** LACK OF SLEEP & TIRED GIBBO EQUALS BLOODY SILLY PRICES - LOOK INSIDE FOR EPIC DEALS!! **

[Gibbo]

Hi there


OMG I am so tired guys, many late nights this week, 4am start today, my brain is scrambled and I think I've lost the plot, but hey ho, we still have BLOODY SILLY PRICES, so here goes:-




Asus HD 7990 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £399.95 inc VAT

With more than twice the processing power of previous generation AMD discrete graphics cards, ATI Radeon HD 7900 Series graphics cards deliver a cinematic gaming experience and unprecedented performance.

Features:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- HD 7990 is a dual GPU card
- Core Clock Speed: 950MHz
- Core Boost Speed: 1000MHz
- Primitive Rate: 2 prim / clk
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 64 CU / 4096 ALU
- Texture Units: 256
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 64 / 256
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 2x384 bit / 6000MHz
- Load / Idle Board Power: <500W / <3W
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: DL-DVI-I, 4x Mini-Displayport
- AMD Golden Ticket: Choose 3 FREE Games: http://www.amd4u.com/radeonrewards/
- 3yr Warranty


Was [£599.99] Inc. VAT

Only £399.95 inc VAT.

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Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** @ £239.99 inc VAT

The ASUS ROG MATRIX HD 7970 continues the ROG tradition of catering to overclockers who want the fastest and smoothest performance. It meets extreme tuning needs, utilizing a TOP-selected GPU factory-set to 1100MHz. For hardware-level overvolting, customers get VGA Hotwire and the TweakIt interface, with one-press 100% fan speed settings. DIGI+ VRM digital controllers and Super Alloy Power components form the basis of massive 20-phase power delivery. Exclusive GPU Tweak has been enhanced for ROG duty, adding GPU loadline calibration and VRM tuning to an already full range of parameters.

DIY modification of voltages on MATRIX HD 797 becomes simple by removing the need for complicated and risky soldering. Just connect wires from dedicated headers on compatible ROG motherboards to VGA Hotwire connectors on MATRIX HD 7970, after which you can change voltages directly on the hardware level through the ASUS UEFI BIOS or via the Windows-based Ai Suite II.

TweakIt provides flexible overclocking control even when gaming or running benchmarks! The + and - buttons put overvolting adjustments at your fingertips, with more power translating into the faster and smoother gaming you crave and the winning edge you require for intense multiplayer and competitive benchmarking.

Instantly trigger the dual 100mm fans to 100% speed regardless of driver settings. This proves very useful in extreme overclocking and other heavy workload scenarios where rapid heat evacuation and max cooling are a must.

The Safe Mode button resets the graphics card back to default frequencies and BIOS settings. This is a very useful feature for hardware enthusiasts and experimental tuning - think of it like the motherboard's clear CMOS function.

MATRIX HD 7970 is built with carefully-designed massive 20-phase power delivery, unmatched by any other graphics card for the ultimate in performance and spectacular power delivery. This ensures ample room for experimental performance tuning, as its DIGI+ VRM digital voltage regulation design augments precision overclocking capabilities, which are further supported by the use of hardened Super Alloy Power capacitors, chokes, and MOSFETs. These components are forged under extreme pressure and temperatures to increase reliability, power output, and overall card lifespan while eliminating bothersome choke buzzing noise, unlike much tamer reference cards. All these and more enable the absolute best in overclocking potential and experience.

ASUS DirectCU thermal design utilizes all-copper heatpipes so heat is removed efficiently. DirectCU II generates 6X greater airflow yet performs 3X quieter than reference in idle and full load thanks to dual 100mm sound-dampening fans.

A color-coded LED MATRIX indicator at the back of the ROG MATRIX graphics card gives real time and easy-to-understand visual display of the current GPU workload, with colors changing dynamically depending your card’s work load.

Easily fine-tune core and memory clocks, voltages, and fan settings intuitively via sliders or manual value entry. MATRIX HD 7970 arrives with a new ROG edition of GPU Tweak, which adds detailed GPU loadline calibration and VRM frequency tuning, allowing for the most extensive control and adjustment parameters for maximum overclocking potential.

