Thursday, May 2nd 2013
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Won't be $500 Cheap: Report
Late last month, we learned that NVIDIA plans to unveil its GeForce GTX 7-series desktop GPU family just a little later this month. According to a new report by SweClockers, the company plans to take full advantage of AMD's lethargy or console-fixation, in launching its next GPU generation much later this year. The premium GeForce GTX 780, which is reportedly based on the GK110 silicon, could command a price much higher than the $499.99 GeForce GTX 680 started out on, when it launched last March.
Pricing of the GeForce GTX 780 could be closer to that of the GeForce GTX TITAN, than today's GTX 680, according to the report. It asks us not to be surprised if the card is priced on-par with the TITAN, making us wonder if TITAN remains NVIDIA's fastest single-GPU graphics card for long, or if NVIDIA is re-branding TITAN to GTX 780, or even if it ends up being the fabled "TITAN Ultra."
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SweClockers
Pricing of the GeForce GTX 780 could be closer to that of the GeForce GTX TITAN, than today's GTX 680, according to the report. It asks us not to be surprised if the card is priced on-par with the TITAN, making us wonder if TITAN remains NVIDIA's fastest single-GPU graphics card for long, or if NVIDIA is re-branding TITAN to GTX 780, or even if it ends up being the fabled "TITAN Ultra."
100 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Won't be $500 Cheap: Report
they milk us in turn.
It is rumored the GTX780 is a variant of the Titan, the die is so huge on that chip that there is no possible way they could make money off it priced an $500. After all this is a corporation and they are not here to just break even or to give stuff away, they are here to make money and if it can't be done with a certain product, it will have a very short life-cycle.
500$ CHEAP..? Isn't that an oxymoron?
So GTX5X0 weren't re-badges with only slight generation on an existing Fermi process? Don't make this into a AMD/Nvidia thing. Nvidia will take their spin on the floor first. Is AMD holding back because they are limited on R&D staff and funding and need to prioritize their efforts for maximum return? Absolutely, they need to stay lean but having Nvidia go first is probably not a bad thing right now. Just like the GTX5X0 to GTX6X0 what Nvidia sells won't see any bump. So, if AMD can stretch profit from 7XXX series a few months and have still have decently fresh product until the next shrink comes. Who known who has the best plan?
Either way... haha!
In light of that, I count 14 different GTX 670 SKU's under $400, Eleven of which are factory overclocked. Safe to say that MSRP isn't an that much of an indicator.
Now given that you can get a reasonable selection of GTX 670's for $360-370 (w/overclock*), how does an equal performance* GTX 760 Ti make marketing sense at $400 given that GTX 670's aren't going to increase in price once the GTX 760 Ti makes an appearance?....are you expecting the GTX 670 -for example- to increase in price once the new parts arrive?
Historically, this makes no sense whatsoever either. The only part that carries the price premium is the flagship card. The second, third, fourth...tiers are closely matched at a performance-per-price level. The GTX Titan will remain that flagship for Nvidia unless a fully enabled GK 110 GPU enters the GeForce lineup.
For the rest of us, the GTX660 or 66Ti is more than enough to run almost all games at max at 1080p. And thats what most gamers game at.
Nvidia and AMD have and always will continue this trend.
i ain't crazy therefore i don't want to buy this stuff.
i would consider to wait amd rolls out their newest card (also their never settle reloaded bundled :rockout:).
No one is happy to pay twice what should have been a GTX 680 from the start.