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580 GTX Price is up....
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Radeon 6870 are $239, Radeon 6850 are $179, if there are no significant changes in pricing, Radeon 6950 could launch at $339 and 6970 at $419. There's plenty of room for changes though, we don't even know the exact specifications for either card. £309 is what we should probably expect from Radeon 6970, maybe £319 if they push it a little further in the UK. Radeon 6950 shouldn't be more than £249-259.
I still believe that GeForce GTX580 might be available for £379 or so at launch or soon after.
EDIT: on the second thought, AMD would probably deepen the difference between 6970 and 6950 as there wasn't much into 5870 over 5850 besides higher clocks and hefty $100 premium. That would mean the 6970 could sell at $439 and make £319 the least we could expect to pay for these cards. Probably £10 more or so.
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Soldato
^^^
It depends, rumour is 6950 = 580 and 6970 > 580.
It depends, rumour is 6950 = 580 and 6970 > 580.
Doesn't change a thing really, Nvidia targets a non-existing market IMO, they will have to drop their pricing as soon as all the "enthusiasts" get their hands on refreshed Fermis. There's nothing wrong with it, it makes perfect sense financially but trust me, AMD will hit different customer share with their releases. Unless there's 6930 coming out soon, pricing of 6970 will be within $180-220 more than 6870. Even at that price it works out £329 tops for their leading product.
Soldato
To be fair their website is awful. That alone would stop me buying from them.
Soldato
Price on this webiste seems to indicate £445
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/11/04/asus-leaks-gtx580-specs/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/11/04/asus-leaks-gtx580-specs/1
Old and inaccurate news.
Soldato
When is the card due for release?
Soldato
I would be extremely surprised if this turns out to be the case...
Caporegime
But...
Can it run Crysis
you sir....can get your own coat.
I'm more interested in the claims regarding more efficient cooling and power consumption and would like to know if the over enthusiastic yank on the video is correct with his claims that you can't hear the thing even when under load.
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I haven't read the entire thread, but I've read bits and bobs. From what I've gathered:
The gtx 580 won't be much faster than my 480 gtx, in fact if I can overclock my 480 well, I'll get pretty close to stock 580 performance. So I'll pretty much be able to handle games for a while, and when it starts to struggle, I can go SLI?
To be honest, I feel that Nvidia's chokehold on the market started to wane when ATI's 5800 cards came out. The 4800s were a step in the right direction, and for Nivida, the 400 series appears not to have sold nearly as well as previous gens have, especially the top end 480
The gtx 580 won't be much faster than my 480 gtx, in fact if I can overclock my 480 well, I'll get pretty close to stock 580 performance. So I'll pretty much be able to handle games for a while, and when it starts to struggle, I can go SLI?
To be honest, I feel that Nvidia's chokehold on the market started to wane when ATI's 5800 cards came out. The 4800s were a step in the right direction, and for Nivida, the 400 series appears not to have sold nearly as well as previous gens have, especially the top end 480
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Very tempted to pre-order from the other site however if you put one in your basket it says 'usually ships in 10 days' in red writing. I think I'll wait for OC.