AMD Cutting Prices of its Radeon HD GPUs

[Guest]

There is word that AMD has just launched a round of price cuts for several CPUs that could be spicing up the graphics arena quite a bit.

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[vmem]

the sapphire vapor-x 3GB versions are already $469 on the egg. all carying the 7970 GHz edition cores and one of the best coolers on the market

 

[Guest]

"The 7970 could decline slightly from 4429 to $399".. That's one hell of a price drop!

 

[cptnjarhead]

when directX 12 comes out, i will pick one of those high end DX11 cards for cheap.
nice to see the drop though, but i dont really see a reason to buy a new card until the new consoles come out.

 

[Guest]

man, these GPU price wars are more viscious than the SSD price wars. Good for me!

 

[nforce4max]

Some good news

 

[amk09]

[citation][nom]cptnjarhead[/nom]when directX 12 comes out, i will pick one of those high end DX11 cards for cheap.nice to see the drop though, but i dont really see a reason to buy a new card until the new consoles come out.[/citation]

I'm sorry but is directX 12 coming anytime soon? I was under the impression that the next-gen consoles will use directX 11. We may be several years away from dx 12 homie.

 

[perishedinflames]

may finally be able to get a 7850 after all

great news!

 

[schnitter]

Just when I was convinced ASUS 670 GTX was in store for me, comes this announcement.

I try to avoid nVidia all I can due to them holding back gaming because of bribing companies to code Physx for graphics calculation while my i7 sits at 30% usage, but if it is a clear winner, I can't throw money away.

Thanks AMD for allowing me to keep boycotting such a greedy horrible company.

 

[pacioli]

Oh darn... The GPU prices are going to drop? I really wanted them to stay artificially inflated because I have too much money to spend!

 

[de5_Roy]

dare i say this price cuts effectively makes fermi cards irrelevant for new buyers.
gcn and kepler are the ones to go for.
long live competition!

 

[nacos]

Just when I was convinced ASUS 670 GTX was in store for me, comes this announcement.I try to avoid nVidia all I can due to them holding back gaming because of bribing companies to code Physx for graphics calculation while my i7 sits at 30% usage, but if it is a clear winner, I can't throw money away.Thanks AMD for allowing me to keep boycotting such a greedy horrible company.

Exactly. Physx is a horrible marketing ploy. The cpu should be processing all physics effects.

 

[Vettedude]

[citation][nom]amk09[/nom]I'm sorry but is directX 12 coming anytime soon? I was under the impression that the next-gen consoles will use directX 11. We may be several years away from dx 12 homie.[/citation]

Consoles don't use DirectX at all. Well Xbox technically supports it, but why use an API when you can have low-level access.

 

[yobobjm]

The funny thing is these aren't really prices that needed to drop. From what I have seen the 7950 is still a bit better than the 660 ti and the 7970 is still better than the 670. Then again, who doesn't want cheaper stuff.

 

[vistaofdoom]

[citation][nom]VetteDude[/nom]Consoles don't use DirectX at all. Well Xbox technically supports it, but why use an API when you can have low-level access.[/citation]
let the ______ think consoles use any type of DirectX in them. (fill the blank)

 

[Wisecracker]

Not that we didn't see this coming ... though AMD played smash-mouth with these cuts going beyond what everyone anticipated.

Yields must be great for them -- let's hope that carries through with Trinity, Vishera, Kaveri and Steamroller.

 

[master_chen]

Aw yeaaaa. Now I can pretty much afford the "R7970 Lighting x2=CFX" build.

 

[bustapr]

great news. $30 drops across AMDs high end offerings. certainly very attractive prices. Hopefully well see a 6950/6970 drop too. the 6950 still beats the 7850 in alot of games, and at its price Id still go for the 6950(should be around 180-190 atm).

 

[fonzy]

Just curious are the 8000 series cards coming out this year?

 

[Guest]

7870s looking like a fantastic deal at $240 with the improvements they've seen in driver support since launch. They match right up against a stock 7950 in most games at 1080p! I think I might have to get one now.

 

[internetlad]

the heck? The cards are already there prices (albeit after rebates) on newegg lol

Does this mean all the cards will be even cheaper now?

 

[gsacks]

The 7850 for $209 sounds like an excellent deal.

 

[jerm1027]

[citation][nom]VetteDude[/nom]Consoles don't use DirectX at all. Well Xbox technically supports it, but why use an API when you can have low-level access.[/citation]
What are you talking about!? The XBox only uses Direct X, hence the name (Direct)X Box. It's the only platform that doesn't support OpenGL also. And I don't know of any other graphic API out there.

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

Someone forgot to push the shift key...

Love GPU wars

 

[cptnjarhead]

[citation][nom]amk09[/nom]I'm sorry but is directX 12 coming anytime soon? I was under the impression that the next-gen consoles will use directX 11. We may be several years away from dx 12 homie.[/citation]

i think you are confused "homie"