Originally Posted by
scaryjim
I think that's because AMD knew they were going to start pushing out APUs with graphics of similar power to their entry level cards. Also, we've never had anything quite as good value as the 4670 coming out with the exchange rate @ $2:£1 - if the 4670 came out now it'd be a £65 graphics card and nowhere near as compelling, but at £50 it was unheard-of value. The subsequent releases (5670/6670) both came out at ~ £70 and, while they were significant improvements in performance, just didn't feel like as good value. AMD's all but abandoned the entry-to-mid range graphics market for discrete cards (let's be honest, the new 384 shader GCN card is only there to be crossfired with Trinity/Richland APUs), and NVidia's been awful at graphics cards under £100 for about 5 years now. The only compelling cheap graphics cards you get anymore are the ones that are 2 generations old and have had massive price cuts...