UK pricing, wtf?

[Griffildur]

Wouldn't explain why the same cards cost even more in other European countries (even in countries where the VAT is lower). Oc.co.uk is one the cheapest stores right now, and the prices would be even better if you guys had voted to remain.

do you think you can move on with this already? It has happened, we've already had countless complaints on the subject and nothing is changing. There is no "you guys" and "we guys". Let's move on please.

 

[pastymuncher]

The topic is UK pricing in particular. Nvidia has nothing to do with anything.

And yes, Brexit is absolutely the top reason for the current UK pricing situation.

The 1070 and 1080 were launched at stupidly high prices before the EU referendum vote even took place so how can brexit be blamed for all of the ridiculous prices? Their prices are 90% down to Nvidia hiking the price of their cards to the next tier.

 

[Toss3]

do you think you can move on with this already? It has happened, we've already had countless complaints on the subject and nothing is changing. There is no "you guys" and "we guys". Let's move on please.

Well I don't live in the UK so it's definitely "you guys" for me. My point was that even with the whole brexit thing, the cards would still be expensive (just check other stores in Europe). Oc.co.uk prices are actually lower than most, if not all.

 

[Caracus2k]

Didn't gibbo explain this recently? Ocuk like a lot of similar companies don't just buy a bulk load of gpu's .... They get supplied with them on credit with the price to be paid at a later date. The price to be paid is fixed but it is in dollars and so this leaves the retailer at risk of loss if the £/$ exchange rate drops. Therefore we are seeing a degree of 'hedging' going on by retailers where by they are anticipating potential future drops in the £/$ rate by charging more for the gpu's. Gibbo explained that ocuk had already made a loss on some 1080's due to this reason as pre order prices based on £1 to $1.45ish rate resulted in ocuk paying the suppliers when the rate was more like £1 to $1.3

Also remember that ocuk won't get the published £/$ rate much like you and I won't get this rate if we pop into the post office to get some $$$$ with our £££'s (ocuk will obviously get a better rate than a consumer but still a bit off the published figure)

And as always remember that us pricing is pre tax where as uk pricing is almost always quoted with the 20% vat included (for consumer products)

 

[Seanspeed]

The 1070 and 1080 were launched at stupidly high prices before the EU referendum vote even took place so how can brexit be blamed for all of the ridiculous prices? Their prices are 90% down to Nvidia hiking the price of their cards to the next tier.

I'm not sure what you're not getting. This is a thread about UK PRICING in particular, not rising costs of GPU's in general.

 

[Overlag]

Well based on $379

Vote leave - ~£350

Vote remain - ~£300

Had we voted to remain, I was genuinely hoping that you would be able to get a decent custom (G!, Gaming X, FTW etc) 1070 for £350..nevermind!

pound could have fell if we had voted remain also, because it would have ment joining the Euro in the long run.

 

[Jono8]

pound could have fell if we had voted remain also, because it would have ment joining the Euro in the long run.

Basically every forecast said if we voted remain, the rate would go back up to 1.5-1.6. It even spiked all the way back up to 1.51 just before the vote result when everyone thought remain would win.

 

[h4rm0ny]

Oh and nobody say 'BREXIT' please, all of these prices are unaffected by BREXIT, that was only a temporary jump in pricing. It seems like companies just feel like fleecing us more than before.

Really not sure what to say to that. The pound is still down from where it was prior to the vote. Therefore price for retailers to buy things purchased in dollars is still up from where it would be. We can't help it if you don't want to hear basic economics.

 

[DarrenM343]

This thread has also made it easier to read who voted to Leave, ie, "don't mention brexit as a reason for higher prices" when it clearly is a reason - the main one -ha.

 

[SiDeards73]

So much QQ in this thread over pricing, fact is AMD havent been able to compete for ages, especially in DX11, due to bungled releases on many of their cards, atleast 1 negative thing for most of the releases lately.

