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** NVIDIA GTX 1080 FOUNDERS EDITION: WANNA PRE-ORDER?

tommybhoy said:
Highly doubt Nv are going to backtrack and drop FE branding, if you compare 780 pricing scenario, they were sky high and never dropped price until Amd released a comparable performance part, even then they could command a higher price for a slower product.

As AMD have no answer, can't see a price adjustment happening at all.
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my thoughts also, we all know they are going to sell even at £620 so why would the price drop
 
Well the FE, where they want to keep it available, and whatever else they were saying, would another $50 not have been able to do that? eg. MSRP $599 FE $649...
 
if people dont like the price wait a month cause the price will drop fast on these.

regardless of media hype they priced too high.they gunna have a ton load to shift so to sell em the price will need to be right.which isnt the case.at the moment.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
if people dont like the price wait a month cause the price will drop fast on these.

regardless of media hype they priced too high.they gunna have a ton load to shift so to sell em the price will need to be right.which isnt the case.at the moment.
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But its already been said, people are ordering these in their droves, and plus without competitive AMD pricing on a similar product Nvidia have now got free reign. Good for their shareholders I guess!
 
Don't know I am hoping/expecting once the "I don't care I just want it" people have gone they will go down, I was hoping to get one on launch but if they are near FE then I might have to wait. Not because I have to.. I could get one... but just seems like more than it should be and it is on principle.
 
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cadmunkey said:
But its already been said, people are ordering these in their droves, and plus without competitive AMD pricing on a similar product Nvidia have now got free reign. Good for their shareholders I guess!
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There will be an initial surge of sales to people with more money than sense and rich parents to keep little Jonny happy, but after that the sales will drop off a cliff.

No sane individual pays £620 for a video card. Especially not one that is a 256bit castrated version.

They will drop the price, they just want to milk the suckers first.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
if people dont like the price wait a month cause the price will drop fast on these.

regardless of media hype they priced too high.they gunna have a ton load to shift so to sell em the price will need to be right.which isnt the case.at the moment.
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They won't be dropping them unless there is a shift in the £ to $ rate and then maybe a small bit. Nvidia will keep them priced as high as possible until they have to drop the price and that will be around the 1080ti release and that is if it may fit in at that price and the 1080ti maybe a really silly price so there will be no need to drop them again. They look like they are about to pull an Intel on us and keep prices set and bring in a new price range as Intel is doing with the 10 core Broadwell. Who knows... But how Nvidia is behaving recently I will not be touching their cards till they go back to sensible prices, so it maybe a second hand purchase for me next time I upgrade a graphics card because Nvidia is not getting my money at this rate they are selling at.. They can dream on really.
 
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watch ;) . hype always builds.what the difference is even mid range cards play everything maxxed at 1080 which is still the main market. add into that a higher than usual greedy pricing they will drop atleast £50 first month maybe more if..it doesn't go well sales wise.
 
Problem is with "Brexit" i can only see the exchange rate getting worse over the next month or so, so even if the cards say drop by £100, I can see this being wipeed out by the exchange rates so in a month or so we will be back to exactly where we are now - £619
 
Greebo said:
Problem is with "Brexit" i can only see the exchange rate getting worse over the next month or so, so even if the cards say drop by £100, I can see this being wipeed out by the exchange rates so in a month or so we will be back to exactly where we are now - £619
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Speculation. Have faith investors see potential in the UK's free open trade deals to any country on Earth after we escape the EU nightmare.
 
straxusii said:
You can compare it directly to the 680 launch, mid range part of a new process over a die shrink, same performance boost over 580 which was the 980Ti of the previous gen.

The 680 launched at £400-£450, why? The 7970 was out.

Competition is the only reason Nvidia are charging £620 for a mid range part.
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Spot on. You could even argue that the gtx 680 was overpriced when released. Compare it to the gtx 280, 480 and 580 in terms of die size, memory bus etc. There were articles pointing the to gtx 680 originally intended to be the 670 but was bumped to the 680 as it competed with the 7970 and on release was 10% faster.

Nvidia basically went on a new path in terms of pricing after this. It's been pretty much downhill in terms of value for money as a consumer.
 
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Greebo said:
Problem is with "Brexit" i can only see the exchange rate getting worse over the next month or so, so even if the cards say drop by £100, I can see this being wipeed out by the exchange rates so in a month or so we will be back to exactly where we are now - £619
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The exchange rate goes up and down by about 3% max.
 
drunkenmaster said:
So next to no volume and all the AIB cards are reference... and the reference either overclocks well while screaming away or overclocks poorly while quiet? £620 and above, lol. Also all the AIBs charging more than Nvidia for the same reference card, quell surprise even though everyone figured they'd be releasing cheaper cards for launch based off Nvidia misleading everyone into believing that AIBs would have their own custom cards out for launch.

Anyone paying £650 for one of these is mental. Polaris 10 likely won't beat it but it will be close enough to bring prices down. Also when Nvidia is finally shipping real volume prices of the reference and custom cooled cards will come down. You'll be able to get one within 3 months at £450, easily.
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Go away nobody wants to hear your nonsense anymore, that ship has sailed. Breathe in the performance and let go of your bias. Free your mind.


That said, I'm not convinced. But for genuine reasons.
 
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The thing is, once the AIB custom cards are released, if they are so much as a PENNY cheaper than the FE, the big question is why would anyone buy the FE, unless for SLI or an SFF build?? This is what I can't get my head around... are Nvidia (and their AIB's who are selling the FE also) happy to have a premium flagship product sitting at the top of their price tree, yet which is trumped in every aspect... speed, noise, temps and OC ability... by CHEAPER cards? Economically this just makes no sense to my tiny human brain, and it's why I've always felt talk of custom cards being £550 or less is pure fantasy. Of course I'd LOVE to be wrong, but something just doesn't seem right with that picture to me... :rolleyes:
 
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