Sapphire GTO² available exclusively from OcUK and Modding instrutions inside.....

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 13:47

benskia said:
do u guys still have these in stock?

...and does it need anything special to power it other than the pci-e slot.

My current case is ATX with the 4 pin power leads, will that be okay?

Well it does say instock in the Ati X800 PCI-E section .... here :rolleyes:

And yes, because it is based on the R480 design it requires extra power from a 6 pin PCI-E power connector.

GTO2 is at the top of the picture and X850 XT PE at the bottom.

Gibbo · 6 Oct 2005 at 13:59

benskia said:
do u guys still have these in stock?

...and does it need anything special to power it other than the pci-e slot.

My current case is ATX with the 4 pin power leads, will that be okay?

Hi there

We got just over 100 units in stock! We have also taken all of Sapphires remaining stock and as such will recieve a few hundred more over the next couple of weeks. Sapphire inform me that we have taken the last of them and that is it now. Once all sold there will be no more.

Only OcUK has product currently and as we have taken the remaing stock OcUK should remain exclusive on these now.

benskia · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:05

Blimey.
You've done a great deal with Sapphire there then.

I'm sure the wires coming out of my PSU have only got 4 pins on them for powering the hard drives and CD's and stuff. Or am I mistaken? Do you think this will work okay?

It's a chieftec dragon case from about 2 years ago. Was about 70odd pounds at the time, so not a cheepo thing (even though i know that's not top of the line).

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:08

benskia said:
Blimey.
You've done a great deal with Sapphire there then.

I'm sure the wires coming out of my PSU have only got 4 pins on them for powering the hard drives and CD's and stuff. Or am I mistaken? Do you think this will work okay?

It's a chieftec dragon case from about 2 years ago. Was about 70odd pounds at the time, so not a cheepo thing (even though i know that's not top of the line).

OcUK are not the exclusive retailer for these, others should have stock at the end of the week.

The ones for hard drives and such are 4 pin molex connectors so they will not work. I think (but I'm not 100% sure) you can get converters that will change the 4 pins to 6 for the PCI-E cards.

Gibbo · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:15

Speed said:
OcUK are not the exclusive retailer for these, others should have stock at the end of the week.

So people keep saying. Rather funny though when I can see Sapphires inventry and where its going.

Oh and except for 60 units they all appear to be arriving at OcUK. So looking at things we were first to recieve stock and as I stated right from the beginning we were gonna have approx a weeks exclusive. Just now its got better as we have several hundred and only 60 units have gone elsewhere....

So I guess thats pretty exclusive afterall.

P.S. We shall be having similar exclusivity on the X1800 series too which is also a good reason why were one of the only Etailors listing stock as only ourselves signed the NDAs and OcUK is recieving 75% and more of all UK allocation from the partners were dealing with.

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:17

Gibbo said:
So people keep saying. Rather funny though when I can see Sapphires inventry and where its going.

Oh and except for 60 units they all appear to be arriving at OcUK. So looking at things we were first to recieve stock and as I stated right from the beginning we were gonna have approx a weeks exclusive. Just now its got better as we have several hundred and only 60 units have gone elsewhere....

So I guess thats pretty exclusive afterall.

So if OcUK have/having "all" the stock, why have other retailers bothered to put them on their sites?

Gibbo · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:20

Speed said:
So if OcUK have/having "all" the stock, why have other retailers bothered to put them on their sites?

To be hopeful they were gonna get stock. But if a manufacturer has the option of dealing with just one E-Tailor on a limited product it makes their life much easier, especially when dealing with a larger E-Tailor who is happy to take all the stock and aint messing about with taking a few cards here and there.....

As I have said 60 units have gone elsewhere and they won't last long and as we have gone and taken all the remaining stock and Sapphire now don't have any more as it was a limited edition I guess that means OcUK will be the only reseller in the long term with product always in stock.

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:24

Indeed I'm aware it's a limited product, I'm just saying that if it was exclusive to OcUK you'd have them all. Those 60 going elsewhere pretty much mean they are not exclusive to you.

Out of interest where did you say they were exclusive to you for a week?

Gibbo · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:29

Speed said:
Indeed I'm aware it's a limited product, I'm just saying that if it was exclusive to OcUK you'd have them all. Those 60 going elsewhere pretty much mean they are not exclusive to you.

Out of interest where did you say they were exclusive to you for a week?

In one of my first post/replies regarding this product.

Out of interest why are you so determined against OcUK not having an exclusive, or trying to prove otherwise?

Though if those 60 units sent elsewhere never show on website due to been used in systems or fulfilling back orders then I guess that does mean we have an exclusive as an etailor.

In all honesty I aint bothered. If you want to buy a GTO2 OcUK is currently the only UK company with product in stock ready to ship and as were getting large frequent deliveries we should have enough stock to keep this product in stock for approx a month unless demands further increases which it no doubt will once more people learn of what a bargain this card is and then to the fact that I suspect it will work fine in Crossfire mode too once modified to an X850 XT PE.

benskia · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:30

Hey Speed.

Thanks for your help with the connector thing.
There's a 6 pin converter on this very site. Hooray!!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Other_Cables_153.html

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:40

Gibbo said:
In one of my first post/replies regarding this product.

