4890 -> 6870 or ???

[Voltage]

6970 will be what 480 is now

6990 will be what 5970 is now

 

[easyrider]

Its all speculation

 

[crackerbear]

When does the 460 compete with a 6950...o_0

6990>6970>480>6950>470

I don't get Jigger's post at all, at least that price breakdown. Unless I'm missing something entirely, but *shrug*

 

[jigger]

I'm going on performance, AMD are not going to under cut or equal Nvidia prices if their hardware cleans up in the performance stakes, AMD are bigger than that now.


When does the 460 compete with a 6950...o_0

6990>6970>480>6950>470

If you've not noticed ATI have worked on the build lots, high turnover system for at least the last 5 years. AMD will sell the cards for as little as possible, to sell as many as possible. The only way that will change is if they cant supply the demand or manufacturing cost increase, or possibly if they have made some major change to the company's sales strategy.

Nvidia would be over the moon if ATI priced themselves out of the market like you predict, they could finally sell at a profit. They won't care what card competes with what, they will just up the prices like they did 9 months ago with the gt200 cards if you remember...

 

[crackerbear]

Nvidia would be over the moon if ATI priced themselves out of the market like you predict, they could finally sell at a profit. They won't care what card competes with what, they will just up the prices like they did 9 months ago with the gt200 cards if you remember...

There's no way Nvidia will up the prices of their current 4x0 cards by 45% just to fill in the price holes left by ATI.

I'm expecting Nvidia prices to rise a little in a few weeks time, maybe 5 or 10% at most, but at 45%, every man and his dog will be buying ATI cards. It'll be ATI who will be laughing all the way to the bank.

The only way Nvidia will be able to sell is if they drive their own prices down even lower.

 

[RavenXXX2]

A 6970 priced at £350 is competing with 480 in price, a 6950 will easily beat a 470 so it would be crazy for AMD to price it lower or equal, £260 sounds good to me. I can't see how AMD are pricing themselves out the market with my estimates. Apparently AMD make a ton more on their cards than Nvidia yet they price their 68** mid cards above or equal to the competition, so your theory that AMD sell for as little as possible holds no water, looks to me like they are pricing on performance this time around.

 

[coltpython3]

wait for the 69** series 6870 is an improvement but not that much

 

[jigger]

Nvidia won't get the chance to increase prices as ATI won't price themselves out of the game.

IIRC Nvidia added well over %45 to every GT200 card just after the 5000 series launch.

 

[RavenXXX2]

2** were EOL even before the 5*** cards hit, stock was left over at high prices just so Nvidia could keep face and look like they still had highend products on the market.

And again why would Nvidia increase prices if a 6970 hits at £350 and 6970 at £260...480 £350, 470 £220, they will have to lower prices if the AMD parts significantly outperform them.