OcUK AMD reference cards

jcharnley1984 · 30 Nov 2022 at 12:48

As OcUK currently stocks AMD reference cards, does that mean they are a reseller of AMD reference GPUs? I remember the AMD Direct Shop terminated shipping to the UK just after Brexit and never came back to supply the UK market. However, I noticed that OcUk and Bolton started to sell the reference cards a while ago. Does that mean there is distribution contract setup for future AMD products. For instance, the 7000 series that is coming out in a few weeks?

JediFragger · 30 Nov 2022 at 13:23

No, afaik it was just a one-off to help AMD to clear a backlog (the other place too).

We're still screwed in the UK in regards to the AMD Store

The AiB's will just be rebadging the reference cards and selling them a hundred or 2 over the pricing (as per usual).

varkanoid · 30 Nov 2022 at 13:24

jcharnley1984 said:
As OcUK currently stocks AMD reference cards, does that mean they are a reseller of AMD reference GPUs? I remember the AMD Direct Shop terminated shipping to the UK just after Brexit and never came back to supply the UK market. However, I noticed that OcUk and Bolton started to sell the reference cards a while ago. Does that mean there is distribution contract setup for future AMD products. For instance, the 7000 series that is coming out in a few weeks?

No its AIB's producing the reference cards not direct from AMD. One is Sapphire I believe.

jcharnley1984 · 30 Nov 2022 at 14:42

that is a shame, if AMD had the distribution channel to the UK it would surely help them. Like the FE models are super popular over here, think they are missing an opportunity. OcUK should be their main UK channel I think

Harlequin · 30 Nov 2022 at 14:44

Digital River is the supplier for AMD, and you can be very grateful you have never dealt with them.

random_matt · 30 Nov 2022 at 14:55

Nvidia and Intel both use a retailer for their reference cards, AMD needs to get their **** together. I guess AMD UK market share is so small that they simply do not care.

Darujhistan · 30 Nov 2022 at 15:06

random_matt said:
Nvidia and Intel both use a retailer for their reference cards, AMD needs to get their **** together. I guess AMD UK market share is so small that they simply do not care.

That's what I think. Until people stop buying Nvidia that won't change.

varkanoid · 30 Nov 2022 at 15:48

Its a shame the AMD Ref cards the 6xxx time round especially the 6x50 cards are really well built and superbly packaged.

jrodga2k5 · 30 Nov 2022 at 15:55

Harlequin said:
Digital River is the supplier for AMD, and you can be very grateful you have never dealt with them.

I don't know about that, I ended up with a free 2080ti FE from them when they refunded me in error and asked me to repay via a different payment method :cry:

They eventually stood down on their request.

Doogles · 1 Dec 2022 at 06:28

Darujhistan said:
That's what I think. Until people stop buying Nvidia that won't change.

I remember back when twice trying to buy a 6800XT from AMD Direct, first time said my payment wasn't supported and the second time it said they can't ship to Great Britain, ended up getting a 3080 FE from the retailer that handles FE cards, no such issues with that.

eeii · 1 Dec 2022 at 16:55

You will be able to get a 7000 MBA series card from overclockers its will be in a Sapphire or other AIB box.

harmattan · 1 Dec 2022 at 17:53

I'll be both trying for a reference card here gosh-willing, but in parallel I have a line on direct cards from back home in Murica I can collect mid-Dec, if no luck.

A shame they aren't directly availability in the UK as we'll have two points of mark up over MSRP/RRP. I'm guessing 7900xtx will be >£1100 day one.

JediFragger · 1 Dec 2022 at 18:03

harmattan said:
A shame they aren't directly availability in the UK as we'll have two points of mark up over MSRP/RRP. I'm guessing 7900xtx will be >£1100 day one.

Even more maybe, disti's/retailers know that these will sell well. Pound gaining strength will help a little.

hyperseven · 1 Dec 2022 at 18:43

eeii said:
You will be able to get a 7000 MBA series card from overclockers its will be in a Sapphire or other AIB box.

But will it retain AMDs launch price like the FE cards do which was the advantage of buying from their website?

eeii · 2 Dec 2022 at 07:13

hyperseven said:
But will it retain AMDs launch price like the FE cards do which was the advantage of buying from their website?

The only thing I can tell you is when I bought my vega 64 it was at msrp from overclockers. It was a reference design and was in a sapphire box

Chud_Jenny · 2 Dec 2022 at 20:44

£ to $ is over 1.22 currently so zero reason the 7900xtx MBA cards in the UK can cost a penny over £999.99. (£979.99 more on current rates, that's asking a little too much though?)

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900XTX and 7900XT reference cards show up on Amazon - VideoCardz.com

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 reference cards on Amazon Sapphire is the first company to introduce their cards based on AMD design. The Radeon RX 7900 series

videocardz.com

JediFragger · 2 Dec 2022 at 21:05

Chud_Jenny said:
£ to $ is over 1.22 currently so zero reason the 7900xtx MBA cards in the UK can cost a penny over £999.99. (£979.99 more on current rates, that's asking a little too much though?)

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900XTX and 7900XT reference cards show up on Amazon - VideoCardz.com

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 reference cards on Amazon Sapphire is the first company to introduce their cards based on AMD design. The Radeon RX 7900 series

videocardz.com

Don't get excited, AiB's always slap on 10/20% for the LOLs for their rebadged reference cards.

Chud_Jenny · 2 Dec 2022 at 21:12

JediFragger said:
Don't get excited, AiB's always slap on 10/20% for the LOLs for their rebadged reference cards.

I only buy Sapphire MBA cards. The air cooler is in the box after testing lol.

JediFragger · 2 Dec 2022 at 21:16

Chud_Jenny said:
I only buy Sapphire MBA cards. The air cooler is in the box after testing lol.

It's ok, they'll still want their 20%

Chud_Jenny · 2 Dec 2022 at 21:19

JediFragger said:
It's ok, they'll still want their 20%

The 4080 MSRP is artificial in the UK due to it being set when the pound was very weak against the dollar. Hence the now incorrect £1269 FE pricing.
$999/1.2 +vat is back to £999. Shame it's not 2008 2:1! They'd be £500+vat lol.