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Great news, $330 actually seems like a good deal for the GTX260, though I'll still give it atleast another month before I consider stepping up from my current eVGA card as prices should still fall further.
As far as people bitching about the price drops, they need to stop being dumbasses. You buy tech within the first month or so it launches, and you're going to pay a premium to get it first (same thing applies to people who bought the IPhone). If you honestly don't expect prices to fall, then you need to find a new hobby, where the industry dosen't change so fast. Companies like eVGA and Apple aren't responsible for reimbursing customers due to market changes.
So yeah, I'm a dumbass, but its not like this is surprising or anything. Buying tech and not expecting this type of thing is just not the way it works.
This post makes me happy, after poking through the evga forums its good to see that {H}ard members have their heads on straight. Yeah it sucks, but hey, got a great performing system, and reality is prices go down. Some people are actually threating to sue over there.
QFT. Yeah, if you want to save money you wait. I paid $650 each for my GTX 280's at launch so I could have waited and saved money. But then I'd be three weeks behind getting the system up and tested and running, so that's worth something, not $450 for sure, but I knew the prices were going to come down based on the 4870 numbers.
So yeah, I'm a dumbass, but its not like this is surprising or anything. Buying tech and not expecting this type of thing is just not the way it works.
The gtx 280 was a special case. Everyone knew that the 4870 was going to come out a week after the 280, and that the 280's price would drop because of this. And it did. This wasn't a case of the price dropping gradually over time as usual, and this wasn't a matter of months, it was a matter of a few weeks. Anyone who rushed to buy a 280 on launch day is just a moron with more money than brains. You could have saved ~180 per card by waiting less than a month.
It's not really that cut and dry. People who bought a GTX 280 on launch day should really have known and anticipated the 4870 and the resultant price drop. The ones that did aren't stupid, necessarily. The question is whether or not the savings are worth the wait. For some, upgrading ASAP (for whatever reason) is worth the price premium.
Hawt damn!!!. Bought an 8800GT for $179 minus $50 dollar rebate (invoice shows $179), GTX260 shows $329 so (329-179) = $150-50 = $100 for step up.........$100 + $130 I paid for my card = $230 total out of pocket (plus shipping) for a GTX260.
Ironically, my MSI GTX260 will arrive tommorrow which I scored for $279 AFMIR.
Joe Darwin said:GTX 280 & GTX 260 Price Update
Everyone,
If you have already signed up for the step-up and your product has NOT been shipped from the EVGA office as of 7/8/2008, then EVGA will correct your pricing to the updated current MSRP as of 7-8-2008 5pm PST.
Please allow 2 3 business days for EVGA to modify those that have already paid and are in queue or will be paying.
If you have already paid and we do a refund, please allow approx 10 business days for you to see this on your statement.
Due to the terms and conditions of the Step-up program, once a transaction is complete there are not refunds, exchanges or exceptions.
Thank you,
Joe Darwin
Something is horribly wrong with your math.
You subtracted off the rebate twice in your calculation, one in original price and one more time in difference for stepping up.
Let's say, the first card you bought cost you 129(after rebate that is you got 50 back in your bank)
total paid: 129
EVGA sees the card as 179, so asks for 150 dollars more for the step up, which you have to pay to get GTX 260.
paying: 150 extra plus shipping
total paid: 129+150 = 279 plus shipping
which is 50 dollars more than your estimate which you subtracted off twice from your total in your wrong calculation.
It is the same price as the MSI you paid for and then some(shipping) but it is still a win-win situation for you.
Happy for you, I am going to step up, too, to gtx 260, I was unsure before but now since I will only be paying 20 bucks plus shipping, it will be foolish of me not to.
I paid $409 for my EVGA GTX 260...if I step-up I only pay $90, right? That would be sweet since the main reason I bought the GTX 260 was to ste-up to the 280 at a later date. Should I wait longer, I'm happy with my 260 right now.
What a bummer. I went ahead with the GTX280 Step-Up from my 8800GTS 512MB because my window of opportunity expired shortly after the GTX280 came out, and even though I knew prices would go down soon, I really didn't have a choice about initiating the step-up.
My GTX280 arrives tomorrow according to UPS, but it shipped out to me just *before* the price drops, so I might simply be screwed out of $150 by a day or two. And some of you feel I deserve this?
Are the ssc edition worth the extra 20 bucks? Are they cherry picked? or are they just the same thing but factory overclocked, if they are cherry picked it might be worth the extra 20 to me but if it's just an oc'ed gtx260, I will do it myself.
What do you guys think?
Wait a minute, do they even offer anything but vanilla for step ups. I think they don't, I haven't checked the step up thing yet, will do it tomorrow. If it is, the question still stands.
What a bummer. I went ahead with the GTX280 Step-Up from my 8800GTS 512MB because my window of opportunity expired shortly after the GTX280 came out, and even though I knew prices would go down soon, I really didn't have a choice about initiating the step-up.
My GTX280 arrives tomorrow according to UPS, but it shipped out to me just *before* the price drops, so I might simply be screwed out of $150 by a day or two. And some of you feel I deserve this?
Good for you, RussianHAXOR, you deserve a new card. GTX280? I have my step-up GTX280 coming (shipped today) from EVGA. I couldn't believe how fast I advanced from #255 on the quenue. And the 280 was shipped almost immediately after they received my GX2.Unfortunately you cannot stepup to the Overclocked models as stated in the terms. You can only stepup to the reference clocked 260 and 280s priced respectively at 330 and 500.
Edit: because of these price drops im stepping up as well.
Good for you, RussianHAXOR, you deserve a new card. 280GTX? I have my step-up 280GTX coming (shipped today) from EVGA. I couldn't believe how fast I advanced from #255 on the quenue. And the 280 was shipped almost immediately after they received my GX2.
Now I hear I may get a few bucks back from the price drop. Does all this EVGA goodness ever end?
Looking forward to hearing how well the new card performs for you
But yeah, i was amazed by the speed that the queue was moving at as well, much faster than ive seen in other cases.
ThanksInitially i was going for the 280 but then didnt think i really needed it, so i went with the 260. But yeah, i was amazed by the speed that the queue was moving at as well, much faster than ive seen in other cases.
I wish you all good luck and i will be sure to inform you all once my card comes as well as will change my signature once i get it. And i will be sure to try to get the best OC i can out of it.
Wonder if that is an indicator that they aren't selling as well in retail as previous versions, so they have a lot of stock to service step-ups. Sticker shock may well have slowed the retail channel this time.
Thanks
From what I've heard so far, the 260 is another rocketship, especially when overclocked. They are overclocking very well too, so it is looking really good for the 260. If I didn't already have a GX2 for the step-up and had to buy one outright, I would have gone for the 260 as well. There will be no lack of firepower regardless