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UK 480 prices going up even further!

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Just looked online and some prices have jumped to £530 for the ASUS model :eek::eek::eek:

Hope the others like OCUK don't follow suite. What a joke!
 
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You mean low prices on a few models that will be last to come in stock, and the expensive model creeps up in price, and on launch the only one with a dozen available is the uber expensive one........... never :p

If the "you must buy lots of 285's and other crap to get a 480gtx" holds true, isn't it the Asus's that seem to be in stock several places, as in 285/275/260gtx all of a sudden out of the blue?

Pricing really should be low though, Nvidia were supposed to be strongarming people into keeping prices in check, its a shame they and AMD can't seem to do that, would be SOO much easier if AMD/Nvidia cut out the middle men and just sold cards to the retailers and refused to sell them if they bumped the RRP up too much. So many of the cards AIB's sell are made up by Nvidia/AMD in the first place and sent to them for sticker installation, personally I'd prefer to see all the money go to AMD/Nvidia, higher share of profits, lower price to make same profit, or slightly more profit, slightly lower price and more money for R&D.
 
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I've noticed that to Drunkenmaster.

If semiaccurates report is right and there are only 200 cards available in the whole of Europe on the 12th I expect retailers to cash in big style and put a £100 premium at least on these cards.

After all, supply and demand rules and they will sell all of them at whatever price as there are more people wanting them than supply.
 
I could understand it, if not agree with it, if we were talking about a card that was in a class of its own..that ATI had nothing to compete with against it....but thats about as far from the truth as its possible to be with the 4xx cards..

How utterly bizarre fan-boys are.......
 
I hope this isnt going to become the norm. We have had price rises on the 5800 series since launch with some 5870's going for £100 more than launch prices around xmas time.

TSMC have allot to answer for. :(
 
You know how to fix this, DON'T BUY THE OVER-PRICED GTX 480 it's a pos card compared to what ATI have for the price.
 
You know how to fix this, DON'T BUY THE OVER-PRICED GTX 480 it's a pos card compared to what ATI have for the price.


Solution is not to buy any of the cards until both companies sort their prices out. ;)

I guess the gpu war from the last few years is over which isnt surprising as they were selling great performing cards are very low prices.
 
Looks like the chances of an ATI price reduction have been pushed back another few months...

Not than I'm going to have spare money for MORE than a few months anyway! :D
 
Solution is not to buy any of the cards until both companies sort their prices out. ;)

I guess the gpu war from the last few years is over which isnt surprising as they were selling great performing cards are very low prices.

The price of the 5850&5870 is VERY GOOD take a look at how much new cards have been over the years £400+

£299 for a 5870 isnt bad.
 
The price of the 5850&5870 is VERY GOOD take a look at how much new cards have been over the years £400+

£299 for a 5870 isnt bad.

I think the 5850 was released at an amazing price (£199) for its performance is very good. If anything it was too cheap. £299 for a 5870 is also a good price. Its just a shame that the prices have gone up since release instead of down. 6 months into a cards life we normally see a slight drop in price but I guess a lack of competition and TSMC's issues have caused this.

Lets hope that the release of Fermi kick starts a price war, although I don't think it will happen for a few months.

:)
 
Yes no need to worry, just buy a Asus 5850 & clock it to beyond 5870 speeds.

Even all you Nvidia fanboys buying the GTX 470/480's for the sake of it should listen. :D
 
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