When do you expect 5850 to drop again?

[Auraomega]

Title says it all I hope. Any guestimations on when the 5850 cards will start dropping in price?

 

[Efour]

q1 2010

 

[RameY]

Title says it all I hope. Any guestimations on when the 5850 cards will start dropping in price?

I think they will start to drop when there are enough cards to meet the demand; but probably when a new card is released.

 

[Zenduri]

agreed prob feb 2010 after xmas price hike and hopefully better production by then.

Wouldnt say fermi has naff all to do with prices at the moment as fermi can hit anywhere from jan - april lol

 

[ejr22]

q1 2010

Possibly.

But remember that VAT goes up on 01/01/10 so any reduction to counteract the release of Fermi/increase in supply might be swallowed up by the aforementioned VAT hike.

 

[Zenduri]

Hence why i intend to buy most my gear within the next 2-3 weeks before the gov slaps another £23 on my order

 

[Greebo]

When Fermi launches?

Seriously though, the short supply is meant to be over by mid December so maybe a drop before xmas.

They'll go up again by 2.5% VAT come 1st Janaury though.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

When they decide to stop giving the 5970 priority, they using all the chips for those.