lol, ‘nefarious’… that’s a bit strong?
If you think it’s onerous, dubious, dastardly or ‘nefarious’, you can resolve the problem for yourself by not pre-ordering.
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lol, ‘nefarious’… that’s a bit strong?
If you think it’s onerous, dubious, dastardly or ‘nefarious’, you can resolve the problem for yourself by not pre-ordering.
I mean it may be a bit strong, but I don't think it's a good look either. If they can't promise prices, and the dates are going that late they should be taking deposits not full payments.
Couldn't agree more. 10% to secure an option to buy seems fair. Not like they need to worry about being stuck with stock they can't move
The scam is on the order page it says 4-25 weeks (which is March to August) , but if you go to pay it says delivery date is 30th October
Jaytwocents has a 5090 Astral LC. But he didn't test temps on the thing or do a review; all he did was use it to get on the 3d mark leaderboard
I did briefly see a temp on his screen during one run and it looked like it was low 40s which is impressive for 600watts
I did briefly see a temp on his screen during one run and it looked like it was low 40s which is impressive for 600watts
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I've just seen a screenshot elsewhere of somebody getting in the pre order queue for the aorus master ice 5090 and being told their estimated delivery date being the 3rd of october lmfao. Why on earth are they taking pre-orders on cards when the delivery date is so far away?
The lack of any msi news from the other site is extreamly annoying. How can you possibly have no clue when your getting your next stock in from themhopefully we get some news next week
MSI aren't a "trusted supplier" of theirs, which I interpret to mean they have no idea what's coming and when
Whereas the other vendors are probably giving them exact numbers and dates.Though have some hope - we've seen a lot of MSI 5080's and 5090's reach the UK since launch, compared with the other vendors at least.
The dates aren't real, the AIB have not given any dates to oc uk for delivery, oc uk just does its own estimates you have to ask them how and why
Chances are these cards will be delivered well before the date oc uk is showing
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This is with the competitor tbf, but it just blows my mind, surely they'll have had to recieved some shipments info to reopen the queue?
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They probably just have a maximum number of preorders they worked out is a good balance between expectation and reality and a few people dropped out.
I think this is where OCUK have actually been a bit more sensible, and rather than take huge numbers of orders they can't fulfill for months, they've kept the numbers small. I understand some pre-order queues are under 10 units on OCUK.
Msi seem to be one of the only cards coming through at the moment... seen plenty 5080 and even a few 5090 .MSI aren't a "trusted supplier" of theirs, which I interpret to mean they have no idea what's coming and when
Though have some hope - we've seen a lot of MSI 5080's and 5090's reach the UK since launch, compared with the other vendors at least.
That seemed to be the case if the "x ordered today" values they showed on the product pages were true on launch. I think the highest I saw was like 24 or 25 for the Astral? No clue why everyone loves that card so much but guess it's not for me to decide!
It does look the best card IMO, though that's where it ends. It's loud and temps aren't the best either.
Looks > everything else for many!
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Semantics really, mainly it's just a scummy cash grab yet they don't receive nearly as much flack for it as scalping (which imo it's at a similar level)
how do you know this?
i mean are OCUK sending out weekly emails to pre order customers to advise them of the que position?
coz i aint got any emails since ordering day 1
No everywhere is shut for chinese new year which ends 12th Feb, so the retailers will have absoltuely no info