AMD Cuts Prices of its Radeon HD 7000 Series

[tecmo34]

AMD is set to cut the prices of its Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs... Let the Price Wars Continue!

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[master_chen]

Not low enough. But good news anyway, this means I can buy my second 7970 (for CFX) in about half a year from now...or somewhere around that.

 

[EzioAs]

^ Agreed. It's not low enough. Let's hope after the 660ti comes out at a frickin $300, which is high for a mid range-card, the 7800 prices go down more.

 

[freggo]

Nothing 'sweet' about $349 in this economy

 

[doomtomb]

Back in my day (2009), mid-range cards were $200-249. Not this $299+ crap.

 

[Au_equus]

$370 for the 7970 with 5 free games at TD. O.O
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3419957&Sku=V261-7972%20FREE%20GAMES

 

[tomfreak]

and 7700 series have no price cut lol........

 

[buzznut]

I thought the main reason for the price cuts was GHZ version of the 7970.

 

[nocteratus]

Rumors place the gtx660ti above the performance of a gtx580, then it should be between the performance of the 7870 and 7950.

AMD HD 7000 prices are still too high. AMD should lower the 7950 to $300 to be competitive with nvidia.

 

[boiler1990]

[citation][nom]doomtomb[/nom]Back in my day (2009), mid-range cards were $200-249. Not this $299+ crap.[/citation]
Mid-range cards were in that range less than 3 years ago. It seems like this generation is the beginning of the trend...

 

[de5_Roy]

lots of performance for cheap.
love the competition!

 

[nocteratus]

They have to increase the price of the cards to make up for the increase in price for petroleum (crude oil)

 

[cscott_it]

Why is everyone freaking out about these prices - I recall the 8800gtx costing upwards of $550 per card (if memory serves).

Don't get me wrong, I love low priced video cards - but really the prices of either camp don't seem unreasonable.

 

[Guest]

Amd doesn't need to lower prices to compete with nvidia. The 7950 can be found for $335 and it overclocks extremely well, to within 5% of an overclocked gtx 670 which is $400. I own both so this is not fanboy nonsense.

 

[EzioAs]

Amd doesn't need to lower prices to compete with nvidia. The 7950 can be found for $335 and it overclocks extremely well, to within 5% of an overclocked gtx 670 which is $400. I own both so this is not fanboy nonsense.

It's not the 7950 that needs more price cuts (but yeah that would be great), it's actually the 7800 cards (7870/7850)

 

[danawesome89]

So no price drop on the 7850? Hmmm... I guess I'm not too mad since I bought one a month ago and a big drop now would probably make me mad but still...

 

[Guest]

8800GTX was the highest end card of its time hence the price this is a mid range card, not a 680GTX therefore the price is high and not to mention we're in a recession of sorts so not everyone has deep pockets like you.

 

[novaguy]

[citation][nom]greghome[/nom]No discount for the 7750?I know it's cheap already........but.......[/citation]

There's nothing else out that that can run slot power that competes with the 7750. Would be nice if nVidia put out the 640 with gddr5 to start a price war in the slot power market, but they didn't.

 

[cscott_it]

[citation][nom]Trickset[/nom]8800GTX was the highest end card of its time hence the price this is a mid range card, not a 680GTX therefore the price is high and not to mention we're in a recession of sorts so not everyone has deep pockets like you.[/citation]

No need to talk about pockets - whether shirt or pants.

I'm just making the observation that these prices aren't unreasonable or unheard of. I think that the prices for either camp are acceptable. They aren't gouging because there is still a market.

As I said, I'd love to see 5870/4870 prices. However, unless one side dominates the market - I don't see the other side making a gambit like that to regain market share.

 

[back_by_demand]

Prepare for the HD8000 series anyday now!!!

 

[killerclick]

People are playing on consoles, tablets and other handhelds, so we'll be looking at longer update cycles and higher prices for PC gaming hardware. Kinda blows but whatchagonnado

 

[willard]

Good stuff. Was just about to buy a 7970. Not a huge savings, but I'm glad I waited.

 

[captaincharisma]

no cuts for the 7770?

 

[slabbo]

[citation][nom]doomtomb[/nom]Back in my day (2009), mid-range cards were $200-249. Not this $299+ crap.[/citation]
You also gotta understand that back in 2009 the dollar was worth more than it is now. END the FED, stop printing money!!!

 

[Scotty99]

Is there really a reason to go above a gtx 460/465 level GPU? I bought a 465 on sale for 129.99 in august of 2011 and i have had no problems playing every game i own at 1080p with mostly maxxed settings.