They just dropped the 7950 a ton again.
I should be crossfiring them.
What is the source? Any more details on timing and availability?
If those are correct and readily available they are fantastic bargains.
The quietest 7950 ever made is only $180, while NV charges $250-$300 for 760 2-4GB cards. 1Ghz 7970 can be found for $280 (either Sapphire DX or Gigabyte Windforce 3x). NV's closest performance competitor is GTX770 2-4GB which sell for $380-450.
This reminds me of 4850/4870 days. NV's cards ATM are insanely overpriced for what you get.
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-im-test/4/
It's mind-boggling to think you can get 1Ghz 7970 and have $170 left over towards an SSD/next GPU upgrade compared to a 4GB 770. 4GB 760s are > 60% more expensive than a 7950!
The prices are to clear inventory of HD 7950 / HD 7970 cards in anticipation of R9 280X and R9 280. the real pressure on Nvidia will come when Hawaii Pro comes at USD 400 - 450. at that time we will see price cuts from Nvidia.
The prices are to clear inventory of HD 7950 / HD 7970 cards in anticipation of R9 280X and R9 280. the real pressure on Nvidia will come when Hawaii Pro comes at USD 400 - 450. at that time we will see price cuts from Nvidia.
Rumor has it R9 280X is a 1Ghz 7970 priced at $299. There will still be an $80-150 price gap between 770 then. HD7950/7970 prices have been this low for weeks now. This isn't news to be honest for people who followed Newegg's pricing. I don't think NV will feel any pressure. Remember $100 more expensive and slower GTX260 vs. 4870?
Wow, those prices are crazy. The stock won't last long IMO.
So nvidia is not by any means above the competition.
Depends who you ask. Their fans keep paying $100-150 premiums and link to old reviews / benches with 12 months old drivers to make AMD cards look bad (BF3 *cough*). Remember when HD7970 supposedly had 'awful DX9 performance'? Since then GCN destroys GTX680 in most DX9 games but this is never brought up.
Here are 2 more recent DX9 games where 680 performs like a 7870:
http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/shadow-warrior-test-gpu.html
http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/alien-rage-test-gpu.html
Because of NV's viral marketing and their fans paying premiums due to perception that NV is better, NV has no desire to lower prices.
Really now? So you believe NV specific features have no benefit while you keep on touting mantle's advantage which is not even out yet.Regarding viral marketing please, I have seen it during BD days.
I am not touting Mantle's advantages. It could give a boost, or it could be a total flop. The point is Mantle will cause more competition in the GPU space, not less. This means more powerful NV GPUs, and price wars. As far NV specific features, let's see if you come up with a list that's long enough to explain to us why someone should pay $450 for a 770 4GB over a $280 Sapphire 1Ghz 7970? A single 770 isn't powerful enough for NV surround gaming, so that's out. It has worse compute performance than 7970, so that's out. It doesn't use significantly less power at idle or load to warrant the $170 price difference, so that's out. It can't play games that use > 3GB of VRAM without performance being a slide-show, so that's out. Is it worth $170 more to play 2 good PhysX games a year?
What else?
The quietest 7950 ever made is only $180
Hi all, looking at these prices and thinking about the boost Mantle could provide, as well as just the general fact that AMD is in all the next gen consoles, I'm thinking about selling my ASUS 660 Ti for a 7950, hoping by selling it maybe can even break even on price, even though I have absolutely no performance issues today. I only game at 1920x1200, but just thinking about performance on future games, the extra memory, and something I could hopefully keep for a couple years at least. Or based on the perf of a 660 Ti and my resolution, is it probably not worth it? Would like to hear what you think!
Hi all, looking at these prices and thinking about the boost Mantle could provide, as well as just the general fact that AMD is in all the next gen consoles, I'm thinking about selling my ASUS 660 Ti for a 7950, hoping by selling it maybe can even break even on price, even though I have absolutely no performance issues today. I only game at 1920x1200, but just thinking about performance on future games, the extra memory, and something I could hopefully keep for a couple years at least. Or based on the perf of a 660 Ti and my resolution, is it probably not worth it? Would like to hear what you think!
How is the 7950 at 1440p compared with SLI GTX460s?
I know the GTX460 is limited on ram, but it does everything I need great at 1080p. I am considering moving to a 1440p monitor, but I don't want to upgrade to a card and know that I'm going to start sacrificing detail. Should I wait out for another generation?
Going to 1440p would be more about getting more real estate on the Desktop rather than higher resolution in games, but when playing games, I don't want anything outside native resolution. I'm hesitant to X-fire AMD cards at this point...