[wccftech] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Official MSRP Will Be $299

[Keysplayr]

If that price and expected performance are correct then it's priced where it should be.

But seems all this is just wild speculation.

It is. Can't be anything but until NDA expires.

 

[wand3r3r]

Um. Yeah, whatever. That has everything to do with mid range GPUs.

Mid range marketed as high end. With that in mind $300 isn't even unrealistic.

 

[Silverforce11]

There's no way they are selling 780 class performance for $299. It would utterly destroy all incentives for consumers to go with the GTX 760 & 770. Forcing drops on those, would then force major drops on their low end.

Why would they do it? This rumor is beyond logical and purely bullshit wishful thinking.

 

[SlowSpyder]

A price war wouldn't bother me too much. Maybe finally a reason to upgrade from my almost three year old 7970.

 

[stahlhart]

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[railven]

As the proud owner of a brand new 2880x1620 monitor, a $300 970 would demolish the used sale of GTX 780's so I'd love that rumor to be true.

I'd go 780 SLI for $200-250

 

[Keysplayr]

Mid range marketed as high end. With that in mind $300 isn't even unrealistic.

Truly depends on performance. If a mid range card is launched and it falls short, or outperforms the current high end, it should probably be priced accordingly.

 

[hawtdawg]

if the 980 comes in at 449, i'll be getting 2 of them.

 

[skipsneeky2]

$399 for the 970 and $600 for the 980 sounds about right, i doubt any $300 970 cards but the 980 would shock me if it's $500 or even cheaper.

 

[Rvenger]

Maybe its a 2gb model 970 for $299??

 

[Attic]

$299 is too low if performance is correct.

$399 for the GTX970 would still be impressive IMO.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Maybe its a 2gb model 970 for $299??

I would be amazed if a 2gb card is even offered.

 

[Kenmitch]

Nothing to do here but wait and see how much it's going to really cost.

Not sure if I'm going to drop a card back in my rig or not yet. Been running with the blue team for the last month or so as I don't game much anymore....Seems strange not having a dGPU in my rig.

 

[USER8000]

$299 is too low if performance is correct.

$399 for the GTX970 would still be impressive IMO.

$399 wouldn't be at all. At least in the UK that would mean at least £300 including 20% VAT which is no different from the GTX670 or GTX570 which launched at similar prices.

$299 would be impressive though,as that would equate to £220 which would be relatively low for a card in that position in the lineup of Nvidia.

 

[DooKey]

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[Attic]

$399 wouldn't be at all. At least in the UK that would mean at least £300 including 20% VAT which is no different from the GTX670 or GTX570 which launched at similar prices.

$299 would be impressive though,as that would equate to £220 which would be relatively low for a card in that position in the lineup of Nvidia.

Yep, doesn't sound impressive framed there.

Against the $499 GTX780 (those these have dropped quite a bit) I like it quite a bit and at $399 it will shake up the 290 advantage in this segment.

Maybe we all get surprised at $349. But I'm conditioned to expect nVidia to charge to an on the edge of reasonable degree in their upper mid range and end stuff. In light of that, $399 is going to be impressive to me for a 970.

 

[tollingalong]

I would be amazed if a 2gb card is even offered.

I'm guessing the 960 might be but I doubt the 970.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Maybe its a 2gb model 970 for $299??

Seems GTX960 will be the only with 2GB. There have only been shown 4GB of 970 and 980.

 

[railven]

Saw this in another forum:

Someone zoomed in:

Can't tell if $519 or $319.

That forum is all going on $519.

EDIT Source for images:
http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1041099062&postcount=267

 

[96Firebird]

Definitely says $519. What store was this at?

 

[railven]

Definitely says $519. What store was this at?

Reading further someone confirmed its a AU vendor based on the SKU sticker, so crisis averted.

http://www.tecs.com.au/

EDIT: Going by the post, That converts to roughly $400 USD? Because if that price were USD Nvidia pretty much insulted me. Haha.

 

[nitromullet]

Reading further someone confirmed its a AU vendor based on the SKU sticker, so crisis averted.

http://www.tecs.com.au/

EDIT: Going by the post, That converts to roughly $400 USD? Because if that price were USD Nvidia pretty much insulted me. Haha.

According to XE.com that is still $468 USD.

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=519&From=AUD&To=USD

...seems a little steep to me, but pricing in other countries doesn't necessarily reflect what we'll see in the US.

 

[Subyman]

$299 sounds really low. Doesn't make sense. The market already expects the X70 line to be ~$399 as it has been in the past. AMD isn't exactly putting up much competition, so why would they undercut the market so much? Sign me up for two at $299 haha.

 

[Subyman]

Also, that MSI card is 4GB. Is that the standard memory size or the upgraded model?

 

[f1sherman]

Mid range marketed as high end. With that in mind $300 isn't even unrealistic.

$299 for 970 ??
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4GB 770 is ~$380, cheapest 780 is $400+
2GB 285 is $250, 280x is ~300

It's very unrealistic