Intel Battlemage Live & Available to order from OcUK

[randal]

I'm assuming sourcing one of the Intel Limited Edition cards by Christmas is going to be next to impossible?

 

[Alt0153]

I'm assuming sourcing one of the Intel Limited Edition cards by Christmas is going to be next to impossible?

limited edition = all gone

 

[SkyTerran]

Glad to see Intel GPUs selling well. Hopefully one day soon nVidia won't have 90% market share in gaming GPUs and won't be able to raise the prices all the time. I also hope that Intel and AMD will be able to get their cards compatible with the popular AI/ML software, so that the price of AI accelerators goes down - hopefully that will allow smaller companies in UK and elsewhere to release models that can challenge the few American corporations that currently control the AI market.

Wonder if Intel is making any profits on these cards - to match nVidia's performance they need a lot more transistors and the rumors are TSMC doesn't give Intel any volume discounts.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Alchemist is great with Stable Diffusion, and is alright with local language models too, although a little bit of a faff for those.

 

[JediFragger]

One thing Intel does have (did have?) is great software engineers, something AMD could definitely learn from!

 

[/\ndy]

RRP $250

=

£250

 

[spudbynight]

Another thing I like is the establishment of 12GB of VRAM at this price point as the norm.

I think it is going to be hard for Nvidia to try and sell a 5060 with less than that. Hopefully it will nudge things up along their entire 5000 series.

 

[Game]

RRP $250

=

£250

In the same ballpark once you add VAT = £237.60 around the cost of two large winter spiced Latte extra

 

[Alt0153]

RRP $250

=

£250

american prices are pre sales tax too

 

[santa]

RRP $250

=

£250

That's best case scenario at this point I'm afraid.

 

[SkyTerran]

I've heard the UK government has money problems - if they just increase VAT to 25%, then $250 = £250 will work perfectly

 

[SkyTerran]

Another thing I like is the establishment of 12GB of VRAM at this price point as the norm.

I think it is going to be hard for Nvidia to try and sell a 5060 with less than that. Hopefully it will nudge things up along their entire 5000 series.

Those leather jackets don't come cheap

I'm 99% sure the mobile 5060 will have 8GB. Maybe there will be 8GB and 12GB or 16GB versions of the desktop 5060.

 

[McPhee]

The price position of the B580 in the US is a bit better than it is in the UK. RTX 4060 pricing starts 16% higher than the B580 vs 4% lower in the UK. The 7600 XT is 36% more expensive (UK 20%), 4060 Ti 60% more (UK 36%), and 7700 XT is 60% more (UK 48%).

This is why all of the US reviewers are gushing over the card. One retailer still looks to have 6750 XT stock at a reasonable price. But that aside, the B580 just blew everything below the $400 mark out of the water. In fact, on the Nvidia side, it just made everything below the 4070 obsolete (the 4060 Ti is faster, but not by much and it has 4GB less VRAM. For an extra $150...).

£250 is still a decent price. But it's not quite the knockout punch it is in the USA.

 

[Quartz]

Isn’t the 5060 six months away?

 

[davelee1097]

So, I pre-ordered the intel card thursday midday and the order just says order confirmed. I'm probably not in the first 50, am I in the 150 cards you said you'd get by the end of the week? Or a future shipment you have a commitment on? Or just in limbo? Thanks.

I preordered the Intel card on Tuesday evening, I have no idea what’s happening with the order.
I’m hoping I was early enough as it’ll be for my lad for Xmas.

 

[spudbynight]

The price position of the B580 in the US is a bit better than it is in the UK. RTX 4060 pricing starts 16% higher than the B580 vs 4% lower in the UK. The 7600 XT is 36% more expensive (UK 20%), 4060 Ti 60% more (UK 36%), and 7700 XT is 60% more (UK 48%).

This is why all of the US reviewers are gushing over the card. One retailer still looks to have 6750 XT stock at a reasonable price. But that aside, the B580 just blew everything below the $400 mark out of the water. In fact, on the Nvidia side, it just made everything below the 4070 obsolete (the 4060 Ti is faster, but not by much and it has 4GB less VRAM. For an extra $150...).

£250 is still a decent price. But it's not quite the knockout punch it is in the USA.

Everyone forgets prices in the US don't include sales tax (the US version of VAT)

$250 + 20% VAT = $300 = £240 at current exchange rate

The US price isn't far off the UK price.

 

[Teejvan]

Does anyone know if Corsair or anyone else plan to do a waterblock for the limited edition model?

 

[McPhee]

Everyone forgets prices in the US don't include sales tax (the US version of VAT)

$250 + 20% VAT = $300 = £240 at current exchange rate

The US price isn't far off the UK price.

Yes. And sales tax applies to all of these cards, does it not?

If sales tax were 20%, the B580 would be $300 inc. tax, and the 4060 would be $348 inc. tax.

$290/$250=1.16. The RTX 4060 is 16% more expensive before applying sales tax.
$348/$300=1.16. The RTX 4060 is 16% more expensive after applying sales tax.

Whether you include sales tax or don't include sales tax, it has absolutely no impact on the relative pricing of the products.

 

[Gibbo]

So, I pre-ordered the intel card thursday midday and the order just says order confirmed. I'm probably not in the first 50, am I in the 150 cards you said you'd get by the end of the week? Or a future shipment you have a commitment on? Or just in limbo? Thanks.

Anyone who pre-ordered will get one, the next 150 are due around Christmas week, before new year hopefully.

 

[fullspizz]

This looks like it will be a good upgrade for my lad's pc.
will give it a few weeks before jumping though.