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NV40 Pricing

i think its going to be 399 for the NU and 499 for the U or this could be the turn in video vard prices forever :)
 
I dont normally post in the Video card section of the forums due to the nature of the posts here ;D

But if they keep the cards under $300, ATi will HAVE to respond, and that is great. It seems reasonable that nVidia will drop prices a bit, so they can 'get back into the game' as it were, but if this is true, to be honest, we might be approaching what seems to be a great era for video cards... Incredible performance for prices less than current cream of the crop video cards...

Bring it on is all i gotta say..
 
I may be forced to pick one up on launce if it is indeed $399. I wonder if it ever came across to them they would probaly sell 4X as much at that price.:p
 
It will be really nice if NVIDIA keeps with its history and makes the NU just an underclocked U.
 
Originally posted by LiquidX
I may be forced to pick one up on launce if it is indeed $399. I wonder if it ever came across to them they would probaly sell 4X as much at that price.:p
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yes i would tend to agree with that accessment

it only makes sense if it is a great value and they lower the price a bit then they would sell massive amounts of both most likely


i will probably pick up the non ultra if the only difference is a small difference in the clocks...
 
It does sound about $100 too low, especially considering DDR3 prices (and ram prices are rising daily now too)

Regardless, its gettng close to crunch time... So no more speculation.
 
so you say what i can or cant do? i dont think so...your not a mod so you obviously can ban me or close this thread and you dont own me either

not trying to be a dick but if people want to post they can do so...if you dont like speculation dont read it...end story
 
Originally posted by ZenOps
It does sound about $100 too low, especially considering DDR3 prices (and ram prices are rising daily now too)

Regardless, its gettng close to crunch time... So no more speculation.
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Well maybe a little more?

I doubt large corps like NVidia and ATI are subject to the same fluctations in RAM's market price was we are. Even if they are, I'd imagine they would've bought the necessary ram for the first round of cards months ago in preparation for production and thereby avoided today's ever rising prices. Also, I'd bet both company's would be willing to cut their profits a bit in order to secure the largest market share and positive popular opinion at launch. If one or the other can manage a clean win, it could carry them for the next 6-12 months and for those of us with limited funds, a clearn win could only go the card with the best price to performance ratio. All that's to say that I expect very competetive pricing.
 
You can gaurentee the top end card to be $500. Thats the way its been for nearly two years now, nothings gonna change that.
 
Thats the way its been for nearly two years now, nothings gonna change that.
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Except for maybe a change in thinking and pricing. You never know, stranger things have happened.
 
Except for maybe a change in thinking and pricing. You never know, stranger things have happened.
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Changing thinking and pricing on products that you can manufacture for less than the new, changed price is possible.
Do you think NV40 will be that cheap to make? I don't.

The NV40 is supposed to have 222million transistors and suck >100Watts for the core alone, meaning dual molex connectors and Bride of FlowFX.

An Intro price of $299 with really fast RAM seems economically impossible no matter how much you change your thinking.
 
With 5900NU/XTs @ < $200 and 9800s hovering around $200, $300 seems possible.
 
With 5900NU/XTs @ < $200 and 9800s hovering around $200, $300 seems possible
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A 4x2 (8x1 in a blue moon) renderer with a smaller die and slower than-Ultra RAM is not going to be comparable in cost for the manufacturer to a >220million transistor 16x1 (32x0) monster that will probably use new and expensive GDDR3.

Especially on introduction with a board design that requires dual molex connectors from separate rails and a two slot cooler.
 
all I care about is

those two cards come out

and other Fx series and ati pro series lowers their prices :)

btw...ati cards doesnt play well with my asus a7v333 mb.. tho.. :(
 
if you dont like speculation dont read it...end story
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Lot of defensiveness and anger floating around nowadays :rolleyes:

I just meant to say that in a couple of days the speculation will end (at least for the nv40) as the NDA's expire and information hopefully all of it and no shens, floods in.

I'm curious about the clockspeed and image quality (because its a safe bet its gonna need a lot of power and be really fast.)
 
for $299 Ill buy one right off...however I wont hold my breath on it...yeah I know it is possible....anything is possible...but I just dont think it will...but if it does ill buy one :)
as far as image quality goes im pretty sure they learned from their previous ass beating...and the quality will be alot better....besides Brent said it impresses him :)
 
Originally posted by Cali3350
If the 6800 is $299, Nvidias got my money and are forgiven.
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True dat!! Hell I'll buy two of them if that is the case; 1 for my main rig and a 2nd for my other back up machine. LOL

I don't know though; you just don't bet against the pitcher that strikes out everyone in an entire game. I'm putting my money on the fact that the Inquirer is probably wrong....once again. Although this would be a good time for them to get something right for once. :)
 
nVidia is under pressure right now to start a price war with ATI. Honestly the 6800nu @ $299 sounds a lot more attractive to me then the x800 Pro @ $399 and considering the 6800nu has 16 pipes vs 12 on the x800 I think nVidia will have a winner and will have won back someone they lost a long time ago.
 
Originally posted by Juan Sanchez
nVidia is under pressure right now to start a price war with ATI. Honestly the 6800nu @ $299 sounds a lot more attractive to me then the x800 Pro @ $399 and considering the 6800nu has 16 pipes vs 12 on the x800 I think nVidia will have a winner and will have won back someone they lost a long time ago.
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nvidia under pressure?
im sure that will change if these prices turn out true.

if the nv40 has better performance and price, ati will have to adjust, or else they will have problems.
 
Originally posted by IceWind
You can gaurentee the top end card to be $500. Thats the way its been for nearly two years now, nothings gonna change that.
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...try 5 years. I got my GF2 Ultra for $500 :-P
 
Originally posted by neisius
...try 5 years. I got my GF2 Ultra for $500 :-P
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In canada, I first saw that card being released for $899 CDN.

If anyone ever bought that, they were out of their minds.
 
Its possible itll have a low introductory price. (possible) 299 sounds like something they would do, it would put it high on the mid range price scale.
 
Originally posted by intercollector
In canada, I first saw that card being released for $899 CDN.

If anyone ever bought that, they were out of their minds.
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isn't $899CDN about $500US? But hey after 5 years it still runs 25-30FPS on UT2004 at 1034x768, AF=2x, and all IQ settings normal or above :cool:
 
Then there must have been a gap between the top cards being $500 bucks. When the GeForce 3 came out it was about 399. Though the variants did come out shortly after, but the GeForce 3 did drop in price by then too...
 
The first video I ever purchased was a Voodoo3 3000 (actually my parents bought it for my 8th grade graduation :) ) and it was an astonishing $180. That was a lot of money (you could get a complete PS or N64 game system w/ 2 games for that much) and not just because I didn't have a lot.

The next card I got was a ATi AIW 9800PRO for $399. I kinda fell out of the computer scene for a few years, hence the gap from the V3 to the 9800pro.

What I don't understand is why on earth the top of the line cards could have gone from $199---->$499! My voodoo3 came with 3 full games too!


I get the notion that the ram on these new cards is pretty expensive but geez.. video game systems that come out every 5 years retain the same price as the previous one, why don't video cards?

:rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by neisius
isn't $899CDN about $500US? But hey after 5 years it still runs 25-30FPS on UT2004 at 1034x768, AF=2x, and all IQ settings normal or above :cool:
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the geforce 2 came out in 2000, so it wasn't 5 years ago
 
Didn't both the GeForce3 and Radeon 8500 retail at $399 on release?

Also, I seem to remember a $399 price tag for the original GeForce2 and Radeon as well.

It seems more like the incremental releases carrying the insane prices on release and not every single top of the line card.
 
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