Will nVidia drop their prices after R3XX series launch?

[whitedragon101]

When nVidia launched maxwell 970 and 980 AMD nosedived their prices in response until you can now pick up a 290x flagship card for the same price as a 970.

 

Is their any chance nVidia will do this if when AMD launch the R300 series?

 

If nVidia drop the price of the 980 like AMD did with the 290x this could be a real win.  

 

 

 

ps

Of course you could just buy the new AMD cards but I am not sure about their drivers (single and crossfire) but I can't tell if bad driver support is rumour or reality.  If someone has a link to a proper article on this post it in.

[Sakkura]

Probably. Depends how their sales are affected. If they can keep selling at high prices, they will.

[themaniac]

we wont know until amd releases them

[mayu]

We can hope  :rolleyes:

[Enderman]

only if the 300 series cards have a lot better price/performance

if they cost the same as nvidia GPUs and perform about the same then there will be no pricing changes

if they perform the same and cost half the price, or cost the same and perform twice as well, then you might see nvidia drop their prices

[Samfisher]

Will we ever know the future?

[ShadowCaptain]

Depends, the 3xx series might be expensive

[GioXisT]

It depends because the R9 2xx series was released late 2013 and is almost 2 years old. Whereas the GTX 900 series was released just over 6 months ago, meaning that AMD may have to release a budget GPU that is identical in performance to the GTX 980. Much like the GTX 970 and R9 290X which may be possible if some rumours are true which claim that AMD's new lineup will consist of GPU's built the 20nm node and will contain HBM (High Bandwidth Memory)

 

I guess we can only hope

[Aphala]

Depends, the 3xx series might be expensive

£600/700 for the UK if it's rumoured to be $799 for the US. Hopefully it will be the same as the R9 290X  for the 390X

[whitedragon101]

Hmmm yes no-one knows the future but some have excellent knowledge of the past.  Perhaps some rephrasing to get some info from those people.

 

Have nVidia ever dropped prices after launch of a card as a result of a competing product from AMD?

[Footy]

£600/700 for the UK if it's rumoured to be $799 for the US. Hopefully it will be the same as the R9 290X  for the 390X

 

Wait a minute.....  you know if its $700 its going to be £700 too right?  in electronics there is no such thing as an exchange rate for Britain.... 

[sgloux3470]

They already did.

 

Compare Maxwell prices with Kepler.  7xx cards are still very expensive even when refurbished considering how their performance compares to AMD or Maxwell.

 

 

 

 

Have nVidia ever dropped prices after launch of a card as a result of a competing product from AMD?

 

They did it with the 960 not that long ago.  And the 970 after AMD dropped the price of the 290.

 

 

Also:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gtx-780-price-drop,24886.html

 

[whitedragon101]

Wait a minute.....  you know if its $700 its going to be £700 too right?  in electronics there is no such thing as an exchange rate for Britain.... 

 

Not quite.  The USA gets graphics cards cheaper but its not usually dollars = pounds cheaper

 

eg

 

Amazon 

 

MSI 970 UK = £272

MSI 970 US = £250 / £267inc sales tax ( $374 pre tax + average 7% tax)

 

UK = +1% more , not too bad

 

MSI 980 UK = £454

MSI 980 US = £374 / £400inc sales tax ( $560 pre tax + average 7% tax)

 

UK = +13% more  , yep that one stings a bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

[whitedragon101]

 

They already did.

 

Compare Maxwell prices with Kepler.  7xx cards are still very expensive even when refurbished considering how their performance compares to AMD or Maxwell.

 

 

 

They did it with the 960 not that long ago.  And the 970 after AMD dropped the price of the 290.

 

 

Also:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gtx-780-price-drop,24886.html

 

 

 

Good find.  So there is precedent for this

[Aphala]

Wait a minute.....  you know if its $700 its going to be £700 too right?  in electronics there is no such thing as an exchange rate for Britain.... 

What Whitedragon said, there is not a MASSIVE difference but there is. You know that the electronic world isn't Steam right?

[Sakkura]

 

They already did.

 

Compare Maxwell prices with Kepler.  7xx cards are still very expensive even when refurbished considering how their performance compares to AMD or Maxwell.

 

 

 

They did it with the 960 not that long ago.  And the 970 after AMD dropped the price of the 290.

 

 

Also:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gtx-780-price-drop,24886.html

 

 

 

Nvidia hasn't dropped the price on any 900 series card in response to anything AMD has done. The GTX 970 is pretty much still at its launch price.

 

But they've done it in the past, for sure.

[SteveGrabowski]

When nVidia launched maxwell 970 and 980 AMD nosedived their prices in response until you can now pick up a 290x flagship card for the same price as a 970.

 

Is their any chance nVidia will do this if when AMD launch the R300 series?

 

If nVidia drop the price of the 980 like AMD did with the 290x this could be a real win.  

 

 

 

ps

Of course you could just buy the new AMD cards but I am not sure about their drivers (single and crossfire) but I can't tell if bad driver support is rumour or reality.  If someone has a link to a proper article on this post it in.

 

I wouldn't hold my breath for a big price drop on the 980 and especially not the 970. AMD was forced to slash prices because of the GTX 970 offering R9 290x performance for $170 less. The R9 390 sounds like it will smash the GTX 980, but it's also rumored to cost $150 more. I would guess you might see the 980 drop to $500, but I doubt you'll see it drop $150+ like the 290 and 290x did until Nvidia's next 80 series card launch.

[Footy]

Not quite.  The USA gets graphics cards cheaper but its not usually dollars = pounds cheaper

 

eg

 

Amazon 

 

MSI 970 UK = £272

MSI 970 US = £250 / £267inc sales tax ( $374 pre tax + average 7% tax)

 

UK = +1% more , not too bad

 

MSI 980 UK = £454

MSI 980 US = £374 / £400inc sales tax ( $560 pre tax + average 7% tax)

 

UK = +13% more  , yep that one stings a bit

 

Check out the Asus AC3200

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/asus-rt-ac3200-tri-band-wireless-gigabit-router/ -  £319

http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac3200-tri-band-wireless-gigabit-router/ -  $295

[sgloux3470]

Nvidia hasn't dropped the price on any 900 series card in response to anything AMD has done. The GTX 970 is pretty much still at its launch price.

 

But they've done it in the past, for sure.

960 was $240ish for aftermarket brands, got dropped to $200.

970 was $400, closer to $350 now.

[Sakkura]

960 was $240ish for aftermarket brands, got dropped to $200.

970 was $400, closer to $350 now.

 

The GTX 960 launched at $200, the GTX 970 launched at $330.

[Aphala]

No, Nvidia are rather stingy as it were. GTX 7XX is proof.

[sgloux3470]

The GTX 960 launched at $200, the GTX 970 launched at $330.

I must be confusing the goofy CAD exchange rates then.

At one point a 280x was $200 CAD and a 960 was $249.

[whitedragon101]

Check out the Asus AC3200

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/asus-rt-ac3200-tri-band-wireless-gigabit-router/ -  £319

http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac3200-tri-band-wireless-gigabit-router/ -  $295

 

Oh it definitely happens with some products.  I was just saying for graphics cards (at least at the 970 980 level) it hasn't been the case recently.  I was going to buy some expensive PC bits in the states last year but it worked out not to be not greatly different. For a 5% difference I thought I'd stick with a UK warranty.  If the difference hits 20% then its time to start buying my graphics cards in the states.

 

If you fly to one of the magical tax free states then its definitely worth buying in the US.