Nvida card price drop?

LFT · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:23

I heard somewhere at the start of December there will be a big price drop on all 560's and 580's is this through?

jack.mitchell · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:29

Through the roof?

LFT · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:35

True sorry

garsands · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:40

Well if you heard it then is must be true, but I bet you can't show me where you heard it from.

Only 3 weeks to find out, the lower end one may drop in price but at the moment the higher end ones are going up.

If they are still selling well I can't see why they are going to be dropped in price.

Also with the 590's being in short supply the 580 is going to be the one high end Nvidia to buy.

3 £750 GTX590's have been sold by OC in the last 24hours only 3 left sold out by weekend.

Then on to the 580's. I have been waiting for 4 weeks for a second 580 but it's still out of stock EU & US (US have just had some in today)

Matterez · 15 Nov 2011 at 19:06

There was mention of this on a HD7000 series thread. Apparently nVidia are doing a large price drop to counter the new AMD range...

LFT · 15 Nov 2011 at 19:29

Great thanks for the feedback

garsands · 15 Nov 2011 at 19:57

what,where!

D13 · 15 Nov 2011 at 20:03

its too good to be true, if anything prices are going up ffs.....but we can hope

xsistor · 15 Nov 2011 at 20:04

LAst year when the 5000 series from AMDcame out and NVIDIA didn't have the GTX 400s you know what happened? The NVIDIA 200 series WENT UP in PRice. Right down to GTX 275/260. They shot up in price. :/

sucked big time. I was planning to get a 275 at the time and then the price shot up and i was like, screw this.

I fear the same may happen when teh 7000s come out.

AndyOcUK · 15 Nov 2011 at 20:06

LFT said:
I heard somewhere at the start of December there will be a big price drop on all 560's and 580's is this through?

This is the first I've heard about it.

Its likely AMD 7 series will be delayed anyway.

LFT said:
True sorry

source?

TheRealDeal · 15 Nov 2011 at 20:09

The price drops are just speculation but there could be some truth to it. If the amd 7 series comes along with good pricing and performance then nvidia may be forced into pricing lower in order to compete. I have not seen anything official stating price drops.

AndyOcUK · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:37

Me either (See my public profile

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garsands · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:39

AndyOcUK said:
Me either (See my public profile)

lol is that ture. If so I am a great fan of yours

KHAN · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:06

I'm the one who mentioned it, HERE is the link.

Nvidia prepares Christmas sales

The most attractive announcement from Nvidia is that it has decided to launch a “clean stock” in December with some attractive price discounts.
Reasons behind price reduction of GTX 580 video cards

When Nvidia launched GTX 480 and 580 cards in November, it was priced $600 including taxes. But some close sources of Nvidia revealed that, Nvidia is planning to reduce the price of GTX 580 to nearly 380 dollars for the below reasons:

To increase the sales volume
TO clear previous stocks
To provide room for next generation Kepler GPU and
To step counter AMD Radeon HD GPUs 7000 Series

Besides analyzing the real reasons for price cuts, which is planned for December, it is a very good news for consumers as they can enjoy more attractive offers

kissenger · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:19

KHAN said:
I'm the one who mentioned it, HERE is the link.

Nvidia prepares Christmas sales

The most attractive announcement from Nvidia is that it has decided to launch a “clean stock” in December with some attractive price discounts.
Reasons behind price reduction of GTX 580 video cards

When Nvidia launched GTX 480 and 580 cards in November, it was priced $600 including taxes. But some close sources of Nvidia revealed that, Nvidia is planning to reduce the price of GTX 580 to nearly 380 dollars for the below reasons:

To increase the sales volume
TO clear previous stocks
To provide room for next generation Kepler GPU and
To step counter AMD Radeon HD GPUs 7000 Series

Besides analyzing the real reasons for price cuts, which is planned for December, it is a very good news for consumers as they can enjoy more attractive offers

That story doesn't even mention the 560s and specifically states the 580, so I think the answer to OP's question is don't count on it.

From the looks of things the new ATI cards will not be available until mid- to- late-spring. Which means that Nvidia will likely only do moderate price drops if any considering that the Xmas period is upon us.

xsistor · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:19

If that link is legit we can expect GTX 580 to come down from £350 to around £220 on average. That's amazing! I'd totally get a GTX 580 if that's true.

Do you know this site? Are they reputable?

garsands · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:29

The most attractive announcement from Nvidia

This is Nvidia's announcement's for 10 Nov 2011

NVIDIA Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Nov. 10, 2011—NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today reported revenue of $1.07 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 ended Oct. 30, 2011, up 4.9 percent from the prior quarter, and up 26.3 percent from $843.9 million in the same period a year earlier.

New GPU Applications Accelerate Search for More Effective Medicines and Higher Quality Materials
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nov. 10, 2011 – NVIDIA today announced that four leading applications for material-science and biomolecular modeling – LAMMPS, GROMACS, GAMESS, and QMCPACK – have added support for multiple GPU acceleration, enabling them to cut simulation times from days to hours.

Chinese Researchers Tap GPU Supercomputer for World’s First Simulation of Complete H1N1 Virus
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nov. 10, 2011— NVIDIA today announced that Chinese researchers achieved a major breakthrough in the race to battle influenza by using NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPUs to create the world’s first computer simulation of a whole H1N1 influenza virus at the atomic level.

I can't find that news on any other site other then people posting in forums linking back to that same site.

I would have thought this would be a big news story & other PC tec sites would have pickup on this same story but they have not & it's 5 days old news now.

Seems fishy

xsistor · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:30

garsands said:
This is Nvidia's announcement's for 10 Nov 2011

I can't find that news on any other site other then people posting in forums linking back to that same site.

I would have thought this would be a big news story & other PC tec sites would have pickup on this same story but they have not & it's 5 days old news now.

Seems fishy

They say they heard it from NVIDIA sources. Which means its unofficial. Which means its a first-hand report from the writers on site...

Question is how believable are these guys?

jamenn · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:42

I find it hard to believe they would drop it this much just before Xmas. January maybe....

gamerdude1989 · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:47

i havent heard this either, and i have been looking around a lot since im hoping to go with 2x 570s soon...

i very much doubt it will drop in price...