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Manufacturing cost summaries for graphics cards
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so it costs about £100 to make a 285? wow, they make between 100 and 200% profit on those 
Well these are just the costs of components as far as I can tell so doesn't include R&D, factory costs, staff costs and also retailer mark up.
I am guessing that the column on the left is retail price? cos if so some of these cards are being made at loss before any of the costs listed above!!!
Very interesting but hard to make any conclusions without more information on how those figures have been arrived at.
I am guessing that the column on the left is retail price? cos if so some of these cards are being made at loss before any of the costs listed above!!!
Very interesting but hard to make any conclusions without more information on how those figures have been arrived at.
How can the GPU for the 4850 and 4870 differ in price? They're the same GPUs!
Same goes for a lot of the other cards listed too. Most of the GT200 cards share the same GPUs, I know some have disabled clusters, but surely each GPU should cost the same on the basis that they buy wafers at a fixed price?
Same goes for a lot of the other cards listed too. Most of the GT200 cards share the same GPUs, I know some have disabled clusters, but surely each GPU should cost the same on the basis that they buy wafers at a fixed price?
The difference is that nVidia can't raise their margins. As it is their cards are already overly expensive as well as costing a lot to manufacture. They've had to take a cut in the amount they can charge.
Their board partners have been really annoyed about this. That's the reason why there have been more companies making ATi boards since the release of GT200s.
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R&D costs millions. Then theres factory fixed costs etc (assuming the OP is just on about variable costs). Then theres yield rate and what the retailer marks them up. Then there is keeping the shareholders happy and company taxes. Import taxes too? (not sure on this one).
There is more than meets the eye than the info given in the OP
I imagine the new PS3 slim will cost waaaaaaaaaay under £100 to manufacture, but there are so many other cost factors than determine a profit or a loss.
There is more than meets the eye than the info given in the OP
I imagine the new PS3 slim will cost waaaaaaaaaay under £100 to manufacture, but there are so many other cost factors than determine a profit or a loss.
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not as many transistors on 4850 wafers? Or wafers which are not up to 4870 standard? 4850, 4870 & 4890 are all same chips but each more efficient than the other?
And off topic but isnt PS3 Slim HD less? Hence the sizable price difference or did I imagine that?
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GTX 275 1024MB and GTX 280 896MB. There are no such cards! 
Also I find it hard to believe the 4890's GPU alone costs that much more to manufacture than the 4870's. I mean I know they're different cores but the figures stated seem very far-fetched.
Also I find it hard to believe the 4890's GPU alone costs that much more to manufacture than the 4870's. I mean I know they're different cores but the figures stated seem very far-fetched.
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Interesting, thanks 