Features:-
- TOP-selected 1100MHz cores run 175MHz higher than reference for smoother gameplay.
- All new MATRIX thermal design utilizes six all-copper heatpipes and 20% bigger dissipation area, achieving 20% cooler and 14dB quieter performance than reference
- Acclaimed DIGI+ VRM with 12-phase Super Alloy Power technology delivers precise digital power and enhanced durability for stable overclocking
- VGA Hotwire allows you to plug and solder wires on the card’s voltage regulators and accurately read and control Vcore, Vmem, and PLL voltages on a hardware level
- GPU Tweak utility helps you modify and tune clock speeds, voltages, and fan performance via an intuitive interface
- One card drives up to six screens with AMD Eyefinity™ 6
- ROG GPU Tweak suite offers the world's first graphics overclocking tool with loadline calibration and VRM overclocking.

Specification:-
- VOLTAGE UNLOCKED!
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Vastly cooler running than previous generation
- Quieter running than previous generation
- Compute Power: 3.5 TFLOPS
- Core Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- GPU Boost Speed: 1100MHz
- Primitive Rate: 2 prim / clk
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6600MHz
- Load / Idle Board Power: <300W / <3W
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 8-pin
- 20 Phase super alloy design
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 4x DP
- AMD Golden Ticket: Choose any three games from AMD (Select 3 FREE Games from AMD upto December 31st 2013)
- FREE Shipping: Buying this product entitles you to FREE SHIPPING on your entire order!
- 3yr Warranty


Was [£289.99] Inc. VAT

Only £239.99 inc VAT.

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HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** @ £199.99 inc VAT

The World's first 28nm GPU. The revolutionary new GCN Architecture. Ready for DirectX 11.1. PCI Express 3.0. The AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 is your personal checklist for ground-breaking technology. The next generation of AMD Eyefinity technology is here, featuring all-new support for stereo 3D, universal bezel compensation and brand new display configurations. Face it: the best just got better. Armed with the new PCI Express 3.0 standard, multi-GPU configurations with AMD CrossFire™ technology are just another way to obliterate the competition with the revolutionary AMD Radeon™ HD 7950. Leave no performance behind. Get higher clocks and faster gaming with AMD PowerTune technology on AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 Graphics. Fold and mine faster than ever with AMD App Acceleration powered by the unprecedented 28nm GCN Architecture. The market isn't ready for 4K video, but Radeon™ is. With full support for 3GHz HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2 HBR2, the AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 is set for Quad HD.

This is the latest edition of AMD's Radeon 7950 GPU with Boost technology. What this means to the gamer is better FPS as the GPU automatically boost too 925MHz when underload to improve the gaming experience.

Features:-
- Voltage Unlocked - Great for overclocking with people achieving around 1100-1250MHz core clock!!
- Core Clock: 850MHz (925MHz Boost)
- Memory: 3072MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 5000MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 384-Bit
- Processing Cores: 1792
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 3.0
- Display Connectors: 1x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 3.2 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- FREE Shipping: Buying this product entitles you to FREE SHIPPING on your entire order!
- AMD Golden Ticket: Choose 3 FREE Games: http://www.amd4u.com/radeonrewards/
- FREE Crysis 3: Origin download code emailed to you when buying this product.
- Warranty: 2 Years


Was [£209.99] Inc. VAT

Only £199.99 inc VAT.

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MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards @ £107.99 inc VAT

With continued demand for increased graphics horsepower to support more visually intensive games, the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series is set to power the next generation of games and applications. And for those looking to upgrade to a next-generation graphics card, the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series is the ideal choice.

Features:-
- Core Clock: 900MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4800MHz (Effective)
- Processing Cores: 1024
- ROPS: 32
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 1 Dual Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- Shader Model 5.0 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- AMD Silver Ticket: Choose 2 FREE Games: http://www.amd4u.com/radeonrewards/
- Warranty: 3 Years


Was [£119.99] Inc. VAT

Only £107.99 inc VAT.

