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Another Round of Price Increases ?

Dave2150 said:
Founders editions cards from NVIDIA are still at launch prices at least :) £619 for 1080, £399 for 1070 etc etc.
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Yes as NVIDIA have a lot more than 10% margin, so they can easily soak up currency fluctuations, though I'd not be surprised if they change them at some point.

Though in fairness we are holding the OcUK 1080 FE at the MSRP £619 and we have the Zotac 1070 FE with 5yr warranty actually below NVIDIA's price. :)
 
Dave2150 said:
Founders editions cards from NVIDIA are still at launch prices at least :) £619 for 1080, £399 for 1070 etc etc.
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I got my EVGA FE 1080s from OCUK for the launch price.

I think that was a better deal than getting them direct from NVidia as mine are covered by the EVGA warranty.

I think this thread does have a message though - I often see people being advised to wait for new hardware, this thread has shown that is not always the best advice.

If NVidia ever get around to doing a 1080 Ti, going on the prices of 1080s and Pascal Titans the Ti would have to be around £900 to fit in.:eek:
 
Kaapstad said:
I got my EVGA FE 1080s from OCUK for the launch price.

I think that was a better deal than getting them direct from NVidia as mine are covered by the EVGA warranty.

I think this thread does have a message though - I often see people being advised to wait for new hardware, this thread has shown that is not always the best advice.

If NVidia ever get around to doing a 1080 Ti, going on the prices of 1080s and Pascal Titans the Ti would have to be around £900 to fit in.:eek:
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Agreed, although nobody saw the exchange rate fiasco coming.

Like you, by the time the 1080ti comes out I can see it been as much money as my TitanX cost :eek::D
 
Reality|Bites said:
and the pound value is dropping because? nothing has changed at the moment until article 50 has went through.....it's all a scam I tell you :)
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No doubt. The funny thing is nothing has happened other than people complaining about the fact that nothing has happened. I was watching BBC news today and they were saying it'll be at least 2019 before we're properly out of the EU. People just can't get over it, it seems. Yet panic and hasty traders results in a weaker GBP. Regardless, I expect payrises to keep up with increased living costs (whoever said UK was cheap to live in has never seen rent/house prices in Surrey)... or it may be 1920s Germany all over again. Now won't that be fun! Probably won't happen because people thankfully aren't as brainless as folks were back then.

But hey, I don't care. I don't intend to buy a GPU or PC part anytime soon. The still overpriced RX480 I purchased a month back is now in good hands and I'll put up with the occasional driver issues on my 970. Even the terrible monitor (cos QC is disgustingly bad these days) I bought last week wasn't too bad in price. And if Asus muck up the RMA by giving me another dodgy monitor, then it's refund time.
 
mahius said:
No doubt. The funny thing is nothing has happened other than people complaining about the fact that nothing has happened. I was watching BBC news today and they were saying it'll be at least 2019 before we're properly out of the EU. People just can't get over it, it seems. Yet panic and hasty traders results in a weaker GBP. Regardless, I expect payrises to keep up with increased living costs (whoever said UK was cheap to live in has never seen rent/house prices in Surrey)... or it may be 1920s Germany all over again. Now won't that be fun! Probably won't happen because people thankfully aren't as brainless as folks were back then.

But hey, I don't care. I don't intend to buy a GPU or PC part anytime soon. The still overpriced RX480 I purchased a month back is now in good hands and I'll put up with the occasional driver issues on my 970. Even the terrible monitor (cos QC is disgustingly bad these days) I bought last week wasn't too bad in price. And if Asus muck up the RMA by giving me another dodgy monitor, then it's refund time.
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Something has already happened though.

Companies will be planning ahead on what their business plans will be now they know the referendum result. It takes a long time to relocate for some companies for example and this is what the markets are reflecting.
 
Buy now, then save until the pound goes back up. It won't stay low forever :)

If they get a deal with the EU (which is likely) it will rocket back up. The bankers types know this, which is why they are buying and sitting on pounds at the moment.
 
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mahius said:
No doubt. The funny thing is nothing has happened other than people complaining about the fact that nothing has happened. I was watching BBC news today and they were saying it'll be at least 2019 before we're properly out of the EU. People just can't get over it, it seems. Yet panic and hasty traders results in a weaker GBP. Regardless, I expect payrises to keep up with increased living costs (whoever said UK was cheap to live in has never seen rent/house prices in Surrey)... or it may be 1920s Germany all over again. Now won't that be fun! Probably won't happen because people thankfully aren't as brainless as folks were back then.
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Oh dear.

This isn't the result of "hasty traders". Literally no one knows what the economic landscape of the UK is likely to look like in a few years time so no one wants to have loads of money tied up in UK currency right now. This is why the value of it has plummeted. We are no longer considered a low economic risk and a safe place keep your money in.
 
Nasher said:
Buy now, then save until the pound goes back up. It won't stay low forever :)

If they get a deal with the EU (which is likely) it will rocket back up. The bankers types know this, which is why they are buying and sitting on pounds at the moment.
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They are actually selling pounds that is why the value is going down.
 
ToTheMax said:
I bet all the Brexit people are happy, we export more than we import right? Right ....
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Reminds me of the old joke about the guy who bought product in for £5.99 but sold it out at £5.50. How do you make up the loss he was asked? "Volume."
 
Reality|Bites said:
and the pound value is dropping because? nothing has changed at the moment until article 50 has went through.....it's all a scam I tell you :)
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That's like selling shares in a bus heading towards a cliff. You see the price of the shares dropping and you insist that nothing has changed, we haven't actually gone off it, yet.

Investments aren't about the now, they're about the future. Which is why nobody wants to invest in the pound right now. It's considered very risky.
 
David Bisset said:
Same here - it's kinda nice knowing that to the company I just became much better value... but it'd be nicer still to be getting all those extra pounds I could get for the same cost to the company as before the drop!
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Ask them if there might be a nice Christmas Bonus given they've just had such a nice windfall. Share the good fortune a little.
 
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