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***** AMD RX 7900 SERIES AVAILABLE & IN STOCK TODAY FROM 2PM ****(BACK ORDER UPDATES WITHIN THIS THREAD)*

ICDP said:
I made that mistaken assumption on the 5900X CPU release day. It turns out that Paypal payments go through a lot of steps between Paypal and the bank before actual approval is given to the retailer. So by the time my payment was actually approved at 4pm from 2pm, I was something like 1500th on the list of back orders, despite ordering within seconds of release.

In short, don't use Paypal for low stop high deman items on release day. Get your Debit/Credit card ready to go.
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To be honest you are right and on previous launches I’ve adviced people to only pay with debit/credit card, totally forgot that tip but at the same time I’m still in shock as to how we sold so many so quick.

No Covid, No mining, cost of living yet the sales were insane and I’m glad that the new website at least still allowed me to pull product otherwise we would have pre-sold thousands.

Apologies to those who missed out, I’ll be fighting like crazy for more stock and getting it into us as quick as we can.

Future launches, it seems best way is don’t use Amazon, PayPal or finance, use a debit / credit card and only buy one card.
 
ICDP said:
I made that mistaken assumption on the 5900X CPU release day. It turns out that Paypal payments go through a lot of steps between Paypal and the bank before actual approval is given to the retailer. So by the time my payment was actually approved, I was something liek 1500th on the list of back orders, despite ordering within seconds of release.

In short, don't use Paypal for low stop high deman items on release day. Get your Debit/Credit card ready to go.
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Tbh.. I had a ball ache of a time checking out. The gateway timeout crash happened just as I was selecting delivery during the first minute the card became available.. So I had to wait for the connection to reestablish, thankfully the card was still in my basket, so I checked out again, then the banking verification app decided to have a wobble.. :rolleyes: 10min later.. Order was completed.. and I got an OCUK order has been received email at 1420hrs.. I thought I actually would be getting it tomorrow.. But turns out I just missed out and I am now on the waiting list now for the next batch delivery. :D
 
ColonelCabbage said:
So does this mean my order didn't go through? ST5189493
If so that's pretty devastating.
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Living in war torn Syria is devastating
Living in war torn Ukraine is devastating
Living in flooded parts of India is devastating
Living in drought affected parts of Africa is devastating.

Not getting a graphics card you ordered is just..... meh!
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

Regarding coil whine, any cards that exhibit this we will replace, but ensure it is also not your PSU whining! Also if anyone experiences coil whine on any card, always remember that running a card for 24-48hrs in a well cooled case or room generally solves it as the capacitors can be noisy during the bedding in phase on some cards. If after 48hrs of use the card is still whining and it is confirmed as not the PSU, we would replace it. :)
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What do we do about customer whining?!
 
I am actually not surprised these cards sold out. Pretty solid performance for the money as seen in my testing... Normal psu, fit in most cases... Well built....

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Overclocking & Benchmarking the AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX Graphics Card Review

In this video professional overclocking expert Ian, "8Pack" Parry discusses what he found when benchmarking and testing the brand new AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX. ...
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8 Pack said:
I am actually not surprised these cards sold out. Pretty solid performance for the money as seen in my testing... Normal psu, fit in most cases... Well built....

youtu.be

Overclocking & Benchmarking the AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX Graphics Card Review

In this video professional overclocking expert Ian, "8Pack" Parry discusses what he found when benchmarking and testing the brand new AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX. ...
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Have you gone ahead and installed the card in your own personal system now since the review?
 
01001101 said:
Have you gone ahead and installed the card in your own personal system now since the review?
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No I haven't to be honest... Still need it on the test bench to make a follow up drivers video, especially on the inbuilt oc modes and undervolting fix. After this it won't go in my home machine permanently.. Although I will try it in afew gaming sessions... it will be used to upgrade one of the 8Pack demo machines like the Frame r8 in the video...
 
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Well, just noticed a whatsapp from a buddy at work that he ordered a 7900 XTX that is confirmed for delivery.

Nothing wrong with that normally, apart from the fact this guy just loves tinkering with his PC and due to a massive case of FOMO, ordered three seperate 4090s from three separate suppliers on release day. Then scrambled to cancel two of them as he assumed (wrongly) that they would sell out instantly. So now it seems he didn't just cancel two of those 4090s, he ended up returning the last one to wait for the 4080 because the 4090 cost was excessive.

So now he wants to know if I will buy the 4080 if he decides to keep the 7900 XTX because the 4080 is outside DSR period. I said that I would not go over £900 and he said OK.

So a bit impuslive of me really as I think £900 is still a bit much but let's see. I know he will be good for the warranty returns if ever needed.
 
ICDP said:
Well, just noticed a whatsapp from a buddy at work that he ordered a 7900 XTX that is confirmed for delivery.

Nothing wrong with that normally, apart from the fact this guy just loves tinkering with his PC and due to a massive case of FOMO, ordered three seperate 4090s from three separate suppliers on release day. Then scrambled to cancel two of them as he assumed (wrongly) that they would sell out instantly. So now it seems he didn't just cancel two of those 4090s, he ended up returning the last one to wait for the 4080 because the 4090 cost was excessive.

So now he wants to know if I will buy the 4080 if he decides to keep the 7900 XTX because the 4080 is outside DSR period. I said that I would not go over £900 and he said OK.

So a bit impuslive of me really as I think £900 is still a bit much but let's see. I know he will be good for the warranty returns if ever needed.
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Not sure how u buying a card from your mate is relevant to this thread....
 
8 Pack said:
No I haven't to be honest... Still need it on the test bench to make a follow up drivers video, especially on the inbuilt oc modes and undervolting fix. After this it won't go in my home machine permanently.. Although I will try it in afew gaming sessions... it will be used to upgrade one of the 8Pack demo machines like the Frame r8 in the video...
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Cool. Thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to the next one. :D
 
ICDP said:
Well, just noticed a whatsapp from a buddy at work that he ordered a 7900 XTX that is confirmed for delivery.

Nothing wrong with that normally, apart from the fact this guy just loves tinkering with his PC and due to a massive case of FOMO, ordered three seperate 4090s from three separate suppliers on release day. Then scrambled to cancel two of them as he assumed (wrongly) that they would sell out instantly. So now it seems he didn't just cancel two of those 4090s, he ended up returning the last one to wait for the 4080 because the 4090 cost was excessive.

So now he wants to know if I will buy the 4080 if he decides to keep the 7900 XTX because the 4080 is outside DSR period. I said that I would not go over £900 and he said OK.

So a bit impuslive of me really as I think £900 is still a bit much but let's see. I know he will be good for the warranty returns if ever needed.
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A 4080 with warranty for £900 is a bargain !
 
Looking forward to more AIB stock early next year. By then some of the initial issues like power draw and black screens should hopefully be ironed out. As much as I was keen to have a reference card, that Nitro sounds like it’s a really nice bit of kit and probably worth the wait…
 
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