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WHAT!!! is this a **** take, GX2 could be $700+

I got my first 8800gtx from overclockers when they first came out and it cost £485.The newest fastest top of the range always cost big money.If i remember right my 7950gx2 cost me nearly 400 from overclockers back in the day.Id expect £500 for this new card.
 
ergonomics said:
the 3870x2 will not be £250, not even close to be honest. its not simply 2 cars put together, its a dual core gpu, 2 cores on one pcb, not the 7950gx2 card.

you will pay a lot for the process of manufacture for the card, as well as the fact as a single 3870 retails for about £155.

also, it will be their new top end, if it competes well against nvidias top end, then they can price it as they used to price their previous top end cards like the x1950xtx.

like you said. 300+, would be lucky if it was on the lower end of £300 as well.



again, people paid and still do pay this for nvidias top end? its enthusiast end, they can charge what they want, people will always buy it.
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You get them for £155 from the more expensive places, but you can easily pick them up for £125-£130 a piece, i just hope that ati aren't stupid enough to try and overprice this, they're finally coming back into play, they can't mess it up now (fingers crossed)
 
Yeap not too shocked... £400ish is what I reckon it will hit but at that price it certainly better be a new card/design or at 2x the true performance of a single card.....

9800GX2 gotta be same surely.,,
 
HighlandeR said:
Yeap not too shocked... £400ish is what I reckon it will hit but at that price it certainly better be a new card/design or at 2x the true performance of a single card.....

9800GX2 gotta be same surely.,,
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With a 9800GX2 you'll get the performance of an underclocked 8800GTS 512mb at stock when SLi does not work in some games.
 
Well we shall have to wait and see of how this turns out. I wouldn't believe that they shall price the card so highly since they know that will lead people to go the ATI road.
 
theforce said:
Well we shall have to wait and see of how this turns out. I wouldn't believe that they shall price the card so highly since they know that will lead people to go the ATI road.
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Nah they will price it a lot higher now they realise the 9800GX2 is going to be 350+.
 
willhub said:
With a 9800GX2 you'll get the performance of an underclocked 8800GTS 512mb at stock when SLi does not work in some games.
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This is the killer isn't it? People would more willingly pay a vastly inflated price for a new enthusiast part if the performance was as consistent as you'd get with a single-core GPU (2900XT notwithstanding).
 
Ive always expected around the £400 mark. Being the best card out there (maybe) then people will pay the price. And when people are prepared to pay the price then it will always stay that way.

Why would they sell it for less if they could get more?

I am not saying its right tho
 
It's just guess work. They are taking two 8800gts which retail ~$300-320 and say it's going to cost $600-700. Of course the tech in a GTS is the same as a GT only sold at a premium.
 
Hi,

Just thought I woudl chuck in my 2 cents on the "RIP-off UK" stuff.

All prices in the states are quoted WITHOUT sales tax - as it varies from state to state.

For example: New York sales tax is 8.625%

$700 x 1.08625 = 760 @ current rate of 1.96 (marekt FX rate) = £388

Also, you wont get the market rate when you get FX changed / from your bank - due to transaction costs.

As a frequent visitor to the states, certain things are a lot cheaper (clothes, food, housing). However, most electornic kit i look at inc. computers etc is not that much cheaper - u get the occassoinal item which is significantly cheaper. I would say an average of 15% - most of which is due to our sales tax being 17.5%.

Toms did a good artilce here on world prices:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/hardware-prices-global,review-29801-9.html

Things are more expensive in the UK, but its not the case that it was say 10-15 years ago when the state was a lot cheaper (relatively).

Ultimately the states as an economy has a lot more buying power, and after is still THE economy in the world - just look at the sub-prime US mortgage market and how it has effected the world with the credit crunch.

Anywho, i just dont think its true that the UK is singled out as a rip-off country, its expensive, but so are lots of other countries and goes hand in hand with high wages etc.
 
You gota remember though, your not just paying for 2x GTS's, as it says there, that cooling solution they have had to do for it wasn't cheap, so you gota pay for that to.:p
 
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Yup agreed, electronics are often not as cheap as you'd think they'd be given the exchange rate. It's one of the commodities that this happens with in the states.

What I would like to point out is that IF you buy at an online retailer in the states OR buy in a state that you don't live in, you DO NOT have to pay sales tax on that item, thereby saving you even more money :)

Matthew
 
Well on Newegg the BFG 8800 Ultra is $700, and that card is only £411 on OcUK.
If you look around a little you'll see that it's not unreasonable for cards to cost $700 in the US.

People complain that Fudzilla talk complete rubbish all the time, yet are eager to exaggerate and complain of a straight one to one $ to £ conversion.
 
You misunderstand Dan. We are saying that even with the exchange rate in our favour, a computer part cost £200 here will cost $400 in the states (roughly), so getting it from there really doesn't save you that much.

We are not saying that a product costing $400 there costs £400 here. If that were the case it WOULD make financial sense to buy from the states.

Matthew
 
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