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   #3. Posted at 06:41 AM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
Fighterpilot
Well they've been selling heaps of the 3850s and the 3870 has sold well too.That's gotta mean a handsome profit I would think.
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#3, When AMD was getting ready to release the 3870 they were hop...  :  Gerbil Jedidiah  (#4)  «
#4, Good for the short term. I worry about long term though.  :  no51  (#6)  «
#3, Heaps huh? Got any hard factual based numbers to support thi...  :  z-man  (#27)  «

   #22. Posted at 06:53 PM on Feb 28th 2008, Edited at 09:02 PM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
l33t-g4m3r
Anybody besides me notice that the previous price cuts that brought the 3870 down to 200 went back up to 220+?
Yay, it'll go back to 200 again.

I think some e-tailers are abusing the cuts and price gouging.
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#22, Demand. People are still gobbling up 3870's otherwise I doub...  :  Pettytheft  (#23)  «
#23, damn, I was hoping to eventually get one for 150. :(  :  l33t-g4m3r  (#24)  «
#22, Ya.. I noticed.. I bought the Diamond on new egg this week a...  :  charged3800z24  (#26)  «

   #1. Posted at 06:12 AM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
Jigar
3850 @ 130 ... hhmm.. might consider it for my wife PC now...
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#1, You can get 8800GS 384MB for $129 after MIR http://www.newegg...  :  maroon1  (#25)  «

   #20. Posted at 02:34 PM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
matdem1
I almost bought that HD 3650 a few days ago but the AMD site says it recomends a 400 Watt Power supply. I have been running an 8600 GT with a 300 w PSU with no problems. Why would they think the HD 3650 would require a higher supply when it is more energy efficient than an 8600 GT isn't it..

The rig in question is my second rig. It's uses a low energy Celeron 440 @ 1.6 and is very lean (just a CD RW and Hard Drive/ Video Card)....

Anyway, the performance on the 8600 GT 256MB seems to be equal or faster... The 512 MB of Vram is a Waste on these cards aren't they?
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#20, The recommend higher wattage power supplies because of the c...  :  dragmor  (#21)  «

   #18. Posted at 12:11 PM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
highlandr
Man, I bought my 3850 too soon... Should've waited, and I could have an extra $50 in my pocket...

It was my card of choice at the time (price/performance wise), I'm just mad I paid $180 for it...
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#18, There's nothing to be mad about. That is the way it has alwa...  :  flip-mode  (#19)  «

   #17. Posted at 09:39 AM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
marvelous
If 3850 does go down to $130 it would sell like hot cakes.

Straight out of Techreport 9600gt review.

"One could also argue that the 9600 GT's strong performance today may give way to relatively weaker performance down the road. If game developers shift their attention to using more and more complex shaders, the 9600 GT could end up running tomorrow's games slower than the Radeon HD 3850, which clearly has more shader processing power."
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   #2. Posted at 06:33 AM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
Gerbil Jedidiah
It seems like AMD just can't catch a break. Intel is smacking them around on the CPU side and nVidia is smacking them around on the videocard side. How are they supposed to make a profit?
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#2, Here's a novel idea: make something worth buying at the pric...  :  derFunkenstein  (#5)  «
#5, Come on, this is AMD we're talking about here. They've on...  :  Vrock  (#7)  «
#7, What are you goons talking about? The 3850 has always ...  :  flip-mode  (#11)  «
#11, Yes, basically they are forced to lower prices, mea...  :  Flying Fox  (#13)  «
#2, How do you know they are not making any profits from those G...  :  Flying Fox  (#8)  «
#8, If they are, it damn sure isn't enough to bring the rest ...  :  Vrock  (#9)  «
#9, Of course it's not enough. GPU is lower margin compare...  :  Flying Fox  (#12)  «
#8, I don't know what AMD's profit margin looks like, but I d...  :  Gerbil Jedidiah  (#15)  «
#15, Actually, no. Halo products may have high margins but ...  :  Flying Fox  (#16)  «

   #10. Posted at 08:26 AM on Feb 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
pikaporeon
Just putting it out there, but doesn't ATI have the single-card performance crown atm?
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#10, So? This is the gravy $150-250 market we are talking about, t...  :  Flying Fox  (#14)  «
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