AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

[L.B.C]

Originally Posted by ruffnex

It most certainly is not $100 better than a GTX580. Not when those fuckwits cant even get drivers out that work.

The cheapest 580s are not $500 they are below $500. 7970 launch was a fail price wise.

[AMD-G]

Yeah but they are all 1.5GB versions, I'm guessing most of the reviews are vs 3GB.

3GB 580 and 7970 are the same price on Newegg and will end up similar once stock improves.

Better single card performance, 3 monitors from one card and a lot of room to improve with drivers...pretty easy choice.

[Cactus22]

Originally Posted by L.B.C

The cheapest 580s are not $500 they are below $500. 7970 launch was a fail price wise.

Not really AMDs fault. Aussies are just getting ripped off for a few weeks.

The cards are meant to be $550RRP, actually AMD has dropped the price a little but its not AMD that is screwing people.

$550 for the fastest card with 3GB's of vram is really pretty good.

Theres no law that says you have to buy in the first week, most of us still have good cards from last gen that will last a few more weeks until the prices settle.

[L.B.C]

Originally Posted by Cactus22

Not really AMDs fault. Aussies are just getting ripped off for a few weeks.

The cards are meant to be $550RRP, actually AMD has dropped the price a little but its not AMD that is screwing people.

$550 for the fastest card with 3GB's of vram is really pretty good.

Theres no law that says you have to buy in the first week, most of us still have good cards from last gen that will last a few more weeks until the prices settle.

Do you have a link to 7970 retail price for AU $550?

[AMD-G]

Originally Posted by L.B.C

Do you have a link to 7970 retail price for AU $550?

The RRP is US$549, so in the US not Australia.

[L.B.C]

Originally Posted by AMD-G

The RRP is US$549, so in the US not Australia.

I know the US retail price is $550.

[mAJORD]

US RRP is the RRP, for both Nvidia and AMD

[Azzan]

Originally Posted by ruffnex

LOL with a massive SOLD OUT over the top of it.

just called em and apparently they've already sold some Asus 7970 for $599, and they might get more stock in later today.(but he said price might change depends on supplier price..)

[mAJORD]

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[aussie-revhead]

Did you guys see OCnub on xs chucked a kingpin bios on his water cooled 7970 and has it benching at 1359 MHz ?? Nice clocks indeed

[L.B.C]

If there is any one waiting for Nvidia you won't be dissapointed as they will have a faster card line up then AMD this year.

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/01/19/n...-clear-winner/

[Predator]

Originally Posted by L.B.C

If there is any one waiting for Nvidia you won't be dissapointed as they will have a faster card line up then AMD this year.

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/01/19/n...-clear-winner/

The short story is that Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) will win this round on just about every metric, some more than others. Look for late March or early April availability,

So in other words, it will end up about even, probably a little in the green teams favour and look for availability around June ???

[SiriusDragon]

Originally Posted by Predator

So in other words, it will end up about even, probably a little in the green teams favour and look for availability around June ???

You don't seem to realise the significance of who is saying this

Charlie normally only reports pro-AMD news, so for him to say this about nvidia is very very unusual.

[Camm]

Originally Posted by SiriusDragon

You don't seem to realise the significance of who is saying this

Charlie normally only reports pro-AMD news, so for him to say this about nvidia is very very unusual.

I kinda think Charlie is trolling. He's too pro AMD for me to think this isn't the case.

[aokman]

Originally Posted by Predator

So in other words, it will end up about even, probably a little in the green teams favour and look for availability around June ???

Would be good enough for me, cant wait to part with my 6990 lol. See what its like on the other side of the fence for a while