GTX 1080 for £400 after £43 back seems good and the free pc code is available with it. No credit agreements like some of the very deals.
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Uncommon.Sense
4 May 174#3
MSI are desperately trying to shift the stock of all their cards, as they are one of AMD's biggest card manufacturers, they obviously know something about the RX Vega range with regards to price vs. performance. I can imagine they are trying to mitigate larger losses by off loading stock now before the price tanks.
Heat for the deal. :smiley:
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The_Hoff
8 May 17#39
Not especially, but they're alpha/early access and so not properly optimised.
adam0812
8 May 17#38
It is pretty daft tbh particularly what you can get a 1080 for but I have no desire to SLI and have a 4k tv and my gaming monitor hooked to my PC so the fastest single card is what I was prepared to pay for (Titan cards aside)
Haven't played those games, are they just GPU monsters or do they crush the CPU as well?
The_Hoff
8 May 17#37
Nice, personally can't justify the cost of the Ti given I have no aspiration to move to 4K.
If you can get 100fps in either of the games I mentioned, I'll run down Oxford street naked.
adam0812
8 May 17#36
Yes, pretty much my sentiments. Got the gigabyte gaming 1080ti myself paired with a pg279q monitor, needless to say it smashes everything to bits, 100+fps in everything I've played at 1440p. A very enjoyable gaming experience.
The_Hoff
8 May 17#35
There's no way they'll beat the 1080ti IMO, the card is a freak.
AMD demonstrated with the 4XX/5XX they can compete in the mainstream markets, from the reading I've done the rumours are 3 SKU's, probably to compliment their Ryzen line-up, but also as a direct answer to the 1070 and 1080.
If they can continue to trade with the 1060 via the 580 and can demonstrate stellar DX12 performance versus 1070 and 1080GTX cards I'd be very happy with what they achieved, but I really don't see them competing with the Ti in anywhere but synthetic benchmarks buoyed by the use of HBM.
I was running my Fury until last week when I picked up a 1080gtx Amp Extreme (£390) via Amazon as an experiment. I can return it until June 5th, so pending the announcements it may be going back. It's giving me another 20fps in titles I play like Squad/Star Citizen @ 1440p but I'm losing freesync which would be my primary reason for swapping back to AMD if they can put out a 1080 aligned card for <£400.
If they can get give 1070 performance for £300, 1080 performance for £400 and Ti performance for £500 they'll have shaken things up nicely, but I just don't see the Ti being threatened. I don't see how they achieve low pricing to undercut Nvidia having used HBM which is undoubtedly expensive relative to DDR5.
The_Hoff
8 May 17#32
Vega announcement along with Zen+ and Naples 15th May. Won't be a release but I expect a date then.
adam0812 to The_Hoff
8 May 17#34
Really interested to see what big vega is like. I want to be optimistic but can't help but feel it will be the same or worse than 1080ti depending on the game and be only £50 cheaper, fury x2 basically.
louloul
8 May 17#33
iim sure stock is being reduced for new stock and load of AMD. Also sure the 11 g thing must also be relevant. Ive held and held on this. Glad to see there is more room to falling if above both true
Nate1492
7 May 171#31
Do you have a source for your claim? You can say "Err... no." all you want, but I've sourced and provided a very common sense reason.
What you've appeared to suggest is that MSI have information on Vega/Volta being accelerated or released much sooner than their press has led on.
So, any source? Or are you just speculating?
Uncommon.Sense
7 May 17#30
Errr... no.
They are also clearing out 1070's with cashback incentives and reduced prices at retailers.
Uncommon.Sense
4 May 174#3
MSI are desperately trying to shift the stock of all their cards, as they are one of AMD's biggest card manufacturers, they obviously know something about the RX Vega range with regards to price vs. performance. I can imagine they are trying to mitigate larger losses by off loading stock now before the price tanks.
Heat for the deal. :smiley:
Nate1492 to Uncommon.Sense
7 May 17#29
Actually, no.
MSI are offloading their old stock because there is a new version of the 1080 hitting shelves.
The 1080 posted in this deal is the 10 Gbps GDDR5x memory. The new ones will be 11 Gbps.
But more importantly, with improvements come cost savings to manufacturers as they iron out the process.
So the new 1080s, with better GDDR5X ram will be priced the same as the current 1080s, and who would buy a 1080 revision 1, when revision 2 is just better?
shinken17
5 May 17#28
My 1080 FE is quieter than my 980TI STRIX when gaming, uses less power & is smaller.
You shouldn't really decide people want a quiet PC when they build an ITX case, some like the portability & ability to have a cute small PC.
The_Hoff
5 May 17#27
I'm not debating the fact a blower is ejects heat from a case, I agree. But a blower for 99% of people makes no sense.
The whole idea of ITX/mATX is a QUIET yet purposefully build machine, having a loud as 1080 blower in there makes no sense. There isn't a quiet blower on planet earth.
shinken17
5 May 171#26
I know me -- using a mildly overclocked 1080 FE in a Silverstone ML08, runs beautifully cool.
But regardless, I stand by a blower being best for a small enclosure - after market coolers are cool but they blow the hot air around your PC case & can make a small system pretty toasty.
I don't know how this MSI performs but the 1080 FE are quiet & good at dissipating heat
The_Hoff
5 May 17#25
Know many ITX or mATX people using a 1080 (32cm) card?
I know Dan case can accommodate it, but it's not even worth discussing as a use case.
elrasho
5 May 17#22
Cold. Can get a 1080 with AIB for £20 more.
don_darko to elrasho
5 May 17#24
Link please.
