AMD Cutting Prices of its Radeon HD GPUs

[leongrado]

Right after I bought a 7850 for 250. Poop.

 

[bustapr]

[citation][nom]internetlad[/nom]the heck? The cards are already there prices (albeit after rebates) on newegg lolDoes this mean all the cards will be even cheaper now?[/citation]

yes, very possible that "after rebate" prices will also drop $30.

 

[technoholic]

I don't understand why they cut prices NOW. 660Ti is not too far above 7870 and especially not above 7950 price/performance wise. Don't you think AMD reacts too fast?

 

[bustapr]

[citation][nom]technoholic[/nom]I don't understand why they cut prices NOW. 660Ti is not too far above 7870 and especially not above 7950 price/performance wise. Don't you think AMD reacts too fast?[/citation]
shh, dont question them and just let the cuts come. after all, is there anything better than "better than competitive" pricing?

 

[Chairman Ray]

This might be time for me to get a 7970 GHz =)

 

[rohitbaran]

The 7970 could decline slightly from 4429 to $399

Either that's a huge price cut or someone forgot to use the Shift key. 😀

 

[festa_freak]

This sucks. I still haven't been able to get my 7870 to work in my computer and I was an early adopter for $350 shipped. Old video card works in my mobo but not this new one. Card has been RMA'd and tested good and works in other computers. Gigabyte is refusing to RMA my mobo because they say nothing is wrong. I've done everything!

 

[17seconds]

A necessary move by AMD. Judging by the latest Steam Hardware Survey, Kepler cards are outselling their AMD rivals by more than 2 to 1.
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/

 

[technoholic]

Damn, they force me to build a new rig 😛

 

[theconsolegamer]

[citation][nom]festa_freak[/nom]This sucks. I still haven't been able to get my 7870 to work in my computer and I was an early adopter for $350 shipped. Old video card works in my mobo but not this new one. Card has been RMA'd and tested good and works in other computers. Gigabyte is refusing to RMA my mobo because they say nothing is wrong. I've done everything![/citation]
It's GIGABYTE'S fault not AMD's. After GIGABYTE's Z68 fiasco I'll neve rbuy from them nor recommend them.

 

[festa_freak]

[citation][nom]theconsolegamer[/nom]It's GIGABYTE'S fault not AMD's. After GIGABYTE's Z68 fiasco I'll neve rbuy from them nor recommend them.[/citation]

Yeah I am totally blaming gigabyte. I just received a response from their tech support again and they AGAIN told me to try the second pcie slot. That is the first thing I tried on my own and the first thing they suggested MONTHS ago. My responses are moving from friendly and courteous to neutral and frustrated. Gigabyte seems very chinese too, most of their documentum are poor english. "Your computer need restart" and stuff like that.

 

[technoholic]

@ festa_freak : what kind of PSU do you have?

 

[horaciopz]

That Sweet spot of 200ish bucks for mid range performance cards... now playing at 1080 its even better! Upgrade is incoming 😀 ! But, wait... wheres the GTX 650ti ? will it hit the GTX560ti's performance for the 150-200 bracket? i want to see that !

 

[geekapproved]

7870's are already $230 AR, 7850's are $189 AR, are they saying there being dropped MORE next week???

 

[SGTgimpy]

[citation][nom]vistaofdoom[/nom]let the ______ think consoles use any type of DirectX in them. (fill the blank)[/citation]

Um The Xbox 360 uses only DirectX 9 API, It is a custom form of it but it is DirectX and the dev kit is using XNA which is .Net and DirextX based. It also is running custom version of windows XP/2003 OS as well.
Direct X 12 was supposed to be out now but since it wasn't that big of an improvement in features they just renamed it to Direct X11.1. The real Direct X 12 will not be out to late 2013, early 2014 and focuses mostly on advanced tessellation, more advanced shader effects and an advanced native support of 3D playback.

