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OcUK RX6*50XT series review thread
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They brought out products that are just as good or better than the competition.
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No longer a value brand. Whatever nvidia charge they just match it.
Soldato
I'm curious if they will take the piddle a bit and re-re-release the 6900XT down the line with 19Gbps or even 20Gbps memory, I put nothing passed these companies now.
Caporegime
It's the lower power use and therefore less heat that sells me. Too old to be sitting in my pants, playing on a PC, trying not to get heat stroke
It's the lower power use and therefore less heat that sells me. Too old to be sitting in my pants, playing on a PC, trying not to get heat stroke
Have you tried opening a window?
Soldato
Hardware Unboxed hated the lower end AMD refreshes....yet in the last video, Steve said the 6950X card was going into his personal machine 
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We aren't in America. And tell AMD to open their ****ing UK store.
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That was taken from Newegg, so the same would apply to OcuK and the prices from $ to £.
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Ok, I suppose it's if the buyer puts any value on the RT performance or not and what that is worth to them as an individual.
Caporegime
The point of the comparison is not the FPS numbers, purely the myth that they match Nvidia for pricing which is clearly false as shown in average actual price at retailers.
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And to back up that, from HUB a day or two ago.
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A few weeks ago you said to me that the 6700XT wasn't aimed at the 3070 but the 3060Ti. Remind me, what was the MSRP of those 2 cards again?
Caporegime
What does MSRP matter when the overwhelming majority of cards are sold at retail for above MSRP? HUB have graphs for that too, but no card was at MSRP at Newegg and none are at MSRP at OcuK either for either vendor.
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Because the launch pricing matters when it comes to comparisons. Neither side knew what was going to happen in the near future did they? AMD priced a competing card at $80 above Nvidia (admitted that it was to compete directly), that is what matters and where AMD's mindset is now at. Expensive.
The fact that Nvidia can command higher pricing for what the public deem a superior brand (however wrongly) does not come into it.
I checked a few of these and the prices are completely off. 3060ti same price as 6700xt, 3070ti £40 cheaper than the 6700xt and the 3080 is £20 cheaper than the 6800XT.
We've had some bad marketing in the past but this is embarrassing from AMD.
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It's only bad because they made the mistake of trying to capture a 'snapshot' in time. When the market fluctuates it completely negates what they're trying to get across.
Caporegime
I just checked and they are correct. Example, Newegg, cheapest 6700 XT £515, cheapest 3060 TI £580.
Another, cheapest 6800 XT £825 cheapest 3080 £879. That graph is based off Newegg prices, same as the HUB examples.
Yes, that snapshot in time is right now. What people are actually paying today, in todays climate.
Well then they need to sort out their pricing outside of the US.