Is NVIDIA planning to lower the price for GTX 970 to counter R9 300 series

[waeandae]

Hello all,

I was going to buy the new R9 390X, but 8GB of VRAM seems a little crazy for my 1080P monitor.
I now think that GTX 970 is enough for me. So I started to wonder, when is the perfect time to buy one. Has anyone heard whether NVIDIA is planning to reduce the price of GTX 970 to counter R9 390 or 390X?

Thanks in advance.

 

[NBSN]

There is always a chance that they may decrease the price, but they won't announce anything like that to the public because people would wait for the price drop and shareholders would be pretty mad.

The 8 GB VRAM may seem like a lot, but it really depends on the game and game settings...even at 1080p.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The 390X is a 290X that has slightly tweaked clock and memory speeds so they can raise the price. It's literally the same GPU as an 8GB 290X with like a 10% overclock so save some money if you were planning on buying one and get a 290X.

Nvidia already lowered the price of the 980 when the 980 Ti was released. Since all of the 3xx series AMD cards are rebrands I seriously doubt they will lower prices more. The only new AMD GPU will be called Fury.

 

[renz496]

Personally i think nvidia probably will not going to outright drop their price even if they have the intention to do it. 980ti at 650 already quite attractive. Probably they want to prevent AMD from going over 600-650 mark for Fury. If nvidia wants to spice things up they could drop 970 to 250 and 960 to 150 😀

 

[waeandae]

Personally i think nvidia probably will not going to outright drop their price even if they have the intention to do it. 980ti at 650 already quite attractive. Probably they want to prevent AMD from going over 600-650 mark for Fury. If nvidia wants to spice things up they could drop 970 to 250 and 960 to 150 😀

970 at 250, eh? Whew, That will be crazy. I, however, think that the pricing of 980 ti has nothing to do with the future pricing of 970 as there is a large price gap between them.

Furthermore, as the demand for the higher resolution monitor increases due to the fact that they are becoming more affordable, the demand for the GPU with larger VRAM pool will rise. Let's face it, even at the 2-way SLI config, 970 is not suitable for 4k-resolution gaming. So to compete, NVIDIA will really have no choice but to decrease the price of 970. That is my opinion. I think the only matter is by how much and when.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Since AMD has no new competition other than rebranded 3 to 5 year old cards in that price range Nvidia will drop prices on the 970 next year when Pascal comes out. If you want 1440p or 4K gaming get the 980 Ti. I plan on getting one in a few weeks when the AIB partners have had time to release more cards. My GTX 780 just can't handle newer games at 1440p.

 

[waeandae]

How about 1080P? what will be the best GPU for 1080P in June 2015?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

A GTX 970 or even a 980 will be fine for 1080p. The 980 would let you crank up the eye candy a bit more but the 970 will be playable with all current titles at high to highest settings.

 

[17seconds]

I'm not picturing a price drop. AMD is doing the work for them and actually raising the prices of their 1-1/2 year old cards, automatically making the GTX 970 seem like a better bargain.

 

[NBSN]

I'm not picturing a price drop. AMD is doing the work for them and actually raising the prices of their 1-1/2 year old cards, automatically making the GTX 970 seem like a better bargain.

That is a good point. With almost all of the upcoming AMD GPUs being re-brands and the 970 actually being an improvement over the 770...definitely agree with you.

Seems like AMD has been doing rebranding quite a bit for a few years. So, let's hope that HBM actually works out for the GPU world.