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AMD 6800 & 6800 XT MBA LAUNCH AT 2PM TODAY - EXTREMELY LIMITED STOCK!

It depends on person to person I think, I am on 1440p and I don't care about ray tracing. The 6800XT's excel on 1440p whereas the 3000 series cards pull a bit ahead at 4K. But I'm not planning on upgrading to 4K anytime soon yet, I've not that long ago upgraded from 1080p monitors. I don't think Ray tracing is at a point yet that it's worth turning it on in games to make it worth tanking your FPS for. The games already look great on max. Am I gonna notice how cool some shadows look as I'm swiping to shoot things in the face??:rolleyes: Maybe a few years ray tracing will matter to me. Personally not getting the hype for it.
 
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GhostDog1981 said:
Big markup for a bit of rgb



Well said- I agree I’m dismayed at the price hike, naively thought I could pay £580 and get it from AMD.

Sights now lower, now looking at 6800s non Xt for around 600-700
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Are people so desperate, and the purchase so vital, that they'll spend £700 on a non-XT 6800?

I mean knock yourselves out, but that's an absurd mark-up for these cards. Close to £200 in fact.
 
Coowhan said:
It depends on person to person I think, I am on 1440p and I don't care about ray tracing. The 6800XT's excel on 1440p whereas the 3000 series cards pull a bit ahead at 4K. But I'm not planning on upgrading to 4K anytime soon yet, I've not that long ago upgraded from 1080p monitors. I don't think Ray tracing is at a point yet that it's worth turning it on in games to make it worth tanking your FPS for. The games already look great on max. Am I gonna notice how cool some shadows look as I'm swiping to shoot things in the face??:rolleyes: Maybe a few years ray tracing will matter to me. Personally not getting the hype for it.
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Exactly my thoughts RT still tanks every card and it’ll be years before it’s at a playable frame rate for me I’ll be choosing a 6800xt over the 3080 if I can get my hands on one.
 
FoxEye said:
Are people so desperate, and the purchase so vital, that they'll spend £700 on a non-XT 6800?

I mean knock yourselves out, but that's an absurd mark-up for these cards. Close to £200 in fact.
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Scalpers asking for £800 for non XT so ~£600-700 reasonable from e-tailers

Trouble is the 3080 only has 10gb vram so likely won't last more than 3 years, planning to keep the 6800 or XT for at least 5 years
 
GhostDog1981 said:
Big markup for a bit of rgb



Well said- I agree I’m dismayed at the price hike, naively thought I could pay £580 and get it from AMD.

Sights now lower, now looking at 6800s non Xt for around 600-700

trouble is Cold War on pc plays like poo on my RTX 2060 at 20-30fps at 1440p max settings with RT on. With DLSS (a saviour in my opinion) on quality I get 70-80 FPS with max setting and RT on ultra.

Based on the above I like many others are looking for new cards to hit decent performance. All contributes to the buying frenzy and price hikes.
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I assume that 70-80fps is when your in the Alley at the very beginning of the game and not when playing the Da Nang mission? :D
 
TheSwede said:
Has there been any definite time when the cards are being listed today ?? 14:00 UK time or earlier/later ??
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OCUK are listing from 14:00 but you may not be able to preorder straight away, they said they want to stagger the buttons to try keeping the site online unlike last weeks launch.
 
Glanza said:
OCUK are listing from 14:00 but you may not be able to preorder straight away, they said they want to stagger the buttons to try keeping the site online unlike last weeks launch.
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Opsi, didn't think of checking their site since over here in Sweden they not listed at all yet ! Would hopefully mean around 15:00 then, just like last week. Thanks for quick reply ! :)
 
Jayz 2 cents just tweeted retailers have even less or zero stock of AIB cards and it's worse than Nvidias 30 series launch. And considering that's the States I think we stand little chance today. I've £700 aside for a Saphire card and was hoping for an 6800XT for Christmas but I don't think much of my chances now. Plus this site will crash anyway. That and ocuk will stick £80on top off the price.
 
Jimbo said:
Jayz 2 cents just tweeted retailers have even less or zero stock of AIB cards and it's worse than Nvidias 30 series launch. And considering that's the States I think we stand little chance today. I've £700 aside for a Saphire card and was hoping for an 6800XT for Christmas but I don't think much of my chances now. Plus this site will crash anyway. That and ocuk will stick £80on top off the price.
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Well that's disappointing :( My new build is sitting behind me just waiting for a CPU (5600x on pre-order) and a new GPU.
 
It is very disappointing yes I totally agree. I'm thinking they might have maybe single digits and after that the pre order button will be available but I don't fancy waiting months in a queue whilst ocuk have my money in the bank and I'm bound to them, I might just sit it out and wait until next year.
 
GhostDog1981 said:
Sights now lower, now looking at 6800s non Xt for around 600-700

trouble is Cold War on pc plays like poo on my RTX 2060 at 20-30fps at 1440p max settings with RT on. With DLSS (a saviour in my opinion) on quality I get 70-80 FPS with max setting and RT on ultra.

Based on the above I like many others are looking for new cards to hit decent performance. All contributes to the buying frenzy and price hikes.
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Assume you’re aware that you’ll get worse performance with those settings on an AMD card as their RT is worse and they lack a DLSS equivalent.

If RT and DLSS are important to you then the 3070 or upcoming 3060ti is probably a better bet.
 
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