Off Topic Thread V2.0

TerrorFirmer

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

If you can find me a 980Ti for €350 I will buy it.

You can get one new from OCUK for €400 now, few ebay sellers had them lower than that for 2nd hand models. Meanwhile, on adverts, people still paying €450 for 2nd hand models despite brand new ones costing the same or less.

K.O.Kiki

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

You can get one new from OCUK for €400 now, few ebay sellers had them lower than that for 2nd hand models. Meanwhile, on adverts, people still paying €450 for 2nd hand models despite brand new ones costing the same or less.

This one?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga-geforce-gtx-980ti-superclocked-acx-2.0-6144mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-06g-p4-4993-kr-gx-288-ea.html

€409

dunworth1

anyone any rough idea how much a Asus R9 290x would sell for these days?

Robert ninja

1070 for $409.99 USD which rounds to about €372. I'm guessing import tax would screw us, though?

Found via

https://www.dealzon.com/deals/geforce-gtx-560-price#asus-geforce-gtx-1070
https://teksyndicate.com/news/2016/07/20/gtx-1070-under-400-cheapest-dragons-dogma-deals

Looks like a promotion by the tek guys. Some kind of coupon involved?

Venom

Robert ninja wrote: »

1070 for $409.99 USD which rounds to about €372. I'm guessing import tax would screw us, though?

Found via

https://www.dealzon.com/deals/geforce-gtx-560-price#asus-geforce-gtx-1070
https://teksyndicate.com/news/2016/07/20/gtx-1070-under-400-cheapest-dragons-dogma-deals

Looks like a promotion by the tek guys. Some kind of coupon involved?

Shipping from the states is just crazy money and I think you could be liable for VAT as well?

Venom

dunworth1 wrote: »

anyone any rough idea how much a Asus R9 290x would sell for these days?

Half the fluff in your back pocket and an out of date Kitkat.

Robert ninja

Would it say in checkout or is it one of those hidden fees that they surprise you with later?

AlmightyCushion

Robert ninja wrote: »

Would it say in checkout or is it one of those hidden fees that they surprise you with later?

You'll only get told about it when it lands here and goes through customs. You'll be charged a handling fee and 23% VAT at a minimum. There may be duty as well depending on the product. It's not worth getting something from the US, just get it from an EU based supplier.

Venom

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

You can get one new from OCUK for €400 now, few ebay sellers had them lower than that for 2nd hand models. Meanwhile, on adverts, people still paying €450 for 2nd hand models despite brand new ones costing the same or less.

Prices on adverts mostly tend to fall in the having a laugh category.

Venom

Robert ninja wrote: »

Would it say in checkout or is it one of those hidden fees that they surprise you with later?

You would see the postage cost in the checkout alright but the import duty/Vat/bought in non EU country extra monies would fall under nasty surprise if it gets flagged.

Bazzo

Venom wrote: »

Shipping from the states is just crazy money and I think you could be liable for VAT as well?

Yep if you import from outside the EU you are liable for VAT and customs tariffs on certain items so that's at least 23% extra on top of the price.

Venom

Bazzo wrote: »

Yep if you import from outside the EU you are liable for VAT and customs tariffs on certain items so that's at least 23% extra on top of the price.

Yeah I know but the cost of just shipping an item itself is just crazy. Sending parcels to family over there and then sending stuff here, similar sized parcels cost me €10-15 registered and them $50-60 :pac:

Bazzo

Venom wrote: »

Yeah I know but the cost of just shipping an item itself is just crazy. Sending parcels to family over there and then sending stuff here, similar sized parcels cost me €10-15 registered and them $50-60 :pac:

I missed that there was a more recent page than what I was looking at so didn't see that the VAT question had already been comprehensively answered

Jacovs

Anywhere to find physical dimensions of AIB RX480's, or has that info not been released yet either?
Reference models are listed as 240(L)X111(W)X37(H)mm, would the AIB models be much bigger does anyone know?

K.O.Kiki

I very nearly clicked BUY on that GTX 980Ti.

Then I realised that I should be more concerned with finishing the games I have than buying new, shiny toys! :pac:

Venom

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I very nearly clicked BUY on that GTX 980Ti.

Then I realised that I should be more concerned with finishing the games I have than buying new, shiny toys! :pac:

Away to the console forums with ya

K.O.Kiki

Venom wrote: »

Away to the console forums with ya

It's also that I'd be breaking my "don't buy it til you can afford it twice" rule

Aaaand the power bills would probably be big.

