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Poll: The Vega Review Thread.
- Thread starter Kaapstad
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Isn't that what AMD did? The V64 was priced against the GTX1080 which it matched/beat in most stuff, the V64 AIO was priced against the GTX1080 AIO cards, and then because they did well against those cards and had Freesync plus mental workstation price/performance they sold like mad and the prices went to the moon.
So amd were banking on the cards retailers bought for cheaper, to inflate the prices for miners? Why do the retailers sent some of the inflated cost back to amd or something? Wishful thinking.
£550 according to Gibbo is the rrp set by AMD, not a price elevated by demand. So its priced way above the competition. It's a crazy decision.
Soldato
If 64 was £400-450 it would be a good buy. However anywhere north of £500 and it becomes a crap buy. That's the fact of the matter. The pricing has made it a let down.
I'd love to move back to amd because I love what they have done with Ryzen and Thread ripper. I just feel these have missed the mark somewhat.
There is no denying that bringing a power hungry card over a year late is a bit of a flop.
I'd love to move back to amd because I love what they have done with Ryzen and Thread ripper. I just feel these have missed the mark somewhat.
There is no denying that bringing a power hungry card over a year late is a bit of a flop.
Associate
That is terrible ..i would be fuming ..seems net orders take priority over lan orders ..
I ordered at 2:05 on the site and still didn't get one and thats literally when the forum links went live.
1000 cards? Kinda doubting it.I ordered at 2:05 on the site and still didn't get one and thats literally when the forum links went live.
I said yesterday it was an easyJet launch. OCuk may of had a thousand cards, with a handful priced at £450. A launch price lasting 4 minutes is disappointing to say the least.
RRP is £550. Set by AMD.
That's not what amd said on their launch slides. All of a sudden the 499 changed overnight to only for a limited amount? Be interesting to see amd's take on this.
Right now retailers are (as usual) playing the supply and demand card, look how much the aio versions have jumped, from 638 to 699 to 780 in the space of 24 hours. Complete joke.
Associate
Must be....
Turns out "Freesync" isn't so free after all
Apparently the US price is still $499, and £549 is in fact a <1:1 conversion from USD to £.
So US RRP = $499 still
UK RRP is (always was) £549, and OcUK had permission to sell a limited number < RRP.
The plot thickens...
e: Basically we are the new Australia, and we're just being asked to pay more.
Associate
So when is the Vega 56 being launched and is this only for reference ?
Soldato
Yep
Yes, that's correct.
The cards available now are "packs". AMD have made it very confusing with the different options. Hopefully when manufacturers release their custom cards things will a bit clearer.
28th August, reference only (reference Gibbo
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Associate
The free games thing i would barely even consider a pack as its not unusual to get free games with a card. Do these come with money off ryzen cpu's etc? Doesn't look like it. The pack in america was money off a freesync panel, money off a motherboard and ryzen cpu. But over here that's somehow been diluted to 2 games and a middle finger with a higher pricing.
And if you look at the listings of the cards on ocuk it just mentions free games in a "black pack", so paying more for not even remotely the same deal.