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*** The official HD 7990 review and discussion thread ***

Diagro said:
Inflation has nothing to do with the 7990 price...
Its AMD trying to what Nvidia previously did.

Low of them tbh, I have shown my upset on the facebook AMD page :P
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Nobody is saying it is.

Marine is just upset that his price whinging has been countered by showing that shock, horror inflation affects the price of things over time :D.

I'm sure they're very upset one of their biggest supporters has turned on them and denounced them on FB :p.
 
Rusty0611 said:
Marine is just upset that his price whinging has been countered by showing that shock, horror inflation affects the price of things over time :D.
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I know full well how inflation works thank you. Like it or not, you simply can't apply the the concept of inflation to tech products (which pricing is ALWAYS more to do with price dictation) than prices that raise slowly over time like general cost of living and consume products in general. Like the price of memory has dropped off from the £100 for 4GB from a few years back down to like £20 ish now is not because of "deflation", but because of the lower production (components) cost.

Anyway, I don't see what why you see me agreeing with someone saying we won't see performance gain like we use to back in the days without paying a high premium as "price moaning", that you feel the need to defend/justify it for the companies. I suppose if someone was commenting on the frame time issue of the graphic card, they makes them "moaning about the performance of the cards" as well?
 
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Hrm, remember that AMD doesnt set the price. Only a suggestion of it.

I would be surprised if it retails at that...and before I made judgement id probably wait until its listed at OCUK.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Marine-RX179 said:
I know full well how inflation works thank you. Like it or not, you simply can't apply the the concept of inflation to tech products (which pricing is ALWAYS more to do with price dictation) than prices that raise slowly over time like general cost of living and consume products in general. Like the price of memory has dropped off from the £100 for 4GB from a few years back down to like £20 ish now is not because of "deflation", but because of the lower production (components) cost.
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For attempting to say you understand it and then still underestimate its effect. Of course production costs factor into it as well and it's never even been suggested one is more than the other because mid market exchange rates would need to be considered too. Your problem is that you're looking at it exclusively when in reality they all factor into it. My point is that you're not giving inflation enough consideration, which you aren't, and therefore your price moaning isn't really a coherent argument.

The point is rather than reply directly on the thread you've brooded about it for no reason on another on something which clearly has no connection. So, please, just give it a rest. It's becoming ridiculous that the attempts to defend price moaning have gone this far.

All of which is not relevant of course to the 7990 :D. Early adopter tax removed it will be round about a price it deserves to be at IMO.
 
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It's nothing to do with inflation or the price of the £ etc, multi gpu solutions used to add +50-70% the cost of the single GPU, in recent times this has moved to +100-125% the cost of the single GPU.

I can only hope this round's pricing, including the titan pricing, is due to crazy low yields relatively. I can't think that is the case with the 7990 though, although the TDP is very low compared to the unofficial 7990s so maybe.
 
Ah well, as with titan and the 690, those that want it will pay for it.

Though you could tri-fire 7950's and buy a psu to power them for around £860.

I suppose the main appeal is for those with limited pci lanes.
 
pgi947 said:
Ah well, as with titan and the 690, those that want it will pay for it.

Though you could tri-fire 7950's and buy a psu to power them for around £860.

I suppose the main appeal is for those with limited pci lanes.
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An ideal card for limited space/power and PCI-lanes (like you said). Not a bad card and sits alongside the 690 pricing. I can't blame AMD for that.
 
In terms of gaming performance of 690 vs 7990, its reminiscent of the scenario between 680 and 7970 with both cards beating each other at specific games.
 
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