News Nvidia asks card makers to reduce manufacturing costs of 8800 GT

[Tefra]

Nvidia recently contacted its graphics card partners asking them to reduce the number PCB board layers used in GeForce 8800 GT-based graphics cards from ten to six in order to reduce manufacturing costs and so lower the card's ASP in the market. The redesign would allow the Nvidia cards to compete in terms of pricing with AMD's Radeon HD 3800 series products, according to sources at graphics card makers.

Although the Radeon HD 3800 series was launched three weeks later than the GeForce 8800 GT, Radeon 3800 demand has started to pick up, bringing the market shares of Nvidia and AMD from 90% and 10%, originally, to 70% and 30%.

If the PCB layers are reduced from ten to six, graphics card makers are expected to save more than US$10 for each card, which would allow the Nvidia products to go into price competition with those of AMD.

Source: digitimes.com

[weasel]

aslong as it doesn"t harm the card why not .

[Azrael]

I don't know 10 to 6? seems like a bad idea, when the PCB is weaker, you never know what can happen.. and for only $10? Not worth it in my opinion.

[weasel]

well azrael they know if its good or not