PC Hardware Thread

[Big Boss]

27.5k now:

 

http://www.primeabgb.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-970-zt-90101-10p-graphic-card.html

[spindoctor]

Bet that $400 evga import from Amazon isn't looking all that bad now eh?

[CarbonCore]

8k premium for that DCU II shroud

 

I bet they're using same shroud from 7 series, they put it on AMD cards so why not on next GTX cards?

[ALPHA17]

Bet that $400 evga import from Amazon isn't looking all that bad now eh?

 

For the average PC guy in India, still a no from my side.

8k premium for that DCU II shroud

 

Made of admantium or unobtanium me thinks.

Edited September 20, 2014 by ALPHA17

[joken732a]

will wait till july for 20nm else 970 if it comes around 25K.(which i am pretty sure after 6 month price will drop by atleast 2K)

Edited September 21, 2014 by joken732a

[WR10]

AMD might be getting ready for a new product announcement which could either be a CPU or a GPU. As tweeted by AMD’s India page, it looks like AMD has a special announcement coming on 25th September 2014 which might be related to a new graphics processing unit or a new FirePro product.

 

AMD Might Be Announcing Next Generation Product on 25th Septemeber

The AMD GPU related teaser comes in just one day after NVIDIA unleashed their Maxwell graphics card which include the GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 in the graphics industry ushering a new era of powerful and highly efficient graphics cards. But looks like NVIDIA isn’t the only one with new announcement at hand and AMD might possibly have an answer to that coming soon. The tweet is pretty simple but looks like AMD is once again using their pills campaign to market the new GPUs. As you can note, there are two pills in the marketing slide. One is colored blue and one is colored red. Now first of all, there was a pills related marketing campaign which AMD ran a long time ago during the launch of the HD 7770 GHz graphics card. The Verdetrol pills were used as a teaser for the launch of the first GHz edition graphic card from AMD but they did another teaser with the Radeon R9 295X2 where they used two packs of chips and a water bottle to indicate their water cooled dual GPU solution. The same can be seen here, there’s a red pill which might indicate a water cooling solution such as the one that was leaked a while ago and the red pill may indicate the Radeon chip which will be used to power the graphics card based on the GCN architecture. So it could be related to a new graphics launch as AMD was rumored to launch the Radeon R9 285X sometime in late September as earlier rumors indicate however the launch might possibly be related to a new product which we haven’t hear of before.

The second most interesting thing is that AMD has another teaser for a FirePro product where they ask “Can you name our first product that processed graphics independently of the CPU”. So it could be related to either a Radeon or a FirePro product but we can’t really say for sure since this teaser came out of nowhere at a time when no AMD related leaks or product announcements at sight. The date is also surprising since a year ago on 25th September, AMD held their GPU14 event where they announced their Radeon R9 and R7 series graphics cards. They could use a similar platform to unveil new products or a new.

 

In October last year, AMD announced their GPU14 event where they showcased and announced their current Radeon R9 and Radeon R7 series cards that feature an updated GCN core architecture. While the bulk of the graphics cards were based on an older core architecture (Southern Islands; Tahiti/Pitcairn/Cape Verde) the lineup also introduced some new parts such as the flagship Hawaii, performance oriented Tonga, budget level Bonaire and entry level Oland chips. It will be a year since AMD has introduced most of their lineup next month and will probably be the best time for AMD to offer new replacements.

So the main question of the day, is this the Radeon R9 300 series or the Radeon R9 200 series or something entirely difference and non-related to GPUs? To be honest, I don’t really know. Some point out to Radeon R9 390X and some point out to the much fabled Radeon R9 295X but I am not in the position to either deny them or confirm these codenames for the new card. One thing I know is that AMD only switched to Radeon R9 200 series after the HD 7990 launched in 1H 2013 after a long delay. There was no new card in the HD 7000 series after that. The Radeon R9 295X2 is also the last flagship card to launch in the lineup but AMD has updated their entry level side with a few cards and the performance sector with the latest Radeon R9 285 Tonga GPU. To rebrand it this early may make little sense but then again we are talking about a launch aimed around Q4 2014. At the end of the day, there’s so much happening in the graphics industry that it’s getting interesting day by day. If AMD does have new high-end chips ready to tackle Maxwell then that’s a good thing since competition will drive prices down.

[SRINI87]

For a moment i forgot that Asus and their custom cards are always costlier.

So 27-28k It is

Edited September 21, 2014 by SRINI87

[ALPHA17]

So 27-28k It is

 

Still sh*t pricing. No matter if the ASUS custom cards are expensive or no.

 

The only other company to have pricing for India is ZOTAC!, which in my opinion have some of the worst after market coolers slapped onto the hardware.

[dullu]

how is Zotac pricing these in India ?

[ALPHA17]

how is Zotac pricing these in India ?

 

Direct first party manufacturer for nVidia cards.

 

Plus, Aditya Infotech, the company that is the distributor and after-sales for ZOTAC! in India, also backs Sapphire for AMD graphics, so there.

 

And maybe to them it matters if more cards are sold than the profit on individual sale.

[Heaven Angel]

£150 pounds price drop on GTX 780.

 

Current price: £230

 

$300-350 should in USD.

Edited September 22, 2014 by Heaven Angel

[ALPHA17]

£150 pounds price drop on GTX 780.

 

Current price: £230

 

$300-350 should in USD.

 

Yup, no one is going to buy it any more plus out of production. So dealers are clearing their inventory

Edited September 22, 2014 by ALPHA17

[harjas]

http://www.eteknix.com/evga-gtx-970-feature-manufacturing-defect/

 

@joecool what card were u getting was it evga ?

[WR10]

^ Yup.

[Heaven Angel]

Yea, and not surprised. Going to pay extra and stick with ASUS.

Edited September 23, 2014 by Heaven Angel

[LeonardoInventions]

http://www.eteknix.com/evga-gtx-970-feature-manufacturing-defect/

 

@joecool what card were u getting was it evga ?

 

Lol All that glitters...

 

27.5k now:

 

http://www.primeabgb.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-970-zt-90101-10p-graphic-card.html

 

Everyone frowns on Zotac tho

[Razpor]

is there any news on gigabyte windforce 970 launching in india??

[ALPHA17]

^ No indications till now.

[Pshycho_TXC]

 

 

way to overprice lol ..

if you directly buy from Amazon it cost around 28k . :/

[Razpor]

^ No indications till now.

 

do they even launch windforce series in india?? i cant remember seeing any windforce 7xx series cards in stock anywhere??