Great performance but a GTX x60 card shouldn't be selling for so much money

I have one of these ordered before they added the 'usually delivered in 1 to 2 months' note but I think that's just standard OOS message as I've seen things marked with that in stock 2 days later. Anyway, I contacted Amazon for an ETA and the support guy said he didn't have one just yet but he contacted the 'buying team' who will apparently reply to me with an ETA in the next 48 hours. I'll update here when I get a reply

UPDATE: Estimated arrival date: August 17 2016 - September 15 2016
A bit disappointing to be honest but it seems ASUS haven't even shipped any of these cards yet.

UPDATE 2:
To anyone still interested I got another reply from Amazon:

"They have informed that we have been informed by the suppliers that we can expect the item in stock well between the date August 3, 2016-August 6, 2016."

In other news the new $1200 vega GPUs coming soon may be better than an rx480

Relax, have some water. You seem tense.

these have gone to £279.99 now with stock available on September 11th will Amazon ship at the original price?

I don't think anyone got theirs yet. I asked Amazon a few days ago they're getting annoyed with me. Oh and obviously they have no idea when exactly it would be dispatched. Sometimes I think to myself I should just cancel it and order the reference card from overclockers. There are a few 1060 cards supposed to be in stock by the 19th of August. We may get lucky.

Anyone got theirs yet?

Hey, you don't happen to have another update by any chance?

Seems like Amazon don't like me. I asked them if they had a bit more specific delivery date and they said no. They also said that they have no stock in any of their nearby warehouses.

Think I may pop my r290 Tri-x up for sale and pick this up. Getting a little sick of AMD's drivers now days. I know Nvidia isn't much better like lol - But meh.

To anyone still interested I got another reply from Amazon:

"They have informed that we have been informed by the suppliers that we can expect the item in stock well between the date August 3, 2016-August 6, 2016."

Do one, Nvidia and any mug that pays these inflated prices.

This is a £240 card that is nigh on as fast as a GTX980 (that has less VRAM) which you would have paid an easy £300 for just 3-4 months ago. I can't understand so many of the complaints.

Amazon is usually very conservative with dates, could be sooner.

Great performance but a GTX x60 card shouldn't be selling for so much money

I haven't seen any marketing spin from Nvidia that the GTX1060 directly replaces the GTX960. It shares a number to signify it's arrangement in Nvidia's new lineup. That's it. Let me show you an Inno3D slide (one of Nvidia's primary partners actually selling the models)

This slide clarified before even GTX1070 and 1060 launch that the third card in the 10x0 (the GTX1060) series was not actually directly replacing the GTX960 yet!

What Nvidia said on launch was that it had the power of GTX980, which in fairness to them, it pretty much does. That was their comparison. Go here, and go down to the full slide deck of Nvidia's own presentation. The ONLY previous generation card mentioned is the GTX980.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-final-specifications/

Can you put to rest your unfounded allegations now that Nvidia have misled potential buyers about what the GTX1060 was going to be before launch, and is now?

RX 480 is slower than a GTX1060. It's as fast (and sometimes faster) in very very few select DX12 titles particularly using the vulkan API which is heavily based on AMD's work, but everywhere else, GTX1060 is faster. I can cite multiple reviews and outlets. You can google them yourself.

For the performance the 1060 is a bargain, its near 980 performance for 240.

I'm amazed at how good this card is for the price.

I agree that model and pricing stuctures change over time but model numbers are a marketing tool. The marketing spin is that the 1060 replaces the 960 and the fan boys are swallowing that. It was my expectation that based on cost it was a replacement for the 970 and guess what the new card performs one "tier" higher than the card it replaces. The RX 480 8GB performs the same and costs the same performance analysis. I understand why people pay the early adopter premium for top end cards, gotta have the fastest, but mid range cards are supposed to be for people who have more sense than money. I'll be waiting to see where we are towards the end of the year.

Looks like Asus 1060 cards have hit the Uk

https://m.cclonline.com/product/213039/90YV09X0-M0NA00/Graphics-Cards/ASUS-GeForce-GTX-1060-DUAL-OC-6GB-Graphics-Card/VGA3544/

Got this for 227.99 with student discount, cheaper than the custom 8gb RX 480 cards!

Nvidia haven't managed to set your expectations, you have. You're simply caught up on naming conventions and your own expectations which are incorrect. It doesn't matter what Nvidia have called it, they have altered their naming/pricing structure several times over the years.

You somehow think that there is a rigid pricing structure and that an Nvidia GTXx60 series card has always cost this identical amount you cite and that it has always performed as good as a previous high end card (hence the expectations) but it's nonsense.

You have to take every generation as it comes. In this case here is a card as fast as a GTX980 with more memory for at least £60 less. Which is a good deal.

Just buy an RX 480 if you think it isn't. It costs less, but guess what? It isn't as fast. That is how this works.

Considering Amazon been such a big company and many of the UK outlets having a fair range of 1060's in stock, why has Amazon got zero stock of any 1060's for sale! In fact from day one, Amazon have shown no stock other than from overpriced Marketplace sellers.

If this had sli I wouldn't mind paying £240, bit it doesn't, so I won't.

Actually no you will only be charged the price you ordered it for or less.
"If an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatching or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation."