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MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £229.99 inc VAT

MSI's GAMING lineup gets a big expansion with all new AMD SKUs in the shape of the R9 280X GAMING, R9 270X GAMING and R9 270 GAMING. Kept cool by the familiar Twin Frozr IV Advanced, the MSI GAMING graphics cards come bundled with the MSI GAMING APP, which is an easy tool that takes all of the fuzz out of overclocking and gives a simple one-click solution to get more performance out of your graphics card. Stability and lifetime are never an issue either. With custom PCBs designed for higher efficiency the GAMING cards remain cooler while the Military Class 4 components used ensure high stability while gaming.

Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1000MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6000MHz
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 2x Mini-DP + 1x HDMI
- Power: 250W TDP
- Dimensions: 269x128x34mm
- 3yr Warranty


Was [£249.95] Inc. VAT

Only £229.99 inc VAT.

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HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ X2 Boost 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £149.99 inc VAT

HIS R9 270X IceQ X² features Boost Clock is faster, IceQ X² is Cooler & Quieter, user-friendly iTurbo, Long Lasting Design, Boost Clock is faster. The card has the latest Boost Clock technology, providing extra performance for the most demanding games and applications!

IceQ X² is one of the quietest coolers, making the card quieter than the reference cooler. The card is below 28dB when watching movies, surfing Facebook, working. The card remains quiet whether you are gaming, online socializing, entertaining or working. The super large 2x 86mm dual axial fans draws massive amount of cool air to cool the GPU directly. The Q&C fan blade increases air velocity make cooling more efficiently while keeping noise level at minimum. The fan is extremely durable with a life span of up to 50,000 hours. The 5x 6mm wide heatpipes optimize cooling performance by removing heat from the core area. The extra large 60 x 62 mm copper heatsink provides a large area to dissipate heat efficiently. The card also carries memory and mosfet heat sinks to provide extra heat dissipation from these areas. The card also features fan control and monitoring, you are able to read fan speed & Asic temperature from iTurbo or other softwares.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1000MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1280
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 2x Mini-DP + 1x HDMI
- Power: 180W TDP
- 2yr Warranty


Was [£155.99] Inc. VAT

Only £149.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £149.99 inc VAT

The "dual" in Dual-X refers to the two highly advanced cooling fans that are coupled with multi-heatpipe technology to cool mid-to high-end graphics cards. The fans are amazing: each blade boasts a sleek airfoil shape that increases cool air throughput so they can run slower. Even when you're pushing the processing power to the limits. Even when your're overclocking.

The quiet-running fans work with multi-heatpipes and heatsinks that take away heat from the processor to the fans. Plus, dust repelling bearings radically reduce failure caused by the build-up of dirt. In short, its a quiet, efficient way of cooling your graphics card - even when you're pushing it to the limits.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1020MHz
- Core Boost Speed: 1070MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1280
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- Power: 180W TDP
- 2yr Warranty


Was [£157.99] Inc. VAT

Only £149.99 inc VAT.

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In short AMD have got pricing sussed, lets sum it up guys:-

£100 - 2GB 7850, beats anything from NVIDIA at sub £125
£150 - R9 270X, close to HD 7950 performance for sub £150, really has no competition at this price point.
£200 - HD 7950 3GB, this simply has no competition at this price and 3GB of RAM.
£230 - £250 - R9 280X and HD 7970 GHz, again nothing rivals the performance of these at this price point.
£450 - HD 7990, absolutely destroys everything!!

 

[Gibbo]

You must be tired that HIS 7950 has been £199.99 for ages and was on special on here for £179.99 and then been down to £197.99. In the last two days its gone up to £209.99 and now on 'special' at £199.99??

I can put it back up to £209.99 if you want?

The prices are going up on the old stuff as supply is now gone.

 

[Gibbo]

just noticed 7990 is actually pre-order, that's a hell of a commitment to pay 450 now that prices are dropping with r9 290x out

They are not dropping, they were actually going up.

But warehouse has dumped their remaining stock at a silly price.

Remember this is faster than R9 290X by approx 30%, it is still the worlds fastest graphics card!

 

[Gibbo]

Buy it there then. I prefer to shop here, get great cs, good banter on the boards and great staff interaction. Gibbo's making an offer here, you are under no obligation to oblige.

