GPU PRICES: SOME BIG DROPS AT OcUK!!!

diblob · 3 Apr 2018 at 20:42

I want that Inno3d Ichill x3 back at £749 because I missed out on it

Either that or the MSI gaming trio discounted! Dying to get my 1080ti, just waiting for the right one at the right price. Looking forward to it Gibbo.

Telecaster · 3 Apr 2018 at 22:24

bigmike20vt said:
Sounds that way doesn't it. My mate has one and for him with a mini case it is great.... But it hits it's thermal limit v quickly and so throttles back much easier than I would hope.
I reckon I will see what the £7xx reduced card is otherwise try and show patience. The zotac IS a good card tho. 5 year warranty too iirc

Fans on those Zotac minis are crap though, I've had two separate ones fail and loads of miners have had problems with them, granted miners run them 24/7 but if you do a lot of gaming and intend to keep the card a while I'd make sure you get their 5 year warranty.

JediFragger · 3 Apr 2018 at 22:44

diblob said:
MSI gaming trio

That card looks epic, it's *massive* !!!!!!!!! :eek:

FoxEye · 3 Apr 2018 at 23:48

So we're basically back at launch prices, two years later... I guess it's some small progress.

Still not nearly cheap enough to ignore the arrival of the next gen later this year tho.

Esp given nV are on a 2+ year release cycle these days. Buy a 10 series card now, then skip the 11 series, and by the time the 12 series rolls around your card could be 4-5 years old.

Interesting times.

BubbySoup · 3 Apr 2018 at 23:57

FoxEye said:
Esp given nV are on a 2+ year release cycle these days. Buy a 10 series card now, then skip the 11 series, and by the time the 12 series rolls around your card could be 4-5 years old.

Interesting times.

That's probably not as important as it used to be considering the bulk of games are now console ports. The 980ti will be 3 years old this June and still fares pretty well unless you are chasing 4k 100+fps.

FoxEye · 4 Apr 2018 at 00:03

BubbySoup said:
That's probably not as important as it used to be considering the bulk of games are now console ports.

Careful, you're in danger of triggering a few people in here with talk like that!

PegasusOne · 4 Apr 2018 at 00:14

FoxEye said:
So we're basically back at launch prices, two years later... I guess it's some small progress.

Still not nearly cheap enough to ignore the arrival of the next gen later this year tho.

Esp given nV are on a 2+ year release cycle these days. Buy a 10 series card now, then skip the 11 series, and by the time the 12 series rolls around your card could be 4-5 years old.

Interesting times.

Just watching Etherium prices start to rise and the difficulty curve starting to fall quite a lot so I think the miners might potentially be back at it soon.

I'm still running a 2011 ATi card, talk about skipping generations.

JediFragger · 4 Apr 2018 at 05:11

PegasusOne said:
Just watching Etherium prices start to rise and the difficulty curve starting to fall quite a lot so I think the miners might potentially be back at it soon.

Tbf, if you're in then you're in for the long haul imo if mining. The potential rewards are too big!

ubersonic · 4 Apr 2018 at 08:46

FoxEye said:
AMD has nothing new for consumers at all in 2018 (on the discrete GPU side).

Nothing confirmed, the Vega die shrink is reportedly on the way though, rumoured to be 7mm and Q4. Still not confirmed though.

bigmike20vt · 4 Apr 2018 at 08:52

Telecaster said:
Fans on those Zotac minis are crap though, I've had two separate ones fail and loads of miners have had problems with them, granted miners run them 24/7 but if you do a lot of gaming and intend to keep the card a while I'd make sure you get their 5 year warranty.

i am not buying the mini.... it does not make sense (for me) as i have a case capable of a full GPU, so i will either pick up another discounted card or stand firm a little longer.

D.P. · 4 Apr 2018 at 09:35

ubersonic said:
Nothing confirmed, the Vega die shrink is reportedly on the way though, rumoured to be 7mm and Q4. Still not confirmed though.

The 7nm Vega refresh is for compute, not gaming. AMD are adding back in the better FP64 support. 7nm wont be ready for consumer volume this year

Combat Fighter · 4 Apr 2018 at 10:48

D.P. said:
The 7nm Vega refresh is for compute, not gaming. AMD are adding back in the better FP64 support. 7nm wont be ready for consumer volume this year

Should be good for mining then!

bigmike20vt · 4 Apr 2018 at 11:43

anyone know what time ocuk usually update their store pages?
Thanks

JTrickle · 4 Apr 2018 at 12:05

BubbySoup said:
That's probably not as important as it used to be considering the bulk of games are now console ports.

Might be a new console out at the end of next year. If there is then there will be a rapid rise to a new plateau in requirements. And more and more will end up owning a 4K monitor. They are getting to be cheaper than 1440 2K monitors.

If as also said on the thread, you try to skip a gen and keep it 4 years, then the exact performance level of these new cards could become really important. I hope they are 7nm.

bigmike20vt · 4 Apr 2018 at 12:07

new prices are up

Gibbo · 4 Apr 2018 at 12:38

Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti Mini 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P10810G-10P) @ £689.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/Zota...s-Graphics-Card-ZT-P10810G-10P-GX-10P-ZT.html

ZT-P10810G-10P, Core Clock: 1506MHz, Boost Clock: 1620MHz, Memory: 11264MB 11010MHz GDDR5X, Stream Processors: 3584, SLI Ready, VR Ready, PhysX/CUDA Enabled, 5 Years Warranty

Only £689.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Yes its a Mini so not to everyones taste but its under £700 and stock is due to land any day now, only 100 units mind you and we've sold 6pc in the last 30 minutes or so as such we expect to sell out pretty quick.

chrcoluk · 4 Apr 2018 at 14:25

Do ti's tend to hit same boost clocks as the smaller chip cards like the 1080 and 1070?

mikeym · 4 Apr 2018 at 14:53

I've just got a partial refund of £390 on a Jetstream 1080 from another retailer (lesson learned!).

Now I don't know what to do. Don't want to spend an extra £180 to be back in same position..

Gibbo · 4 Apr 2018 at 15:48

mikeym said:
I've just got a partial refund of £390 on a Jetstream 1080 from another retailer (lesson learned!).

Now I don't know what to do. Don't want to spend an extra £180 to be back in same position..

Why only partial?

mikeym · 4 Apr 2018 at 15:53

Gibbo said:
Why only partial?

Their response as below. They stated previously that card was EOL so could not be directly replaced if unable to repair. Not sure they even followed up with manufacturer regarding possible repair. Seems like their common response. Was going to investigate further when I get home from work tonight...

"
Thank you for returning your item.

We can confirm that the above return has been processed and a refund will be issued once the RMA has been closed.

As per our terms and conditions and in line with the Sale of Goods Act 1979, as this item is over 6 months old you will only qualify for a proportionate refund of the original purchase price. Therefore we are unable to issue a replacement as initially requested."