OcUK GUIDE TO ORDERING YOUR AMD 9070 GRAPHICS CARD TODAY AT 14:00

[hmsq]

So is AMD rebating cards still or they just said that to the press?

 

[Jono8]

will there be any more msrp cards this week?

Doubtful. Demand will have to slow.

Once they sit on shelves in stock everywhere, i imagine we might see them drop to MSRP again.

Who knows when that will be. First scalpers will have to realise it isnt worth buying them all up. Thats going to happen quickly with the 9070 (non XT) seen as they are in stock everywhere now and not selling out immediately. The XT is obviously more popular so may take longer.

Its difficult to gauge just how many people there are who will spend £600+ on a GPU, and how long the interest/hype will stick around.

 

[GhostDog1981]

Doubtful. Demand will have to slow.

Once they sit on shelves in stock everywhere, i imagine we might see them drop to MSRP again.

Who knows when that will be. First scalpers will have to realise it isnt worth buying them all up. Thats going to happen quickly with the 9070 (non XT).

Its difficult to gauge just how many people there are who will spend £600+ on a GPU, and how long the interest/hype will stick around.

By the time it dies down it will be the summer and significantly eaten into the lifecycle of the card with new gen coming out Q4 2026/Q1 2027.

No one will want these cards at £700 come next year - prices will start dropping after the summer imo.

 

[Jono8]

By the time it dies down it will be the summer and significantly eaten into the lifecycle of the card with new gen coming out Q4 2026/Q1 2027.

No one will want these cards at £700 come next year - prices will start dropping after the summer imo.

I reckon it might be sooner than that to be honest.

 

[GhostDog1981]

I reckon it might be sooner than that to be honest.

Also they were a bit stingy with the vram as I’ve noticed Indy Jones hitting 15.8gb with framegen and light path tracing turned on giving 50-60 fps at 1440p- still not playable for my standards but illustrates that 16gb for a £600 is a bit mean. They really should have put 20gb then I won’t feel so bad parting for 600-700 quid on them.

Basically if games come out like Indy we will have a few disgruntled 9070 series owners crying foul of the vram.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Also they were a bit stingy with the vram as I’ve noticed Indy Jones hitting 15.8gb with framegen and light path tracing turned on giving 50-60 fps at 1440p- still not playable for my standards but illustrates that 16gb for a £600 is a bit mean. They really should have put 20gb then I won’t feel so bad parting for 600-700 quid on them.

Basically if games come out like Indy we will have a few disgruntled 9070 series owners crying foul of the vram.

Going to be worse with all the Nvidia cards under £750 being 12GB!

 

[robj20]

The only reason I used Amazon is your payment pay was crashing over and over again. And now you've told me to reorder as there are no GPUs. So what happened to the one that was allocated to me? Also, I've never had this happen with Amazon pay before and I've used it tons with you guys.

And if they don't get your order how come it showed in your account?

 

[StuartC999]

ETA with us is tomorrow/Wednesday.



Demand is far higher, its that simple and the supply is not able to handle the demand.



One was never allocated to you as I repeat we never got your order from Amazon and I repeat it is why we SAY DO NOT USE AMAZON!

@SteveBA I was the same although I never used Amazon, I initially clicked Klarna then went back and completed checkout using PayPal and even got a Order Confirmation page, order was cancelled two days later on the Monday. Got in touch with CS and they basically said the same about wait untill stock was back in and re-order and claimed my order went through on Klarna and failed (despite my confirmation email from OCUK and PayPal) but CS simply didnt want to know or acknowledge any sort of IT issues on their end and it was all my error somhow ....... OCUK website isnt like the competitors that secure that item for you for set amount of time giving you time to check out, OCUK website is more first to flash the cash gets the item sadly

 

[SteveBA]

ETA with us is tomorrow/Wednesday.



Demand is far higher, its that simple and the supply is not able to handle the demand.



One was never allocated to you as I repeat we never got your order from Amazon and I repeat it is why we SAY DO NOT USE AMAZON!

How come an order showed in my account. Also, if you expected issues why not disable Amazon. Like a lot of your customers, it didn't dawn on me to go to a forum for rules on ordering a GPU. When I bought my 3080 Vision from you guys I clicked the link, used Amazon pay and got it about 3 weeks later. So I assumed the same would be fine. Same as my 5600X and my LG34GN850. All of those were fine using Amazon.

