Nvidia Charges $120 for 680i SLI chipset

[safan80]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipset...124180024.html

Nvidia nForce 680i SLI chipset apparently costs mainboards makers about $120 per two chips – the Nvidia 680i SLI media and communication processor (MCP) and the Nvidia 680i SLI system performance processor (SPP), according to a news-story by Clubic.com web-site. By contrast, Intel Corp.’s most advanced performance-minded customer-oriented Intel 975X core-logic costs mainboard makers $50 when paired with appropriate I/O controller, whereas such core-logic sets as Intel P965 are priced for even less amount of money.

no wonder the striker is expensive!

[cirthix]

wow, thats a lot of $ for a chipset!!!

[Sumanji]

Holy crap?!

[Helmore]

They probably have to gain the losses they made with thier nForce 590 intel project, but damn that's still very expensive.

[thephenom]

Ouch....that's one insanely expensive chipset....

[satein]

Probably, they might need to compensate the licensed fee on Intel chipset But that is too much... and can result in lower than expected sell their board as this will drive the board price higher...

It looks likely that NV comes back to their aggressive again

[Sumanji]

So are prices likely to come down soon, or will they remain sky high? I'm tempted to just get a cheap P965 board now...

[theteamaqua]

They probably have to gain the losses they made with thier nForce 590 intel project, but damn that's still very expensive.

yeah thats prolly why

but they shouldnt charge $409USD on newegg for a mobo ...

PS: $355 is the cheapest i can find anywhere

[situman]

After the initial rush from us enthusiasts, Nvidia will see how popular a 120 dollar chipset really is.

[Think]

Well, they are in the business of ripping you off.

[Praxis1452]

After the initial rush from us enthusiasts, Nvidia will see how popular a 120 dollar chipset really is.

exactly

[nn_step]

that is twice what nForce4 SLi costed

[grimREEFER]

all the good dell's and alienware's are using those chipsets, so oems are buying them

[situman]

How many of those machines do they actually sell?

[Revv23]

the 975 has been out for what, a year? the 680 came out two weeks ago, give it time. Supply and demand.

[Kanavit]

intel>nvidia

[theteamaqua]

Well, they are in the business of ripping you off.

lol yeah, again same with GPU costs $650... i hope ther sells do go down and lower the price for both graphics card and 680i mobo ...

8800GTX SLI costs $1300 + $400 or $1300 + $300 ~ $1600 to $1700

8800GTS is a better deal
$1000 + $400 or $1000 + $300 ~ $1300 to $1400

oh yeah most of us will have to upgrade to a new PSU when getting GTX SLI. GTS dont even use more power than X1950XTX