Radeon 6900 XT

Nemesis.ie · 8 Dec 2020 at 14:56

Sigh ... I got to the PP/CC page and entered the details but it would not action the "submit/next" button and no error. What utter nonsense.

Kris swinbanks · 8 Dec 2020 at 14:58

It really it embarassing that nvidia and AMD are failing this badly current climate or not.

Its nothing short of shambolic.

benparker · 8 Dec 2020 at 14:59

I had 5800x and 6800xt at checkout but kept getting error even after PayPal details were entered. Then after kept refreshing and now it says Access Denied!

jamie_ · 8 Dec 2020 at 14:59

Kris swinbanks said:
It really it embarassing that nvidia and AMD are failing this badly current climate or not.

Its nothing short of shambolic.

I think its more that demand has way outstripped what they thought was possible.

Jimmy Weirdarms · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:00

So, a pretty much predictable, more-or-less paper launch then?

jamie_ said:
all gone, being hammered by the bots i expect.

Wow, that website is so ******. 1 time in 10 it adds something to a cart, but you can't actually go and see the cart...

Hilarious.

area51_for_psx · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:00

This is ridiculous. Been stuck at review/place order screen last 30mins. Do the captcha but page doesn't proceed

JediFragger · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:00

Gave up on AMD's site, shocking.

Dontrocktheboat · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:01

shambolic is the right word. Shambolic site, shambolic checkout and shambolic RT perf.

roll on 2021
next.

Blackjack Davy · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:01

Aleks B said:
Well, looks like between the "503 Service unavailable" and "Access Denied" errors, I'm going to be sticking with my 3090 FE.

Twice got to the final step 3 "Review payment" and was not able to go beyond it.

Got as far as "Payment Options" this time and got no further entered PayPal and CC details didn't make any difference lol.

Noticed the merchants are "digitalriver" the same people nvidia used for 3xxx FE sales until they were ditched for being completely useless and unable to keep out bots

ComputerMaster1st · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:01

Still getting 503 errors and the website still forcing me back to shipping. It's as if my home doesn't exist or the UK doesn't exist.

Unisol Magic · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:02

Radox-0 said:
Ideally be on discord, telegram, part alert etc. Normally will say when FE cards go up. 3090 usually stays around for a while, most recent drop was available for around 12 hours when link became available.

The shambolic state of AMD's site will likely hamper the availability of the 3090 when stock comes back up as I imagine a lot of people will switch to this option due to the frustration trying to purchase a 6900XT

FoxEye · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:02

pmc25 said:
I'm done. That's 44 times going through PayPal (1 time AMD site successfully taking it to confirmation stage - then blocking me from the server when I confirm).

It's just not worth the time and effort.

I'll probably sell my Radeon VII whilst it's still worth more than I paid, and use a Fury Nano until RDNA3 / NVNext come out.

It'll probably be more of the same. This is the new business model.

Keeps prices nice and high if you launch with basically no availability.

Then prices stay nice and high as you dribble out stock over 3-6 months.

TonyTurbo78 · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:03

Absolutely impossible to get any new piece of hardware right now.

sir-les-mp · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:04

amigafan2003 said:
In no world does the 3090 look like a winner.

Other than you can actually buy one - but a fool and their money etc.

When my current Vega 56 keeps black screening every so often for no reason and No AMD cards availeable to replace it with being able to actually purchase a card even though it is double what im really wanting to pay is the only way it is a win.

GalYurr · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:06

Lots of people from multiple countries (US/UK/Germany) were getting the wrong region for shipping error, myself included in the UK. And now access denied.

Woodsta888 · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:07

FoxEye said:
Tbh with the low, low number of units available (<100 normally), they probably should do a raffle.

It would be a LOT better customer experience than we have currently.

Even at £1 a ticket they'd probably make more money too! [Strokes 3080]

Jimmy Weirdarms · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:08

Tried on the AMD site just now, and paying with paypal, just on the off-chance. Been through the paypal authorisation 3 times now, and nothing happens, their back end is just b0rked and sending 503s whenever you try to check out.

Blackjack Davy · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:08

treacle said:
Really unfair. The products are not listed properly on the site. You need direct links.

jamie_ said:

of course, to stop the bots...

Click to expand...

Except the real link hasn't changed for days, possibly weeks so the bots that were set up ages ago know all about it and almost certainly have done for a long time... they're the only ones who can potentially buy right now.. Its ridiculous.

Zeeflyboy · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:09

They put a load of 6800 and 6800XT on at the same time looking at the stock alerts - how stupid are they? What better way to overwhelm your website and payment provider than adding multiple in demand products at the same time!?

FoxEye · 8 Dec 2020 at 15:12

Zeeflyboy said:
They put a load of 6800 and 6800XT on at the same time looking at the stock alerts - how stupid are they? What better way to overwhelm your website and payment provider than adding multiple in demand products at the same time!?

Can't have been too many/loads, they were OOS within minutes (6800XT).

Unless the scalpers are literally buying 100s of units each.