3D printed GPU

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

Say what you may, @Gibbo went above and beyond what you see from anywhere else to try and give us forum members a chance at getting the cards they wanted.

I thought to create this thread not so people can talk smack about someone thinking it was cool to post to discord then flaunt it here, or someone thinking this or that of the price. I just wanted somewhere where a shed load of forum goers could come together and say "OI, dude, thanks. I got.my card".

It's been months since these releases dropped, and months since we could actually buy cards (many of us trying daily).

So, if you managed to 3D print yourself a card this week, let us know here! This was the very short list I was running earlier in some other thread:

1 - FoxEye
2 - David Watkins
3 - Odin
4 - RayRayFPS
5 - Gerard
6 - RallySlag
7 - Martin1991
8 - eeii
9 - SkillTim
10 - Vish Petrol
11 - djimty
12 - muziqaz

I'll start. Managed to pick up a 6800 reference card. Wanted a 3080FE or a 6800XT from the start.

Sold my 5700XT for a 6900XT. Couldn't handle the 1120 pseudo scalp so returned. Managed to snag a 3070FE at RRP, but even with the slight RRP mark-up to £599 on the 6800, am over the moon about my new card.

I know I can't quite OC it to 6800XT level, but I can diminish the gap and it will be enough for me to uninstall discord and close my case. Sigh of relief.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

I'm lost, this has what to do with 3d printing?

One of the many things Gibbo did to try and give us forum members a fighting chance (other than drop the cards.in various batches throughout the day and giving us all a heads up here), was having the cards go live in the 3D printer section of OCUK (as bots would have been written to scan the GPU sections of the website).

Did it work?

Well, I got my card.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

So you had a 3070 which you got for rrp then brought a 6800 which is only 10% faster while another forum member who was sitting on a poorer or no card likely missed out, now you can sell the fe for a huge mark up so no wonder you're pleased.

Lol. Mate of mine bought my old 1060 when I got a 5700xt yonks ago.

He's getting a 3070FE for 469. He's happy, and you assume too much.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

I was asleep

Soz to hear. Long nap. Begun at 12, ended (updates from Gibbo wise) at 9PM.

Unless of course you were after a MBA at 599. Then you only had a very narrow window of opportunity.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

Wanted a 6800XT MBA, by the time I realised they weren't coming the non XT had all gone.

Now desperately trying to cling to the idea that they will eventually be available again because I cant bring myself to spend 700+ for an AIB non XT

Yeah, others also misunderstood Gibbo's comments on the 6800 MBA. The 6800XT MBA had always been down as "sold out" also, whereas the 6800 had something like "soon available".

We know there are still some available as RayRayFPS returned his. Looks like the latest is that Wednesday Gibbo might pull the same trick again. Maybe 6800XT will go up then.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

So you had a 3070 which you got for rrp then brought a 6800 which is only 10% faster while another forum member who was sitting on a poorer or no card likely missed out, now you can sell the fe for a huge mark up so no wonder you're pleased.

By the way, insofar as another forum member missing out: Gibbo did mention the 6800 MBA cards did not oversell and there were a few left over when he removed the item for purchase.

No idea how and when those are going to go up for sale, but if any forum member was interested in getting a 6800 MBA right there and then, they would've managed. Even they weren't there and then, they might still manage if they keep an eye out for updates from Gibbo

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

It was a 530 GPU going for 600, but yeah.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

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Those who order 6800 MBA, looks like your safe, Sapphire sold around 45 units and Powercolor around 30 units. What remains will now not be offered again on those as we will simply over sell and they will now be put aside for systems use as the SI department never got any 6800 MBA to use. Good work on those who bagged one!

Soz FoxEye, thought there was chance they might still go up again, but the stock has been moved for the pre-built computers.

I think the MBA cards were up for a couple mins, max. I genuinely didn't see any when I refreshed the page. Only the AIB cards. (I saw the picture but no price - which is what happens for OOS cards, and what you'll see for most of the cards if you look now).

It's a £511 card going for £600, but that's the most reasonable offer you'll get atm

Hum. My anti-scalp table's values are:

• AMD Radeon RX 6800: £529.99
• AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT: £599.99
• AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT: £1099.99

Taken from here: https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/buying-advice/pc-components/buy-amd-radeon-rx-6000-series-uk-3798051/

I know that looking at AMD they come up listed at 508.87 for non-XT and 570.40 for XT, but I always thought that if you'd manage to bag one, taxes or shipping or this or that would take the numbers to those quoted at Tech Advisor.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

well heres hoping.

I've set my mind to having the card by next Friday. If it arrives earlier, great. if it takes a bit longer, well, Gibbo did caveat that these would take a bit longer than usual.

No calling CS to bug them about this when them were the rules from the get go (well, at least thats what Gibbo politely requested)!

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

Nice.

Mine shows as shipped from yesterday but dpd consignment number still showing as not active.

Same. Got my mind set on Friday and Hopefully should result in some mid-week good news.

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

Wow, so it means GPU's were actually in stock I hope my 6800XT will come soon, while i am on my last holidays for this year, 5 days of freedom.
But to be honest i wish to swap it gigabyte or Asus 3080, but without support phone no chance

For you to swap it for a 3080 you'd be put in the queue and would end up waiting months. That said, it's not as if people are being added to the queue.

@Gibbo My holidays are ending soon, any updates about my order shipment please?)

From Gibbo:
RULES OF ORDERING
- BE PATIENT!
- Despatch time will be 3-5 days, if sooner consider yourself lucky, our warehouse is still insanely busy.


Hope you get it soon enough to still enjoy it during your holidays!!!

 

[FTP-FPS-Duck]

Now it's shipped, thanks. Idea behind was if items really was in stock or no, that was my concern.
I seen some posts that GPU wasn't shipped for a while, so i wanted to double check, long wait is not my path, this why i didn't went for preorder story

Glad to hear it's been posted and you will have it soon. Everything that went up for sale last week was in stock, the only concern would be an item over-selling and having your order cancelled. Gibbo did confirm that did not happen and everyone who bought one, got one.

I had my friendly DPD driver come around at 9 this morning, have DDU uninstalled and look forward to trying out the 6800 this evening.