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is Radeon HD 5850 price expected to go down ?

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/is-radeon-hd-5850-price-expected-to-go-down.132046/

Power_user_EX
Power_user_EX Original post #1
Sep 24, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Hi ,

I m using Sapphire HD 4850 , @ 22 inch ... would like to upgrade to 5850 in some time... so are the prices for HD 5850 expected to down till Diwali ?

also what is the current minimum price for HD 5850 ?
mavihs
mavihs #2
Sep 24, 2010 at 11:05 PM
prices will be going down in November/December when the new 6000series come out!
Power_user_EX
Sep 25, 2010 at 12:15 AM
6000 so early ? WTH ? dunno about that - i guess i have to google it.....

I though 5900 series will stay at top for a while....
mavihs
mavihs #4
Sep 25, 2010 at 12:56 AM
its already been a whole year since the 5000series release!!!
amd4life
Sep 25, 2010 at 1:03 AM
6000 so early ? WTH ? dunno about that - i guess i have to google it.....

I though 5900 series will stay at top for a while....

AMD 6000 series are getting launched by last week of october...so wait till nov mid week..prices of current 5000 series to come down..
asingh
asingh #6
Sep 25, 2010 at 1:23 PM
^^
Doubt prices will come down much. The HD6xxx series will see a soft launch end of October, so will trickle done to your hard supply line by December/January 2011. These cards are the mid segment nVidia (GTX 460/470) killers and a further boost to the existent HD58xx series.