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As KitGuru revealed last week, nVidia's new mid range part will launch at Computex. We are now in a position to be much more specific about its price and market position.
This card has been created to target the profitable and lucrative HD5850 sector. An area in which AMD are particularly strong. The 5850 is KitGuru's favourite DX11 card and that view is shared by many of the world's top tech journalists.
Fermi's delays in getting to market have been compounded by terrible currency rates, issues with transport and the start of summer – traditionally a quiet period.
That said, we're excited by the prospect of a full-blown, mid-range shoot out!
KitGuru is old. KitGuru is wise. KitGuru has used all this age and wisdom to determine that the winning price point for GTX465 is £199 inc vat.
Unfortunately, we're hearing that it will be closer to the £250 mark. That puts £30 more than the HD5850. This means it would need to be noticeably faster than the AMD competing part, which we feel might be a tall order.
KitGuru says: We hope nVidia can compete with AMD's HD5850 because this will surely drive down both prices to benefit the consumer. One thing in nVidia's favour could be the continued shortages on high end ATI parts as well as the currency fluctuations. By the time the GTX465 launches, the 5850 might be more expensive.
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oh boy, thats not a good starting point for a price
looks like its going to be a good card though, interesting times ahead.
Interesting – reckon this will be accurate though by the time it hits retail? not so sure.
Not another pooch screwing incident. It really will be hard to compete with the hD5850 however. thats a mega board.
Is this information accurate? I had heard they would be priced equally?
Fermi has not impressed me, I dont think this card is going to change my mind, but I could be wrong.
Wow, this isnt good news if its right. £30 more can make the difference between a standard HD5850 and a mega overclocked/cooled Toxic Edition from Sapphire
Might be faster though – no one really knows yet.
It wont be faster, the HD5850 can overclock to speeds faster than a HD5870! it wont even be close unless Nvidia have something up their sleeve no one knows about.
£30 is a huge amount of cash in this area – would get someone a really good CPU cooler for instance on a system build. Might change before release though.
SOunds like A huge Midrange Shootout… me like!
that means competition which leads to lower prices and better performance!
Personally i would still go for the 5850 2GB Toxic