Sapphire AMD Deals

GhostDog1981 · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:07

BUDFORCE said:
I gotta admit I'm pretty tempted on the above card.

Cheapest it’s ever been and likely be until the next gen.

BUDFORCE · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:08

GhostDog1981 said:
Cheapest it’s ever been and likely be until the next gen.

I don't believe that, but cheapest for the next month or two, maybe.

sb89 · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:13

GhostDog1981 said:
Cheapest it’s ever been and likely be until the next gen.

Didn't you say that for the price drop prior to this one?

BUDFORCE · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:24

**** it, caved.

Ordered the Pulse 7900xt, god forgive me.

I'm pretty keen to play Starfield so the bundle was an influencing factor for me as I would have bought that game anyway, so it's effectively knocking what, £50 off, which takes it to £650 which is just over what I got my 3070 for at the height of the mining thing.

I'll donate my 3070 to my mate who's had a rough time in life recently, we've been friends for 25 years, so hopefully cheer him up a bit.

Noughtboy · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:31

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Some of you have already spotted today, but in short I held of ordering for the past few weeks as firmly believes the pound would strengthen, which it has done, peaked at 1.31 and now hovering around 1.28, a considerable improvement in last couple of weeks.

@Gibbo So we can add currency trader and pundit to your long list of credentials?

Great prices. Thanks for letting us know

BUDFORCE · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:36

The other way I can sort of justify this to myself is after 9 months of fighting managed to win a section 75 claim for something I bought in April 2022, and got £525 refunded so most of the way there.

You can see I'm trying to justify this........

My mental gymnastics are being tested.

JediFragger · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:42

BUDFORCE said:
My mental gymnastics are being tested.

Man maffs FTW

LtMatt · 22 Jul 2023 at 08:45

BUDFORCE said:
The other way I can sort of justify this to myself is after 9 months of fighting managed to win a section 75 claim for something I bought in April 2022, and got £525 refunded so most of the way there.

You can see I'm trying to justify this........

My mental gymnastics are being tested.

Nice one. Curious to know more about this if you can share... What was the item you purchased and had problems getting a refund for?

BUDFORCE · 22 Jul 2023 at 09:02

LtMatt said:
Nice one. Curious to know more about this if you can share... What was the item you purchased and had problems getting a refund for?

Thread 'legal action against retailer?' https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/legal-action-against-retailer.18965661/

Thread here.

The 3070 I have was never ideal. I put my pc together right at the end of 2020, AMD 5800x after 10 years on a Sandybridge system. I had in my mind a 3080, and I think if I had a 3080 I'd be ok with it today.

But when I built it, I still kept my 1070 as I wasn't right then playing anything that needed more, so I figured I'd wait 6 months or so, things move on and get cheaper etc ...well normally... That turned out to be a huge mistake as the mining thing fully kicked in. I then found myself playing PUBG at a good level with regular crew, and my 1070 wasn't cutting it. The 3070 I got was on an OCUK forum deal in mid 2021 for £600, which at the time I was pleased with, don't get me wrong I was grateful for OCUK doing that as I doubt they made much money on that, and it was fine for PUBG.

But I had always intended one higher tier.

I don't play PUBG anymore but playing other games like Fallout 76, Mechwarrior 5 Mercs, I'm noticing large FPS drops at 1440p and low and behold VRAM usage 100%......

So I'm confident this will have the legs to last a good many years now and should pair well withy system for Starfield.

ICDP · 22 Jul 2023 at 09:03

Almost tempted with the 7900 XT for my son’s PC as it is one of the few non MBA boards that fit in a Meshify C.

He is running a 6700 XT at 1440p and to be fair it’s perfectly fine, so this just me trying to justify a new toy for me to tinker with

The Starfield bundle and selling on the 6700 XT does help with them man maths. Though sensible me says wait for the 7800 and get a smaller but still decent upgrade for about £550.

Hmmm, just had the 7900 XT in my basket and saw 4 working day DPD delivery for £8 to N. Ireland. I’ll pass I think.

Mr G · 22 Jul 2023 at 09:04

Sapphire Nitro+ XT has held it's price well and has barely dropped below £850 mark.

