How come no xfx 280x in stock?

jamie721 · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:28

Will you guys be getting xfx 280x in stock I have the money sat there but no one has any.

RavenXXX2 · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:29

AFAIK OCUK do not stock XFX.

the1gooner · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:33

jamie721 said:
Will you guys be getting xfx 280x in stock I have the money sat there but no one has any.

Not looking very hard then.

Anyway there are better versions of the R9 280x available and in stock here.

jamie721 · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:34

I am interested in warranty and good customer service experience any advice ? I here xfx is realy good customer service in the uk for rma and lifetime warrenty gotta be worth it going from my asus 560 direct cu 2. Cheers for the advice tho.

the1gooner · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:38

Does it have to be the R9 280x?

The Asus 7970 Matrix Platinum is a great buy at £239.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-293-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

But it won't be around for much longer.

cainer · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:39

jamie721 said:
I am interested in warranty and good customer service experience any advice ? I here xfx is realy good customer service in the uk for rma and lifetime warrenty gotta be worth it going from my asus 560 direct cu 2. Cheers for the advice tho.

some warranty info here mate.. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18231329

Gibbo · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:45

jamie721 said:
I am interested in warranty and good customer service experience any advice ? I here xfx is realy good customer service in the uk for rma and lifetime warrenty gotta be worth it going from my asus 560 direct cu 2. Cheers for the advice tho.

Only 2yr in the UK.

jamie721 · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:45

yes I am not interested in asus I hate there rma goes all the way to Czech and here a lot of bad things about them. Everything I have read about xfx is great uk return location. I am put off by gigabyte as a mate has had to rma a 680 3 times before he asked for his money back and went evga.

I just looks like all the one's stocked by over clockers right now have rubbish rma experience. Although over clockers them selves handle them and do it very well I don't like the really long turn around.

Edit: Ahh interesting point Gibbo thank you for highlighting that.

wazza300 · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:46

cos xfx gpu's suck? :eek:

Gibbo · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:59

jamie721 said:
yes I am not interested in asus I hate there rma goes all the way to Czech and here a lot of bad things about them. Everything I have read about xfx is great uk return location. I am put off by gigabyte as a mate has had to rma a 680 3 times before he asked for his money back and went evga.

I just looks like all the one's stocked by over clockers right now have rubbish rma experience. Although over clockers them selves handle them and do it very well I don't like the really long turn around.

Edit: Ahh interesting point Gibbo thank you for highlighting that.

XFX have a very poor reputation, it would be un-professional for me to post our experiences with XFX for RMA's, but consumers themselves here can tell you.

If service is paramount to you, Gigabyte, KFA2 and Gainward are pretty much the best, though the latter only when purchased via OcUK (Gainward) due to special RMA terms we have.

Yes Asus are a royal pain, but there cards are worth it as they make some of the best kit by far.

Also think like this, which cards win awards and which cards to overclockers go for? You will find this is never XFX as there overclocking ability simply sucks. Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, KFA2, Sapphire, HIS, EVGA are far better clockers, why is this, not to state the obvious but probably better quality components.

Five.Stars · 31 Oct 2013 at 16:12

the1gooner said:
Does it have to be the R9 280x?

The Asus 7970 Matrix Platinum is a great buy at £239.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-293-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

But it won't be around for much longer.

I would agree with that, plus you get the AMD golden reward which adds a certain value. Perhaps you could sell it for £20 or if you don't have some of the games on offer then it is nice wee bonus.

Given that the 280X and the 7970 are pretty much the same card, it is a no brainer to me to buy the 7970 with 'free' stuff included.

Five.Stars · 31 Oct 2013 at 16:13

Gibbo said:
XFX have a very poor reputation, it would be un-professional for me to post our experiences with XFX for RMA's, but consumers themselves here can tell you.

If service is paramount to you, Gigabyte, KFA2 and Gainward are pretty much the best, though the latter only when purchased via OcUK (Gainward) due to special RMA terms we have.

Yes Asus are a royal pain, but there cards are worth it as they make some of the best kit by far.

Also think like this, which cards win awards and which cards to overclockers go for? You will find this is never XFX as there overclocking ability simply sucks. Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, KFA2, Sapphire, HIS, EVGA are far better clockers, why is this, not to state the obvious but probably better quality components.

Go on!!!

jamie721 · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:26

ok so if I was set on having a 280x. Because of mantel support which would you suggest. I am personally very interested in mantel as I am a developer my self.

cheesyboy · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:31

jamie721 said:
ok so if I was set on having a 280x. Because of mantel support which would you suggest. I am personally very interested in mantel as I am a developer my self.

Mantel works with all GCN cards - that means all the 7xxx series as well as the new cards.

jamie721 · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:35

Thank cheesyboy, one last question other then the rebrand is there any difference at all no matter how small?

pgi947 · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:39

Five.Stars said:
Go on!!!

iirc it boils down to xfx rejecting rma claims on cards already tested to be faulty by ocuk.

Their warranty in the states is supposed to be top notch, in Europe, in some cases it may as well be non existent.

cheesyboy · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:40

Have a look at the comparison here;
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7400/the-radeon-r9-280x-review-feat-asus-xfx/5

(the XFX unit is at reference settings)

jamie721 · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:54

Thanks guys, you have all been very helpful for a newbie to the forums. Its going to be the Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 such a good deal when you take into account the free stuff.

And performance wise its going to be beta the **** out of my asus 560 ti. To be honest as well even tho asus rma takes a while I am very satisfied with a motherboard that's just gone through the process.

Marine-RX179 · 1 Nov 2013 at 10:16

jamie721 said:
And performance wise its going to be beta the **** out of my asus 560 ti. To be honest as well even tho asus rma takes a while I am very satisfied with a motherboard that's just gone through the process.

If we are talking about purely graphic vs graphic performance, then yes, as there are already reports of the 280x (aka rebranded 7970) trading blows with GTX780 in performance in BF4 (most likely thanks to the game's heavily optimisation toward AMD hardware)...and when Mantle arrive, the 280x might even pull ahead of the GTX780. This does not apply for just BF4 alone, but most likely also apply for future EA titles that's also using the same Frostnite engine as BF4.

But one very important thing- what CPU are you using?

For example, if you were using only a i3, it would already be bottlenecking the GTX560Ti in some occasions, and upgrading to 7970 might not give you the performance increase you are expecting due to CPU bottleneck.

jamie721 · 1 Nov 2013 at 10:33

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) all in one water cooled non overclocked atm tho. my rig was all best bang for buck at the time of buying.