And I'll probably just buy myself expensive headphones instead...

jonon9

Is €260 for a new Amd 390 8gb worth buying over a 480?

ShadowHearth

jonon9 wrote: »

Is €260 for a new Amd 390 8gb worth buying over a 480?

I wouldn't. New card for same price always better bet. Knowing amd, it will still push more life in to 390 with Vulkan amd stuff, but focus will be new cards anyway.

I was at same decision and went for newer card, then bargain old one.

jonon9

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I wouldn't. New card for same price always better bet. Knowing amd, it will still push more life in to 390 with Vulkan amd stuff, but focus will be new cards anyway.

I was at same decision and went for newer card, then bargain old one.

But in terms of performance surely the 390 would win over. Saying that isnt a 490 due soon?

farna_boy

Has anyone here used both FreeSync and G-Sync? Is G-Sync really that much noticeably better?

I am thinking of pulling the trigger on a FreeSync monitor for about €300 but that is getting into G-Sync territory. The problem is that the FreeSync monitor has really good colour reproduction but the G-Sync monitors at that price don't.

Does anyone have any experience of G-Sync vs FreeSync?

ShadowHearth

jonon9 wrote: »

But in terms of performance surely the 390 would win over. Saying that isnt a 490 due soon?

RX 480 is in performance range of 390x. Give or take same at the moment. Plus 480 will get only faster with the way amd did and doing things.
There is no 490 and won't be. That was the plan of Amd I'm the beginning. Bring cards for masses, if you need more power - get two.
There are rumours of high end gpus from amd at the end of the year, but it's miles away if we talking gpu market.

grindle

ShadowHearth wrote: »

There is no 490 and won't be.

AMD mistakenly listed the 490 (along with other models) on their website a few weeks back, do you think they've changed their minds?

AlmightyCushion

farna_boy wrote: »

Has anyone here used both FreeSync and G-Sync? Is G-Sync really that much noticeably better?

I am thinking of pulling the trigger on a FreeSync monitor for about €300 but that is getting into G-Sync territory. The problem is that the FreeSync monitor has really good colour reproduction but the G-Sync monitors at that price don't.

Does anyone have any experience of G-Sync vs FreeSync?

When it first came out i believe freesync wasn't as good but now there isn't much of a muchness between them. Your GPU determines which one you use. For nVidia you need gSync, for AMD you need freesync.

farna_boy

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

When it first came out i believe freesync wasn't as good but now there isn't much of a muchness between them. Your GPU determines which one you use. For nVidia you need gSync, for AMD you need freesync.

Ok cheers. That's good to know.

My graphics card at the moment can't take advantage of either (it's one generation too old) so that is next on the agenda after the monitor and rest of the build. That's why I was open to either getting a FreeSync or a G-Sync monitor.

AlmightyCushion

New Titan X is 2 weeks away. If nVidia can actually get stock of their cards out there this could be bad for AMD. Hopefully Vega is good and gets here soon-ish. I doubt AMD can afford to hand another generation to nVidia.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10510/nvidia-announces-nvidia-titan-x-video-card-1200-available-august-2nd

Robert ninja

Some leaked benchmarks apparently. View with skepticism.

http://imgur.com/a/ZF8Sn

K.O.Kiki

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

New Titan X is 2 weeks away. If nVidia can actually get stock of their cards out there this could be bad for AMD. Hopefully Vega is good and gets here soon-ish. I doubt AMD can afford to hand another generation to nVidia.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10510/nvidia-announces-nvidia-titan-x-video-card-1200-available-august-2nd

Why would it be bad for AMD?

The Titan is a halo card; 99.9% of people will never buy one?

papu

Titan X is more exciting for deep learning and number crunching with CUDA with Multi-GPUs, the amount of people running it for gaming would be minimal.

Redfox25

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Why would it be bad for AMD?

The Titan is a halo card; 99.9% of people will never buy one?

Its another card that AMD cant counter at this time. Hence why i feel its bad for AMD. It leaves Nvidea alone in that market which can only be a bad thing for the customers as no competition means no price drops.

Take the 1070 and 1080, paper launch , not enough stock to fufill orders. If AMD had been on target with Vega then they might have snipped some of Nvidea's customers (or not, sometimes folks will never jump ship)