1 GB Radeon HD 6950 to Cost US $279

arroyo · Jan 18, 2011

It would be ultimately stupid to put the price of HD6970 1GB below the price of HD6950 2GB. Now that has more sense.

Mike0409 · Jan 18, 2011

I'll still take my 6950' for around 289.00 and unlock it.

Completely Bonkers · Jan 18, 2011

I *like* this hard competitive pricing.

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

)

Jiraiya · Jan 18, 2011

btarunr said:
No, it's HD 6970 1GB that's going to be at $279.

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33972935

Source - AMD

n-ster · Jan 18, 2011

Jiraiya said:
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33972935

Source - AMD

dude, you already linked it, yet the source "AMD" with no link or proof whatsoever vs source X-bit Labs with link, and also that are are already 6950s at 269.99$ after MIR, I'm believing that it is the 6970 1GB @ 279$.

Source - Common Sense

danc · Jan 18, 2011

It should be 6950 1GB, make no sense is 6970.
Sapphire board is launched here. 6950 1GB SRP 389, 6950 2GB SRP 429. Make more sense.
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=3072579

n-ster · Jan 18, 2011

both the 6950 and 6970 should have the 1GB version

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 $$

GSquadron · Jan 18, 2011

How can be shed 100$ from 1GB of vram???
Also if i got it, i think that it is 6950 unlocked to 70

Red_Machine · Jan 18, 2011

Maybe the price is low compared to the 2GB version because the 1GB models don't have the ability to unlock. You're also forgetting the lower-cost components used on the PCBs.

Bo$$ · Jan 18, 2011

Red_Machine said:
It's called future-proofing. You buy yourself a 1.5/2GB card now, you won't need to buy a new one as soon as you would if you'd bought a 768MB/1GB version.

by the time that happens the cards will be to damn slow to run anything maxxed out anyway

GSquadron · Jan 18, 2011

Yes, i know. But 100$ seems simply amazing!

Jiraiya · Jan 18, 2011

n-ster said:
dude, you already linked it, yet the source "AMD" with no link or proof whatsoever vs source X-bit Labs with link, and also that are are already 6950s at 269.99$ after MIR, I'm believing that it is the 6970 1GB @ 279$.

Source - Common Sense

We'll see

Jiraiya - out

Jonap_1st · Jan 18, 2011

ill wait and see when the actual benchmark from both card released. if this card is somewhat slower a little (worst case-scenario) or something equal to 560 ti then $100 price-gap will....

.....you know the answer is :rolleyes:

LAN_deRf_HA · Jan 18, 2011

If it's really that cheap this will be the first time in number of years that we've seen a major price war between nvidia and amd. I have a feeling this might hurt nvidia more than amd, not that'll make a dent after the intel settlement.

N3M3515 · Jan 18, 2011

LAN_deRf_HA said:
If it's really that cheap this will be the first time in number of years that we've seen a major price war between nvidia and amd. I have a feeling this might hurt nvidia more than amd, not that'll make a dent after the intel settlement.

I remember a price war bigger than that when nvidia lowered the prices on gtx 2xx series
I also remember HD4870 1GB selling for 140 USD, less than half the MSRP 299 USD.

TheMailMan78 · Jan 18, 2011

I still aint seeing anything worth upgrading my 5850 for.

Jiraiya · Jan 19, 2011

I'm here again

btarunr said:
No, it's HD 6970 1GB that's going to be at $279.

n-ster said:
dude, you already linked it, yet the source "AMD" with no link or proof whatsoever vs source X-bit Labs with link, and also that are are already 6950s at 269.99$ after MIR, I'm believing that it is the 6970 1GB @ 279$.

Source - Common Sense

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/...n_of_Radeon_HD_6970_with_279_Price_Point.html

Jiraiya - out

n-ster · Jan 19, 2011

Jiraiya said:
I'm here again

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9163/150232050510.jpg

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/...n_of_Radeon_HD_6970_with_279_Price_Point.html

Jiraiya - out

Guess you were right :eek:

Doesn't make sense to me... WHY AMD WHY?!?

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

N3M3515 · Jan 19, 2011

6950 1GB should be max 250 USD, i hope gtx 560 kicks its ass at 250 USD...

RaptorFX · Jan 19, 2011

Great news about the price.
AMD's been pumping out quality GPUs at a great pace.

btarunr · Jan 19, 2011

AMD clarified that it's HD 6950 1GB that's going to be priced at US $279.

gumpty · Jan 19, 2011

btarunr said:
AMD clarified that it's HD 6950 1GB that's going to be priced at US $279.

This makes me feel less bad about myself. That price for a 1GB 6970 just seemed too big of a drop.

GSquadron · Jan 19, 2011

I don't know why you tech got the news wrong T_T

TheMailMan78 · Jan 19, 2011

Aleksander Dishnica said:
I don't know why you tech got the news wrong T_T

Because no one is prefect? As a matter of fact show me one news source in the WORLD that breaks new news and hasn't had misinformation fed to them. Please Bta does a good job. I doubt most people could do half the job he does.

GSquadron · Jan 19, 2011

That post of mine means: TPU is so perfect

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