Out of interest why are you so determined against OcUK not having an exclusive, or trying to prove otherwise?

Though if those 60 units sent elsewhere never show on website due to been used in systems or fulfilling back orders then I guess that does mean we have an exclusive as an etailor.

In all honesty I aint bothered. If you want to buy a GTO2 OcUK is currently the only UK company with product in stock ready to ship and as were getting large frequent deliveries we should have enough stock to keep this product in stock for approx a month unless demands further increases which it no doubt will once more people learn of what a bargain this card is and then to the fact that I suspect it will work fine in Crossfire mode too once modified to an X850 XT PE.

I only asked as I have yet to see the post saying "exclusive for a week". As for your question, I simply don't like being misled or other people being misled by marketing terms like "exclusive" when in all honesty (from what I've been told by another Uk retailer) you are not. If it turns out you are then I will be glad to apologise.

I'm aware that OcUK is currently the only UK company to have these products ready to ship, but I'd rather wait a few days and save myself some money by buying elsewhere.

As for crossfire, I'd assume you'd have to buy a X850 XT PE master card? As I'm pretty sure (although correct me if I'm wrong) that there are physical changes made by Ati to the standard card to make it a master card. It's not something that can be done to the bios or whatever to make the card a master. So you can't simply buy two GTO2's mod them and get them to work in crossfire. Although again, correct me if I'm wrong.

benskia said:
Hey Speed.

Thanks for your help with the connector thing.
There's a 6 pin converter on this very site. Hooray!!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Other_Cables_153.html

No problem mate, glad I could be of some help!

Richdog · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:44

Speed said:
I'm aware that OcUK is currently the only UK company to have these products ready to ship, but I'd rather wait a few days and save myself some money by buying elsewhere.

Hmm it's a forum run by the owner, it's not "misleading" as opposed to "advertising". He has the majority of cards and is exclusively the only person with them in stock at this moment.

Anyone with half a brain can google prices and look in other places, no need to be shirty about it...

Gibbo · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:47

Speed said:
I only asked as I have yet to see the post saying "exclusive for a week". As for your question, I simply don't like being misled or other people being misled by marketing terms like "exclusive" when in all honesty (from what I've been told by another Uk retailer) you are not. If it turns out you are then I will be glad to apologise.

I'm aware that OcUK is currently the only UK company to have these products ready to ship, but I'd rather wait a few days and save myself some money by buying elsewhere.

As for crossfire, I'd assume you'd have to buy a X850 XT PE master card? As I'm pretty sure (although correct me if I'm wrong) that there are physical changes made by Ati to the standard card to make it a master card. It's not something that can be done to the bios or whatever to make the card a master. So you can't simply buy two GTO2's mod them and get them to work in crossfire. Although again, correct me if I'm wrong.

Well we have had product available now for nearly a week.

The other E-Tailor getting the stock is based further North of OcUK in the Northwest. Regarding saving money we may do a little discount on these later today.

For Crossfire you will indeed require an X800/X850 Master card.

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:48

Richdog said:
Hmm it's a forum run by the owner, it's not "misleading" as opposed to "advertising". He has the majority of cards and is exclusively the only person with them in stock at this moment.

Anyone with half a brain can google prices and look in other places, no need to be shirty about it...

I'm aware it's advertising and I'm fine with that! I'm also aware you can google/search for prices, however what I'm saying "available exclusively from OcUK" is a little over the top. Especially if it turns out not to be true.

Richdog · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:50

Fair enough, I just mean that something can be an "exclusive" in different ways. if they are the only ones with it in stock, then it's exclusive.

He's bound to big all his products up, we are the cattle and he is the farmer. More milk he gets the better from his point of view.

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:50

Gibbo said:
Well we have had product available now for nearly a week.
The other E-Tailor getting the stock is based further North of OcUK in the Northwest. Regarding saving money we may do a little discount on these later today.

For Crossfire you will indeed require an X800/X850 Master card.

Fair enough! However why does the location of an E-Tailor matter?

As for Crossfire, I thought as much, but I guess it would be nice to have the option and get a X850 secondary card for £100 less assuming the GTO2 clocks as well as reported.

ACPCUP · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:51

Discount and i'll be buying one!! Cool

Can you post when they will / might be reduced in price? Ta

Speed · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:52

Richdog said:
Fair enough, I just mean that something can be an "exclusive" in different ways. if they are the only ones with it in stock, then it's exclusive.

He's bound to big all his products up, we are the cattle and he is the farmer. More milk he gets the better from his point of view.

that sounded rather perverted! But I get what you are saying!

Richdog · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:54

*Breathes heavily*

Milk me Gibbo, milk me...

Umm I think we'd better get back on topic.

Wish these were available in AGP, id pick one up to do me till I went PCi-E.

Matblack · 6 Oct 2005 at 14:58

Richdog said:
*Breathes heavily*

Milk me Gibbo, milk me...

Umm I think we'd better get back on topic.

Wish these were available in AGP, id pick one up to do me till I went PCi-E.

If I go for it and they have them when I am in the area I will need to obtain a mobo that will take an old style Northy and my old RAM too so I have a stopgap until I can upgrade the processor and RAM next year. How about that for commitment (and yes there is such a beast)

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