Graphic Cards Amd to slash upto 50$ on 4800 series in Q3

[raju.03kumar]

AMD is expected to introduce a series of price-cuts next month, for its ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics products. The price-cuts may amount to as much as US $50, perhaps taking advantage of the low manufacturing costs. The cuts also come ahead of the time-frame in which the company will introduce a DirectX 11 compatible future-generation of ATI Radeon, to sync with the commercial launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.

When implemented, the price of the high-end Radeon HD 4890 is expected to be $199, down $50 from its current price of $249. Radeon HD 4870 will sell for $149 from its current listing price of $199, although there needs to be some clarity on how the 1 GB and 512 MB variants are positioned. Finally, the Radeon HD 4850 will enter the $100 realm, to substitute the Radeon HD 4770, which seems to be suffering an acute stock shortage.

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techPowerUp! News :: AMD to Slash Prices of Radeon HD 4800 Series Products in Q3

 

[raj404]

^^ yes, read it on the other forum, while TE was down for maintenance.

 

[rdst_1]

good news time to hold on to your horses before the big splurge

 

[tkin]

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techPowerUp! News :: AMD to Slash Prices of Radeon HD 4800 Series Products in Q3

They are killing HD4770 just as its launched, well I think that ATI board partners are not able to provide HD4770 for 99$, first they replaced the reference heatsink with a inferior model, but I don't think its still enough. ATI should try to bring new GPU instead of cutting costs by lowering build quality.

 

[Joel Toms]

Even if they cut 50$ on cards, They are just cutting their profits..
My friend has his cousin working for GeCube.. He got for my friend a Radeon 4870 even before it launched in India for 10k INR.. My friend told that this was the cost with which Gecube was receiving cards from Ati..
And at launch 4870 was around 25k.
Anyway these price uts wont reflect soon in India..
Vendors will have lot in their inventory to clear up.. and they cant do it for a loss unlike big vendors like newegg in the US

 

[hatter]

Cuts have come... sooner but not that heftier. Though they are still significant:

AMD squashes Radeon HD 4870, 4850 prices - The Tech Report

 

[macchi12345]

XFX 4850 at newegg looks attractive at $105........:hap2:

 

[Supra]

lol HD 4870 1GB (XFX ) is just 128$ shipped in ewiz (9k max via KMD). ....how will NVidiot fanbois support purchasing a GTX 260 now