GTX 660.

Rusty0611 · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:38

humbug said:
Yeah, i agree. AMD are no angles, there 7970 price on release was insane!

But, i hope AMD do knock another £20 / £30 off the 7950 to force this GPU price inflation to an end.

Indeed. The only difference is that AMD have now dropped their prices. Fair enough.

But your post - 3 above - is a little bit silly as nVidia did match AMD on price with the 670/680. In fact they undercut them. People are so quick to forget

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Cooper · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:40

£150 pound card...not worth a penny more.

humbug · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:44

Rusty0611 said:
Indeed. The only difference is that AMD have now dropped their prices. Fair enough.

But your post - 3 above - is a little bit silly as nVidia did match AMD on price with the 670/680. In fact they undercut them. People are so quick to forget ...

Yes, they still haven't dropped them along with AMD thought have they? and i doubt they will unless something drastic happens. look at what they are still trying to flog off GTX 5## series and even GTX 4## series cards for.

spixelspixel · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:45

Cooper said:
£150 pound card...not worth a penny more.

but its better than the 7850, or are you saying 7850's are overpriced too?

psychodil · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:48

spixelspixel said:
but its better than the 7850, or are you saying 7850's are overpriced too?

7850's value is partly in its overclocking headroom/ at max overclock vs max overclock, im sure a 7850 will beat a 660.

humbug · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:52

psychodil said:
7850's value is partly in its overclocking headroom/ at max overclock vs max overclock, im sure a 7850 will beat a 660.

I think so to... 40% headroom on it easily, again like the 7950 its just underclocked.

Rusty0611 · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:53

humbug said:
Yes, they still haven't dropped them along with AMD thought have they? and i doubt they will unless something drastic happens. look at what they are still trying to flog off GTX 5## series and even GTX 4## series cards for.

No they haven't. One can only assume they're happy with their margins at the current price point. They're a company to make money at the end of the day.

I don't know why you're bothered by it though. You have a good card from this generation and aren't looking to swap.

spixelspixel · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:53

psychodil said:
7850's value is partly in its overclocking headroom/ at max overclock vs max overclock, im sure a 7850 will beat a 660.

a lot of people value performance without having to overclock. Overclock ability should be considered as a freebie

If the 660 was 150, same as a 7850 I'd say most people would choose the 660.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:54

LOLcopter!! Bit-tech threatened to ban me just because I pointed out that loads of HD7870 cards were under £200 despite them saying it was around £220.

Dennis Publishing at is best - don't read CPC or Bit-tech!!

psychodil · 13 Sep 2012 at 16:56

spixelspixel said:
a lot of people value performance without having to overclock. Overclock ability should be considered as a freebie

If the 660 was 150, same as a 7850 I'd say most people would choose the 660.

Yes you're probably right.

Roll on the 7850 GHz edition

humbug · 13 Sep 2012 at 17:01

FoxEye said:
Sadly Gibbo has been on record to say this isn't going to happen

Is he? where did he say that?

@ Rusty0611... lol

FoxEye · 13 Sep 2012 at 17:28

humbug said:
Is he? where did he say that?

@ Rusty0611... lol

In the thread titled "AMD price drops".

He said OcUK prices would not fall below their current levels, because they were selling at the new price point well in advance of AMD's official cuts.

Defy Belief · 13 Sep 2012 at 17:44

187 for twin frozr 3, hm.

humbug · 13 Sep 2012 at 17:50

FoxEye said:
In the thread titled "AMD price drops".

He said OcUK prices would not fall below their current levels, because they were selling at the new price point well in advance of AMD's official cuts.

Ah.. i see. already good prices and great service. yeah, that's fine.

FoxEye · 13 Sep 2012 at 18:00

Yeah. It's good that OcUK were ahead of the curve, but disappointing if these are the final prices going forwards.

I'm still looking for a solid performing card with a good cooler for £150 or less. My Windforce 460 was £150 after all, and that was a great card for the time. Noisy reference coolers are not an option.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 Sep 2012 at 18:03

OP updated.

spixelspixel · 13 Sep 2012 at 18:03

FoxEye said:
Yeah. It's good that OcUK were ahead of the curve, but disappointing if these are the final prices going forwards.

I'm still looking for a solid performing card with a good cooler for £150 or less. My Windforce 460 was £150 after all, and that was a great card for the time. Noisy reference coolers are not an option.

Plenty of good 7850's for 150ish

humbug · 13 Sep 2012 at 18:05

FoxEye said:
Yeah. It's good that OcUK were ahead of the curve, but disappointing if these are the final prices going forwards.

I'm still looking for a solid performing card with a good cooler for £150 or less. My Windforce 460 was £150 after all, and that was a great card for the time. Noisy reference coolers are not an option.

It's getting to that time where both AMD and nvidia are looking to start introducing the next cards. Rumours are already floating around that AMD have the 8970 lined up, and what was originally talked about as (Big Kepler) will probably end up as the GTX 780.

All this starts again next year

should be fun.

FoxEye · 13 Sep 2012 at 18:25

spixelspixel said:
Plenty of good 7850's for 150ish

There's only the HIS which is currently on special offer, and I'm not sure how quiet that one is (reports say it's quite loud).

The rest are £170.

MAK360 · 13 Sep 2012 at 20:41

Well they changed it to £200 now, maybe you had an effect after all - Good job

Whats wrong is wrong, am with you