I thought the gtx 1070 was $379?

[Warleader165]

Everywhere i look i see a few selling for $420 - $449, i thought it was supposed to be $379 😵

Thanks

 

[farmerking]

people are greedy

 

[DeadRam]

The founders cards are released first and they sell for $449 + I would buy it if you found one in stock.

 

[rgd1101]

or wait a bit for more supply

 

[Fortitude]

Yeah I was wondering that too and noticed the only cards available currently are founder's edition.

 

[assassin445522]

go to a local store like frys micro center etc... and ask if they have a gtx 1070 in stock. they are going to be around 450$ for a while i think. I just bought one at a frys store.

 

[tx_geek]

The founders cards are released first and they sell for $449 + I would buy it if you found one in stock.

Why? to be first or are there specific reasons it's worth the substantial premium?

 

[Minnieal28]

I will offer my two cents on his subject.

Whenever Graphics manufacturers–in this case Nvidia–release new GPU units, they tend to keep the supply low while demand is high so they can charge people steep price premiums for these high performance cards.
Depending on who you are and what games you play, I would wait until August, even September, to buy any new Graphics Card.
By then the supply should catch up to the demand so Nvidia and aftermarket GPU companies (Asus, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte) will have to lower their prices to meet the expectations of the people that don't have $450/$750 to spend on a graphics card.

 

[renz496]

The one that charging extra price was retailer not gpu maker. Remember when 290X end up costing as high as $900 during the mining craze? Amd did not benefit from that even one bit. The 1080/1070 are new card on a new node. it will be a while before we will start seeing cards more close to it's suggested MSRP.

 

[Minnieal28]

The one that charging extra price was retailer not gpu maker. Remember when 290X end up costing as high as $900 during the mining craze? Amd did not benefit from that even one bit. The 1080/1070 are new card on a new node. it will be a while before we will start seeing cards more close to it's suggested MSRP.

See, that's the difference in this scenario.

When Nvidia announced that they would be offering the "founders edition 1080/1070" for the life of the GPU, they had to increase the price.
This price increase is because Nvidia needs a way to make money off of these cards, and by selling them at MSRP there will not be enough ROI to continue offering the full card.
Remember, the Graphics UNIT (JUST THE CHIP!) will cost $379, but with the PCB, vram, and cooler it adds an extra $50-$100.
For example, when you buy a CPU, what if it came soldered to the motherboard with the ram and heatsink already installed?
Would you expect that price to be the same as if you bought ONLY the CPU? (Not counting the motherboard and extras you would have to buy separately.)

That is Nvidia's situation. They need the extra $$$ to make up for the added cost of continuously producing the "extras" that come with a Graphics Card, which they haven't had to deal with in the past.

Now, retailers have always used the reference card (now called the Founder's Edition) for the base price. They realized that they can charge more than MSRP for their cards because of better performance than the "reference" 1080/1070.

 

[JTWrenn]

THe msrp is a bs price if you ask me. If the manufacturer is not selling at msrp and the "founders edition" is the same damn thing...it is just a bs marketing thing. The reasons beyond that as for as retailers hiking price is completely separate. Until I see it at msrp...the msrp is a lie.