What have missed with ATI 5800 series?

nutter · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:15

3 weeks ago, the pricing was

5850 £200
5870 £300

Now.....

5850 £240
5870 £340

Eh arnt things suppose to go down, not up :eek:

LoadsaMoney · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:16

Its down to poor yields.

nutter · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:17

LoadsaMoney said:
Its down to poor yields.

blaineoliver · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:21

TSMC arent making enough wafers, and there are low yields too.

d_brennen · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:29

Or is it because nVidia have dropped the ball on their current/future lineup?

RizlaKing · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:31

No this is all about tsmc who couldn't organise a pee up in a brewery with a step by step guide roll on global foundries and some competition and hopefully an end to tsmc screwing us all.

nutter · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:34

So much for christmas being the time for bargains! Not in the tech world it aint.lol.

karl01 · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:36

The prices will drop soon!
especially if we the consumers dont pay this increase.

Monkeynut · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:42

karl01 said:
The prices will drop soon!
especially if we the consumers dont pay this increase.

Thing is, demand is higher than the amount they can sell anyway. They might as well raise the price as they still sell every card they can make. Rool on GlobalFoundries.

straxusii · 8 Nov 2009 at 15:56

I don't think the yields are down to this price hike, I think it is simply supply and demand. Retailers are upping the price way more than ATI have

Rroff · 8 Nov 2009 at 15:59

Everyone in the pipeline is looking to their margins - less cards coming through = bigger cut added on to what does.

phr4n · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:14

What!!!! Being an early odopter is fiscally beneficial! What!!! Pigs are flying!

BubbySoup · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:38

straxusii said:
I don't think the yields are down to this price hike, I think it is simply supply and demand. Retailers are upping the price way more than ATI have

It has everything to do with the yields - that's what has caused the poor supply which hence, can't keep up with the demand. :confused:

L0rdMike · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:44

Sent mine back nearly 2 weeks ago and not got my replacement yet.

LoadsaMoney · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:50

L0rdMike said:
Sent mine back nearly 2 weeks ago and not got my replacement yet.

Could be next year at this rate

Which is why i don't understand why these guys are still taking pre-orders, as they can't fulfill them, must have thousands by now, and are still taking them with only getting about 1 or 2 cards in a week to fill em lol.

Masoody · 8 Nov 2009 at 17:48

I dont understand why everyone wants these ATi cards which are being over priced now. Why not buy a GTX 295 from somewhere else for like £300 brand new?

TheRealDeal · 8 Nov 2009 at 18:03

Masoody said:
I dont understand why everyone wants these ATi cards which are being over priced now. Why not buy a GTX 295 from somewhere else for like £300 brand new?

Most likely because its old tech and comes with other draw backs to a single core 5850/5870.

ejr22 · 8 Nov 2009 at 18:14

toon_mad · 8 Nov 2009 at 18:17

not just the cards gone up in price, ddr2 seems very expensive of late too!

clone · 8 Nov 2009 at 18:20

Dont ocuk take your money when you pre order?