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we also expect to have product on the shelf
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We expect good volume on these cards

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we also expect to have product on the shelf
We expect good volume on these cards
I don't know how he can know that without preorders though. Reading this forum you'd think everyone and their dog will be ordering at least a dozen 5900Xs "just in case", but in reality it's a £500+ cpu, it might be just the small group of people active in this thread actually buying one on launch, especially us folk who(maybe stupidly) have already built the rest of the PC around it and have to have the part to actually have a working PC. It's so hard to guess what the actual demand will be.@Gibbo has demand been met? I think if you are transparent with us then you will likely avoid backlash similar to Ampere...
I don't know how he can know that without preorders though. Reading this forum you'd think everyone and their dog will be ordering at least a dozen 5900Xs "just in case", but in reality it's a £500+ cpu, it might be just the small group of people active in this thread actually buying one on launch, especially us folk who(maybe stupidly) have already built the rest of the PC around it and have to have the part to actually have a working PC. It's so hard to guess what the actual demand will be.
Ah, right, misunderstood then.Demand being met, from AMD, not orders. Gibbo said earlier in the thread that he'd requested 1,000's of CPUs. The post was about whether or not Gibbo's demand was met by AMD...
I don't know how he can know that without preorders though. Reading this forum you'd think everyone and their dog will be ordering at least a dozen 5900Xs "just in case", but in reality it's a £500+ cpu, it might be just the small group of people active in this thread actually buying one on launch, especially us folk who(maybe stupidly) have already built the rest of the PC around it and have to have the part to actually have a working PC. It's so hard to guess what the actual demand will be.
Nice set of components, what cpu are you going for?
If there is a significant shortage this month, all those folk with 90% built systems really would have been better making use of the MSI £45 cashback deal on the 3600. At least then they'd have a decent system, an no rush to get a 5000 series. The cashback would pretty much cover the loss selling the 3600 after a month or two.
Didn't know about it. I guess I was (foolishly) optimistic about stock levels. Not sure why, suppose I was thinking that AMD might do better...
I looked into that deal, it was actually rubbish and wasnt 'cach' back at all. It was vouchersIf there is a significant shortage this month, all those folk with 90% built systems really would have been better making use of the MSI £45 cashback deal on the 3600. At least then they'd have a decent system, an no rush to get a 5000 series. The cashback would pretty much cover the loss selling the 3600 after a month or two.
The dream. Would happily do that.Websites should do the same as glasto tickets, photo IDfrom passport / drivers license registered to address.
Single item for household shipped to the address registered.
I wonder how it relates to what Gibbo said right at the beginning
The other question is.....is everyone releasing at 5pm? Or at various random times throughout the day? Only OCuk said the actual time as far as I know.My assumption has been that's why they're supplying stock well in advance of the release date, so it's just a question of how quickly the retailer can ship to customer rather than more complications with overall supply.
Not long till we find out...
The other question is.....is everyone releasing at 5pm? Or at various random times throughout the day? Only OCuk said the actual time as far as I know.