** NVIDIA GTX 1070: WANNA PRE-ORDER?**

MiSJAH said:
So they are re-using the 1080 design, that's a cost saving immediately that has not been passed on to consumers.

R & D for 1070 design would increase the rrp to recoup those costs.

Poor show all round.
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At the start Nvidia produce a component kit and a PCB design, as time goes by card manufacturers can refine the designs, source their own components and increase mass production to save money. That's just not possible at such short notice. This is what some people refer to as "early adopters tax" but that term is about as far from the truth as it's possible to be. Card manufacturers can actually make more profit after they've been able to do their optimisations than they can at the start.

The limited amount of stock available for launch should be proof enough that Nvidia only supplied their kits at very short notice.

solidair said:
When will the 1070s be in stock i was thinking about the KFA2 HOF Version?
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We don't know at this point. The HOF design was only confirmed to us earlier today. The specs are still not set because I believe that they are still testing yields. As soon as we have some more information we will update the ETAs on the website.
 
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lol @prices...
asus strix 1070 for 480£ ? lol. We can go and get 1080 for 525£.
I'm like ..ok.
In 2020 we will be paying 1000£ for XX70 cards...
 
colinmcr said:
There was me thinking the Founders version was the top line price !! While its looking like an awesome card I think they need to drop by £20-30 at least. Saying that the KAF ref blower price is quite good.
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that price isnt quite good its just not as silly and therefore looks good lol.
 
im glad this thread has a majority of "not buying - too expensive" hope it stays that way and the big bosses see it.

maybe AMD see this and do a paper launch on monday for the rx480?
 
Im not mental, Im also unsure were the markup on the Gigabyte cards has come from over other e-tailers.. Its only £10 or so but if your on a budget its the difference between ref and a nice oc card sometimes..

I think Nvidia has lied out there arse personally with this last moment price change as it may of "cost more to build due to low yields" etc.. No.

I can bet the reasoning is.. We didn't sell enough 1080's lets price the 1070 closer in the hopes we can push more onto buying a 1080.

e: I hope AMD Comes in with a smashing price for us in the Uk and e-tailers don't add stupid markup to them and forces Nvidia's hand. I personally ain't a fan of either brand id love there to be more gpu companies and more competition same as processors but we all know why it won't happen

We need something to happen soon though or 2020 will be a sad year when Mid-tier gpu's are close to 1000 pounds
 
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ScottiB said:
Circa £400 for a GTX 980Ti beater? It's still a hell of a bargain in my opinion.

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With that one statement you have made it clear the 980ti is overpriced now.
So when do we see 980ti's below £400 ? SLI beckons. ;)

ScottiB said:
I'm with you there. On a purely price/performance basis these cards are incredible value but still, not as good as Nvidia originally led us to believe.

I'm sure that we'll get there sooner rather than later but early adopters have always had to pay a little extra due to the lack of optimisation time.
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Pardon. early adopters pay more because time cant be optimised ? Thats a new one Doctor.

:)
 
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