290 - Horrendous stock cooler, loud, hot
Fiji - Overclockers dream? uhhhh...
FuryX - Pump Whine
3XX - Rebadged 2XX cards, although slightly tweaked and they did only come in non reference designs thankfully.
RX480 - Power issue, rectified by patch, horrendous stock cooler again.
AMD - We dont want to be perceived as the cheap option = price hike

So while this has been going on, Nvidia havve been churning out cards that have not suffered any of the above issues, while excelling in DX11 performance. Each gen though has been pushed up in price.

Nvidia have had no competion so have just continued this and it now seems with little future development into the products, why should they? they know DX11 had a lot of years left in it, their products and drivers and software is geared towards this API and it is the best in market at it, so they have continued down this road.

Even now, DX12 stuff is a way off, Pascal is arguably just a shrunk Maxwell with some small changes to allow better DX12 performance, but in essence its just a sped up version of the previous gen (Maxwell). The price has gone up but Nvidia have had ZERO competition so have been able to do this.

All you people whining about GPU Prices, you who only buy Nvidia, only have yourselves to blame, if you bought AMD cards, even as lacklustre as they have been at times, would have kept Nvidia a lot more honest than they are right now, and potentially could have kept your card prices lower.

Sadly enough for us AMD owners, you have also forced the price of AMD card up as well, as there is such a high cost now of GPU's AMD can quite easily slot in cheaper than Nvidia with their cards but still be massively expensive at the same time.

This my friends is the GPU landscape, it will only get worse, buckle up and get ready as we become increasingly more priced out of PC gaming.

 

[Scramz]

I'm over in Canada visiting family at the moment, picked up a 2x EVGA 1070 FTW for £345 each.

Mad part is the FTW was only $4 more than the SC!

 

[Mayh3M]

My preorder increased by £105 since Brexit.

 

[Toss3]

I'm over in Canada visiting family at the moment, picked up a 2x EVGA 1070 FTW for £345 each.

Mad part is the FTW was only $4 more than the SC!

And what are you planning on doing if one of them doesn't work? Really not worth it seeing how little you saved.

 

[G J]

I wonder if people will keep buying the ever increasing price of cards if AMD/Nvidia start doing a Intel and each gen gives a ~5% performance increase.

Yeah prices are going up but hey it could be worse, the above may happen also.

 

[Scramz]

And what are you planning on doing if one of them doesn't work? Really not worth it seeing how little you saved.

EVGA has world wide warranty, that's why I went for them and I have also tested the cards here. Plus I have saved £300..... FTW is £499 at OCUK.

EDIT: I have done this before and EVGA accepted warranty without any issues.

 

[Toss3]

EVGA has world wide warranty, that's why I went for them and I have also tested the cards here. Plus I have saved £300..... FTW is £499 at OCUK.

Not sure why anyone would care enough to pay £120 just to get a card from a particular manufacturer when Palit's cards are basically the same thing, only a lot cheaper, and in the UK you don't have to worry about having to deal with the manufacturer anyhow as the retailer takes care of everything.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Got nothing to do with Brexit, this that or the other, high GP prices, are down to them not being left on the ******* shelves just gathering dust.

You stop buying em, they'd sharp bloody drop, its been said time and time again, but just falls on deaf ears.

 

[Toss3]

Got nothing to do with Brexit, this that or the other, high GP prices, are down to them not being left on the ******* shelves just gathering dust.

You stop buying em, they'd sharp bloody drop, its been said time and time again, but just falls on deaf ears.

This ^. Supply and demand baby, supply and demand.

 

[Scramz]

Not sure why anyone would care enough to pay £120 just to get a card from a particular manufacturer when Palit's cards are basically the same thing, only a lot cheaper, and in the UK you don't have to worry about having to deal with the manufacturer anyhow as the retailer takes care of everything.

It is 2 cards so it is a large saving.

In the end I have got 2x EVGA 1070 FTW for about £60-70 cheaper each than the Palit, its a great deal that is why I buy my PC gear out here and the states.

EVGA RMA service is just as good if not better than more retails service...

EDIT: Crazy thing, with the saving of £300 I could nearly build a new system to place the cards in, mental difference in pricing over different countries.

 

[arc@css]

Exactly until prices reach realistic levels i am sticking with my 980ti

Little point in upgrading from one of those anyway; I'll more than likely keep mine for a long while yet.