Will the 6970 release really affect 6870 prices?

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I'm about to pull the trigger on a CF 6870 setup, but I was told to wait until the 6970 releases to see what it does to prices. My thinking is that it really won't affect them much since it's really targeting a whole different market/price point.

Your thoughts? Are we likely to see prices much better than $220-240/per for 6870 within the next 3 months?

I understand no one really knows the answer to this, I'm just looking for well educated speculation. Thanks
 
I don't think it will, no. It seems the 6950 will be priced significantly higher so I can't see it putting any pressure on the 6870.

Maybe if Nvidia comes out with a competitive GTX560 it'll drive down prices.
 
the 6970 its self wont directly effect the price of the 6870. but what does effect it is Nvidia. if the 6970 out performs the GTX 580 Nvidia will cut prices on the 500 series which will then force prices on the 6870 to drop.
 
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The only thing that will effect 6850 and 6870 prices, is aggression from Nvidia in the same bracket. You should see something like that occur with the next 500 card.
 
dont think prices will change much. 240 for a 6870 isnt too bad of a price.

my sister just orderd 2 6870's for me for xmas ;) cant wait.

id expect the 6950 to be around 325-350 and the 6970 to be around 400-450

which would leave a pretty decent price gap of 80-100 between the 6950 and 6870.
 
damnboy said:
I hope they don't mark up the 6900 cards too much when they come out!
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dont worry newegg will gouge the shit out of it a week after release and say that supplies are low as an excuse for the high prices. typical newegg as of late. then other big name e-tailers will follow suit a week or so after. unless the 6970 handily destroy's the gtx 580 i dont think we will see it priced over 400 dollars on the MSRP. my prediction is the MSRP will be around 365-370. then add about 50 bucks for the e-tailers/100 bucks for B&M stores and you have your final price.

no i dont have any facts to back that up but based on AMD/ATI's pricing the last few years it seems very reasonable. if these ended up being the 32nm parts instead of the 40nm parts i could of easily seen them going in the mid to upper 400 range.
 
damnboy said:
I hope they don't mark up the 6900 cards too much when they come out!
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As mentioned in other threads, if you have interest in buying a 6900 (or are weighing 6900 vs 570/580) you probably have 1 or 2 days to make a decision. So, check the benchmarks early on launch day and make a decision, or you will end up paying $20+ over MSRP.

Let's just hope the 570 prices stay firm where they are (Remember, $349 MSRP) until that day comes. ;)
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
if these ended up being the 32nm parts instead of the 40nm parts i could [have] easily seen them going in the mid to upper 400 range.
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Ironically, the 32nm part would likely be less costly to manufacture... or they could pack significantly more into that same die space to account for the higher price.

A $400 msrp sounds about right for the 6970, unless it's an absolute beast with 1920sp. I'll be impressed if they put out a 2GB card, competitive with the GTX 580, for less than $400.

I really hope nvidia releases that 384sp GTX 560 (essentially a fully uncapped GTX 460). - I'm not impressed with AMD's pricing on the midrange 6800-series.
 
Archmage said:
Ironically, the 32nm part would likely be less costly to manufacture... or they could pack significantly more into that same die space to account for the higher price.

A $400 msrp sounds about right for the 6970, unless it's an absolute beast with 1920sp. I'll be impressed if they put out a 2GB card, competitive with the GTX 580, for less than $400.

I really hope nvidia releases that 384sp GTX 560 (essentially a fully uncapped GTX 460). - I'm not impressed with AMD's pricing on the midrange 6800-series.
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yeah 32nm probably would be less costly to manufacture but because it would of been 32nm AMD could of said "hey look, thats right we beat Nvidia to 32nm, again!" then amd puts a 75-100 dollar premium on it because it is the first 32nm part to be released.
 
UtopiA said:
As mentioned in other threads, if you have interest in buying a 6900 (or are weighing 6900 vs 570/580) you probably have 1 or 2 days to make a decision. So, check the benchmarks early on launch day and make a decision, or you will end up paying $20+ over MSRP.

Let's just hope the 570 prices stay firm where they are (Remember, $349 MSRP) until that day comes. ;)
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Thanks, I'll watch the price starting next Wed.
 
In a nutshell, here is what's known so far about HD 6970 pricing. That suggests somewhere between $400 and $450 MSRP (probably $450 since this site isn't claiming to have any cards in stock until January which one could only hope will be post-gouge; could still very well be $400 though). With that pricing on the 6970, I wouldn't expect the 6950 to be less than $300, so I highly doubt it will impact 6870 prices as nVidia has nothing else currently that would get moved down to sub-$250 because of that.

The GTX 560, whenever that launches, will probably be a different matter.
 
Actually the worse that the 6970 does the more it is likely to affect 6870 pricing. That will mean that the 6950 will be barely better than the 6870 and prices across the board will have to be cut for AMD.
 
vjcsmoke said:
Actually the worse that the 6970 does the more it is likely to affect 6870 pricing. That will mean that the 6950 will be barely better than the 6870 and prices across the board will have to be cut for AMD.
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This is the weirdest thing I've read in all of the 6900 rumor stuff.
Why would ATI be the cause of their own price cut?
 
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