Fermi Looms, Demand Still High for ATI 5000 Series
Fermi Looms, Demand Still High for ATI 5000 Series
Posted 03/25/2010 at 1:17pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Tomorrow's supposed to be the big day for Fermi (or early April, according to reports suggesting initial availability will be pretty tight), but even though the long wait is almost over, there's still plenty of demand for ATI's HD 5000 series.
"Graphics cards manufacturers who are selling both Nvidia and ATI are confirming that 58x0 and 59x0 series of ATI cards are still selling great and of course the cheaper 5000 series such as 57x0 and slower didn't slow up in sales," Fudzilla reports.
ATI's cards must be selling well, or at least well enough to have a tough time producing enough stock to fill the demand. Trying to snag a dual-GPU HD 5970 is no easy task, even as expensive as it is. And while HD 5870 cards are easier to come by, Newegg and other vendors often show several SKUs as being out of stock.
That's great for ATI, but it also allows the GPU maker to avoid have to slash prices. Could Fermi change that? We'll find out soon enough.
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Caboose
March 26, 2010 at 9:18am
No, as of right now, the demand is very high. Consumers are willing to pay higher prices for the graphics cards. And as there is no direct competition from nVidia, coupled with the very high demand, ATi has no reason to reduce the price of the cards.
Once Fermi eventually, shows up, maybe at some point in time, if demand drops, then ATi will lower the price to try and pick up demand as supply will be higher.
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powerman123
March 25, 2010 at 5:20pm
"Lots of smoke and mirrors but nothing substantial when the dust clears."
Lol that rhymes.
bpstone
March 25, 2010 at 3:00pm
It seems Nvidia shot themselves in the foot. Unless they pull a rabbit out of the hat or their fanbase is still cracking, they're going have an "Epic Fail!" lol
keyzer2011
March 25, 2010 at 6:13pm
Nvidia Fermi cards aren't even out and as a diehard nvidia fan I find myself seriously considering ATi for the first time...
Nvidia, what gives?
aviaggio
March 25, 2010 at 2:52pm
The cards are coming out tomorrow and still no official word from Nvidia as to specs and prices? Do they think they are Apple? Which, btw, seems to be the way they are going. Lots of smoke and mirrors but nothing substantial when the dust clears.
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