Tuesday, January 18th 2011
1 GB Radeon HD 6950 to Cost US $279
Priced point of US $279, AMD's new 1 GB Radeon HD 6950 stands testament to the competitiveness AMD left for itself in the performance segment, a crucial market segment. AMD's Radeon HD 6950 with 1 GB of memory will be launched by partners soon, along with 1 GB Radeon HD 6970. The two will compete with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560Ti which is slated for 25th of this month.
The new Radeon HD 6950 was able to shed $21 of its price by halving its memory amount. The original 2 GB version sells for an average $300. The 1 GB cards use eight 1 Gbit memory chips over a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. Memory clock speeds and bandwidth remain unchanged. Apart from memory amount, partners will most likely use cost-effective board and cooler designs. Apart from the HD 6950, AMD will also introduce "Turbo" variants of the Radeon HD 6870, which will feature very high GPU core clock speeds.
Source:
X-bit Labs
The new Radeon HD 6950 was able to shed $21 of its price by halving its memory amount. The original 2 GB version sells for an average $300. The 1 GB cards use eight 1 Gbit memory chips over a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. Memory clock speeds and bandwidth remain unchanged. Apart from memory amount, partners will most likely use cost-effective board and cooler designs. Apart from the HD 6950, AMD will also introduce "Turbo" variants of the Radeon HD 6870, which will feature very high GPU core clock speeds.
55 Comments on 1 GB Radeon HD 6950 to Cost US $279
GTX560 isnt launched yet, but with the pricing of 6970, it means there will be pressure to reduce the price on 560 as soon as "boatload number 2 from asia" arrives in dock.
Mid-end February will be a good time to buy a GPU.
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BTW, I paid $279 equivalent for my ATi Radeon 8500. That was some time ago. A fantastic card... could run COD and Mafia smoothly! (Original editions :))
Source - AMD
Source - Common Sense
Sapphire board is launched here. 6950 1GB SRP 389, 6950 2GB SRP 429. Make more sense.
forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=3072579
Think about it... do you really think that they would release a 1GB variant that has almost the same price? It wouldn't sell and would be a total waste of time and $$
Also if i got it, i think that it is 6950 unlocked to 70
Jiraiya - out
.....you know the answer is :rolleyes:
I also remember HD4870 1GB selling for 140 USD, less than half the MSRP 299 USD.
www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20110117200127_AMD_Intros_New_Version_of_Radeon_HD_6970_with_279_Price_Point.html
Jiraiya - out
279$ seemed a little low for a 6970. But at 279$ for 1GB 6950 it is not a very smart move. 269$ would be a bit better, but this means that 6950 2GB stays at 299$, and MIRs are going to be max 15$ instead of the HIS 30$ one.
It seemed common sense to me, guess AMD didn't want to beat the hell out of NV. A 299$ 6970 1GB would still have been nice, as 279$ did seem a little low. I'm kinda disapointed now
AMD's been pumping out quality GPUs at a great pace.
Since 6870 Turbos are coming out, you think used 6870 will cost less than 200$ anytime soon?