Any info on when GPU's will see a price drop?

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:22 am

On the verge now of needing a new graphics card. Was wondering if there's going to be a price drop on the horizon? Dont want to spend 100 now when in 2 months the ones for 150 will be that price and I could have got more bang for the buck.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:57 am

IMO we've already seen that a couple of years ago. You can purchase quite a potent card for 90 - 115 bucks now.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:35 am

prices are pretty stable right now and won't likely drop that much.. you can get a very nice 8600GT 512mb card for less than 50$ which will play just about any game right now with medium to high settings. Watch the deals and watch for good rebates.

YoshiMon · Post by **YoshiMon** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:42 am

I would tend to agree that the prices on video cards are pretty stable and have been so for a long time. They all tend to shift around a bit more whenever AMD (Radeon) or nVidia put out some new products. Which has happened recently which is why you might be seeing things move around right now.

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:04 pm

ok thanks. Right now I have a geforce 800 gt, its a few years old. I cant even run GTA4. I am looking to spend about 100 on a new card and I need a new PSU. Any of you hardware gurus have any combo recommendations?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:01 pm

100 for the card or 100 for the card and PSU?

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:09 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:100 for the card or 100 for the card and PSU?

round 100 for the card and whatever's necessary for the psu

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:51 pm

Well GTA4 says it needs a geforce 7900 or ati x1900, recommended are geforce 8600 or ati 3870.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150316

With rebates its $110 instead of 130. A bit more card than it says is needed to help push it in higher res.

And for a PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817139004

Good efficiency, strong single 12v rail, well made PSU.

Bit cheaper, split 12v rails: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817341010

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:53 pm

tyvm man

David · Post by **David** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:42 am

Look into a used 4850. They have been hovering about the 100-130 area and can be overclocked nicely.