fishy GPU pricing...

techead

techead

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right to pinnacle have this for about 2500 incl


MS-R6950-2PM2D2GD5 MSI R6950-2PM2D2G 2GB ATI 16X PCI-E (DVIx 2, mDPx 2 , HDMI) - DX11 DDR5 256Bit, GPU Fan, Quad Mon Support, Crossfire, 500 Watt R 2,199

and frontosa have this for about 3650 incl


Sapphire HD6950 - support HDMi 1.4a + Displayport 1.2 with MST , support 6x daisy-chian display via MST hub , 2Gb 256bit 4 channel DDR5 , 32RoPs , 176Gb/sec memory transfer ; 1536 stream processors ( pixel shader engine + vertex pipelines ) , 120 texture unit , 32RoPs, 2.4 TeraFLoPs , core/memory : 880/5500mhz , 2x dvi+ Hdmi-v1.4+ 2x mini DisplayPort ( with mini-DP to DP + dvi to d-sub converter )

they both ref cards from what I can see,

so why the HUGE price gap :confused:
 
First, I don't think it is very nice of you to name specific suppliers and prices, especially with such innuendo.

Second, the bottom one is a mislabelled 6970, according to its specs.
 
Rudimental said:
First, I don't think it is very nice of you to name specific suppliers and prices, especially with such innuendo.

Second, the bottom one is a mislabelled 6970, according to its specs.
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huh? most people on here are techies so difference does it make if post name of supplier or not?

innuendo?? You must be super human or something to be able to read that from some text lol
 
HTC_guy said:
huh? most people on here are techies so difference does it make if post name of supplier or not?

innuendo?? You must be super human or something to be able to read that from some text lol
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The 6950 has 1408 shaders and the 6970 has 1536. ;)
 
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