 

[SteveBA]

@SteveBA I was the same although I never used Amazon, I initially clicked Klarna then went back and completed checkout using PayPal and even got a Order Confirmation page, order was cancelled two days later on the Monday. Got in touch with CS and they basically said the same about wait untill stock was back in and re-order and claimed my order went through on Klarna and failed (despite my confirmation email from OCUK and PayPal) but CS simply didnt want to know or acknowledge any sort of IT issues on their end and it was all my error somhow ....... OCUK website isnt like the competitors that secure that item for you for set amount of time giving you time to check out, OCUK website is more first to flash the cash gets the item sadly

I've been offered to buy the card at the new higher price, except my funds are stuck in a refund loop which will take at least a week (and Amazon say up to 30 days). Yay. My order was cancelled and now I can buy it for more... oh wait, I can't.

 

[fastboy]

do you have the email/screenshot of it in your account?

 

[SteveBA]

do you have the email/screenshot of it in your account?

do you have the email/screenshot of it in your account?

Worked it out

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[SteveBA]

How do you upload pics? As yes.

 

[StuartC999]

I've been offered to buy the card at the new higher price, except my funds are stuck in a refund loop which will take at least a week (and Amazon say up to 30 days). Yay. My order was cancelled and now I can buy it for more... oh wait, I can't.

Yea they advised me that I could buy the card when it comes back in stock at a higher price aswell, like you havent been kicked to the ground already they then throw it back in your face ............

Bit crap that your funds are tied up with Amazon, if they are advising customers not to pay by Amazon due to problems on their website during busy times then they should remove that payment method compeltely from the store during new releases or implement what many other competitor stores uses and hold that item for you for 10 mins or so to be able to checkout and not play russian roulette on the payment page as you know there are hundreds of other people trying to get the payment through first so they can secure a card lol

 

[fastboy]

How do you upload pics? As yes.

i think you click the insert img tab

 

[GhostDog1981]

I've been offered to buy the card at the new higher price, except my funds are stuck in a refund loop which will take at least a week (and Amazon say up to 30 days). Yay. My order was cancelled and now I can buy it for more... oh wait, I can't.

At least Gibbo/OCUK gave you the chance to buy an in demand card - they’ve had to put their prices up as AMD have stopped the rebates.

Basically AMD have screwed this launch up with their last minute price drop which they were never going to sustain beyond launch despite what our mate Frank says.

Yes I know it sucks but this is the capitalist world we live in.

 

[Jono8]

At least Gibbo/OCUK gave you the chance to buy an in demand card - they’ve had to put their prices up as AMD have stopped the rebates.

Yes I know it sucks but this is the capitalist world we live in.

They haven't "had to put their prices up".

They've put them up because they will likely get more for them, and it's more profit for them.

You can't blame them really. If people are desperate enough to have their pants pulled down price wise by retailers, that's on them.

 

[StuartC999]

At least Gibbo/OCUK gave you the chance to buy an in demand card - they’ve had to put their prices up as AMD have stopped the rebates.

Basically AMD have screwed this launch up with their last minute price drop which they were never going to sustain beyond launch despite what our mate Frank says.

Yes I know it sucks but this is the capitalist world we live in.

Think its more the principle of it, you get the card in your basket, complete the checkout process then you get the order cancelled days later ...... nothing to do with AMD tbh

 

[Venali]

Also they were a bit stingy with the vram as I’ve noticed Indy Jones hitting 15.8gb with framegen and light path tracing turned on giving 50-60 fps at 1440p- still not playable for my standards but illustrates that 16gb for a £600 is a bit mean. They really should have put 20gb then I won’t feel so bad parting for 600-700 quid on them.

Basically if games come out like Indy we will have a few disgruntled 9070 series owners crying foul of the vram.

Especially as it's gddr6.

At least Gibbo/OCUK gave you the chance to buy an in demand card - they’ve had to put their prices up as AMD have stopped the rebates.

Basically AMD have screwed this launch up with their last minute price drop which they were never going to sustain beyond launch despite what our mate Frank says.

Yes I know it sucks but this is the capitalist world we live in.

The extra £20 they added to cards today has nothing to do with rebates. His logic is that supply and demand means he can charge the customer more, even if his own costs haven't increased.

 

[GhostDog1981]

They haven't "had to put their prices up".

They've put them up because they will likely get more for them, and it's more profit for them.

You can't blame them really. If people are desperate enough to have their pants pulled down price wise by retailers, that's on them.

I still don’t understand how for most of 2023 and 2024 we were able to buy cards without much trouble for below msrp.

Why all of a sudden is there a surge in demand? There’s no crypto and I don’t think people are doing whatever with AI to make money in their bedrooms- I just don’t get where and why there is this demand all of a sudden- even in December I could log into any retailer and be able to buy a card easily.