AMD to increase PRICES ?

[Necromancer]

In the dawn of all companies making price cuts, this comes as a SHOCK !

Even before AMD launched its Evergreen series, we knew the allocation numbers for ATI 4800 and 5000 series - and the numbers didn't look good. If the recent rumors about AMD laying off more staff in 1Q 2010 come true, we cannot view them as anything else but a failure to supply enough products to market.

The new prices are set into action with the next batch of cards… thus, expect partners to roll on custom cooling products [such as Sapphire's Vapor-X] and add additional $10-50 price premium, depending on product being used [custom dual-slot, vapor chamber, liquid cooling]. One thing is certain - if you see a 5870 in store and considered buying it - don't expect that Black Friday or Cyber-Monday will cut the prices from current levels. They could drop back to this level, but availability will not significantly improve for weeks to come - the backlog is now eating all the [limited] fresh supply.

[dafunk_lull]

have to happen sooner or later all 2009 amd's been giving the deals out every where this year.

all summer my local stores kept having new processors/ati video cards
on shelvs for Tasty prices

while the intel and nvidia stuff just collected dust and racked up higher and higher prices next to the amd.