Graphics cards OCUK can't sell?

[ratters]

I expect some people just order by price.

Or even just look at the Z on it and think it comes after X making it better.

 

[Howling]

The Fury hits going to be huge!

How can they take a hit? They need stock first

 

[whyscotty]

How can they take a hit? They need stock first

 

[mmj_uk]

How can they take a hit? They need stock first

They could have 10 on back order and by the time they get them Fury 2 8GB will be out.

 

[setter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units

The old style Kepler Titans are quite good at it.

Unfortunately the same can not be said of the Maxwell cards.

My nephew is a computer science student at queens university in Belfast. He has mentioned that many of the systems in their labs are running original titans. I expect an institution like this would have got a decent discount on a bulk order of such cards?

 

[Joe!]

I think the Titan Z looks awesome, but not exactly a gamers card nowadays. As Gregster said I'd probably pick one up for cheap just to have.

EDIT: Once again I see that this point has already been made, Damn you I say, DAMN YOU ALL.... (Referencing: Planet of the Apes, In case anyone was wondering, which you weren't, but you could have been.)

I was since I've seen you make this reference a few times the past couple of days

 

[mururoa]

As I have mentioned before, a big Swedish retailer cleared their stock of Zs a few months ago, selling them for just over £600 a piece. I tried to buy one but they wouldn't ship abroad no matter what.

 

[jupiter_man]

As I have mentioned before, a big Swedish retailer cleared their stock of Zs a few months ago, selling them for just over £600 a piece. I tried to buy one but they wouldn't ship abroad no matter what.

You should rent the cheapest place you can and have it delivered, then fly there to get it, I bet it will still be cheaper

 

[JediFragger]

We just leave them, they dribble out at 1-2 units per month and we only have 15 left.

Not surprising tbh as these are still great for DP work

Cheap Teslas!!

 

[Rroff]

Nvidia don't take the hit on Graphics Cards as they just sell chips to Board manufacturers.

Board manufacturers don't want a warehouse full of unsold stock, so come end of product they have to sell to retailers at a reduced rate (but this is somewhat offset with increased demand and markup at start of a products lifecycle).

OCUk will likely take the hit, but again they also take the gains at the start when stock availability is low, and by committing to larger volumes initially will get a preferential rate, increasing margin whilst the product is selling well, allowing reductions later.

Presumably based on how well previous top end cards sell, they also have a decent idea of how many to hold stock of, and how long they can continue to sell at a given price.

EDIT:
Just seen Gibbo's replies - Good insight as usual - thanks

Depends a lot on your relationship with the manufacturer/supplier - not quite sure exactly how it works as I don't work in that dept. but we have some kind of contract at work with the suppliers whereby they expect (guarantee) <x> level of the product will sell and if we fall short of that they will either buy back the stock if we wish or fund promotions, etc.

 

[rtho782]

As I have mentioned before, a big Swedish retailer cleared their stock of Zs a few months ago, selling them for just over £600 a piece. I tried to buy one but they wouldn't ship abroad no matter what.

There are plenty of address rental services that will handle the international shipping for you, parcel2go do it off the top of my head. Borderlinx are also good.

 

[nashathedog]

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I was since I've seen you make this reference a few times the past couple of days

Thankyou, thankyou so much, I can finally stop.