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Fudzilla - Geforce GTX 280 drops to €352
Geforce GTX 280 drops to €352
Written by Fuad Abazovic
Monday, 14 July 2008 09:30
DAAMIT
Last week, Nvidia has decided to drop Geforce GTX 280 prices to €399 and it looks like this week the same card is selling for €351.
This makes this card quite attractive but at the same time it shows that Nvidia has dropped its prices by a lot. Asus Geforce GTX 280 was fist time listed for €497.63 on the June 16th and today July 14th it dropped to €351.89 which is more than a 40 percent price drop in less than four weeks.
The way the prices are going, ATI’s Radeon HD 4870 X2 should maximally cost €399 if ATI wants to have any selling chances as this dual card might end up faster than GTX 280 but we don’t think it will be a lot faster.
When it comes to Nvidia, this price drop proves a few things. First is that Nvidia underestimated ATI and therefore has to drop the prices to match ATI’s product, second is that Nvidia makes a lot of money of their card anyway so dropping them to a more affordable prices will still let them earn some money, but it will hurt their average selling prices.
Overall if you were early bird who got the Geforce GTX 280 a month ago, we believe you are not feeling so happy about it.
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