Wednesday, February 6th 2019
UK's Allocation of Radeon VII a Grand Total of 100-200 at Launch
Update February 6, 2019: Our colleagues at Kitguru were able to talk more recently with Gibbo from OcUK, who now clarified there may be anywhere between 100-200 Radeon VII available in the UK at launch, and possibly more coming after that. Take all statements with a grain of salt accordingly. The original story is below.
In what could add credibility to reports of AMD's initial production batch of the Radeon VII being no more than 5,000 pieces, a representative of British PC hardware retailer Overclockers UK posted on the OCUK forums that the inventory for the UK is no more than 100 pieces. From this, OCUK has stocked up 44 cards, and a few more are on the way. In a forum post, "Gibbo" mentions that OCUK will have more than half the Radeon VII graphics cards allocated to the UK market. Sales of the card go live at14:00 BST, on the 7th of February. AMD is probably playing the Radeon VII launch close to the chest, and future production batches will be greenlit looking at how quick these 5,000-odd cards fly off the shelves.
Source:
Gibbo (OCUK Forums)
In what could add credibility to reports of AMD's initial production batch of the Radeon VII being no more than 5,000 pieces, a representative of British PC hardware retailer Overclockers UK posted on the OCUK forums that the inventory for the UK is no more than 100 pieces. From this, OCUK has stocked up 44 cards, and a few more are on the way. In a forum post, "Gibbo" mentions that OCUK will have more than half the Radeon VII graphics cards allocated to the UK market. Sales of the card go live at14:00 BST, on the 7th of February. AMD is probably playing the Radeon VII launch close to the chest, and future production batches will be greenlit looking at how quick these 5,000-odd cards fly off the shelves.
72 Comments on UK's Allocation of Radeon VII a Grand Total of 100-200 at Launch
10h 30min until the NDA is over in Finland, waiting for benchmarks.
I understand people are tempted to compare this card with RTX 2080 given the similar price point. But in reality, this card falls between RTX 2070 and the GTX 1080ti judging by AMD's claim that it will be 25% faster than Vega 64. In some cherry picked benchmarks it matches the 2080, but on average it will be 15-20% lower in performance, the same way the Vega 64 fell short of the 1080. And it will be doing so 6 months late, at a much higher TDP, without the bells and whistles of RTX and DLSS, and at the same price point.
dont tell the whole world about an easy way to make lots of money
www.overclockers.co.uk/cat/index/sCategory/168700
still cant find any uk prices here but you can get a 2080 8gb for about £680 id imagine the vii would need to be abour £640 or so to be a better option even if it does have 16gb
still sit back n see what the pricing is and if they can nail the drivers down sooner rather than later i guess, may well end up being an awesome card. but the £40-£50 saving would be a nice selling point. its a shame they couldnt do it.. possibly should have just had 12gb ram.
quite a few seem to have some overwhelming pride when the other team dont quite meet the standards that was expected, (i honestly think they like it more when the other side underperform compared to their fave mfr doing really well)
and that's true for all sides of the fanbase, its genuinly toxic.