GTX 260 and HD 4870 dropped to the same price

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GTX 260 and HD 4870 dropped to the same price - Which one to buy?

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This is the price trend from 6/16 to 7/4. We gain the date from eshop websites such as newegg, zipzoomfly, XFVideoCard and others. Since the prices are different in each site, we select the lowest price.

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Generally, NVIDIA didn’t drop price in June, but fell suddenly on July 3rd & 4th. However, HD 4800 changed little over the half month.

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The hotest battle in this price war should be GTX 260 and HD 4870. As of July 4th, GTX 260 has dropped to the same price as HD 4870. In fact, we found GTX 260 almost the same as HD 4870 in performance, but GTX 260 has advantages in NVIDIA’s drivers and industrial manufacturer supports.

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So, NVIDIA pushes users to dilemma now and it’s difficult for users to choose between HD 4870 and GTX 260.

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BTW, GTX 280 had dropped to the same price as the upcoming R700(4870 X2), although we couldn’t hope GTX 280 to beat R700.
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mavihs

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sad about the steep price drop from nvidia side. now amd won't be able 2 take the nvidia market share.

btw how much is the price now???
 
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ico

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GTX 260's price had to fall.....Who will pay 100$ more when ATi HD 4870 > GTX 260 in terms of performance...
 
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i think this time amd has got all in the right place.
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except, advertising. which idontknowwhy is so f###D up/nonexistent?? :x:x:x

i think the title is wrong, it should be:*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=884305#post884305"nVIDIA drops prices to beat competition/save face"
 
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Hrithan2020

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W i d e S c r e e N said:
i think the title is wrong, it should be "nVIDIA drops prices to beat competition/save face"
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lol!! Well said,this year i'm all for AMD for their competitiveness.
I'd buy 4870 even if GTX260 was a bit cheaper than 4870 and had the same performance(both of which aren't exactly true),to support AMD so that they can come up with such good vfm cards.

W i d e S c r e e N said:
except, advertising. which idontknowwhy is so f###D up/nonexistent?? :x:x:x
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Sad to say,their products are also quite hard to find in the local markets here.
 
yesh1683

yesh1683

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But still HD4870 is faster than GTX260 in most of the games
So 4870 is better buy and also itz DX10.1

anandtech review shows HD4870 is faster
*www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341


Hrithan2020 said:
lol!! Well said,this year i'm all for AMD for their competitiveness.
I'd buy 4870 even if GTX260 was a bit cheaper than 4870 and had the same performance(both of which aren't exactly true),to support AMD so that they can come up with such good vfm cards.
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Me too going in for AMD

most probably next month
 
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Jayanth.M.P

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Well we have to support AMD.....if it was not for their 4XXX series, Nvidia would have spared no effort to charge twice and thrice what their cards are worth.
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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mavihs said:
sad about the steep price drop from nvidia side. now amd won't be able 2 take the nvidia market share.

btw how much is the price now???
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Who said ?

FYKI,

HD4870 is 1$ cheaper :p
HD4870 supports DirectX 10.1
HD4870 is slightly higher vs GTX260
HD4870 is cooler and 55nm

so AMD still has the upper hand. :D
 
adithyagenius

adithyagenius

I WANT MORE FPS!!
Not in India.
In US 9800gtx sells under 10k. In india its under 20k. 4870 costs 7k more in India. My dreams of 30k crossfire are shattered. I hope 9800gx2 drops to 28k so that I can buy it or nvidia fixes video corruption bug on their nforce chipsets and 9800gtx drops to 12.5k.
gtx280 sli >> 9800gtx sli > 9800gx2 > >> 4870 crossfire for crysis.
 
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