Nvidia drops GeForce GTX 260 216 prices - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 17th Nov 2008, 14:14

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...0-216-prices/1

Nvidia has dropped the price on its GeForce GTX 260 216-based parts - the first of these price drops has made it into the channel.

perplekks45 · 17th Nov 2008, 14:38

Damn you, nVidia! Now I'm not 100% sure which new graphics card I should buy!

Good for us though. I know it's unlikely but I hope AMD responds with a new price cut in the next weeks.

xaser04 · 17th Nov 2008, 14:48

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Before today, the GeForce GTX 260 216 cards have started at around Â£230 (inc. VAT) which meant that Nvidia has struggled to compete with AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB as it has been aggressively priced against the competition from Nvidia's two GeForce GTX 260 variants.

Novatech had a BFG GTX280 OC Maxcore for Â£204 not long ago.

Also a clocked normaly GTX260 can more than hold its own against the HD4870 so I never saw the big deal with the 216sp variant.

Goty · 17th Nov 2008, 15:20

The point of the 216 was to try and get an edge over the 4870 instead of merely competing, but unfortunately for NVIDIA, ATI had the 4870 1GB waiting in the wings.

While I'm not particularly interested in a GTX260, lower prices are always a good thing!

Slyr7.62 · 17th Nov 2008, 15:40

*With a Mr. Burnes accent*...."excellent". I'm going to be building a pci-express/C2D/Q rig for someone soon, but w/ my current GPU I'm thinking. I'm trying to get the cheapest GPU that is still an upgrade for me.

kenco_uk · 17th Nov 2008, 16:10

I'm assuming only the extra-cored 260 is available these days? The lesser-cored has been phased out, yes?

wuyanxu · 17th Nov 2008, 16:11

£210 for a stock, not-good-brand gtx260-216 isn't cheap at all.

i bought my gtx260+ OC2 maxcore for £220 on ebuyer more than a month ago. now OC1 is selling £250 on ebuyer and OCuk..........

nVidia need to push out their 55nm soon, or with current credit crunch, the price drop doesn't really mean much, and won't push stocks at all.

Tim S · 17th Nov 2008, 16:19

prices went up because of the credit crunch and exchange rate changes... (it was over $2 to £1, now it's closer to $1.50 per £1) so this is bringing them back down.

Tim S · 17th Nov 2008, 16:26

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Originally Posted by kenco_uk

I'm assuming only the extra-cored 260 is available these days? The lesser-cored has been phased out, yes?

It's available in the channel, but it's EOL at Nvidia+partners

lewchenko · 17th Nov 2008, 20:54

LOL! I thought the prices has gone up recently. I stopped looking a while ago, waiting for them to come down, and then I checked the other day and couldnt believe my eyes. Everything was higher ! So this price 'cut' is merely reducing them to what they were before our ££ tanked against the $$.

The thing is, I havent suddenly had some kind of ££ pay rise, so the number of £'s in my pocket hasnt changed. So they still feel expensive to me.

I consider the 260 to be the mid to high range and at about £220-240... its expensive. The 280 is astronomically priced out of my range (still) and even the 4870 is still too high in its 1GB form.

Wake me up when any of these cards hit a reasonable £175.

naokaji · 17th Nov 2008, 22:34

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Originally Posted by lewchenko

Wake me up when any of these cards hit a reasonable £175.

Look in to the oc'd 4850's with non reference cooler and 1 GB Ram, they would fit in that budget.

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Tim S Pewlius Caesar bit-tech Staff Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ascot, Berks Posts: 18,021	prices went up because of the credit crunch and exchange rate changes... (it was over $2 to £1, now it's closer to $1.50 per £1) so this is bringing them back down. __________________ Tim on Twitter \| Tim's Blog \| Tim's Flickr The bit-tech Blog \| bit-tech on Twitter \| Join the bit-tech & Custom PC folding team (#35947)

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lewchenko Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 322	LOL! I thought the prices has gone up recently. I stopped looking a while ago, waiting for them to come down, and then I checked the other day and couldnt believe my eyes. Everything was higher ! So this price 'cut' is merely reducing them to what they were before our ££ tanked against the $$. The thing is, I havent suddenly had some kind of ££ pay rise, so the number of £'s in my pocket hasnt changed. So they still feel expensive to me. I consider the 260 to be the mid to high range and at about £220-240... its expensive. The 280 is astronomically priced out of my range (still) and even the 4870 is still too high in its 1GB form. Wake me up when any of these cards hit a reasonable £175.