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*** Arrriving Monday *** Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1024MB @ £399.99 inc VAT

PrincessFrosty I am wondering whether they are going to reply regarding 5970 preorder question, its been bothering me for some time now.;)
 
regulus said:
Is this shortage artificial? If so, I cannot see wth ATI is doing holding cards back and hiking up prices to this ridiculous £400 barrier. One would think it's an ideal chance for them to flood the top end users with ATI cards and not just a few here and there.
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I think this is whats called a soft launch. It's intentional.
 
Gerard said:
It is not intentional..tsmc are having isues with their manufacturing..its been well documented in past threads and in an interview on rage3d.
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Ok, I may stand corrected with it being intentional. But its still a soft launch which means stock will only filter through, there wont be enough to go round.
 
Gills said:
Ok, I may stand corrected with it being intentional. But its still a soft launch which means stock will only filter through, there wont be enough to go round.
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A soft launch is them announcing the card and date when its available (so many weeks or days after the announcemnt), last i checked people have been able to buy the cards so it was by no means a soft launch.
 
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xGaffner said:
By a few more quid you actually mean 130-150 ish right?

Me personally i'd absolutely love one of these but they're just a tad bit too expensive for me right now. Large props to OCUK for getting them in again. Im sure OCUK have a special connection with Sapphire or something ;)
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My pre order was £443, prices are fluctuating as stock comes in/out, a smart shopper will know when to pounce, needs a bit of etailer camping though I got mine about 5mins after they hit the e-shelves and about 15 minutes after ordering the price went up :)

No you couldnt, however you could have put yourself on a waiting list of unsepcified length to get one at some time in the future.
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The date was on the order, the 27th, the preorders were limited by amount so obviously these cards are reserved.

PrincessFrosty I am wondering whether they are going to reply regarding 5970 preorder question, its been bothering me for some time now.
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Are you talking about my post on another forum? If so, I don't think that will happen again, there's no way they're getting random surges of available stock this time around, still it's troubling.
 
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Zarf said:
Has anyone seen a decent review comparing overclocks, temps and noise between standard and vapor-x 5870's?

What's interesting is that Sapphire only put a $10 premium on the rrp over the base model, so certainly some gouging going on here.
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The stupid thing about the vapor-x is it has the same CCC overclock limits as all 5870.

So it will overclock exactly the same as all 5870 to 900 core, maybe a bit more on the ram than a standard 5870 but I doubt it.

What you need to do is flash it with the asus bios so you can overclock it more.

It is a crime Sapphire havent upped the o/c limits on this card.
 
the normal 5870's are really quiet anyways, its not like the stock 4800 series. I was worried they were going to be really loud but its just not the case.
 
£60 cheaper else where,although theres no guarantee they'll ever get them in stock
 
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