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ridiculous 280x Toxic price increases
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AMD GPU's here and in the US are flying off the shelf, in the US they are starting to get difficult to get a hold of, it is Crypto currency mining, the litecoin live chat on wemineltc is full of users scrambling to find AMD GPU's asking if anyone knows who has them in stock.
It is a pain, the price of them is sky-rocketing, wait for all this to settle down. the price will normalise again before to long.
Whatched a used 7950 on fleabay a couple of days ago, seller said "great for litecoin mining" it sold for £300
yeah I know this trend started with litcoin currency increase in value,I'm looking for second hand ha 7970 and prices past weak shoot up,the same with hd 7950
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I remembered reading on this forum that nvidia cards better keep their value
sorry double post
It's the same with the 7990's £360 last week form another supplier, £420 yesterday. I can still get a 7950 locally for £199 or a £7970 Asus Direct CU for £229 though, it's just online that's hiked.
As for the claim that people don't mine on the 7970's, that's just wrong, they're not the optimum choice but they'll do 80-100 k/h more than a 7950 when set up properly. The biggest miner I know (250+ GPU's) has a fair few of them and does quite well, the 7970/280x is the card you go with when you can't get a 7950 at a decent price and the prices on the well known auction site are getting silly.
My 7990 was faulty on delivery, it'll make it back to the supplier today and hopefully a replacement out to me some time next week, int hat time it's ROI time for mining will have gone up massively. Potentially i'd make more money selling it to someone else on a well known auction site.
As for the claim that people don't mine on the 7970's, that's just wrong, they're not the optimum choice but they'll do 80-100 k/h more than a 7950 when set up properly. The biggest miner I know (250+ GPU's) has a fair few of them and does quite well, the 7970/280x is the card you go with when you can't get a 7950 at a decent price and the prices on the well known auction site are getting silly.
My 7990 was faulty on delivery, it'll make it back to the supplier today and hopefully a replacement out to me some time next week, int hat time it's ROI time for mining will have gone up massively. Potentially i'd make more money selling it to someone else on a well known auction site.
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It's almost like they're Nvidia cards.
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WHAT?
God dammit!
Still got my two 7950s, refuse to put them on the MM, getting silly on there folk wanting them for peanuts. Might have to stick them on the bay and mention mining.
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Still got my two 7950s, refuse to put them on the MM, getting silly on there folk wanting them for peanuts. Might have to stick them on the bay and mention mining.
You probably should as now would be the best time to sell. Seen one linked on here the other day that went for £300 on the bay which seems strange.
ok well yah i was a bit miffed when these price increases happened and ill tell you why...
i bought a 280x toxic but the memory is kinda broke so need to RMA but at the time i would have had to of waited weeks for a replacement so i was gonna just go buy another one when they came in and RMA + get refund on this one but they sold out but they hiked the price to £290. So waited again for stock to come in and now it has and is now priced at £300 and looks like they arent selling anyway at that price but it is xmas and will be getting money anyway so gonna wait for the non reference 290's come out cus 90 degrees is pretty hot.
Ill prolly get a 290 toxic for like however much they are lol, who knows cus tbh the 280x is absolutely stunning visually it looks so good so ill just see what there priced at. can buy a R9 290 for £300 now somewhere else and it seems to be a fixed price but im wondering if the reference 290 stock is lowering to make room for the non reference 290's so could be a sign there not to far away
i bought a 280x toxic but the memory is kinda broke so need to RMA but at the time i would have had to of waited weeks for a replacement so i was gonna just go buy another one when they came in and RMA + get refund on this one but they sold out but they hiked the price to £290. So waited again for stock to come in and now it has and is now priced at £300 and looks like they arent selling anyway at that price but it is xmas and will be getting money anyway so gonna wait for the non reference 290's come out cus 90 degrees is pretty hot.
Ill prolly get a 290 toxic for like however much they are lol, who knows cus tbh the 280x is absolutely stunning visually it looks so good so ill just see what there priced at. can buy a R9 290 for £300 now somewhere else and it seems to be a fixed price but im wondering if the reference 290 stock is lowering to make room for the non reference 290's so could be a sign there not to far away
Hi there
It is simply supply and demand, right now we can't keep up with demand on 280X cards, neither can AMD or its board partners, as such prices will increase, we have to slow the sales down some how and that is by putting up prices.
When the supply improves we will move pricing back down. Simples.
It is simply supply and demand, right now we can't keep up with demand on 280X cards, neither can AMD or its board partners, as such prices will increase, we have to slow the sales down some how and that is by putting up prices.
When the supply improves we will move pricing back down. Simples.
Whatched a used 7950 on fleabay a couple of days ago, seller said "great for litecoin mining" it sold for £300
I got a new MSI HD7990 for £360 in the black Friday sales, exact same card went on fleabay for £450 the other day, and there's currently a used one at £440 with a day to go, madness.
Hiya, yeah i understand but do you have any idea how much the non reference 290's are going be priced at?
Depends if they go short and how availability is, if they go mega short could move to around £350, no supply issues, they shall remain 300-330 region.
Q4 always has shortages, as does Q1 forcing prices higher, especially when Chinese new year comes along if the mark is still in a state of demand.
they are faster and currently around the same price! why wouldnt you want one?
Are the 280x's in high demand because of the litecoin mining and stuff cus just bin reading about it? If so dbl precision helps a lot apparently and think 7xxx and above like the 280x's have 1/4th double precision but the 290's hawaii cores only have 1/8th so that should make it twice as slow so would make it pointless to buy or are they in high demand just cus there good?
280X offers GTX 770 performance and are priced £230 - £300, so cheaper or similar price, gamers want 280X, simples as do miners, so its in demand from all aspects.
But miners cards of choice is 7950, 7970, 7990 and 290 series.
Hi there
OK brands I would not buy myself, but from a value point of view they have a place, I've just sourced all the UK's VTX and Powercolor stock, arriving with us tomorrow and online now at pretty decent pricing considering the shortage.
OK brands I would not buy myself, but from a value point of view they have a place, I've just sourced all the UK's VTX and Powercolor stock, arriving with us tomorrow and online now at pretty decent pricing considering the shortage.