they sell you a cheap card now, you're not going to buy a normal priced card throughout the year. If AMD sell you a cheap card now, Nvidia can release a new range and encourage demanding games to launch - then you need a new card faster than you thought.

Or they can use a drive update to kill off the fans on their older cards, forcing those guys to buy new cards.

 

[Gregster]

I think there'll be offers from retailers, to compete with each other.

As far as Nvidia are concerned, they don't want to sell you one card - they want to sell you a card a year indefinitely. If they sell you a cheap card now, you're not going to buy a normal priced card throughout the year. If AMD sell you a cheap card now, Nvidia can release a new range and encourage demanding games to launch - then you need a new card faster than you thought.

Or they can use a drive update to kill off the fans on their older cards, forcing those guys to buy new cards.

One thing Nvidia does pretty well is support older gen cards. Not sure if the same can be said for AMD though? Maybe someone can confirm if they still support the 5 series.

 

[tres_kun]

I have a HD5850 Works brilliant but Sapphire overclocking tool makes the drivers go kamikaze
So i can not rise the voltage or lower it
But at 900Mhz the card is hot enough too bad i can't undervolt it a little
I do hear there are problems in crossfire