I may be mistaken but as far as I remember that's not the case.

If the price goes down when it's dispatched then that's what you will pay.

Have some heat! I gave in and ordered one, student discount always handy and for £228 you can't really get a better card anytime soon. Worst comes to worse I can still cancel it.

These aren't even available (for 1 - 2 months). Shouldn't there be a rule about posting a deal that's not even available? Or could I post a deal for an 8GB AMD RX 480 for £175 (availability in 11 - 12 months after Vega comes out?)

It's a bit faster than the RX 480 for sure, the 6GB VRAM is probably a nice little sweet spot for the next couple of years and you can even buy mini versions of it! There are Zotac mini versions available which is less than 7 inches long for £234. Sounds like a dream card for a gaming HTPC.

even better value if you get the ebuyer 4gb which maybe unlock able to 8gb

Sure I will try to update if I hear anything useful (still waiting for follow up email from amazon rep) but right now I'm considering cancelling the order due to the potential long wait. Not really decided yet as I'm also waiting to hear from EVGA an estimated release date for their ACX3.0 versions (SSC and FTW)

could you keep me / the thread updated , when the card has dispatched as I am very interested in this card and a real dispatch date , I find amazon dispatch are usually estimated on worse case scenarios

Relax, have some water. You seem tense.

then you should mind your own business, go buy the card and get back to your games, the world is full of mugs these company's count on it, new gpu at any cost, its no wonder the price hikes up every year.

You said £210 first and then you said £228. Make up your mind. £12 isn't that much is it? Or do you want to fly over to the USA or pay someone to ship it to you, for less than £12?

what a moron it's right there I said £228 it's right there, once price drops on the pound it will be £210 geez. just buy it already ffs give us all peace, I'm sick of trying to help you've clearly made up your mind so go buy it, it will help nvidia condone price hikes in future, so thx for that.
In future look into it yourself.

It may also be worth a mention that none of these cards get hot, why is that? in-fact most go cold why? cause most know what you clearly don't these are not deals, in most cases there not even worth consideration even if your desperate.

You just said £210? Now £230? Make up your mind :smiley:

omg do I have to do the math google is right there $250 coverted to the pound = £190 add tax = £228 at the current exchange price which will drop over the next month,
If you even consider it a $250 card which most don't.

You are forgetting the 20% VAT we pay on them. It's all well and good converting them over. Unless you expect the VAT rate to drop?

It works out around £230 which is about right.

How many times do we have to go through this? if you want to precise it's a $250 card at a push or £210 ish card by todays exchange rates (but will be cheaper again), if you want to spend £240 go right ahead WTF do I care it's your money, you want to be taken for a mug it's your business.
Here's yet another video, in future I won't help you, do it yourself, I'm sick of going over the same stuff with morons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSChXJ6rPA

UPDATE: Estimated arrival date: August 17 2016 - September 15 2016

A bit disappointing to be honest but ASUS haven't even shipped any of these cards yet it seems.

It's not a £200 card. Where has this come from?

Believe that if you wish, I've been through all this on other 1060 deals, the card is well considered a £200 card, but its your money buddy, and ye I think the price will drop, even more so that more are favouring the rx480 over this, when this does drop to £200 then NVidia will likely take the mainstream market from amd but that will only happen when every company has an abundance of stock.

Nice deal but the 1 to 2 months part lets it down. Who knows what prices will be like in a month's time? £239 might seem expensive by then

decent card here http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-pascal-titan-x-details,32323.html

But if you check scans site the oc version is a few pounds more, I'm guessing the oc price is about right on scans site the non oc price is overpriced.

I have been keeping my eye on amazon for a few days, over the past couple of days, firstly a picture was added, then a day later the pre order message changed to 1 - 2 months.

My past experience with a Amazon 1-2 month dispatch often leads to a much much quicker dispatch time.

I have some gift vouchers and some free credit due to the past few weeks of free offers with topping up with 30 pounds of gift cards and signing up for 30 days with Audible, so 225 seems like a fair price, but I can't help thinking a freebie game might well end up been bundled with AMD and nvidia cards at some point....

If you wait a few weeks the new Titan x is out and that maybe better

its amazon order it and see if it gets posted can sometimes be posted within a couple of days...

if you see something better just cancel.. i normally just use a credit card so no drama..

Sorry but no deal here £240 not a gr8 price and a 1-2 month wait, how can it be a deal when it's not available?

This is their standard dual not the OC one, so it's the £275 one at scan. Anyways its still a very good price.

240 quid? Are they avin a bubble?

I have one of these ordered before they added the 'usually delivered in 1 to 2 months' note but I think that's just standard OOS message as I've seen things marked with that in stock 2 days later. Anyway, I contacted Amazon for an ETA and the support guy said he didn't have one just yet but he contacted the 'buying team' who will apparently reply to me with an ETA in the next 48 hours. I'll update here when I get a reply

UPDATE: Estimated arrival date: August 17 2016 - September 15 2016
A bit disappointing to be honest but it seems ASUS haven't even shipped any of these cards yet.

UPDATE 2:
To anyone still interested I got another reply from Amazon:

"They have informed that we have been informed by the suppliers that we can expect the item in stock well between the date August 3, 2016-August 6, 2016."