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1/5/12 at 10:39am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CovertCover

Oh, yes; lets moan and complain about getting a free card...
Are you serious? Show some respect and take what you are given; if you don't like it suck it up and quit complaining, or better yet, go spend $500 of your own money on a better card.

^this
I'd gladly take the 560 Ti off your hands and call it an awesome day since my sig rig with the SLI 560 Ti's was stolen.

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1/5/12 at 10:50am

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I'm telling you right now, I'll trade both my Unlocked 6950 and locked 6950 with the Twin Turbo pro II on it for one of these cards.

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1/5/12 at 11:44am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirby1

Price drop to compensate for terrible drivers.

Its ok. You can just admit that you are too stupid to install such advanced drivers from amd/ati.

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1/5/12 at 12:34pm

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The problem with news sites is that they are quite simply there own worst enemy's providing technically the "correct" info but only correct to a certain person. That NOT being your average Joe customer.

An example would by a news article recently posted saying that the 7970 will be $475 rather than $550. (like this one)

Excellent news I hear you all cheer!

Well... News sites are usually correct in saying pricing is "X" however that pricing is the price that HIS, Asus etc sell the cards at into distribution. Once the Dist has added there 1-2% and sold to an etailer the etailer makes their margin. On a new release like this that pushes pricing up from $475 to $550-600 so the previous estimate is actually going to be the correct one. Add to this adding VAT or TAX (depending on where you live) and you have a card that once again is where the original rumors were at $650-750 or possibly even more.

That's £450 to £500 inclusive if you in the UK.

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1/5/12 at 3:55pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RagingCain

Why don't all of you come talk to me privately, or visit the AMD Graphics section and help the thousands of us who have crashing computers, crashing drivers, GSoD, and many other Crossfire issues such as negative scaling. Especially in titles released in the last 3 or 4 months.
I can go through my ACE Event Viewer and show you about 5~10 hardware faults an hour by just my 6990 just sitting idle on the desktop. The drivers need serious work still, especially for CrossfireX.
You don't have to be pro-nVidia to realize the drivers need a lot of work.

Sure, it'll be about 35 USD an hour for support.

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1/5/12 at 4:18pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirby1

Price drop to compensate for terrible drivers.

Stupidity, you're doing it right.

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1/5/12 at 4:53pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chobbit

The 7970 is supposed to be 30% faster than a 580, but that's just the same amount as going from a 560ti to a 580 and I didn't really hear anyone do that, so I see no reason to upgrade from a 570 or 580 to a 7970 for 30% - 35% improvement at a push unless you've just got money to burn and want the best at that time really.

Yeah the only problem with that analogy is the 580 is about twice the price of a 560 Ti whereas the 7970 is priced a lot closer to the 580 and once you include overclocking potential on the 7970, it's a much more compelling case to upgrade.

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1/5/12 at 5:30pm

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Dang...So this $599 price tag, for an ASUS AMD HD7970 3GD5 at Frys Electronics, must be a typo...

http://www.frys.com/product/6936977?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

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1/5/12 at 5:46pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach Mcguirk

Dang...So this $599 price tag, for an ASUS AMD HD7970 3GD5 at Frys Electronics, must be a typo...
http://www.frys.com/product/6936977?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Some people will be willing to pay nearly anything for these cards. They may say $475, but any store with 7970 stock will either sell out in 5 seconds or charge over $600.

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1/5/12 at 6:20pm

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actually stock 7970 is only about 15-20% faster then 580... it has more OC-ing headroom tho

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