 

[geekapproved]

Did you think motherboards are made in America or something? LOL

 

[azraa]

Soooo much downrating on the people defending 7950 against the 660ti, its annoying the fanboyism over here. Some people are just unable to see the limitations of the 660ti, jeez, do they even read the reviews?

 

[silverblue]

[citation][nom]matto17secs[/nom]A necessary move by AMD. Judging by the latest Steam Hardware Survey, Kepler cards are outselling their AMD rivals by more than 2 to 1.http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/[/citation]
Aren't there also more reds than greens in the DX11 list?

 

[Wisecracker]

[citation][nom]fonzy[/nom]Just curious are the 8000 series cards coming out this year?[/citation]

Rumahs have tape-out in June.

My understanding would be 6-7 months to retail (that could be nVidia process timeline including final production--AMD presumably a bit faster because, face it, they've been better at process as of late)

Since Sea Islands is 28nm it doesn't fit, but it seems sometimes it takes as long as 8 months (especially if one stubs their toe) when they drop down a node.

 

[Onus]

This would make it hard to resist picking up a HD7850 for my backup PC if I used it any more than I do (and it will likely decrease, as I think I'll only have one GW2 account).

 

[JamesSneed]

shh, dont question them and just let the cuts come. after all, is there anything better than "better than competitive" pricing?

Exactly shhh. Technoholic your looking at this wrong. AMD drops prices on cards, like you said are very close in performance, guess what NVidia will eventually do?

No AMD reacted just in time to take a cut out of the 660 ti sales. NVidia marketed the hell out of the 660ti (not saying its not justified) but AMD undercutting them on cost is now using some of the marketing NVidia did to sell their own cards, perfect execution in my mind.

 

[Hazle]

as a 6870 owner, i sure as hell am glad i skipped the 560ti and the 7850 during it's launch. thanks Nvidia, for making the 660ti a strong card, cuz now i can afford a 7870.

 

[festa_freak]

[citation][nom]technoholic[/nom]@ festa_freak : what kind of PSU do you have?[/citation]
Seasonic 660W SLI ready. I'm using one card 🙁 The power supply works fine. I tried another lower quality power output Ultra 500W (I think) and the card worked on another computer. I've tried re-installing windows, forcing no HD4000 in bios, everything! I see absolutely nothing through the 7870, not in bios, not in windows. My old 4870 works flawlessly. That's the problem.

 

[CaedenV]

[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]
Dx12 will not be out for a long time yet, and even when it does it is highly unlikely to be supported by many games until consoles have the refresh after the 2013 refresh.

2013 consoles will be DX11 (and by that I mean xBox and some tools will be based on DX11 as many games are programed in other languages). Assuming we have another 6-8 year console lifespan, this would push anything above DX11 graphics back to ~2020.

Windows 8 is DX11.1 mostly making current features more efficient rather than adding new features. As MS tends to now bundle DX with the OS, and assuming win8 has a 3 year lifespan, then it means no DX12 graphics on the PC until ~2015, and even then it there is a chance they will stick with DX11 on that as well if they see no need (or are incapable of innovating) to move the tech forward. But it could also just as easily be released earlier if they change their release policy (highly unlikely).

Card manufacturers tend to do refreshes every 2-3 years, and just did a major release, which means that the next gen of GPUs will be out before the win9 refresh, and will thus stick with DX11.1. It will not be until the following refresh (meaning 4-5 years from now, or ~2016) that we would see DX12 GPUs on the market, though I am sure there will be a few 'specialty' release cards which will partially support DX12 a little earlier.

The long and the short of it is that the stars are all aligned for DX11/11.1 to last a good long while, and finally have a chance to gain real market saturation like the old DX9c did, and it would be kinda silly to wait 4-5 years before getting a new GPU is you are a serious gamer.

 

[slabbo]

how does crossfired 7850s compare to the more expensive 7970's ghz edition? that's looking like the killer highend deal!