Hello again,
Just for the sake of curiosity and to help me and my friends understand graphics cards better, could someone explain to us why the zotac gtx 970 is priced lower than than the zotact gtx 770?
1) ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - ZOTAC : Flipkart.com
2) ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - ZOTAC : Flipkart.com
From this benchmark link it proves that the 970 performs much better than the770.
If someone can help explain this naming terminology and this pricing structure to me, that will help me and my friends understand a lot more about which card to buy.
Regards,
Sarosh.
Don't provide flipkart links as they require an app to be installed. As most users access these forum on mobile so it's impossible for them to see the links.
Anyways, I have not seen the links. But, I will provide an answer for your question.
Gtx970 is newer than gtx770. Every new generation results in lower costs in the following ways:
1. Process node have matured over gtx770. That resulted in lower cost for gtx970.
2. Usually a die shrink results in more reduced costs. But here as both 770 and 970 are on 28mm. The real cost cutting have been in the optimization of artitecture and reducing the redundant components.
3. There was a issue with the RAM on gtx970. That resulted in using only 3.5GB of ram. Although, that didnt result in much of performace loss. But, it certainly slashed the premium amount that the company was asking for. Hence lower prices.
It's still much better than gtx770.
