If they do what they have always done, we will have 980Ti performance for £300 (possibly even less)
-
Competitor rules
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
970 still holding their price
- Thread starter nightrider1470
- Start date
If they do what they have always done, we will have 980Ti performance for £300 (possibly even less)
Soldato
- Joined
- 6 Jan 2013
- Posts
- 22,364
- Location
- Rollergirl
Too much hot air going on here.
The 980ti performance Pascal equivalent will be a X70 at around £300-350. This card, for that cost, will perform on a par with a 980ti or it may outperform it. The 980ti old stock will sell for around £200-250.
The 980ti performance Pascal equivalent will be a X70 at around £300-350. This card, for that cost, will perform on a par with a 980ti or it may outperform it. The 980ti old stock will sell for around £200-250.
Soldato
- Joined
- 6 Jan 2013
- Posts
- 22,364
- Location
- Rollergirl
This is pure conjecture...so nothing but hot air too.
It's based on what came before, it's how Nvidia do it.
It's based on what came before, it's how Nvidia do it.
What was Titan pricing based on?
Sometimes they change it up a bit, push the boundaries, react to changes in the market.
They don't have a set formula which they slavishly follow each gen regardless.
Soldato
- Joined
- 6 Jan 2013
- Posts
- 22,364
- Location
- Rollergirl
Yes, based on all that and the price of the £ against the $... however, people who want to buy a mid range card will only pay so much so Nvidia have their hand forced.
They have 2 restricting factors :
The budget that their target customer will have
The performance that their target customer will expect.
If the X70 costs more than £300 and performs worse than a 980ti then who's going to buy it and why?
Hear that, Mr Gibbo? Your stock will be worthless soon, so how about a nice £200 deal for those 980tis, eh?
You know it makes sense!
Soldato
- Joined
- 6 Jan 2013
- Posts
- 22,364
- Location
- Rollergirl
you wont get 980ti performance for 300
i saw on gumtree the other week a 980ti for 300, cheapest so far unless changed is 330, obviously these are used, but then thats what you would want if youd want the best £300 plus gpu.
I'd say something like this:
~980 performance (4GB): £150
~980ti performance (6GB): £280
>980ti performance (8GB): £450-£500
Of course this depends on Polaris cards being competitive performance wise. If polaris is a dog, NVIDIA can get away with a 30% price increase etc.
The perf increase from 980 to 980ti is ~30%. Who is going to buy a 980ti at almost double the price of the non-ti? I don't understand your logic there.
I'd say you either have to increase the non-ti to £200+, or you can't justify more than £240 ish for the ti.
It's only at the top of the range where you can charge what you like for an extra 5%. That doesn't work for the mid-range parts.
The 4GB of VRAM on the 980 equivalent will turn off a lot of people upgrading from a 970/980. People generally want more VRAM when they upgrade.
But there's only a 25% price difference between the non-ti and the ti as it stands today.
So how will that become an 85% price difference when those perf levels show up in the next gen, as you've suggested?
Never going to happen.
You think NV are going to release a 6gb card for 280?
Certainly probable. The 970 had 4gb (yes I know 3.5 + 0.5 etc).
The X70 Pascal will no doubt have more so I fully expect a 6gb or more X70 card for ~£300.
I think we will have an X70 card for around ~£300 which will perform around the same as a 980ti (a bit more if we are lucky) and then an X80 card which will be about 20% ( again more if we are lucky) faster than a 980Ti for ~ £400.
Then the X80Ti will come out early next year for ~£500 and likely be a good 50-60% or more faster than the current 980Ti.
Last edited:
1440P will play very well on next gen's mid range cards. Even 4K in some older titles.
1080P use will continue to decline year on year, for PC's at least. Obviously at the moment it's still the most popular resolution, but it's decreasing in popularity year on year.
We'll need to wait for the next generation of consoles (which will be 4k) in order to completely erase 1080P though.
New node = more transistors. Generally speaking. It's a large factor in the growth in processor power since, well, pretty much since they've been invented.
Make no mistake, this is the biggest year in GPUs since the 8800gt/x. Look, we all have access to the same news and info, I say go get a new gtx970 if you think it's a good buy.