Why is AMD releasing the RX series so cheap?

[c00face]

Besides what was posted on their website about making available cards for gamers at a budget price. There has to be a reason their releasing it this cheap. Did they built the GPU using cheap parts? Is it some sort of 3D printed card that we don't know about? Any one can guess why?

[i_build_nanosuits]

because it's not that fast as compared to last gen cards i would assume?

[stconquest]

4 minutes ago, Supermangik said:

Besides what was posted on their website about making available cards for gamers at a budget price. There has to be a reason their releasing it this cheap. Did they built the GPU using cheap parts? Is it some sort of 3D printed card that we don't know about? Any one can guess why?

The GPU itself is smaller, the RAM only gets cheaper over time, the shroud has already been developed for the fury... and they want to hit a demographic.

[Megahurt]

AMD wants to gain market share. Smaller gpus are easier and cheaper to produce, and yields are better, so for their first product on this process, it makes sense.

[Enderman]

if they made it more expensive then nobody would buy it cause you can get 1080s for $600 and 1070s for <$400

 

[LabRat]

ONE, because they can, and TWO, because nvidia cards are, and have been over priced.

a vanilla 980 in China is $180.

[LLCooLM495]

To make Nvidia lower the price on their cards and to get people to buy Radeon cards.  I've heard that two RX 480 cards in Crossfire will outperform the 1080

[JefferyD90]

14 minutes ago, Supermangik said:

Besides what was posted on their website about making available cards for gamers at a budget price. There has to be a reason their releasing it this cheap. Did they built the GPU using cheap parts? Is it some sort of 3D printed card that we don't know about? Any one can guess why?

Its cheaper to produce, really that simple.

 

That coupled with economics 101...

[incarnate]

For the same reason the r9 290 was so cheap at release. Because they could, because they needed the market share, because it forced nvidia to do something about it.

 

And 970ish level performance isn't amazing this gen. In fact, charging 200 for last gen second tier performance seems about right

[Big-G]

Because cheap is cheap? LOL

[Virtual01]

They are trying to strengthen their hold on the mid/low end market by releasing powerful GPUs for cheap, basically blocking nvidia out of that part of the market. So now people will buy an RX480 instead of a last gen or low end 1000 series nvidia card.

[AdhamIsTheDude]

I would assume because nvidia is ahead of them in every way. so they had to do something really good to gain more people buying their cards.

[killcomic]

It's not that they are cheap, it's that Nvidia is overpriced.

[stconquest]

Some of these comments are indicative of how Nvidia gets away with gouging the consumer market.

 

AMD has done, and would probably do the same if they were on top.

 

All about the bad consumers.

[Big-G]

AMD... for the VR minimum spec...

[stconquest]

3 minutes ago, GidonsClaw said:

AMD... for the VR minimum spec...

GTX 980 Classy, for a premium gaming experience...

 

...for about six months.

 

 

sorry, sorry

[Big-G]

3 minutes ago, stconquest said:

GTX 980 Classy, for a premium gaming experience...

 

...for about six months.

 

 

sorry, sorry

Perfect for my 1080p monitors... and I'm only upgrading at end of 2017 or middle 2018 anyway

 

Maybe I'll bitch and moan like the Kepler/Fermi owners currently do by then...

[stconquest]

1 minute ago, GidonsClaw said:

Perfect for my 1080p monitors... and I'm only upgrading at end of 2017 or middle 2018 anyway

 

Maybe I'll bitch and moan like the Kepler/Fermi owners currently do by then...

You are in a pretty salty stage already.  Seriously, stop with the snobby approach you have to a card that's not even released yet. 

[Big-G]

2 minutes ago, stconquest said:

You are in a pretty salty stage already.  Seriously, stop with the snobby approach you have to a card that's not even released yet. 

I'll be snobby because they all claim so much against the 980... so far... not impressed

[stconquest]

1 minute ago, GidonsClaw said:

I'll be snobby because they all claim so much against the 980... so far... not impressed

I see.

[killcomic]

2 minutes ago, GidonsClaw said:

I'll be snobby because they all claim so much against the 980... so far... not impressed

I wouldn't be too impressed either if I paid a lot of money for a card that was matched by another for less than half the price.

[Big-G]

3 minutes ago, killcomic said:

I wouldn't be too impressed either if I paid a lot of money for a card that was matched by another for less than half the price.

I don't care, as I've had more than 18 month's worth of value out of it... LOL

[killcomic]

2 minutes ago, GidonsClaw said:

I don't care, as I've had more than 18 month's worth of value out of it... LOL

You typed 'LOL'.

Credibility is non-existent.

[Big-G]

1 minute ago, killcomic said:

You typed 'LOL'.

Credibility is non-existent.

I'm laughing at the absurdity of comparing the value I've received out of an existing piece of kit vs something that doesn't even physically sell on the market yet.

 

But no worries... not like we're married or anything

[EarthboundHero]

It's because Polaris is just their mid-range stuff. Vega is the high-end $300+ cards. That's coming in October.