The_Hoff
4 May 171#4
While there's no much difference with AIB OC capabilities, I'd really not recommend a blower for a card of this pedigree.
shinken17 to The_Hoff
5 May 171#23
For small ITX or MATX cases blower cards are the best option as they push the hot air out of the case instead of around the case.
MazingerZ
5 May 17#21
MSI gaming x for £704 off Amazon German site
Oliver_Warden8
5 May 17#11
I need a 4k GPU price don't matter what you thinking ? and AM4 Mobo?
Nate1492 to Oliver_Warden8
5 May 17#13
Then get a 1080ti!
Gormond to Oliver_Warden8
5 May 17#19
If price doesn't matter then I would get a Titan Xp although it does cost £1159 :smiley:
At 12 TFLOPS it's currently the fastest card available out of the box and will do 4k at 60+ FPS at max settings on most titles.
adam0812 to Oliver_Warden8
5 May 17#20
1080ti, titan xp if money truly is no object.
blurtontony
5 May 17#16
I have an uk Amazon account I do I buy from the French Amazon is there some special way of doing it , seems a lot cheaper to buy.
marcz to blurtontony
5 May 17#18
Just log it amazon.fr by your uk account.
steve_bezerker
5 May 17#17
Great price, but still waiting for a VEGA drop to see what I'm working with. It's great to see these numbers falling in the right direction though. Heat for the deal.
trueno2k
4 May 17#6
How is the cashback sorted/claimed?.. A application to MSI for cashback?..
The_Hoff to trueno2k
4 May 17#7
No, you have to fax them.
algloster to trueno2k
5 May 17#15
Trueno - I recently bought a b250 mobo in the last cashback claim. You have to wait 30 days after purchase, then you complete the online form here;
They will ask you to send a copy on the invoice and the serial number of your product. They confirmed I was eligible for cashback within a few hours and notified me i would be paid in 30 days. Received an email on Wednesday saying my bank account would have the money transferred via BACs in 5 day - got paid the same day.
Simples - A lot more so than trying to get cashback on a dell server this time last year!
seanmorris100
5 May 17#14
horrible ref card... will get you decent FPS but youll suffer with the noise from this thing
Vegeta
5 May 172#12
trueno2k
4 May 17#10
LOL...
robodan918
4 May 171#9
that's about right for the now 1-year-old GTX 1080, regardless of its performance
wouldn't pay more than 400
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Haven't played those games, are they just GPU monsters or do they crush the CPU as well?
If you can get 100fps in either of the games I mentioned, I'll run down Oxford street naked.
AMD demonstrated with the 4XX/5XX they can compete in the mainstream markets, from the reading I've done the rumours are 3 SKU's, probably to compliment their Ryzen line-up, but also as a direct answer to the 1070 and 1080.
If they can continue to trade with the 1060 via the 580 and can demonstrate stellar DX12 performance versus 1070 and 1080GTX cards I'd be very happy with what they achieved, but I really don't see them competing with the Ti in anywhere but synthetic benchmarks buoyed by the use of HBM.
I was running my Fury until last week when I picked up a 1080gtx Amp Extreme (£390) via Amazon as an experiment. I can return it until June 5th, so pending the announcements it may be going back. It's giving me another 20fps in titles I play like Squad/Star Citizen @ 1440p but I'm losing freesync which would be my primary reason for swapping back to AMD if they can put out a 1080 aligned card for <£400.
If they can get give 1070 performance for £300, 1080 performance for £400 and Ti performance for £500 they'll have shaken things up nicely, but I just don't see the Ti being threatened. I don't see how they achieve low pricing to undercut Nvidia having used HBM which is undoubtedly expensive relative to DDR5.
What you've appeared to suggest is that MSI have information on Vega/Volta being accelerated or released much sooner than their press has led on.
So, any source? Or are you just speculating?
They are also clearing out 1070's with cashback incentives and reduced prices at retailers.
Heat for the deal. :smiley:
MSI are offloading their old stock because there is a new version of the 1080 hitting shelves.
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-11gbps-gddr5x
The 1080 posted in this deal is the 10 Gbps GDDR5x memory. The new ones will be 11 Gbps.
But more importantly, with improvements come cost savings to manufacturers as they iron out the process.
So the new 1080s, with better GDDR5X ram will be priced the same as the current 1080s, and who would buy a 1080 revision 1, when revision 2 is just better?
You shouldn't really decide people want a quiet PC when they build an ITX case, some like the portability & ability to have a cute small PC.
The whole idea of ITX/mATX is a QUIET yet purposefully build machine, having a loud as 1080 blower in there makes no sense. There isn't a quiet blower on planet earth.
But regardless, I stand by a blower being best for a small enclosure - after market coolers are cool but they blow the hot air around your PC case & can make a small system pretty toasty.
I don't know how this MSI performs but the 1080 FE are quiet & good at dissipating heat
I know Dan case can accommodate it, but it's not even worth discussing as a use case.
At 12 TFLOPS it's currently the fastest card available out of the box and will do 4k at 60+ FPS at max settings on most titles.
https://msi-promotions.com/gb/en/pages/springcashback/home
They will ask you to send a copy on the invoice and the serial number of your product. They confirmed I was eligible for cashback within a few hours and notified me i would be paid in 30 days. Received an email on Wednesday saying my bank account would have the money transferred via BACs in 5 day - got paid the same day.
Simples - A lot more so than trying to get cashback on a dell server this time last year!
wouldn't pay more than 400
Alternative for about 400£.