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** TRIO OF WEEKEND BLOODY SILLY PRICES!! **

But there is a catch. Zotac's fans don't turn off at idle, so the card is never silent, and the 90mm trio aren't the quietest, either. Fan speed was recorded as 39 per cent at low-load (roughly 1,350rpm) and increased to 67 per cent (2,350rpm) when gaming.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/84005-zotac-geforce-gtx-980-ti-amp/?page=12
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Anyone got any clue if, or rather, how loud that would be. I have two 290 Sapphire Vapor-X right now, would the Zotac noise level by way higher then those ? Since it's not quiet, but not as loud as it is bothering me.. *shruggs* Just curious since the price is really good and thinking going single card again (barely touching crossfire as it is so two cards a bit overkill).

Edit: I am assuming that the AMD Radeon R9 290 they have in their sheeet is a normal one and that the Sapphire Vapor-X might have a different Noise Profile.
 
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Great price on the 980Ti Gibbo, relatively speaking, damn you Nvidia you made me vow never to buy you again and then this happens, I am tempted.......but no I will wait for the 8GB Fury X. That 980Ti is huge and the Fury is so small in comparison. No contest and its 2GB more and HBM........I feel better already phewwww. :D
 
Gibbo said:
In fact I'd rather sell more Fury at launch because we will make absolutely great profits on those due to lack of supply, whereas this 980Ti loses us money, doing it for marketing reasons. :)

I am now repeating that kind of promotion by being first to market with a 980Ti at sub £500 and I'd be doing this deal still even if no Fury was due next week because I need to ensure OcUK makes this move first and gets all the noise for it.
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Well, yes, but you do marketing for profit purposes, so either way your bottom line wins. If it weren't for the Fury in the first place, I doubt you'd even HAVE the 980Ti available, as Nvidia wouldn't have released it when they did. If they were coming to market with that card AFTER the Fury, they'd lose many sales and seem like they were chasing. Like yourselves, they recognised the need to move first.
 
breadturbo said:
Because you are from Scotland and nobody likes you :P






ask in customer service section :)
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Gibbo said:
Sorry buddy but absolutely zero idea, no idea on how the forum free shipping works or how it is calculated.
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I'll make the order then post in CS and see about getting it refunded, absolutely every other order i've made (over 50!) with you guys EVER has been free next day so something must be flagging wrong

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w2Iz4TW-j8 - confirms this card is reference PCB ;)
 
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Gibbo said:
AMD already announced Fury X details, there are also benchmarks already out there. :)

I am confident Fury X will be around £500 area sometime in July/August, but launch pricing will be higher and prices will remain high whilst supply is less than demand, just like any other product. :)
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I am already sold on the Ti being a good deal under £500. The Fury X on the other hand remains to be seen. I want it to be good, but just you never know with AMD... :o

From what you have already said about the Fury X, it does certainly seem very promising though.:cool:

I believe it's only a matter of time before you get my money, as I've been desperately getting closer to nearly buying a new GPU lately. I've been wanting to upgrade for about a year, so you can see how this might change soon.:D
 
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rolypolyman said:
Great price on the 980Ti Gibbo, relatively speaking, damn you Nvidia you made me vow never to buy you again and then this happens, I am tempted.......but no I will wait for the 8GB Fury X. That 980Ti is huge and the Fury is so small in comparison. No contest and its 2GB more and HBM........I feel better already phewwww. :D
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Fury X is 4GB. :)
 
itchy said:
Yep second is last when it comes to retail! :p

Thinking on it though?? That means if you losing £3 quid now, it also tells of a £96 profit margin beforehand?? Not bad if you can hit that 16% gprofit margin for tech.

Not as good a fruit and veg mind you at 33% profit! ;)

On topic :

Fury is as I have said before a bit faster than the Ti, not in all games but in most. So its swings and roundabouts.

4Gb might put a few off but I aint going 4k anytime soon so, just see what happens! ;)
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Ocuk gross margin is more than 16% normally, dont u kid yourself :P
 
TheSwede said:
Anyone got any clue if, or rather, how loud that would be. I have two 290 Sapphire Vapor-X right now, would the Zotac noise level by way higher then those ? Since it's not quiet, but not as loud as it is bothering me.. *shruggs* Just curious since the price is really good and thinking going single card again (barely touching crossfire as it is so two cards a bit overkill).

Edit: I am assuming that the AMD Radeon R9 290 they have in their sheeet is a normal one and that the Sapphire Vapor-X might have a different Noise Profile.
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Take most reviews noise levels as a very rough guide on what cards are loudest etc. For example the sound levels you linked to show the R9 290X at 54db at load. An earlier review from the same site shows the same card at 42.5db. Most review sites use open case systems and they place the microphone very close to the actual cards. This is not indicative of a closed system at all to be honest.

The fact that the same site shows the same GPU (290X reference) at vastly differing noise levels shows they are not consistent in their testing methods. Or they have significantly changed them at some point.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/70913-sapphire-radeon-r9-290x-vapor-x-4gb/?page=10

Another thing to consider is that the 71c load temp allows you to use far less aggressive fan profiles than a reference 980Ti. This will reduce noise levels significantly just by allowing the GPU to run 5-9c hotter. Even then it will still run cooler than a reference 980Ti.

980Ti AMP! = 71c load
980Ti reference = 83c load

Here is the EVGA ACX 2.0+ 980Ti review from the same site. It is quieter but runs 5c hotter at 76c, allow the 980Ti AMP! to run at similar temps would give similar noise levels IMHO.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/83819-evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-20/?page=10
 
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