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prices back then

Thinking back to the quality of games released in the last 5 years, I'd bet any one of us would be struggling to justify spending £400+ on a GPU :p

If you don't use your GPU for rendering or professional use, it's even worse value for money.
 
My 290x's have been in my PC for nearly 3 years, And i expect it will be past 4 years before they get replaced.

They have lasted 2-3x longer than any other card before them.

Simply no need to upgrade / nothing that is fast enough for me to upgrade.
(i dont buy Nvidia, too expensive for poor silicone)
 
Jono8 said:
In 2007 the 8800gtx was $599 and the 8800 ultra was $829! The ultra only cost £500 here though as the pound was so strong. I remember buying a 8800gtx close to release for about £330. That almost two dollars to the pound exchange rate was awesome.

Forgive me for not being much of a financial whizz but if the exchange rate was 2 to 1 shouldn't we have had it for £415? Not £500
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Doobedoo said:
Jono8 said:
In 2007 the 8800gtx was $599 and the 8800 ultra was $829! The ultra only cost £500 here though as the pound was so strong. I remember buying a 8800gtx close to release for about £330. That almost two dollars to the pound exchange rate was awesome.

Forgive me for not being much of a financial whizz but if the exchange rate was 2 to 1 shouldn't we have had it for £415? Not £500
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You are forgetting to add VAT
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Doobedoo said:
I see so the prices in dollars is minus vat and the uk prices inclusive of vat?
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Yes

So it would be $829 / 1.98(exchange rate in May 2007) + 17.5% VAT ( the vat rate in 2007) = £491. Often there is a slight extra margin for shipping + a little bit of uk gouging hence why they were £500+
 
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Must admit it does seem a bit like the oil markets.

Price of crude goes down $10 a barrel prices at the pump do down 1-2p a litre, prices go up $10 a barrel prices go up at the pump 4-5p.
 
Doobedoo said:
Isn't that not a very direct comparison shouldn't both prices be with vat.
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No because Americans don't pay VAT.

They have a sales tax thing where most states seem to average 6%. I believe Nvidia/AMD's MSRP is BEFORE this sales tax is added as it differs from state to state.
 
And VAT was only 15% when some previous cards were released meaning today's cards are another 5% more expensive.
 
5850 was the best value card I bought at £115 in 2011. It was an accidental purchase as I thought my 4870 was faulty (which it wasn't in the end) so it was an unneeded side grade. It ran quieter, cooler and used less power for the 4-5 years I had it.
 
Sargatanas2511 said:
Go back and look at things like the Radeon X1900XT and 8800GTX/Ultra. I bet their launch prices would still be pretty high for today.
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I got my x1900xtx for £340 pretty much on release from ocuk. I remember thinking at the time that it wasn't too bad a price and think the 7900gtx was more.

Those cards were only good for 1600x1200 and even 1280x1024 which by todays standards is low.
If you think about it things are actually cheaper today at the lower end since sub £100 cards can fly on 720p. Its only that the standards have increased at the higher end.
 
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One thing I never quite understood was why the GTX280 dropped in price so quick (to under £250) when it was still the top Nvidia GPU (GTX295 aside).

As for the 8800GTX, although it was expensive it was the sort of card that could last a long time as it had no real weaknesses in terms of raw grunt, memory bandwidth, VRAM etc. It was probably 'the one that got away' in the sense that perhaps I should have bought one. Arguably one of the best cards for shelf life since the 9700pro.
 
HangTime said:
One thing I never quite understood was why the GTX280 dropped in price so quick (to under £250) when it was still the top Nvidia GPU (GTX295 aside).
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That's purely because the 4870 came out and nobody expected it to perform so well and at a ridiculously low price point (£190 I got one for on release). Basically nvidia had no choice but to slash prices.
 
Doobedoo said:
Must admit it does seem a bit like the oil markets.

Price of crude goes down $10 a barrel prices at the pump do down 1-2p a litre, prices go up $10 a barrel prices go up at the pump 4-5p.
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When you strip out currency fluctuations and tax the relationship between pump prices and crude is actually fairly close in the medium term i.e. allowing for the lag.
 
Lokken86 said:
That's purely because the 4870 came out and nobody expected it to perform so well and at a ridiculously low price point (£190 I got one for on release). Basically nvidia had no choice but to slash prices.
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Indeed. The 4800 cards made the 200 series pricing look daft.
 
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