*****Pyramid is Complete - OcUK has more GTX 580 than anyone else!!*****

[Echo]

They pay you to play lego with the graphics cards??

Methinks you'd never get anything done in work with a few sets of these neodymium 216 cubes

 

[wolvers]

Yeah, I think a lot of people were expecting a paper launch, I'm impressed by the amount of cards you got for launch of a highend GPU. The fact you have sold so many in a short amount of time at £400 shows there is real demand out there.

I was thinking the exact opposite.

The very top end of GPUs seems quite saturated to me, especially when you consider the games around, which is why I imagine AMD released the mid range cards first. Only the upgraditis crew and people that didn't buy in the last year or so are gonna be interested, with a few exceptions I would guess. They obviously felt threatened by the impending AMD cards that they had to release something.

 

[Biffa]

Yeah, I think a lot of people were expecting a paper launch, I'm impressed by the amount of cards you got for launch of a highend GPU. The fact you have sold so many in a short amount of time at £400 shows there is real demand out there.

Really? They got 100 cards and still haven't sold out nearly three days later. I'm surprised, usually something this "big" sells out in a day, especially when there were so few cards.

I think the problem is that you have to be a real hardcore zealot to upgrade from a 480 to a 580, or you have waited and waited to upgrade your G92/GT200.

Because for 3D Vision, PhysX, CUDA, Folding, a GTX480 is just fine and dandy. Yes of course its 20% better with a GTX580 at extreme resolutions but then thats a pretty small niche.

I'm the last one to berate people for buying hardware frivolously I have 4 Fermis in one rig, 1 in another an 9800's in two others!, but for me its been about balance, I had a 480's and I didn't need it, the 470's were fine, in fact the 460 is actually the sweet spot for what I want, which is half of the things that Gibbo listed

Anyway thats my tuppence worth.. wheres my beer?

 

[RavenXXX2]

£400 a pop, not really surprising they didn't just all go within the first hour now is it.

 

[Biffa]

14 May 2010
Added: 8:42am by Phil

World's fastest single GPU now available for only £393.99 Inc. VAT. The OcUK Value GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card offers amazing performance in the latest DirectX 11 games, Stereoscopic 3D gaming and PhysX support.

How about a bit earlier: 5th May? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=16494119&postcount=1

14th April? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=16359951&postcount=1

GTX480's were shipping at nearly £500 each and they couldn't get enough of them.

 

[Jokester]

Really? They got 100 cards and still haven't sold out nearly three days later. I'm surprised, usually something this "big" sells out in a day, especially when there were so few cards.

To be honest, they have nearly sold out, in 1day 3hours.

 

[RavenXXX2]

How about a bit earlier: 5th May? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=16494119&postcount=1

14th April? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=16359951&postcount=1

GTX480's were shipping at nearly £500 each and they couldn't get enough of them.

And that proves what? how much stock did they have back then? people paying over £400 gerneraly do thier research, considering the 580 is not a massive leap over the 480 it's not surprising sales would not be as strong compared to Nvidia's first DX11 GPU launch.

 

[Biffa]

To be honest, they have nearly sold out, in 1day 3hours.

My bad, thought it was Monday they went up.

My point is that it doesn't feel like its selling as well as the 480, you had preorders up the wazzoo for the 480 and it sold out as soon as they came through the door. Maybe I'm wrong, do you remember what the figures were for the 480?

And the 480 was more expensive than the 580.

 

[Jokester]

My bad, thought it was Monday they went up.

My point is that it doesn't feel like its selling as well as the 480, you had preorders up the wazzoo for the 480 and it sold out as soon as they came through the door. Maybe I'm wrong, do you remember what the figures were for the 480?

And the 480 was more expensive than the 580.

I don't work for the shop so I don't know, but the feeling I had was the 480 was like hens teeth, coming in dribs and drabs, so if you can imagine that OcUK are selling 100 cards a day of the 580, it's no wonder the 480 never seemed to be in stock as the supply just couldn't meet the demand initially and was just being used to service pre-orders.

Will be interesting to see how quickly new stock arrives and how long it takes to reach the point where there's always something in stock. Is this just a semi-paper launch with early stock to get the jump on ATI or is it a real hard launch with stock continually being supplied.

 

[Biffa]

I don't work for the shop so I don't know, but the feeling I had was the 480 was like hens teeth, coming in dribs and drabs, so if you can imagine that OcUK are selling 100 cards a day of the 580

They've only had the one delivery though right? 100 cards? Or was there another delivery I missed?

 

[Jokester]

They've only had the one delivery though right? 100 cards? Or was there another delivery I missed?

Not sure if that came as one big delivery, but yeah it remains to be seen if we end up with the same scenario as what happened with the 480.

 

[wolvers]

The fastest GPU available and they can't sell 100 on release day. Cheaper cards elsewhere still in stock. Not exactly hot cakes.

 

[knowlesy]

me thinks you could have gone higher but LIKES !!!!

 

[Little_Crow]

It's a pretty radical suggestion I know, but maybe people are holding off buying them and waiting to see what AMD come out with.

It's certainly what I'm doing, since my GTX280 went for a burton I've been making do with an 8800GT and am itching to play games with everything switched to 11.

 

[JediFragger]

The fastest GPU available and they can't sell 100 on release day. Cheaper cards elsewhere still in stock. Not exactly hot cakes.

I agree, it is very low for such an enthusiast site. But in this case I think being such a site is working against them as everyone worth their salt is waiting to see how AMD perform in just a few short weeks

Fingers crossed for a price-war all!

 

[MeatLoaf]

I seem to remember the 8800GT being in very short supply on release day. I was very lucky to get hold of a BFG card from the shop counter bang on 2pm

 

[555BUK]

The 480 did not have a potentially superior opponent being released just 2 or 3 weeks after it's launch. Everyone knew that the 480 would be top dog and that is one of the main reasons it demanded a premium. The other reason was that GTX480 destroyed it's predecessor (GTX 285).

With the 580, prices may drop quickly if the 6900's are priced keenly. It is also "not that much" faster than NVidia's "previous generation" 480's. The WOW factor is not there.

 

[Nickson]

I like that a lot!!

 

[JediFragger]

I'm thinking 6970 at £320ish, 580GTX at £340ish

 

[wakayoda]

Where did you get that burger from?