MSI in my experience are one of the better vendors. Full 3 year warranty that transfers with the GPU if you sell it on.
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GTX 1070 - any takers?
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MSI in my experience are one of the better vendors. Full 3 year warranty that transfers with the GPU if you sell it on.
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Yeah that's a strong possibility. I see them going for around £320-350 on Ebay, which would save me £60 for basically the same performance as the 1070.
The only drawback of that is it may end up depreciating in value faster than the 1070, so I don't really know.
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Good gawd. Normally IDGAF what something looks like but I'd avoid this on general principles (at any price.)
It's very rare for any GPU to hold it's value unless you get a good deal on 2nd hand.
Yeah they have the Freddy Krueger and clown cards
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Only Zotacs left
Aren't zotac the best choice right now anyway? I'd rather have 5 yrs warranty for £400 than have 2 yrs for £365
KFA2/Galax are a decent brand. You have nothing to worry about with them. Their 970 EXOC reviewed very well, and they've partnered up with OcUK in the past to offer exclusive models such as the 970 EXOC Black Edition.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/galax-geforce-gtx-970-oc-silent-infinity-black-edition/
They also produce the high end Hall of Fame series, which are some of the best (and most expensive
) cards around.I wouldn't mind if it looked bad but the cooler was still decent on it. That card is just the worth of boast worlds though unfortunately.
I can't help but wonder if there are going to be a few more cards drop into the line up. only 28 1070 variants compared to 36 1080s. Seems like we've not seen all the partner cards yet.
ps on the kruger card... I can see why people say kruger cos of the colour scheme, but looks more like a red version of Darkman
ps on the kruger card... I can see why people say kruger cos of the colour scheme, but looks more like a red version of Darkman
Nvidia says. That's why they named it the 1070.
We know it's a cut down GP104 GPU. So unless you're saying there's a chance that GP104 is the biggest and best Pascal GPU Nvidia have lined up, then we can be like 99.9% sure that it sits in the exact same position that the 670 and 970 did before it. 770 was a rebrand, which obviously the 1070 is not.
Lastly, the 1070 is actually more cut down than the 970 was in comparison to its fully activated brother.
So yes, people complaining about the prices and the £100-150 hike over the 970 are perfectly justified in doing so. It is quite ridiculous. Of course if somebody wants to get one, I'm not gonna say anything. That's cool, people can make their own value judgements. But those saying the prices are insane have some pretty good justifications for doing so.
I'd mostly ruled myself out of buying one before, but now it's 100% guaranteed.
It's also making me worried about retailers turning the 480's great price into something not-so-great when it actually releases.
They're supposed to be very good, they use BFG's old UK RMA bases.
So going by what I worked out earlier.
The mark up on the cheapest card is actually £50.84, which is simply shocking, and better cards are absolutely ridiculous in price.
Personally I don't solely blame NVidia, as it is the AIB's, importers, distributors and retailers that have allowed this to happen.
We can just hope that when stock levels stabilise, pricing will as well.
They had better not use the same distribution channels for the RX480 else we will be seeing £250/300 as the starting point for those as well.
The mark up on the cheapest card is actually £50.84, which is simply shocking, and better cards are absolutely ridiculous in price.
Personally I don't solely blame NVidia, as it is the AIB's, importers, distributors and retailers that have allowed this to happen.
We can just hope that when stock levels stabilise, pricing will as well.
They had better not use the same distribution channels for the RX480 else we will be seeing £250/300 as the starting point for those as well.
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LOL WHAT THE HELL!???
I was GENUINELY believing that they'd start around 329 and be up as expensive as 419 for the MSI, mentioned it somewhere here...but they're STARTING at £379....and going up to £479 for the ASUS?
I literally can't believe they've taken $399 MSRP and either just stuck a £ sing there instead, or added WAY more on top! That's bloody despicable!
I was GENUINELY believing that they'd start around 329 and be up as expensive as 419 for the MSI, mentioned it somewhere here...but they're STARTING at £379....and going up to £479 for the ASUS?
I literally can't believe they've taken $399 MSRP and either just stuck a £ sing there instead, or added WAY more on top! That's bloody despicable!
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Yep Bought one of their 680GTX a few years ago, works a charm
used to be Galaxy but they changed there european name i think
We'll definetly see some more models, but almost certainly not any cheaper ones. KFA2's cheap plastic blower offering is already on there, and their equivalent 1080 is the cheapest of the lot. I very doubt that will be undercut by anything.
KFA2/Galax are a decent brand. You have nothing to worry about with them. Their 970 EXOC reviewed very well, and they've partnered up with OcUK in the past to offer exclusive models such as the 970 EXOC Black Edition.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/galax-geforce-gtx-970-oc-silent-infinity-black-edition/
They also produce the high end Hall of Fame series, which are some of the best (and most expensive
thanks ive read a lot of praise about hall of fame cards wasnt sure if they use quality parts id love to get into the overclocking boosts, was more worried that all the rest offer 3 year warrantys and these only offer 2 I dont plan on upgrading for a very long time now I upgraded my 970 because of the vram limit being hit in games