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Jesus it is so expensive, What game justifies £550 on a G card alone? You could buy 2x PS3's. 5 x GTX260 almost.
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*** ATi 5970 - In Stock & Shipping Now ***
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To be fair to them they set the price at $599. Not their fault we don't get $2 to the pound and these aren't £350.
Also doesn;t help the short supply and demand > supply which means a £100 premium on them at the moment.
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Surely you must have know by now that it's the 2 year old crysis game
yeh lol, i played the game once through then sold it.
Why are people spending £550, surely xfire 5770 or sli gtx260 has gotta be the way to go?
5850 if they had any stock for single gpu.
£550 is insane.
Anyone selling their car for one?
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Yes, it still sounds crazy
I agree...which is why i bought two secondhand GTX275's
I thought this, but when Oc'd, a 5970 out does 5870Xfire!!
But uses the same power, and works out cheaper. But offma single, 12 inch 1 kg card :O
They still have a way to go before encroaching on the sheer force of **** take that was the 8800 Ultra's original launch ($830 and up!) price though.
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These high prices are dangerous, after reading the entire thread and letting the ~£500 price sink in, suddenly the ~£300 cards don't seem expensive anymore (they have always been to me and would be my absolute max budget for a graphics card).
(they have always been to me and would be my absolute max budget for a graphics card).
Some places say its only 11.5" long
I don't think it would fit in an Antec 300 case
Well; with a $599 rrp, that gives you £357 + VAT at the current exchange rate, call it £380 with customs, shipping and that malarky.
I don't quite know how you get from £380 to £460, aside from filling retail pockets. Especially noting that the would include a cut for retailers already...
That didn't stop be buying one.... want 3x 24" gaming over xmas
I don't quite know how you get from £380 to £460, aside from filling retail pockets. Especially noting that the would include a cut for retailers already...
That didn't stop be buying one.... want 3x 24" gaming over xmas
Well; with a $599 rrp, that gives you £357 + VAT at the current exchange rate, call it £380 with customs, shipping and that malarky.
I don't quite know how you get from £380 to £460, aside from filling retail pockets. Especially noting that the would include a cut for retailers already...
That didn't stop be buying one.... want 3x 24" gaming over xmas
Crossfire fail!
These high prices are dangerous, after reading the entire thread and letting the ~£500 price sink in, suddenly the ~£300 cards don't seem expensive anymore
Well; with a $599 rrp, that gives you £357 + VAT at the current exchange rate, call it £380 with customs, shipping and that malarky.
I don't quite know how you get from £380 to £460, aside from filling retail pockets. Especially noting that the would include a cut for retailers already...
That didn't stop be buying one.... want 3x 24" gaming over xmas
????????? What exchange rate are you using? At todays rates the price is £450 to £460 not £380??????????
Ahhh wonderful, the stage is almost set, now all we need is for fermi to man up and show itself, finally we are close to getting this show on the road.
Thank you so very much everyone for ordering these, you are the seeds of my future savings. Depreciation goodness here I come!
- Shijeer
Thank you so very much everyone for ordering these, you are the seeds of my future savings. Depreciation goodness here I come!
- Shijeer
Launch price inflation is nothing to do with ATI (or Nvidia), it is the retailers charging what they want because they can.
OCUK charged £520/530 for their 5970s and sold out in an hour, too cheap then surely?
What exhange rate are you using? £1 is worth $1.6744 and $1 is £0.5972 so £380 would be right