G80 specs finally confirmed! NOT old news!

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:08

Muzy said:
prices are good

We'll see.

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:17

Ulfhedjinn said:
Only thing to worry about now is the typical price increase for the priviledge of being British, and then VAT on top of that. I can see this ending up a £450 card easily

Being very careful not to talk about competitors. Just speculating.

I wouldn't want to buy from the US, imagine the RMA grief. Once things settle down then £450 looks about right, I'd bet it's higher than that at release, 5p back from a monkey?

Darkwave · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:20

fornowagain said:
I wouldn't want to buy from the US, imagine the RMA grief. Once things settle down then £450 looks about right, I'd bet it's higher than that at release, 5p back from a monkey?

Ah no, I didn't mean buying from the U.S. I meant that when things come over here they usually get VAT added on and then somehow get more money added on out of thin-air and just happen to be a lot more expensive than their U.S. counterparts.

I think you're probably spot-on with a £450 estimate, but keep in mind Gibbo said there will only be very limited supply for pre-order so they might cost a bit more due to demand.

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:22

Ulfhedjinn said:
Ah no, I didn't mean buying from the U.S. I meant that when things come over here they usually get VAT added on and then somehow get more money added on out of thin-air and just happen to be a lot more expensive than their U.S. counterparts.

LOL, yes I know, sorry I was thinking out loud. I don't want to breach the forum rules, so I'll say no more.

Firegod · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:39

Pablo72 said:
Off subject... God love Sir Digby! Nice piece of work, my friend. Now that's what I call a sig!

Cheers lol. :cool:

Flanno · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:19

Well if the rrp is $650 in the US, add 10% or so for shipping costs into Europe, and then tax the lot at 17.5% VAT and you get approx 450 quid. Given that demand will exceed supply and etailors who are already making a profit are completely greedy and will take advantage of this and no doubt "gouge" on the price, this could easily be 500 quid like people have said already, and possibly higher. It shouldn't be though. No more then 450 is what we should be expected to pay.

Why can't OcUK let us know what the price will be ? Surely that won't be breaking the NDA since the RRP has already been reported at $650.

Is it going to be a case of them suddenly appearing on the site on the 7th or 8th Nov, just like the 7800GTX did at totally outrageous prices ?

Darkwave · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:22

Flanno said:
Is it going to be a case of them suddenly appearing on the site on the 7th or 8th Nov, just like the 7800GTX did at totally outrageous prices ?

More than likely.

ihatelag · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:30

Ulfhedjinn said:
More than likely.

Pretty sure it will be out for pre-order as soon as it's possible.

Darkwave · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:31

ihatelag said:
Pretty sure it will be out for pre-order as soon as it's possible.

It will, but all I am saying is don't expect it to be cheap.

Adam Senior · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:32

ANY info Gibbo?

As i am wanting to spend allot on a new upgrade and i need to know the price of this....

Arcane · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:20

The price has been pretty constant for the last few releases, I paid 380 for the 6800ultra and 400 each for 7800gtx's from OCUK (on release), the only exception being the 7900GTX which I got for the bargain price of 345,

so I'm guessing 400 maximum.

Flanno · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:37

I sure hope you are right....because I have enough for sli and a new mobo then

Adam Senior · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:54

whoa...is thier any need to go sli with these? over kill? but then

Flanno · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:13

Well I sold aload of kit, and don't need to go sli. But if the price is right I might. I have put aside 1,600 euro to cover sli and new motherhoard. Don't have mortgage to worry about

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:23

Arcane said:
The price has been pretty constant for the last few releases, I paid 380 for the 6800ultra and 400 each for 7800gtx's from OCUK (on release), the only exception being the 7900GTX which I got for the bargain price of 345, so I'm guessing 400 maximum.

And the x1900xtx was £470 on release day? They only have a few and they know some people just have to have it asap and will pay through the noise to be first. £400? Not a chance, but I hope your right.

Flanno · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:35

Surely with 2 weeks to go OcUK must know the price by now.

I rang them up last week and the person I spoke to said they did not know. And when I mentioned around 500 quid they said it could be that. Totally non commital. I bet they are deciding how much to overcharge which is why we don't know yet. How much were the 7800GTX 512's again when they came out for all of 2 days ?

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:41

Gibbo said:
Hi there

There won't be much of any cards I am afraid on launch, allocation will be very tight. I'd imagine possible as much as 200 units from NVIDIA for the whole of UK and its unlikely any of those will be EVGA or very little.

£400, I don't think so.

Flanno · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:47

By saying there are 200 coming in, I suppose people will expect a sky high price from the get go and OcUK may well take advantage of that fact, regardless of whether there is 200 coming in or not, or if they have an exclusive deal, or got all of the allocation for the UK or Europe. It's happened before.

Would still be good to know a definite price.

LoadsaMoney · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:53

Well ill be sticking with my x1800 XT for a while yet, just set my Conroe rig up today, E6600 - Gigabyte DS4 - 2Gb Geil Ultra Low Latency Ram pc6400 800mhz, its like a whole new machine, its incredible. :cool:

easyrider · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:55

LoadsaMoney said:
Well ill be sticking with my x1800 XT for a while yet, just set my Conroe rig up today, E6600 - Gigabyte DS4 - 2Gb Geil Ultra Low Latency Ram pc6400 800mhz, its like a whole new machine, its incredible.

Welcome to the world of the conroe!