VEGA IS FINALLY HERE, ITS IN STOCK ALONG WITH SOME EPIC BUNDLES & FREESYNC DEALS!!

Lustral · 14 Aug 2017 at 15:54

ShiWarrior said:
if its a V8, you will need a bigger desk

Haha

*card , damn rubbish keyboards at work.

Unknown123 · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:00

£550 now? These prices are disgusting.

beany_bot · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:01

ljt said:
Well I waited patiently, bought a nice freesync ultrawide monitor just 3 months ago in anticipation.

Finally saw that they wanted £450 for a crappy blower cooler Vega 64 which just about trades blows with a 1080FE, and a whopping £640 for a AIO version that costs the same as a 1080Ti but is about 30-40% slower.

After I stopped laughing, I composed myself and decided to give up on PC gaming for the foreseeable future and go console. I will cut my losses and try to sell the ultrawide monitor and recoup some of the money I spent on it I think. I'll go back to a lower resolution 16:9 so I can at least use my current PC to finish the games I have left.

I'll let you into a secret. If you stick to 1080p like me. GPUs are a bargain! (well, actually still obscene because of mining) I sold my 480 for £350 and paid £219 for my 1060. YOLO

beany_bot · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:02

Am I right in thinking Decent 1080's can be had from proper retailers around the £450 mark? Then who in their right mind is buying a Vega 64 (which trades blows) at £550?? Am I the only sane person left? Is it miners then?

pig666eon · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:02

Unknown123 said:
£550 now? These prices are disgusting.

why would anyone bother at them prices....

pig666eon · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:04

beany_bot said:
Am I right in thinking Decent 1080's can be had from proper retailers around the £450 mark? Then who in their right mind is buying a Vega 64 (which trades blows) at £550?? Am I the only sane person left? Is it miners then?

has to be the case, there is no way in hell there was enough excitement around vega that had 1000 people lined up with money today to sell them out

nashathedog · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:06

Gibbo said:
Silver looks to be sold out!

Aqua is nearly gone!

Black Editions more than half sold, these aint going to last long.

How do we get the game codes please?

Gibbo · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:07

Lets get one thing crystal clear here!

Launch MSRP $499, a $100 reduction for launch, regular MSRP of $599, check a site such as newegg for confirmation:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...BESTMATCH&Description=RX+VEGA&N=-1&isNodeId=1

UK launch MSRP £449, a £100 reduction, yes we got a full £100 which worked favourably and much cheaper than you can buy one from US, remember US is excluding taxes. Now launch pricing is finished, so £549 which falls in line with $599 MSRP.

Gibbo · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:07

nashathedog said:
How do we get the game codes please?

Which one did you buy?

FoxEye · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:09

beany_bot said:
I'll let you into a secret. If you stick to 1080p like me. GPUs are a bargain! (well, actually still obscene because of mining) I sold my 480 for £350 and paid £219 for my 1060. YOLO

Sure if you like 1080p at < 100 FPS. Like 40-55 FPS mostly.

Even for 100Hz 1080p the 480/1060 doesn't cut it. Heck even for guaranteed 60 FPS minimums the 480/1060 isn't enough, at 1080p.

pig666eon · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:13

Gibbo said:
Lets get one thing crystal clear here!

Launch MSRP $499, a $100 reduction for launch, regular MSRP of $599, check a site such as newegg for confirmation:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...BESTMATCH&Description=RX+VEGA&N=-1&isNodeId=1

UK launch MSRP £449, a £100 reduction, yes we got a full £100 which worked favourably and much cheaper than you can buy one from US, remember US is excluding taxes. Now launch pricing is finished, so £549 which falls in line with $599 MSRP.

isnt the msrp of the card 499usd? the 599 is bundle prices, the link you sent there shows them for 499usd. amd official slides also show them for 499usd msrp

SCOLANATOR · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:13

Gibbo said:
Lets get one thing crystal clear here!

Launch MSRP $499, a $100 reduction for launch, regular MSRP of $599, check a site such as newegg for confirmation:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...BESTMATCH&Description=RX+VEGA&N=-1&isNodeId=1

UK launch MSRP £449, a £100 reduction, yes we got a full £100 which worked favourably and much cheaper than you can buy one from US, remember US is excluding taxes. Now launch pricing is finished, so £549 which falls in line with $599 MSRP.

If you know where to look it's easy to not pay tax on a lot of online purchases. I'm not saying its legal or ethical but its easy and common place.

nashathedog · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:14

Gibbo said:
Which one did you buy?

Liquid cooled Sapphire, I just read your reply to someone else about them coming via e-mail so I'll keep an eye out for them, Cheers.

~Mike~ · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:15

beany_bot said:
Am I right in thinking Decent 1080's can be had from proper retailers around the £450 mark? Then who in their right mind is buying a Vega 64 (which trades blows) at £550?? Am I the only sane person left? Is it miners then?

I've got a Gigabyte 1080 OC WF3 on order for just under £460 should be arriving in the next couple of days. AMD have lost another customer, can't remember the last time I had a NV card it was so long ago.

malachi · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:19

Sold out already! Glad i got mine for £450 and not waited.

beany_bot · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:19

Im confused. $499 = £550 now?
Man I thought the $1 to £1 was a raw deal.

EDIT: Just checked, yup, US retailers are typically selling for $499.

Acesbomb · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:24

beany_bot said:
Im confused. $499 = £550 now?
Man I thought the $1 to £1 was a raw deal.

EDIT: Just checked, yup, US retailers are typically selling for $499.

GPU prices are insane. At least they did a run of £450. Didn't have to, will all sell out at £550.

I do feel your pain though.

pig666eon · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:27

beany_bot said:
Im confused. $499 = £550 now?
Man I thought the $1 to £1 was a raw deal.

EDIT: Just checked, yup, US retailers are typically selling for $499.

they are 499usd, its why they can sell them for 450gbp. its the first ive heard of a special 100 reduced launch price

Roughneck · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:27

Gibbo said:
Lets get one thing crystal clear here!

Launch MSRP $499, a $100 reduction for launch, regular MSRP of $599, check a site such as newegg for confirmation:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...BESTMATCH&Description=RX+VEGA&N=-1&isNodeId=1

UK launch MSRP £449, a £100 reduction, yes we got a full £100 which worked favourably and much cheaper than you can buy one from US, remember US is excluding taxes. Now launch pricing is finished, so £549 which falls in line with $599 MSRP.

wow my missus bagged me the Vega 64 well happy and good price as well, everywhere else was at least £100 more, nice one Gibbo

happy camper now

ubersonic · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:30

pig666eon said:
its the first ive heard of a special 100 reduced launch price

The fact it was £100 cheaper than every other UK retailer for the first X sold and Gibbo said as much in the launch thread announcing them should have been a clue