Does anyone have any info abut when the new X800 comes out to the market
(making the 9800 prices drop)???

"Nissim Trifonov" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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" Does anyone have any info abut when the new X800 comes out to the market
(making the 9800 prices drop)??? "


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/23/ati_r420_slips/

If the first high-end card comes out at $499, then I don't see the 128MB
9800 Pro dropping too much in price. It's already under $200. Do people
expect it to drop to $100 or something? That would hurt sales of their
newly-released cards. It'll probably still be above $150 at Christmas.

"Cuzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Nissim Trifonov" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:newscache$0e8qwh$gta$(E-Mail Removed)...
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> " Does anyone have any info abut when the new X800 comes out to the
market
> (making the 9800 prices drop)??? "
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/23/ati_r420_slips/
>
> If the first high-end card comes out at $499, then I don't see the 128MB
> 9800 Pro dropping too much in price. It's already under $200. Do people
> expect it to drop to $100 or something? That would hurt sales of their
> newly-released cards. It'll probably still be above $150 at Christmas.
>
I agree. I really don't think that the 9800Pro is going to come down much
more before Xmas. I think what you'll see is a lot of rebate sales. So the
card will be $200 with a $50 rebate. The card is still selling well at the
$200 price point. There's not a huge market for the $500+ cards. So the
9800Pro will still be a good seller for awhile longer. JLC