AMD Dropping HD 4000 Series Prices
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Still sitting at the £170+ on most Etailers, must be waiting til they all get home to announce the price cuts are that CeT thing or whatever is on where nVidia reveal their "new" card.
Seems odd that a graphics card stays the same price for so long, I got my 4870 512Mb in July for £171 I think, cheapest I can see first hand NINE months later is £166...
Seems odd that a graphics card stays the same price for so long, I got my 4870 512Mb in July for £171 I think, cheapest I can see first hand NINE months later is £166...
Youngie1337
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Now I will be able to Crossfire 
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Rastalovich
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I'm not so sure the competition even bother taking note of such changes. Looking at the massive difference in the financial figures for both camps, it doesn't seem necessary.
When we going 5000 series ?
When we going 5000 series ?
OmegaStalker
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w00t we love AMD and their prices see they believe unlike Cough*Nvidia*Cough that when products get old they drop the price not rename it lol... In 5 years time Nvidia will still be renaming calling the G92 the new name of GTXXXTTX999999 
°TheMadDutchDude°
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Nice, let's see some of these price reductions here in the UK!
By the way, anyone who is looking for an ATi 4870, the Sapphire version of the card is now available for just under £145 from Novatech.
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Damn, so tempting.. I want one! Unfortunately I am not allowed to get one as my dad has said that I've spent so much money on my PC already, I need to hold back for a while. In the mean time, they will remain to drop lower and lower! I can't wait to finally bung one into this rig!
By the way, anyone who is looking for an ATi 4870, the Sapphire version of the card is now available for just under £145 from Novatech.
Click here
Damn, so tempting.. I want one! Unfortunately I am not allowed to get one as my dad has said that I've spent so much money on my PC already, I need to hold back for a while. In the mean time, they will remain to drop lower and lower! I can't wait to finally bung one into this rig!
Youngie1337
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name='°TheMadDutchDude°' said:
Watercooling or card, card or watercooling.... :yumyum:
Sorry to spoil you fun, but the reason they keep dropping their prices is because they aren't selling them as well as they would've liked.
The reality is nVidia keeps printing money despite (or maybe because) their so much battered rebranding.
I fail to see the reason why the current rebranding affects every forumist in such a distinct way they feel the need to share their pain over and over again.
If you ask me, all you're doing is increase visibility for nVidia products, giving them free publicity... and it is one of the reasons they are selling more then ATI does.
I have really bad experiences with ATI products, 3 video cards that give me artifacts on 2560x1600, in windows desktop, not even gaming, a 690g/SB600 motherboard that can't really handle AHCI/RAID modes without constantly locking up, drivers so unstable that they crash when I am looking at pictures slide shows...
They can drop their prices as much as they want. I won't be buying AMD/ATI for a time, they might do well in reviews, but living with them for a year or so is much more difficult then you might imagine. I had the chance to buy a 4870X2 at 30% OFF and I've chosen the much more expensive GTX295. The nVidia card just works, no problems whatsoever.
I've heard of 4870X2's artifacting their ass off (even in this forum)... it seems to be a recurring problem for them. They cannot handle dual-link DVI signaling properly. If you're going to call something "high-end" then make it work with other high-end components (like a 30 incher).
Sorry to be flaming out like this, but I've spent the last weekend reconstructing data out from destroyed RAID/JBOD arrays from my SB600... And from what I hear the SB700/750 have the same crappy PROMISE implementations of SATA in them. It's just not worth it, no matter how much less you'll pay for them.
I will stick to Intel and nVidia products for a while. Pay more, play more, sleep better.
The reality is nVidia keeps printing money despite (or maybe because) their so much battered rebranding.
I fail to see the reason why the current rebranding affects every forumist in such a distinct way they feel the need to share their pain over and over again.
If you ask me, all you're doing is increase visibility for nVidia products, giving them free publicity... and it is one of the reasons they are selling more then ATI does.
I have really bad experiences with ATI products, 3 video cards that give me artifacts on 2560x1600, in windows desktop, not even gaming, a 690g/SB600 motherboard that can't really handle AHCI/RAID modes without constantly locking up, drivers so unstable that they crash when I am looking at pictures slide shows...