Glad I got it when it was on offer a fair few months ago now and has been a solid card ever since.

kieran_read · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:09

I really wanted the XTX but that 699 price for the XT i don't think the XTX is worth 200 more. I'm gonna wait im on holiday in the 1st week of August ill see what the prices are then.

xtal191 · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:14

Would the XT be good upgrade on the 6800 at 1440p?

GhostDog1981 · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:21

xtal191 said:
Would the XT be good upgrade on the 6800 at 1440p?

I think you’re looking at 35-40% upgrade- on most internet review sites.

GhostDog1981 · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:22

ICDP said:
Almost tempted with the 7900 XT for my son’s PC as it is one of the few non MBA boards that fit in a Meshify C.

He is running a 6700 XT at 1440p and to be fair it’s perfectly fine, so this just me trying to justify a new toy for me to tinker with

The Starfield bundle and selling on the 6700 XT does help with them man maths. Though sensible me says wait for the 7800 and get a smaller but still decent upgrade for about £550.

Hmmm, just had the 7900 XT in my basket and saw 4 working day DPD delivery for £8 to N. Ireland. I’ll pass I think.

I’m sure if you email CS they would work something out for you as a loyal forumer

ICDP · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:49

Nah it was more the principle of the thing. I’m sick of subsidising the free next day delivery for all you mainlanders

Honestly if I genuinely needed a new GPU I would accept the very poor circa 1980s “allow 28 days for delivery” nonsense but I just needed a reason snap me out of my pointless impulse buy and I found it.

Raelgun · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:55

Great to see reductions but the 7900xt still needs to go down in price more, seems like for all vendors and the channel of distribution are pushing for discounts because they aren't selling and taking up valuable real estate in the shipping and warehouse.

Stock is likely overflowing and it has no where to go.

Hopefully we see more happening to both AMD and Nvidia so that we see more price reductions.

gjbf1 · 22 Jul 2023 at 11:12

GhostDog1981 said:
Are you not biting on this deal? Or waiting for the £699 Pulse 7900XT at OCUK- absolute bargain price tbh.

Very tempted. Just decided of the XTX is worth £200 more and also if the 4090 is worth £600 than that...

TrojanWhore said:
Just ordered the 7900xt.... almost twice what I've ever spent on a card before now /gulp
Still, should be around 2x as fast as my 3060ti and not VRAM constrained, so hopefully keep the itch at bay for a couple of years

Congratulations on your purchase.

BUDFORCE said:
**** it, caved.

Ordered the Pulse 7900xt, god forgive me.

I'm pretty keen to play Starfield so the bundle was an influencing factor for me as I would have bought that game anyway, so it's effectively knocking what, £50 off, which takes it to £650 which is just over what I got my 3070 for at the height of the mining thing.

I'll donate my 3070 to my mate who's had a rough time in life recently, we've been friends for 25 years, so hopefully cheer him up a bit.

Good on you mate!

kieran_read said:
I really wanted the XTX but that 699 price for the XT i don't think the XTX is worth 200 more. I'm gonna wait im on holiday in the 1st week of August ill see what the prices are then.

Same dilemma.

kieran_read · 22 Jul 2023 at 11:24

ICDP said:
Nah it was more the principle of the thing. I’m sick of subsidising the free next day delivery for all you mainlanders

Honestly if I genuinely needed a new GPU I would accept the very poor circa 1980s “allow 28 days for delivery” nonsense but I just needed a reason snap me out of my pointless impulse buy and I found it.

That's how it is. I use DPD at work, it costs nearly double to ship to NI or IE than it does the mainland. Cost prices to a company are about £5 for mainland and £10 to IE (the rates i have where i work anyway) So at £8 they are probably taking a loss if their prices are similar to mine. It's worth noting 4 day is an exageration DPD don't have the option when you create a shipment it's literally Next Day in the UK or 2-Day for Ireland/Scotish Highlands.

Unless OCUK have different service times compared to what we have you would likely get it in a couple of days.

Havana_UK · 22 Jul 2023 at 11:54

Bit the bullet and ordered the 7900XT to replace my 2070S. Was initially set on waiting for 4070 to drop in price, but given this is comparable performance to a 4070Ti for less money AND given it's got a much bigger frame buffer it'll hopefully serve me well for a few years at 1440P.