Monday, March 19th 2012
ASUS GeForce GTX 680 for Pre-Order in USA
Last week, a Dutch store solicited pre-orders of ZOTAC GeForce GTX 680 for a brief period, before redacting the sale page. It was priced at 507.18€ (incl. taxes). US retailer Bottom Line Telecommunications, listed ASUS GeForce GTX 680 on its online store (shopBLT). Carrying the part number GTX680-2GD5, this card is priced at US $566.75. The part that makes this a pre-order is that the sale page mentions that "You may order this product regardless of availability," it would be shipped as soon as it's available (after it's launched, of course). The page doesn't tell us anything about the GTX 680 that we don't already know.
Find the listing here.
12 Comments on ASUS GeForce GTX 680 for Pre-Order in USA
but aren't pre-order prices usually higher than actual MSRP?..
I'm an nvidia fanboy myself, but pretending AMD didn't win this round is disingenuous. The "30% faster" reports were never in reference to this card. Those figures were talking about the gk110 chip, which has been delayed 'til q3/q4 of this year. The gk104, which this card is built on, has always shown to be between the 7950 and 7970 in performance. Trying to price it at 7970 levels is indeed fleecing their customer base, although in fairness, they are having to deal with poor yields from TSMC so high prices were expected.