Monday, November 30th 2015
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NVIDIA Prepares New Pricing for GeForce GTX 900 Series
To make the most out of the holiday shopping season, and to better compete with AMD, NVIDIA is preparing new pricing for key GeForce GTX 900 series SKUs. The new pricing sees the popular GeForce GTX 970 priced at US $299, although some deals could see the card start for well under that. This SKU is ideal for 1080p-thru-1440p gaming. The GTX 980, on the other hand, could be priced around $449. This SKU is firmly capable of 1440p gaming. Lastly, the GeForce GTX 960, could be priced around $179, to deal with competing offerings from AMD, such as the R9 380 better.Many Thanks to Ikaruga for the tip.
24 Comments on NVIDIA Prepares New Pricing for GeForce GTX 900 Series
I hope this is not an article that it is based on the false articles from wccftech, and if it is, someone only favors Nvidia here, by ignoring the AMD equivalent article.
AMD's Entire GPU Line-Up Gets Price Cuts For The Holidays - Including R9 Fury X, Fury, Nano, 390X, 390 And 380
Nvidia's Entire 900 Series GPU Lineup Gets Price Cuts For The Holidays - Including The GTX 980 Ti, 980, 970, 960 And 950
Secondly, any "news" emanating from clickbait sites such as WTFtech, should automatically require verification from a second source....maybe an Nvidia or AMD press release would be a good place to start? True dat.
$160
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127844&cm_re=GTX_960-_-14-127-844-_-Product
Even on Amazon a 2GB GTX960 is still trending at $210 and higher, except Zotac models. But I would never buy Zotac VGA even if that meant being stuck with GTX750Ti forever.
And it's Cyber Monday ))
1) Newegg does not even carry reference NVidia cards, so I am not sure why NVidia is even mentioned here
2) One store has nothing to do with pricing on the big scale
3) Nothing to backup the claim but the pricetag off one US internet store
My location has nothing to do with it, and yes, there is no Newegg at the Dark and Creepy Attic.
www.skroutz.gr/s/6441065/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX960-4GB-WindForce-2X-OC-GV-N960WF2OC-4GD.html
GTX 960 4GB | Skroutz.gr from 226.26 euroswww.skroutz.gr/s/6441065/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX960-4GB-WindForce-2X-OC-GV-N960WF2OC-4GD.html
R9 380 4GB | Skroutz.grfrom 228.73 euros
This article is only for people who can buy from newegg. The title is as wrong as it was on wccftech. It should read something like "Big price cuts from newegg in preparation for holidays" or something.
EVGA consistently charges $30 to $50 more on every card than any e-tailer. Even on B-stock it's always more expensive than a refurb sold thru etailer.
Just out of interest, if Newegg wont ship to you, can you not set up a package forwarding account ( i.e. MyUS, Shipito, Borderlinx etc.)?
The cheapest USPS international flat rate package that fits a videocard is somewhere around $85, so it only makes sense for high-value items (Like GTX Titan, AMD Fury or a box of gold piasters). Other parcel services are even more expensive.
This is why local retailers take advantage of the situation and keep their prices at MSRP level + 20% sales tax. Still not as bad as it used to be. About 10 years ago we had an obsolete customs fee which added up to over 100% of item's price if the value exceeded $500 (value was determined by some drunken granpa at the customs office).
At the same time CPUs differ in price very little comparing to US (~10-20%). Probably because of much higher demand.
There is also this to consider regarding your Asia assertion. With a Chinese mail forward/package consolidation account it is actually cheaper for me to order from Asia than the U.S.
Plenty of Asian AIB's custom boards are cheaper, but they are working on huge volumes from a single production source ( PC Partner produce for Zotac, PNY, Point of View, Inno3D, ELSA, Zogis, Zalman, Manli etc, while Palit - the worlds largest graphics AIB, also produce for Gainward, Galaxy, and some PNY boards), and EVGA ships nowhere near the volume that the single-brand ODM/OEM's (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI) do. With EVGA generally only having the U.S. as a major market, it isn't overly surprising that they can't undercut the competition.