Another price drop for Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260

roast · 07-15-2008, 05:49 PM

http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/60445...d-gtx-260.html

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Originally Posted by www.custompc.co.uk

Nvidia confirmed to us today that the GeForce GTX 280 has been further reduced from $499US to $449US, meaning Nvidia’s flagship graphics card has seen $200 slashed off its price in its first month. In Europe we were told that this will equate to €359 for the GTX 280, which is just £285. Unfortunately, we were unable to clarify if this price is inclusive or exclusive of VAT at time of writing.

The latest price cut means that a GeForce GTX 280 costs less than £320 inc VAT on Scan and a GeForce GTX 260 costs less than £200 from Overclockers. Prices could fall further as the price drop takes greater efect with resellers. At launch, the GeForce GTX 280 was $649US while the GTX 260 cost $449US, which means that on day one in the UK you’d have paid £450 inc VAT for a GTX 280 and £270 inc VAT for a GTX 260.

The price drops mean that a GTX 280 is now 40 per cent cheaper than at launch. The GTX 260 is now 24 per cent cheaper.

This brings the GTX 260 more in line with the ATI Radon HD 4870. However, seeing as the latter is faster in many games such as Call of Duty 4 and Race Driver: GRID, and costs around £185 inc VAT, the GTX 260 would have cost even less than it currently does for it to be worth buying.

YoYoTech reported that sales of GTX 280s and GTX 260s are continuing in a steady fashion rather than being bolstered by the lower prices. This is despite the GTX 280 now being much better value than it was just a few weeks ago. YoYoTech also reported a few cases of disgruntled customers who paid the large premium to have a GeForce GTX 280 from day one.

These recent price drops are in stark contrast to the first few months of Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 GTX. Due to no high-end competition from ATI, it held it’s £300+ inc VAT price tag for over 18 months. The iconic GeForce 8800 GTX has only recently started to disappear from retailers, since the introduction of the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260.

I'm in the market, but that's still not low enough for me to consider purchasing, especially with the trouble Nvidia is in with their faulty cards as of lately(mainly portable cards though). I know they lied about the systems affected (it's a much bigger problem than they care to admit).... but I do not know exactly how widespread the issues are. Blegh.

davids · 07-15-2008, 06:07 PM

They are feeling the pinch right now.

DIGItonium · 07-15-2008, 10:25 PM

Hmm... that's tempting. With the rebates, it'll eventually get close to the $400 mark. I'm content with my 8800GTS 512MB for now. At least it plays HD media fine :-)

Let's see how the 40-55nm GPUs come along in the next year or so.

roast · 08-04-2008, 08:54 PM

Told ya so...

http://www.dailytech.com/Dell+HP+Lis...ticle12553.htm

Nexx · 08-04-2008, 09:07 PM

lol, im so glad i dont game anymore. all my modding money goes to my Z now.

Wired 24/7 · 08-05-2008, 01:47 AM

I need to wait for a game that actually requires a better video card...

admittedly I way overpaid by a huge factor for the 9800 gx2 but it's still more graphics than I need for any game available.

davids · 08-05-2008, 05:42 AM

Thew new 4850's are out and they are niiiiice

i8acobra · 08-05-2008, 09:09 AM

Will these work on my 98SE machine?

Tac-M · 08-05-2008, 09:33 AM

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SFMACGUY · 08-05-2008, 09:40 AM

didn't the 260 and 280 have issues?

Kirk Lazarus · 08-05-2008, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by davids

Thew new 4850's are out and they are niiiiice

The 4870's are amazing.

And the 4850's have come down so much in price, that I'm thinking about ditching my 8800gt and getting two 4850's in Crossfire on my X38 board.

Wired 24/7 · 08-05-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by i8acobra

Will these work on my 98SE machine?

you should get a new machine and do a virtual machine like VMware with a 98SE installation

i8acobra · 08-05-2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7

you should get a new machine and do a virtual machine like VMware with a 98SE installation

Old games won't run in VM... hardware issues.

Wired 24/7 · 08-05-2008, 12:08 PM

I realize the hardware rendering would not work well or at all, but I would think with a powerful CPU you could do software rendering in VMware ??

i8acobra · 08-05-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7

I realize the hardware rendering would not work well or at all, but I would think with a powerful CPU you could do software rendering in VMware ??

It's not just the rendering. I couldn't even get the games to install on my new machine with VM.

silvrhand · 08-06-2008, 09:05 AM

gotta love competition. Unfortunately I bit the bullet on the 9800GX2 as well.

Tac-M · 08-11-2008, 10:45 PM

I got my 280 step-up... ( FREE ) the card is sick... so is the 105c .... rma'd that b.

let's hope the next one will be cooler.....

i will stay with 280. i only had a chance to play with it for a day and i loved it. yes i know i got a defective card, and yes it was hot as hell , but it was as smooth as butter in graw2 and crysis.

if water is the answer, so be it.

Built2shredZ · 08-12-2008, 12:17 PM

Just bought a 9800gx2 like 4 months ago, so I'm good for a couple of years.....

From what I read the new ATI cards will run just as fast, but cheaper and run cooler and less noise...

gatti-man · 08-12-2008, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tac-M

I got my 280 step-up... ( FREE ) the card is sick... so is the 105c .... rma'd that b.

let's hope the next one will be cooler.....

i will stay with 280. i only had a chance to play with it for a day and i loved it. yes i know i got a defective card, and yes it was hot as hell , but it was as smooth as butter in graw2 and crysis.

if water is the answer, so be it.

That's the spirit! *raises hand for custom high end water cooling only GPU solutions*

Tac-M · 08-17-2008, 10:38 PM

Update on that 280. new card will not go above 82c with ATI tool.... ( air cooled - auto fan) With fan @ 100% it sits on 77c

yay !

SLI is next

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