They can drop their prices as much as they want. I won't be buying AMD/ATI for a time, they might do well in reviews, but living with them for a year or so is much more difficult then you might imagine. I had the chance to buy a 4870X2 at 30% OFF and I've chosen the much more expensive GTX295. The nVidia card just works, no problems whatsoever.
I've heard of 4870X2's artifacting their ass off (even in this forum)... it seems to be a recurring problem for them. They cannot handle dual-link DVI signaling properly. If you're going to call something "high-end" then make it work with other high-end components (like a 30 incher).
Sorry to be flaming out like this, but I've spent the last weekend reconstructing data out from destroyed RAID/JBOD arrays from my SB600... And from what I hear the SB700/750 have the same crappy PROMISE implementations of SATA in them. It's just not worth it, no matter how much less you'll pay for them.
I will stick to Intel and nVidia products for a while. Pay more, play more, sleep better.
See I've had a totally different experience to you. I bought a 280 when they first came out I bought one at a stupidly high price and the thing would just sit at 100 degrees on desktop and then hit its limit at 105 as soon as I opened even Farcry 1. This went straight back and I waited for the 4870X2. I bought one of these and it was perfect. It ran my 24” monitor and my 37” TV no problem at all. It also allowed a handy way of getting sound to my TV from my computer without going SPDIF. Sold that as I wanted a 295 which I bought when it came out. The first one artifacted so badly it was ridiculous and it also had some massive cap squeal oh yeah also the fan made a clicking noise. Sent that back and had it replaced with another 295 which had less squeal, but still caused these dodgy artifacts. It wasn’t a driver issue as it would do the same even before I had installed any drivers. I have now gone back to a 4870X2 for a little over £100 less and I’m chuffed to bits with it again.
For me, recently, ATI have just worked and Nvidia have just not. I do like Nvidia, but getting pretty annoyed with receiving crap cards.
For me, recently, ATI have just worked and Nvidia have just not. I do like Nvidia, but getting pretty annoyed with receiving crap cards.
Hm you say there are a lot of reports of x2's artifacting. The GTX295 has been RMA'd by forum members at least 3 times already iirc.
I have my puny HD4850 running at 1680*1050 + 1920*1200 just fine. Laughs at autocad, can play most games at 1920*1200 at high / highest settings, 2-4xAA. I just need to make sure I stay away from DX10. The one time I overclocked it she easily hit the max. of CCC too, without any signs of artifacting or other instability.
I have my puny HD4850 running at 1680*1050 + 1920*1200 just fine. Laughs at autocad, can play most games at 1920*1200 at high / highest settings, 2-4xAA. I just need to make sure I stay away from DX10. The one time I overclocked it she easily hit the max. of CCC too, without any signs of artifacting or other instability.
I'm only talking about the cards artifacting at the 30" resolution of 2560x1600 (where dual link dvi is required). In any lower resolution the cards work like a dream.
But the CCC + driver instability is a known issue (an can be linked in some ways to the insane resolution), some are really cursed by them. At one point you'll get it right, but it's really annoying when it takes a long time.
The thing is, your problems are related to build quality. The clicking noises of the fan, badly seated cooling solution. This is more a Foxconn/Plantronics QA problem then an nVidia problem.
My problems with ATI (and their MB chipsets, not just GPU's) are in no way related to build quality, but with overall product quality, like implementation of technologies (the dual link issue) and bad software (driver instability).
Build quality can be a problem equally for both ATI and nVidia since they don't build the damn things themselves, they ask nice under aged chinese slave workers to do it, saves money and "saves" quality.
But the CCC + driver instability is a known issue (an can be linked in some ways to the insane resolution), some are really cursed by them. At one point you'll get it right, but it's really annoying when it takes a long time.
The thing is, your problems are related to build quality. The clicking noises of the fan, badly seated cooling solution. This is more a Foxconn/Plantronics QA problem then an nVidia problem.
My problems with ATI (and their MB chipsets, not just GPU's) are in no way related to build quality, but with overall product quality, like implementation of technologies (the dual link issue) and bad software (driver instability).
Build quality can be a problem equally for both ATI and nVidia since they don't build the damn things themselves, they ask nice under aged chinese slave workers to do it, saves money and "saves" quality.
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