Nvidia's Pricing

[BrandonTheCat]

I guess I'll start with this. This is kind of a rant rather than a problem, so if you are expecting to solve anything in this post then... yeah.. there isn't.

I was very exited for the Ti To release. Not for the graphics card itself. No. If I was a sane person running a sane company, I would have priced the Ti to $700, the 980 to $450, and the titan to $850. 

 

Now here is the thing that I'm posting about. What in the world is wrong with Nvidia's pricing? It has been literally a couple of hours since the Ti released, so I expect more later. I'm not hating on Nvidia for their pricing, (They have done this soo many times previously and I kind of am) But I EXPECT a drop in the price of the 980. It doesn't even make any sense to buy it anymore. Did they even think that pricing the 980 Ti to $649 would kill the 980 line? They had to right? 

 

I have a 980 right now, was looking to SLI later, figured now was the time. Hoping for a price drop (But I know I shouldn't expect it.)

 

Pls no mean comments. I love Nvidia stuff. Cheers!

[thekeemo]

its not cost + markup its what they can get away with tahts it

[Deli]

Nvidia drops GTX980 to $499. Not as much as you would have like. Still, a price drop nonetheless. 

[DarkBlade2117]

Some 980s ( high end ones) are $600+

[BrandonTheCat]

Nvidia drops GTX980 to $499. Not as much as you would have like. Still, a price drop nonetheless. 

Makes sense, and happy to see this. I'm fine with spending an extra $50 but a very good price drop. Still makes the Titan a bit strange. Sure you get 2X the video ram, but they have done this before with the Titan Z and I don't expect a price drop on the newest titan. 

[Mattrixx]

Now here is the thing that I'm posting about. What in the world is wrong with Nvidia's pricing? It has been literally a couple of hours since the Ti released, so I expect more later. I'm not hating on Nvidia for their pricing, (They have done this soo many times previously and I kind of am) But I EXPECT a drop in the price of the 980. It doesn't even make any sense to buy it anymore. Did they even think that pricing the 980 Ti to $649 would kill the 980 line? They had to right? 

Well as you know it's $499 now. Personally I think it fits right in with their "already spending a lot, might as well spend more even though I'm not getting much more" lineup. 23% less for 25-30% less performance.

 

Yeah it still makes no sense if you take the 970 into consideration, but anyone even thinking about 980/980ti already has the extra bit in their budget to get something less price-to-performance oriented, and wouldn't consider the 970 anyway.

[Guest Kloaked]

I just purchased a 980 3 weeks ago for a watercooling build. Kinda disappointing i could have spent a bit more for lots more performance...

 

If you bought from EVGA you can use their step-up program.