Monday, July 14th 2008
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 280 GTX Price Cuts Now Official
NVIDIA today slashed the prices of its latest generation of GeForce GTX video cards. The GeForce GTX 280 is now available for as low as $499 and the GeForce GTX 260 costs $299. The high-end GTX 280 was originally priced at $649, while the 260 was priced previously at $399. With a price tag of $299, the GeForce GTX 260 now matches ATI's comparable Radeon HD 4870. The higher end GeForce GTX 280 is still waiting to meet its main competitor in the face of ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, due to become available later this quarter.
Source:
CNET News
37 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 280 GTX Price Cuts Now Official
Both are doing under par when compared to original estimates. ;)
PS. Lets face it..... Nvidia just wanted too much profit based on their recent track record and then they finaly get competition and have to adjust prices. Its just business. But it is a good trend to see lower prices in general.... thats for sure. :)
PD: black PCB rocks lol, im tired of red and green haha
That's the main reason why.
*thinks of heading down to mccain private fundraiser tonight and finishing off a neocon to feel better* haha
Its been done alot actully
HD2900GT
7900GTO
x1900GT
x800GTO
6800LE
9800SE
9500
However, like I've said, if they cut the GT200 core down on more time. Go down to a 384-bit bus, 768MB of RAM, 144 Shaders, 48 Texture Units, and 24 ROPs. Sell it for $250 and they would have a very nice card on their hands, and a way to get rid of those cores that can't make it as a 260GTX. It would also help them cut production costs since they won't be wasting as many cores.