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nVidia announce the Titan X at GDC 2015

RusstheDroog said:
You are spot on, I take back what I said, I was using XE.com and I've rechecked - for whatever reason the chart I was referring to was displaying the ratio of $/£ rather than £/$ with the axis labelled in sterling rather than dollars.

Good job on calling out my BS.
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Not BS fella, we all make mistakes and fair play for your hands up :)
 
1kiwi said:
What we really need is a monster 390X to force nvidia's hand for the more affordable card but I can't see it happening ;)
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The 390X is rumoured to have beastly specs but even with 4096sp I still think it'll be a little slower than the Titan X. Remember NVIDIA released the 780 only a few months after the original Titan even when AMD had no equal so I don't think NVIDIA are that mean to keep the TX as the only high end GM200 GPU.
 
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Ayahuasca said:
How do you know that? If anything they would probably overshoot on old stock into new stock at the older price before upping it.
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I'm of the opinion that a business sells a product at a price it can get away with. If the last dozen units from a cheaper batch sell at a higher markup, then so be it.
 
mulpsmebeauty said:
I'm of the opinion that a business sells a product at a price it can get away with. If the last dozen units from a cheaper batch sell at a higher markup, then so be it.
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As I added to my previous post they don't do what he originally stated and just hike the price straight away with loads of old stock left. If Gibbo had anything to hide he definitely wouldn't be posting on here warning people against price hikes if he wanted to maximise profits.
 
mulpsmebeauty said:
I'm of the opinion that a business sells a product at a price it can get away with. If the last dozen units from a cheaper batch sell at a higher markup, then so be it.
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Exactly. It is amusing seeing people speak like as if OcUK have no choice but to sell stock purchased at the lower price at a lower price. lol. :rolleyes:

OcUK is a business and they will sell it at the maximum profit they are able to get for their stock. It depends on market conditions.
 
TNA said:
Exactly. It is amusing seeing people speak like as if OcUK have no choice but to sell stock purchased at the lower price at a lower price. lol. :rolleyes:
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Of course they don't have to do that but from what I've gathered Gibbo is an honest bloke and wants the best for OCUK's customers not just the business. Customer is king after all.

First retailer in the UK offering 970 returns due to Gibbo which could have potentially been disastrous to their profits if the manufacturers like MSI hadn't allowed returns.
 
Ayahuasca said:
As I added to my previous post they don't do what he originally stated and just hike the price straight away with loads of old stock left. If Gibbo had anything to hide he definitely wouldn't be posting on here warning people against price hikes if he wanted to maximise profits.
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It's not about hiding something, it's about doing his job well.Let's say OCUK were looking to keep a 20 quid gap between themselves and their competitors and had bought 1000 units at a good price, whilst their competitors had only bought 500 units and had to hike their prices to 40 quid more than OCUK as the new batch was more expensive. I would expect OCUK to raise their own prices by 20 quid, unless they had a specific reason not too.

It works both ways though and I imagine OCUK occasionally have to take a hit in order to remain competitive if they buy too many units at a higher price.
 
Gregster said:
Not BS fella, we all make mistakes and fair play for your hands up :)
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Still, mind you, if there is an element of truth in the exchange fluctuations, it presented itself in mid feb where there did seem to be some decent prices on 980s (KFA2 SOC for £400 springs to mind) As there was a steady 3 weeks of positive movement against mid to end of Jan. Still not as decent as last Septembers release date, but probably the best in a while. Those who got caught up in the 970 'issues' did well to upgrade to 980s off the back of that, the exchange rate was on your side at least.

Gregster, yeah my bad should've checked the source material a bit more thoroughly, it could make people look stupid if they were to quote it...

Still, I wish I had splurged when that SOC was on offer.
 
mulpsmebeauty said:
It's not about hiding something, it's about doing his job well.Let's say OCUK were looking to keep a 20 quid gap between themselves and their competitors and had bought 1000 units at a good price, whilst their competitors had only bought 500 units and had to hike their prices to 40 quid more than OCUK as the new batch was more expensive. I would expect OCUK to raise their own prices by 20 quid, unless they had a specific reason not too.
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That's a completely different scenario and one which could easily be spotted, you're then adjusting prices to keep up with the competition. My point was solely on adjusting pricing due to what they bought their own stock for.
 
I still think an e-store the size of OCUK don't buy stock they negotiate a selling price with a supplier depending on units estimated to be sold then charge a commission to stock it which means RMA's carry very little risk because no supplier would refuse OCUK because Gibbo would delist them and they lose a valuable outlet to sell you their product
 
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