AMD Cuts Price of Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Response to GeForce GTX295
With the emergence of NVIDIA GeForce GTX295, the high-end graphics cards market might be faced with reshuffle.Β AMD react very quicklyΒ by announcing to slash the price of its flagship Radeon HD 4870 X2.
The price of Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB has reduced from $549 to $449. And some certain partners may be even offering their versions of the product at even lower pricing. In our opinion, AMD takes this step to avoid a direct confrontation with GeForce GTX295.
AMD managed to capture 40% market share of standalone desktop graphics cards in last November, and it’s working hard for 50% now. Apparently, one of the ways to gain market share is to slash prices of its products. This is also a good news for users. Anyway, let’s wish AMD good luck in the upcoming battle.
January 10th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Well, instead of sandwiching parts to get that imaginary crown, they are working on the next gen card! Good for them!… bad for the green-goo boys!
January 14th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
And somehow putting them in a line is better?
Its the same damn thing… Comments like that show an utter lack of sensibility
January 14th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Guys, they’re just sticking to good old moore’s law, they double the power every couple years by any means necessary (like sandwich cards) just to keep everyone happy… if the engineers come up with something too powerful they’re just gonna delay it until the old cards sold out