Tuesday, March 10th 2009

Correction: GeForce GTX 260 In For Yet Another Price Cut

Information from an industry source was misinterpreted by VR-Zone yesterday, which wrote in its original report that the ATI Radeon HD 4870 1 GB was going to get a price-cut from $199 down to $179. In reality, it is the GeForce GTX 260 that is expected to get the price cut, sending its price down to $179.

NVIDIA had implemented significant reductions in prices of GeForce GTX 260 accelerators as recently as today, setting its price to $199. AMD may react to this move with its own new pricing scales for the competitive Radeon HD 4870 accelerator. There is no word on when the new pricing would be implemented.
Source: VR-Zone
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42 Comments on Correction: GeForce GTX 260 In For Yet Another Price Cut

#26
ShadowFold
wolfhahah quite right!

finally, take that ATi, YOU are being undercut now... on the whole the 4870-1gb performs a little worse than a GTX260 and now costs more, funny to see the tables flipped :laugh:
Down with competition! :rockout:
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#27
CDdude55
Crazy 4 TPU!!!
ShadowFoldDown with competition! :rockout:
That would suck so much butt.
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#28
wolf
Better Than Native
ShadowFoldDown with competition! :rockout:
hahahah awwwwwwww, you know it wont last long, as ATI have as a trend of late, they will yet again undercut nvidia, just wait for it.

as if there isn't a huge amount of competition right now dude, the market is about as competitive as it ever has been, great price/performance all round and a product for everyone.
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#29
CDdude55
Crazy 4 TPU!!!
wolfthe market is about as competitive as it ever has been, great price/performance all round and a product for everyone.
:rockout::cool:
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#30
lukesky
Wow. This is the GTX 260 216sp down to $179.99 in price? Hopefully the price will translate to the price in Canada. Our GTX 260 216s are still hovering above $280s mark before MIR.
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#31
lukesky
OMG.. Look at newegg. XFX GTX 260 216 for $199.99 before $30 MIR. I guess the previous $199.99 price is in session. Just a few more days before the $179.99 price.
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#32
CDdude55
Crazy 4 TPU!!!
The price should come down soon, even the 4870's price cuts still have yet to happen.
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#33
KainXS
silently waits for ATI to drop the price again


^^
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#34
DarkMatter
So it's actually the GTX260 the one undercutting?? And the 216Sp one I suppose, as the other one was phased out by the 216 one.

IMO this is so much for the chip/pcb production cost theorists and naysayers. I mean according to what Charlie at the Inq says about costs, Nvidia must be selling the cards $100-200 lower than what it costs to make them. :rolleyes:
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#35
Frizz
lowest price here in aus for 4870 his HD 1GB so far is $320 dollars. compared to GTX260 and 4870 1GB IceQ Version are still 380 - 400 and up.

I bought my 4850 IceQ4 versions for 305...... need to sell them >_> WTS!!!
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#36
wolf
Better Than Native
randomfliplowest price here in aus for 4870 his HD 1GB so far is $320 dollars. compared to GTX260 and 4870 1GB IceQ Version are still 380 - 400 and up.

I bought my 4850 IceQ4 versions for 305...... need to sell them >_> WTS!!!
link me to where you found a 1Gb 4870 for that cheap, that's nuts!, cheapest in Perth is still 400+ as is the GTX260 (pretty much exactly same price here)
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#37
Kei
I'm still waiting on these price cuts, I just might have to swap out my 4850 and pick up a 4870 for fun. :)

Kei
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#38
Frizz
wolflink me to where you found a 1Gb 4870 for that cheap, that's nuts!, cheapest in Perth is still 400+ as is the GTX260 (pretty much exactly same price here)
www.shopbot.com.au is your friend :)

www.shopbot.com.au/search.asp?page=1&position=search&kw=4870&orderby=p <-- start from there its somewhere in there lol ..


www.bttech.com.au/powercolor-radeon-pcie-4870-p-23817.html heres the 1gb its 370 actually lol, still way cheap though. 60 - 70 dollars away from a 4850.


GTX260 in shop bot is still 380+ but would probably drop price soon.
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#40
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Major correction to the news post. Blame the source for the screwup.
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#41
CDdude55
Crazy 4 TPU!!!
Even better news then.
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#42
robplumm
And all of a sudden...the 8800gts 512 I'm running is looking more and more pitiful...I see update in the near future.
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