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Price the top end graphics cards < your take

Madwelsh

Madwelsh

Madwelsh

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With a view to amd's recent mantle and new gpu release (with no figures!) I'd like any of those game for it, to price up the current top end cards with respect to this release. Please no fanboy rubbish, I'm just interested to see what folks now think is where the money is. If you can put the current price, and then what you now think it's worth following the release.

I know some will see this as waving a red rag at a bull, but can we all actually be adult here? I'm neither amd or nvidia, I just want the best possible solution for the least amount of bucks. Your views will be appreciated. Personally I think if the 7xxx series will benefit from mantle then it's price may well stay the same or increase (due to increased demand). Depending on bf4 performance, I'm thinking we may well see nvidia have to drop prices by 20% or even more? In which case I'd definitely buy one, as I don't even play BF!!!

Anyways, fire away, be interesting to read where people think the price points are going. Myself, I find it disgusting that a graphics card can cost £500+ let alone a full grand, yes if you have water blocks etc, but for a factory card to cost a grand is just wrong in my opinion. Looking forward to the replies.
 
I bought a Titan awhile back and in hindsight it was a waste of money. Not because I don't value what the card can do, I just do not get time to make good use of it.

It's a gluttonous luxury I have at home that I actually feel terrible about. I work a lot of hours and have a young kid to look after and in many ways I wish I just waited for the PS4 and called it a day.

I had a 680 GTX previously so it's not like I was wanting for anything.

As things are now, I would say the 780 is probably the best value overall but who knows what AMD might have up their sleeve soon. You can pick one up for £499 but it is all relative to what the rest of your system might be.

If you currently have a Sandy Bridge or above, then the £500 is on the mark for what it provides.

For a more comfortable price, then you can't go wrong with the 770. Nudges ahead of the 7970 for the sake of £30 most of the time.

Really depends on what you want to spend, the rest of your setup and what you want to play.
 
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appreciate your honesty, I doubt there's anyone who would turn down a titan.. damn them kids eh? Wait for the second, then ALL hobbies go the way of the Hobby-horse!! I used to spend lots of cash on my hobby, I'm now 'trying' to find some budget way of getting back, but first house, 2 kids etc has that one licked.. screaming for more hrs in the day tbh!!!

On your post, do you think the release will affect the nvidia prices? do you think the amd prices will also be affected? What's your take?
 
I'd say nvidia have their pricing spot on, big pimpin!

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Nvidia tends not to care very much, as people will still buy nvidia whatever they charge.

At the moment the best performing card is the 7990. The best performing GPU other than the Titan is the 780, which looks very soon to be beaten on price and performance by the 290X.

Best option for price vs performance at the high end right now: HIS IceQ 2x7950s.
 
290x £450
290 £350
280x £250
270x £170
I won't be looking any lower or it will be slower than my current card. I think 2nd to top will be the best for me. I would consider sliing my 670 now that they are cheaper but my board dosent support sli. :(
 
Jumper118 said:
290x £450
290 £350
280x £250
270x £170
I won't be looking any lower or it will be slower than my current card. I think 2nd to top will be the best for me. I would consider sliing my 670 now that they are cheaper but my board dosent support sli. :(
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Good luck with those prices.
 
And the question is, does it worth to buy brand new 7970 with pricing between £227-£260 the ones below can be found?
Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ Edition 3GB
Asus Radeon HD 7970, DirectCU II TOP
Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum

or wait and see the 280X? hmmmmmm
(there are couple offers around for them this weekend).

(Currently I have a GTX570)
 
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Orangey said:
You could get a 7990 for 600 when the 290X comes out.
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Didn't Gibbo confirm that the 7990 will go north of £600 when the R9's are released? Then a buyer will be faced with a choice between next gen hardware with superb single card performance and built in great sounding hair, or a hotter noisier but slightly faster prev gen card for slightly more money. So around £600 for 290x and above £600 for 7990 seems about right to me.

Panos said:
And the question is, does it worth to buy brand new Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ Edition 3GB @ £243, or Asus Radeon HD 7970, DirectCU II TOP for a £20 less, or wait and see the 280X? hmmmmmm
(there are couple offers around for them this weekend).

(Currently I have a GTX570)
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No-one really knows. But on balance I think the current prices on 7970's is lower than the launch price of the 280x - So I took a chance and bought a 7970 at today's prices. Maybe I'll turn out to be wrong but they are so cheap right now that it's worth a punt. Or get a cheaper 7950 and play much safer.
 
290x = $600 = £370 + 20% = £450
290 = £370
280x (AMD list $300) = £180 + 20% = £230
270x (AMD list $200) = £124 + 20% = £150
 
The 290X won't be £599. £499 max for the reference card (with retailer hikes to start with). I think £450ish is most likely.
 
AMD wouldn't price themselves above a GTX 780 even if/though it does perform better. The biggest impact would be a healthy undercut, so ~£450.
 
Still can't me head around how any GFX card could be more expensive than the next gen console.
I accept RND costs and the fact that they will make more money from games sales but it just seems wrong. Just saying..
 
teppic said:
AMD wouldn't price themselves above a GTX 780 even if/though it does perform better. The biggest impact would be a healthy undercut, so ~£450.
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I reckon you will be right, they wont want to upset current AMD customers by charging usual Nvidia rip-off prices.

They need these cards to fly out the warehouses, and at £450 I think they will.
 
Thumpsta said:
Still can't me head around how any GFX card could be more expensive than the next gen console.
I accept RND costs and the fact that they will make more money from games sales but it just seems wrong. Just saying..
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Exactly.

1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £173.99




1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99



Today, nothing comes close to bbfb with those two, the 780(and probably the 290X if the above is true) is by no means value for money unless using resolutions above 2560, in terms of actual difference in game is probably very hard to notice without an OSD.

For instance an oc'ed 780 theoretically can probably use 2/4xAA extra over a clocked 7950(1100/1350-I haven't seen any not do those clocks), for that extra AA, you are talking +~60%/£320 extra outlay, that is an astounding premium imo, add to the fact, 2 7950's/670's will murder the 780 up to 2560.
 
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