Me again, Looking back over my original questions, I really meant to ask should I wait for the GTX 295 to be released to get a 280 or 285.
Well, the release has happened. From what I can tell, the SRP of the 285s appears to be about $400. I found one somewhere and IIRC, it was about $375. Looking at Newegg.com, Buy.com, and ZipZoomFly.com, it looks like the 280s have come down (with rebates) to as low as $200 up to about $300. Now the question is, has anyone seen how the GTX 265s compare to the GTX 280s? Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Technically, a smaller GPU usually means a cheaper chip. That doesn't always translate to street prices, of course. However, given the pressure AMD's excellent 4800-series chips are putting on nvidia, they may see fit to drop prices as their costs decrease. Do you really mean the dual-GPU SLI GTX 295, or the single-GPU GTX 285 that will be based on chips with the same 55nm process? If the former, you can forget about $300. If the latter...it's possible. Look at the 8800GTS based on G80 vs the 8800GTS based on G92. Faster card, but was less expensive as the G92 die cost less to manufacture. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? > > But, I just thought of something. Once they shrink the dies, will the > price > go up for the new ones? Remember, I don't really want to spend over > $300. > > Thanks, > Bobby >
