280 comedy pricing.

[cavemanoc]

I know there has been a lot of movement lately in the pricing on the 280's partly due to some great buys by OcUK and partly as nVidia dump stock/try to compete. But I had to laugh when I read through some of the stuff on sale.

It's bad enough that there were 260s on sale for more than brand new 280s but the next 2 really caught my eye:

BFG GeForce GTX 280 (Water cooled) - £344.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 280 (Water cooled) - £494.49



They're the same in almost every way.

So for a smidge under £150 you get an extra 11MHz on the core speed and a slightly different gpu block <- must be platinum lined and diamond studded for extra blingyness or something.

 

[littlepuppy]

single slot cooler though mate.... important for some, especially if you are going tri sli..

 

[littlepuppy]

although EVGA is 2 slot so ignore that, BFG was a single slot solution and looked pretty elegant.

If you are packing them in you may still want the water option, I believe water gfx coolers are pretty pricey though mate..

 

[cavemanoc]

They're both water cooled.

 

[littlepuppy]

i know, thats why I said you may want the water option - and was insinuating that you may be willing to pay a premium for it, particuarly in a multi gpu setup.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Blimey those have dropped quite a bit, im sure they were around £600.

 

[Jamie]

About 2 minutes ago the GTX280 here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...l DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (01G-P3-1280-ER) was listed for £30 ex vat!!

 

[Happy]

You should have bought one!

 

[Kribby2006]

About 2 minutes ago the GTX280 here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...l DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (01G-P3-1280-ER) was listed for £30 ex vat!!

Just saw that too, should have ordered 1

 

[Vertigo]

Worth a shot although I think they might have noticed

 

[titaniumx3]

If you did hit the buy button while it was at 30 quid, would OCUK have to sell it to you at that price? Would it be a legal obligation?

 

[Happy]

No

 

[Vertigo]

No. If it's obvious that the price is an error then they can legally void the sale even if money has been taken from you.

Whether any price is "obviously" an error is sometimes subjective but not in this case

 

[Stonedofmoo]

If you did hit the buy button while it was at 30 quid, would OCUK have to sell it to you at that price? Would it be a legal obligation?

No.

 

[Geckovich]

If something in a shop is priced wrong and someone tries to buy it then the merchant has the right to refuse the sale, but in doing so they must then remove that line of stock from sale for 24 hours.

 

[jigger]

single slot cooler though mate.... important for some, especially if you are going tri sli..

You need to be mad to use TRI SLI as your 2nd card is worth about %30-%40 performance boost and your 3rd is worth about %15-20.

TRI SLI is marketed for mugs.

 

[jigger]

If you did hit the buy button while it was at 30 quid, would OCUK have to sell it to you at that price? Would it be a legal obligation?

Tricky,

If they had your money and you the card then i believe it's a done deal. Some forms of advertising would also mean they would have to honour any sales i believe.