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AMD Zen3 event thread

Th0nt said:
Wouldnt surprise me if companies like AMD end up hiring the marketers and strategists of the previous dominance reign by IBM, Intel, M$ and now nvidia.

You are spotting trends and tactics these companies went through to milk milk milk, it ends up stagnating the technology where big leaps only come sparsely instead of yearly. You might be onto something there though @CAT-THE-FIFTH with AMD might just be maneuvering to be able to drop price at the flip of a switch and it almost resolves itself instantly. These big corporations have become masters of it, then when its too late they are forced to 'break up' which makes virtually no difference and the market is permanently damaged.
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amd wont stagnate as they need to keep innovating due to server markets needs it.
 
I dunno how the AMD instigated price drop would work and how quickly that can be translated to retail price drop. most shops will have stock so they would have got those stock on a price prior to "the drop". so how does price drop then work, rebate? if say the current stock of 1000 CPU dont sell very well, and then all of the sudden prices drop £50 for each CPU. the shop is on-hook for £50,000 rebate which they would have to obsorb and claim back. and if wait for the initial stock to deplete then there is no chance those CPU will sell.

Normally the cash back offer works well as consumer is burdened with the initial outlay and it is the consumer that will have to claim from the company instead of the shops. parts generally get cheaper over time due to a number of factors, but as time goes by, supplier, distributors will gradually lower the cost of the part thus shops have options to pass on savings or increase margins.

anyway, there are some competitors to OCUK have ridiculous pricing on these new CPUs, 5900x over £600 and 5600X way over £300.

it is wild wild west out there.
 
pc-guy said:
I dunno how the AMD instigated price drop would work and how quickly that can be translated to retail price drop. most shops will have stock so they would have got those stock on a price prior to "the drop". so how does price drop then work, rebate? if say the current stock of 1000 CPU dont sell very well, and then all of the sudden prices drop £50 for each CPU. the shop is on-hook for £50,000 rebate which they would have to obsorb and claim back. and if wait for the initial stock to deplete then there is no chance those CPU will sell.

Normally the cash back offer works well as consumer is burdened with the initial outlay and it is the consumer that will have to claim from the company instead of the shops. parts generally get cheaper over time due to a number of factors, but as time goes by, supplier, distributors will gradually lower the cost of the part thus shops have options to pass on savings or increase margins.

anyway, there are some competitors to OCUK have ridiculous pricing on these new CPUs, 5900x over £600 and 5600X way over £300.

it is wild wild west out there.
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OCUK usually waits till the few days before release before implementing a price rise.
 
Shaolin Chicken said:
They all seem to follow each other as far as prices go.
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Probably because it's a bunch of algorithms with a defined min value and set to hike prices if stock is selling well or competitors prices are higher :p

Amazon's price is highly algorithm controlled. Would have to be with all the stuff they sell.
 
pc-guy said:
interestingly, the price of the shop i was referencing has now dropped their price on their site to the same prices as OCUK.

FOR NOW...
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Prices on retailers websites mean exactly *nothing* until the product is available to order at that price.
 
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