I'm totally sure this won't get cancelled at all due to "stock" issues...
plewis00
21 Sep 17#2
This is the same card that was £102.50 the other day isn't it? I had it on back order since August
blueflash to plewis00
21 Sep 17#4
No that was pulse card, and now stuck not available due to pricing error
plewis00 to blueflash
21 Sep 17#5
I must've happened to order both by accident then. I couldn't see easily from my past orders but they look similar in the photos. Still not holding my breath.
ST3123
21 Sep 17#3
pretty good, but still not as good as the SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G for £102 they had the other day. About the same chance of getting it either way. Pre-ordered anyway.
Still don't fully understand why these cards are in such short supply even now though? I know miners have been buying them up but why don't the manufacturers up production to match? Can't be all that hard to produce since they are essentially rebadged RX480s. Seems stupid to me when they are in the business of selling them, yet they seem to have no interest in producing more of what is obviously an extremely popular and in demand item, they must be leaving tonnes of money on the table for eBay / Amazon resellers.
Come to think of it, they should go work at Nintendo :stuck_out_tongue: (NES Mini fiasco)....
taras to ST3123
21 Sep 17#7
it takes about 3 to 4 months to produce a chip from start to end .. plusif you want to increase production you have to fight for it .
ST3123 to taras
21 Sep 17#9
Still don't know why they aren't pushing harder though, some of them are big companies that surely must have some clout in their field. The fact is they have a hot property with the RX580, yet they just let it languish out of stock for months on end. Crappy way to treat their (and potential) customers IMHO...
thomps121 to ST3123
21 Sep 17#13
I might be wrong but i think they are sought after due to being the cards that come with the Apple Developer eGPU kit, so will be natively support by MAC OS High Sierra, after watching some youtube videos, if purchased with the correct case (wait until the higher voltage case is released this month, as that will allow you to charge a macbook at the same time).
mattd938
21 Sep 17#6
How does this compare to a 290 vapour x?
Joshimitsu91 to mattd938
21 Sep 17#24
Probably better but not £200 better, I would suggest reading some reviews and benchmarks.
1gratefulgraham
21 Sep 17#8
had this and the pulse on pre order since August 16th, not holding my breath and at the moment running on integrated graphics :disappointed:
pidgin to 1gratefulgraham
21 Sep 17#10
Same. I only play bad company 2 and trackmania 2 on PC (even when I had a gpu) and HD4600 plays both beautifully on 1600*900.
cynelic to 1gratefulgraham
21 Sep 17#12
I'm in the same position, my 280x died probably close to 5 weeks ago now, and just been waiting for something to grab. :cry:
ckweston22
21 Sep 17#11
Well I guess I'm in on this pre-order too then as I doubt they'll deliver on the Pulse for £102.50 that ive had on pre-order since Aug 16th! This Nitro+ has a better cooling solution than the Pulse as well as a higher clock speed but realistically there's probably only a couple of FPS in it.
As I've said before, I don't understand Amazon's strategy "selling" these cards. They get thousands of people pre-ordering just for them to sit and wait with no communication whatsoever. That doesn't strike me as good business practice but hey, I'm no expert, but I think it reflects badly on both parties (Amazon & AMD)
ccwjames
21 Sep 17#14
i have some of them cards coming via friends to build a mining rig. The pulse one. was £238 and then went silly down in price. I called amazon and was told cant pre order any more and the price is right BUT you cant get the card to NOVEMBER!
quote from live chat
Amit: I will be true with you, the reason, you are not able to order a new card is because it is out of stock. This product will be available in the month of November. That's the reason, you have been not charged for it,as Amazon charges the order, when it's ships. The amount that will be charged for it is GBP 102.50, as we have waived the shipping charges for it.
see my photo
janner66 to ccwjames
21 Sep 17#19
Are these cards still available to buy on Amazon? I can't see them.
GamerJack95
21 Sep 17#15
How do these compare to their Nvidia equivalent?
CoumbBarr2000 to GamerJack95
21 Sep 17#46
Slightly faster in newer games and will very likely 'age' better i.e improve slightly in performance as time goes on.
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I'm totally sure this won't get cancelled at all due to "stock" issues...
Still don't fully understand why these cards are in such short supply even now though? I know miners have been buying them up but why don't the manufacturers up production to match? Can't be all that hard to produce since they are essentially rebadged RX480s. Seems stupid to me when they are in the business of selling them, yet they seem to have no interest in producing more of what is obviously an extremely popular and in demand item, they must be leaving tonnes of money on the table for eBay / Amazon resellers.
Come to think of it, they should go work at Nintendo :stuck_out_tongue: (NES Mini fiasco)....
As I've said before, I don't understand Amazon's strategy "selling" these cards. They get thousands of people pre-ordering just for them to sit and wait with no communication whatsoever. That doesn't strike me as good business practice but hey, I'm no expert, but I think it reflects badly on both parties (Amazon & AMD)
The pulse one. was £238 and then went silly down in price. I called amazon and was told cant pre order any more and the price is right BUT you cant get the card to NOVEMBER!
quote from live chat
Amit: I will be true with you, the reason, you are not able to order a new card is because it is out of stock. This product will be available in the month of November. That's the reason, you have been not charged for it,as Amazon charges the order, when it's ships. The amount that will be charged for it is GBP 102.50, as we have waived the shipping charges for it.
see my photo