ATi price cuts?

[tomos]

heard on the register that they are cutting costs in preparation for nvidias new cards

any ideas when we'll see lower prices here in the UK?

 

[Serial45]

Alrite mate! how's things?
Not too sure but i'm selling both my 8800 to get new ATI cards for sure

 

[gurusan]

dude look at the banner up at the top of this forum!

 

[MoRT489]

why hasnt the whole 3870 range seen price cuts?

 

[spicypixel]

I wonder if its permanent. One would think so with the 9600GT biting at their heels performance/price wise.

 

[waso_dude]

The 3870x2 won't see a price cut for a good few months if thats what you mean?

 

[HeX]

The 3870x2 won't see a price cut for a good few months if thats what you mean?

x2 has been dropping in price for the last 2 weeks...

The 3870's should be dropping to round the £100 mark if they follow the US pricings.

 

[spicypixel]

That's great to hear. Have not noticed the 3870X2 cuts myself but if the 3870's hit £100 then I might buy a pair of them simply because it seems like a good idea, that said that would mean the 3870X2 would have to compete with its own siblings so surely would hit the £200ish mark?

 

[misterPK]

The 3650's haven't come down in price though.

PK!

 

[HeX]

That's great to hear. Have not noticed the 3870X2 cuts myself but if the 3870's hit £100 then I might buy a pair of them simply because it seems like a good idea, that said that would mean the 3870X2 would have to compete with its own siblings so surely would hit the £200ish mark?

Well at release the 3870X2's were between £280-£300, you can pick them up now for as low as £235-£250.

So they are deffo dropping.

 

[spicypixel]

Ah right, thats true, they have come down from launch, but not quite at 2x the 3870 costs atm. hopefully the market for them will alter that eventually.

 

[-iceblade^]

accidental double post

 

[-iceblade^]

i just hope it drops pretty soon so i can Crossfire whilst it's still worth it...

 

[HeX]

Remember the 4000 series is meant to be comming out at the end of April/May...

I'm sticking with my X2 til then and i'll see what ATi bring to the market

 

[Trunks9486]

Werent there some rumours that ATi was going to release another version of RV670? For HD3690! Basically a RV670 with 128 Bit memory bus... If that was cheap enough it could probably be an excellent card.

 

[MoRT489]

The 3870x2 won't see a price cut for a good few months if thats what you mean?

No, was referring to the 3870xt's that are still upwards of £135...link

and there are no HIS versions