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@Gibbo - Vega Preorders?

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how about a deposit setup for forum members, I think this is how you guys did the 290x launch.

So forum members pay a £100 refundable deposit and it will get them a first come first served position in the Vega "stock list". They can select the spacific card on launch day, and back out if wanted as well. Pay the outstanding on launch day as well of course.

T&C

1) max 1 deposit per forum member
2) must pay outstanding balance on card within 24h of launch (otherwise auto refund of deposit)
3) must have more than 50? Forum posts


Any thoughts?

Edit T&C item 4) Apache14 gets 1st place in pre order / deposit list for having this amazing idea
 
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Apache14 said:
@Gibbo

how about a deposit setup for forum members, I think this is how you guys did the 290x launch.

So forum members pay a £100 refundable deposit and it will get them a first come first served position in the Vega "stock list". They can select the spacific card on launch day, and back out if wanted as well. Pay the outstanding on launch day as well of course.

T&C

1) max 1 deposit per forum member
2) must pay outstanding balance on card within 24h of launch (otherwise auto refund of deposit)
3) must have more than 50? Forum posts


Any thoughts?

Edit T&C item 4) Apache14 gets 1st place in pre order / deposit list for having this amazing idea
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Seconded, so where do we enlist Gibbo????? :)
 
Some clever marketing using Mining going on, feathers are being ruffled with rumours and its causing a pre-release panic which makes the product seem more interesting in regards to having to get one before the Miners/Gamers causing higher demand and potentially higher prices.

I'm still on the fence about getting one, I'm certainly not paying more than the RRP if high demand caused by mining puts the prices up. Let miners have them, hopefully when AMD realise no one is using their cards for gaming they will do something about it.
 
I dont think gibbo would have posted that info on a public forum if he didn't want to sell cards in bulk to miners for a premium.
He'd just keep his mouth shut otherwise.
 
Relentless81 said:
Some clever marketing using Mining going on, feathers are being ruffled with rumours and its causing a pre-release panic which makes the product seem more interesting in regards to having to get one before the Miners/Gamers causing higher demand and potentially higher prices.

I'm still on the fence about getting one, I'm certainly not paying more than the RRP if high demand caused by mining puts the prices up. Let miners have them, hopefully when AMD realise no one is using their cards for gaming they will do something about it.
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Why would AMD care if their cards are being used by non-gamers, they get to sell out even faster than they normally would and they make their money regardless. The retailers can make a nice markup as well due to supply and demand.

I do like the idea of having a forum members deposit though assuming we can get them for RRP.
 
It's unreasonable to mention mining, blatant sales hype.

Perfectly normal that you can only buy a 580 today by paying up to double the cost of a 1060.

So when the amd cards come out it should be expected that Vega 64 will be up to double the cost of nvidias 1080.

If there's shortages well it's just amd being lazy and not having enough stock for launch.

It's only rumour that people in east europe buy hundreds of cards for mining back home with low energy costs and enough return from mining to make more than honest local work.

Just rumour. Stop talking about mining.

https://www.rt.com/business/393179-russia-bitcoin-mining-video-card/
 
Even if Gibbo finds a way to limit sales to members/gamers surely anyone with any sense would just flog the card for a few hundred more than they paid to a miner then wait a couple of weeks for fully flowing stock?
 
DazQ87 said:
Why would AMD care if their cards are being used by non-gamers, they get to sell out even faster than they normally would and they make their money regardless.#
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Because they care about more than the next 4 months of sales. If miners wipe out cards and push people to consoles or to quit gaming then AMD has no customers left when the mining bubble bursts. Thats why. Gamers are a vastly more stable customer base than miners.
 
beany_bot said:
Because they care about more than the next 4 months of sales. If miners wipe out cards and push people to consoles or to quit gaming then AMD has no customers left when the mining bubble bursts. Thats why. Gamers are a vastly more stable customer base than miners.
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True this, but are things changing though? It seems like miners are here to stay so maybe AMD are starting to see them as a viable source of income. I don't know enough about it to judge. But I find it worrying, what if this is how it is now a perpetual battle between gamers & miners.
 
JessieD said:
True this, but are things changing though? It seems like miners are here to stay so maybe AMD are starting to see them as a viable source of income. I don't know enough about it to judge. But I find it worrying, what if this is how it is now a perpetual battle between gamers & miners.
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They are still a very volatile customer base. Also Gamers buy CPUs, keyboards, mice, etc etc. Hence why OCUK would rather have gamers than miners too.
 
beany_bot said:
They are still a very volatile customer base. Also Gamers buy CPUs, keyboards, mice, etc etc. Hence why OCUK would rather have gamers than miners too.
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I get it from OCuk's point of view but I'm talking about AMD not retailers. AMD only do cpu's & gpu's, don't they & miners need both?
 
Simple risk based economics.

Chance of mining disappearing in next 10 years =50%
Chance of PC gaming disappearing in next 10 years =0.002%

Where do you stack your chips?

P.S. figures invented by me but to make a point.
 
beany_bot said:
Simple risk based economics.

Chance of mining disappearing in next 10 years =50%
Chance of PC gaming disappearing in next 10 years =0.002%

Where do you stack your chips?

P.S. figures invented by me but to make a point.
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To answer your question I stack my chips with someone who doesn't invent figures :D Sorry that isn't convincing, I don't deny you may be correct but you've not provided evidence:p
 
Considering getting 2 liquid versions for crossfire, to have a stab at triple 4k 11535x2160 on my TR build. What has been said about bad crossfire performance, other than the power draw?

I know Xfire is not perfect but most games I play get away with it.
 
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