This.

Which other competitor opens up pre 5am, personally contacts all its customers, does a fair review of new product, shows how to overclock them, provides a BIOS, test 3rd party coolers, has staff available pretty much 24/7?

Yep OcUK, you are spot on m8.

Our price on this HD 7990 is the best like you say, its got free shipping, its also one of the best brands, Asus with 3yr warranty which OcUK will honor. What is the other brand out of interest?

Its not in stock now because Asus only today decided to take a big loss on them to clear their stock, its arriving in November as Asus need to get the stock from European warehouse, then loaded onto trucks, but before all this they have paperwork to get signed of by their HQ to sell the product at such a huge loss, all takes time.

 

[Gibbo]

As above, I am not questioning service you provide, reason I come back here instead of ordering somewhere else.

its XFX, also tri-fan design. Actually 2 etailers do them, just spotted another one

XFX, simply no, I'd never compete with that brand, you only have to ask customers here on their experiences with XFX.

Plus Asus 3yr warranty is far better than 2yr on XFX, especially when spending close to £500.

 

[Gibbo]

I know what you mean. I'm getting very tempted by a 7990 now (maybe 2, no, no, I must resist 2! Should resist 1 really). It's just hard to justify £450 on the Asus card when you can get a XFX one plus a XFX PSU worth around £100 for £480.

I get what Gibbo says about the Asus having a 3 year RMA compared to the XFX 2 year one. But 3 years of completely useless CS & RMA doesn't seem like enough of a selling point over 2 years of completely useless CS & RMA to justify not spending an extra £30 to get a £100 PSU (which I believe is decent, my understanding is XFX PSUs are pretty decent). I could actually do with a decent modular PSU.

I'm guessing there's not really a whole lot in the 7990 between the 2 manufacturers as they both seem to be reference design.

I would prefer to buy from OcUK though.

Hi there

OK we've done some working, OK I got my calculator out and the result is the Asus is now £399.95 Inc. VAT

Also as you all now know, since OcUK was taken over, we will now deal with the full warranty term and sort with Asus for our customers for the 3yr period.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo what is your policy for Sapphire cards?

We honor the warranty for 2yr if that is what you mean.

If you mean what do I think of them? They are one of the best and we are trying to convince them out of their old ways of 2yr warranty and to change to 3yr.

But their product is top quality, never let us down.

 

[Gibbo]

You just cannot lose with this deal on 7990. If price drops before ETA which is: 08/11/13 I am sure OCUK will honour the price drop, or if another mad deal comes out you can cancel the order and order something else instead.
Gibbo am I right?

We won't be dropping price any further and I doubt there will be any better deals. Come on its a 7990 for sub £400, this was never expected, but Asus had stock and needed it gone so dropped their pants frankly speaking.

But yes anyone ordering can also cancel at any time as well.

 

[Gibbo]

Hmm have just spent £480 on the 290x, worth rejecting the delivery(its coming this evening) and ordering the 7990 instead (yes I know wouldn't get bf4 with the 7990 but I'm not that bothered with bf4)? But the 7990 is 'old tech' compared to the 290x, I'm planning on xfire with the 290x in the future which'll be a lot better than the 7990 but much more expensive.

Depends what you want, single GPU cards give zero problems. Dual GPU cards can have incompatibility issues but are faster.

The choice is yours.

 

[Gibbo]

Does this mean RMA is sorted out within say a week with OcUK, or do we still have to wait a maximum of 28 days according to what T.S deem a reasonable period of time for hardware to be replaced/repaired?

Used to buy Asus regularly at one point.

Give me a working week turnaround, like it would for Gigabyte, and maybe even more people will buy Asus products.

Hi m8

If its within 28 days, yes its fast, if its within 1yr and the product is still current pretty quick, maybe 2 weeks or so.

But if the product is EOL, then it depends if Asus decide to repair, if so that could be a while, if they credit us then of course very quick, you get a credit at market value to then spend on a new card.

 

[Gibbo]

Guys

Asus are not happy with the price, on Monday it shall go up, so if you want one get one over the weekend.