NVIDIA To Cut GeForce GTX 900 Series GPU Prices Permanently!

[ThatOneRussian]

In what sense? Tell me, between the 12GB of Titan X VRAM and the 6GB of 980Ti VRAM, they're both going to perform the same if you're gaming, because you're not going need that much VRAM in the first place. ACE utilises the architecture, with AMD being more preferable than NVIDIA. For workstations and servers, that's a another topic altogether.

Secondly, LMG is biased as fuck towards NVIDIA and I'm not afraid to say it on their own forums. I called them out in their Holiday Buyers Guide, because the 380 is cheaper and better than the 2GB GTX 960 while the 390 is also better and cheaper than the 970, despite Linus saying that it's more expensive. AMD is absolutely dominating the mid-tier cards while NVIDIA is struggling to make their 900 series relevant, with the 980Ti flagship card being virtually the better offering in comparison to AMD'a Fury X. Sure, the management at AMD is shit but I only watch Linus because he's entertaining, and not because of his 'opinion' in reviews.

they dont game on titan x's and did you even read my post.......about the reason amd is in the shitter

[Thony]

Pascal is coming!

If only  

God, i just realised its been an year already since 980 and 970 got released :-O

[rambi36]

Really tempted on buying a 970, but I'm still fine using my 7950. Ugh, *continues contemplating but doesn't do anything*

seriously though

[HKZeroFive]

they dont game on titan x's and did you even read my post.......about the reason amd is in the shitter

Exactly. So I don't see why you have to correlate VRAM with ACEs?

And I've read your post, and LMG is possibly one of the worst examples to support that point. The amount of NVIDIA bias, in my opinion, just removes their professionalism and reliability as a critic. However, I'll agree that AMD's marketing has been less than par but their products have been mostly better than NVIDIA's considering their price points.

[Trik'Stari]

Drop the 970 to $275 and you will have my money. $299 might as well be $340 in my broke ass book.

 

I'd buy a second 970, if/when the price drops to below $275

[SansVarnic]

I agree that people need to calm down about the GPU wars, the thing is nobody even recognizes Intel's contribution here. Seriously if Intel even thought of doing it they could be a strong contender in the GPU wars. If AMD goes under it will be Intel vs NVidia.

Imagine Intel vs NVidia vs AMD in the high end GPU market. (I guess that might kill AMD)

 

*edit

Now that I thought about it; If Intel did get into the GPU war NVidia and AMD would have to seriously step up the game.

Even on the driver side Intel just gets it done. It may have a generic look but they will work smoothly, name one driver Intel has released that did not work (actually name one that failed as bad as an AMD or NVidia driver). Intel has been the leader in so many innovations (or setting standards) over the last 30 years we take for credit. (sorry not being a fanboy just giving credit were credit is due)

Edited December 1, 2015 by SansVarnic

[connorpiper]

2 months ago spent $500 on a 980.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Let's all just be thankful for the price cuts and be happy.

 

I'm just warning people about lack of async compute. Nvidia's price cuts are just taking what money they can and running before DX12 comes along to make their 900 series look like shit value.

[Derangel]

I'm just warning people about lack of async compute. Nvidia's price cuts are just taking what money they can and running before DX12 comes along to make their 900 series look like shit value.

 

That, of course, assumes DX12 titles make heavy use of it. AMD sponsored titles probably will but if Nvidia continues to be aggressive with getting AAA games under their belt then it won't matter as much. Everything is  really up in the air right now in terms of how anything will go. It'll be interesting to see if all the hype and promise behind DX12 ends up actually being worth it or if we get another DX10 situation.

[Samfisher]

retoast I know its been out for a long time and it was on the WAN SHOW....

 

 

Did you watch the WAN show... 

Those "price cuts" mentioned on the WAN Show was for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday prices, these are permanent drops and the base prices would be 299 for the 970, instead of discounted to be 299 as it was for Black Friday.  This means any further sales would go below 299, which is the current Black Friday prices.

[TechStyle]

Pascal is near.

[Paralectic]

retoast I know its been out for a long time and it was on the WAN SHOW....

I don't watch the WAN Show

[Agent181]

I don't watch the WAN Show

#turnip

[Linusinium]

Really tempted on buying a 970, but I'm still fine using my 7950. Ugh, *continues contemplating but doesn't do anything*

That's what I did a year ago but I honestly wouldn't do it now since you held onto it for so long. Wait a little longer for the x70 card that will replace the 970.

970 is ~50% faster than my 7950 but it's value is evaporating too quickly unlike the 7950 that turns 4 years old in a couple of weeks. Endure a little longer and pickup a Pascal mid range card

 

Nvidia is probably going to open up Pascal sales before June, with a $1000+ Titan, sell a bunch of those then after a while present the "fake flagship 1080" card for $599 and "1070" for $349, sell a bunch of those then drop the full Pascal "1080TI" for $749. Hopefully AMD can interfere with their plans because I'm done delaying the 4K build, I need them to drive Nvidia towards lower MSRP's.

[melias24]

oooo yis please

[TheRandomness]

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$289 for a 970? AMD price drop incoming.

[Mr_Troll]

A report published by TechPowerUp suggests NVIDIA will soon be cutting prices across their existing GeForce lineup, with potential price changes reaching consumers in time for the holiday shopping season.

 

where do you see the Word permanent?

[Ohlyver]

IMO NVidia want you to forget their 900 series partial dx12 performance so youll buy them now and also buy pascal

[Imakuni]

I'm just warning people about lack of async compute. Nvidia's price cuts are just taking what money they can and running before DX12 comes along to make their 900 series look like shit value.

I use some apps which only run on Nvidia (CUDA). Within a week, a GTX card is able to process the same data that AMD would take 200 years to do (!) with a general software that works for both.

 

Yeah, Nvidia is shjt.....

[Albatross]

Now it is so late for me that I'm just going to wait for Pascal. lol my 280 will do fine until then.

[VagabondWraith]

This is great for consumers. Everything on team green is priced accordingly. Competition = good.

[Real_PhillBert]

2 months ago spent $500 on a 980.

 

About a year ago I spend $589.99 on my 980...

 

No regrets, this price drop might be just what I need to push me into SLI. 

[Starelementpoke]

This is great for consumers. Everything on team green is priced accordingly. Competition = good.

It also means that Nvidia is getting worried about what AMD is doing.

[VagabondWraith]

It also means that Nvidia is getting worried about what AMD is doing.

It's called competition. If nVidia slashed prices first AMD would do the same.

[Inkz]

It's almost as if the 900 series have been here for the while and are about to be replaced.....