How Much NVIDIA's Partners Pay For GeForce GTX 260/280?

2008-07-08 14:44:24

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The#1Spot: Member; +105|6808|byah

I found this interesting site and was surprised on how little in profits BFG, XFX, EVGA etc. are only making from each card with the price cuts to be able to compete with amd/ati.

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?10/72/66

2008-07-08 14:49:52

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.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6722|The Twilight Zone

Yep, it was totally different 2 gens ago. I posted something similar once. http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=104099
GFX manufacturers stopped making nvidia cards exclusively.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-07-08 15:14:39

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Volatile: Member; +252|6973|Sextupling in Empire

Looks to me the 260 and 280 could still drop considerably. Why are there even middle men(partners) with video cards? Why can't nvidia/ATi just sell us their shit directly? It would equate to lower prices for all, unless I'm missing something.

2008-07-08 15:16:10

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.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6722|The Twilight Zone

Volatile wrote:
Looks to me the 260 and 280 could still drop considerably. Why are there even middle men(partners) with video cards? Why can't nvidia/ATi just sell us their shit directly? It would equate to lower prices for all, unless I'm missing something.

My opinion on that is they are just incapable of producing so many cards by them selves.

2008-07-08 15:30:27

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Volatile: Member; +252|6973|Sextupling in Empire

.Sup wrote:
Volatile wrote:
Looks to me the 260 and 280 could still drop considerably. Why are there even middle men(partners) with video cards? Why can't nvidia/ATi just sell us their shit directly? It would equate to lower prices for all, unless I'm missing something.
My opinion on that is they are just incapable of producing so many cards by them selves.

I don't see why they don't just increase their manufacturing capacity, but whatever.

2008-07-08 15:31:11

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.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6722|The Twilight Zone

Volatile wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Volatile wrote:
Looks to me the 260 and 280 could still drop considerably. Why are there even middle men(partners) with video cards? Why can't nvidia/ATi just sell us their shit directly? It would equate to lower prices for all, unless I'm missing something.
My opinion on that is they are just incapable of producing so many cards by them selves.
I don't see why they don't just increase their manufacturing capacity, but whatever.

Even Grand Canyon isn't big enough for that.

2008-07-08 15:59:29

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nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6592|New Haven, CT

Nvidia doesn't even have manufacturing capacity. They are fabless.

2008-07-08 17:56:16

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The#1Spot: Member; +105|6808|byah

Volatile wrote:
Looks to me the 260 and 280 could still drop considerably. Why are there even middle men(partners) with video cards? Why can't nvidia/ATi just sell us their shit directly? It would equate to lower prices for all, unless I'm missing something.

Thats the price of the gpu by its self. They have to attach the gpu the company name board. So if its a small time company they will not make any profit on the gtx260 or just break even.

2008-07-08 18:58:00

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Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7034|Cambridge (UK)

Volatile wrote:
Looks to me the 260 and 280 could still drop considerably. Why are there even middle men(partners) with video cards? Why can't nvidia/ATi just sell us their shit directly? It would equate to lower prices for all, unless I'm missing something.

Because it's meant to be a free market.

2008-07-09 07:08:04

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kylef: Gone; +1,352|6762|N. Ireland

The margins aren't that great, but scaled up they are still alright. Taking the BFG 9800GTX as an example - you can see that it is selling retail for $355 and they are buying it for $155. Let's assume they sale 10 a day for 365 days. That's 3650 cards sold at an extra $200 (in other words ... $730000)

Of course, that's turnover not net profit ... that number would go down quite a bit. Regardless, with the different types of cards they are selling they should still be doing okay to keep on buying

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