blackened23
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He could have written nothing.
Also, I doubt that it hurts Nvidia if a couple of 7970 cards are sold. At 550 bucks only desperate and impatient people buy a 380mm2 chip which is clearly to expensive. The 7950 has not been released yet.
If Kepler really is as great as rumors imply, Nvidia will be just fine.
AMD isn't stupid. Actually, they may be stupid in some areas but pricing isn't one. These companies hire economists who spend weeks upon weeks studying what the ideal price points are, they don't just throw darts at a dartboard and pick the answer based on that. There are many factors into determining what will drive sales to a desirable marketing outcome, and considering that 7970 has been sold out everywhere within hours despite high supply, i'd say they are doing just that. But if you learned more from studying 2 semesters of college economics than I did, feel free to point out how 7970 is a market failure (considering its sold out everywhere). I'm not an expert but basic economic principles point to AMD being justified in pricing the 7970 the way they did. If you really want to get the crux of it, it outperforms the GTX 580 , while the GTX 580 3gb has a higher MSRP. There you go. I guess nvidia is a market failure as well by your definition.
I also don't think NV will be hurt by this. They weren't hurt by 5870, although they lost quite a bit of market share especially in the OEM channel, and it caused BFG to go out of business. I know you're eager to bash AMD (I kid) but yeah, NV will be fine as long as they deliver a good product in the next 6 months.
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