Will GTX970 price drop since R9-390 is the same price and better?

[alexb75]

So, as literally EVERYONE ELSE, I am between GTX-970 and R9-390, and I know that R9-390 has the edge, specially in the long-run, with better drivers, more tailored games to AMD, and having 8GB vs. 3.5GB... it should definitely perform better than GTX970, as the power efficiency of GTX-970 doesn't matter to me.

So, knowing that GTX970 is now outgunned, what are the chances that Nvidia will drop its price to gain an advantage? If they did, it would make it more attractive.

Any rumors of a price drop?

 

[spentshells]

The 970 isn't going to drop until maxwell crushes it's performance. even then the cuts will be slight.

 

[AimlessSerenity]

I'm no expert but I'm guessing not. With the 980ti's out now you may see £10 or £20 price drop in the 970's but I wouldn't hold my breath. Really I would just go for the card that best suits you. Both are excellent cards so you can't really go wrong.

 

[alexb75]

Thanks... I think they should, and I saw a few reviewers mention the same. Basically, outside of Power efficiency, there's no reason to buy a GTX-970 these days if the price is the same as R9-390, I think they should drop the price by $30 or so, and then would have the edge for sure.

 

[AimlessSerenity]

The thing is that Nvidia has such a much larger market share over AMD that they can charge what they want and people will pay it. Unless there is a massive shift towards AMD they have no need to lower their prices.

 

[killer pc g15]

the 390 isnt better. I had a 290x and now run a 970. There is no performance difference when overclock plus the 290x draws much more power.

 

[alexb75]

The thing is that Nvidia has such a much larger market share over AMD that they can charge what they want and people will pay it. Unless there is a massive shift towards AMD they have no need to lower their prices.

But this is an enthusiast product and folks like that only buy per benchmark not just per name. I guess if it really impacted their sales, they will lower it...

 

[alexb75]

the 390 isnt better. I had a 290x and now run a 970. There is no performance difference when overclock plus the 290x draws much more power.

R9-390 definitely benchmarks better than 290X, and consumes a lot less power. Toms hasn't done a good reivew yet, but every other reivew has proven this, like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9cKZiJw6Pk

 

[killer pc g15]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcsOGv-kxs8
its only better in 4k because of the higher memory clocks and 8gb ram. but the 290 and 290x can be overclock easy to the same numbers.

and also keep in mind that a 390(x) is almost at maximum clocks when you buy it you cant overclock them at al. where as the 970 go's from 1.14ghz al the way to 1.5ghz

 

[alexb75]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcsOGv-kxs8
its only better in 4k because of the higher memory clocks and 8gb ram. but the 290 and 290x can be overclock easy to the same numbers.

and also keep in mind that a 390(x) is almost at maximum clocks when you buy it you cant overclock them at al. where as the 970 go's from 1.14ghz al the way to 1.5ghz

Maybe but at much higher temps, and power, and not all 290/290X could get there. 390 is 100% superior, specially with higher bandwidth memory and 8GB, it's a great package all around, and definitely beats 970 stock, and even OCed is better in half the cases as you saw in those benchmarks.