Should I just cancel my order?

[JeanLuc]

I’ve been waiting fro my Radeon X800 XT PE since the end of July. Komplett.co.uk who I’ve brought my card from, say that they expect a delivery on the 27th of September to which they added ‘unconfirmed’. Since there the cheapest around I’m guessing they have a massive back log of orders to get through, so even if they do get a supply of cards on that day its no grantee that I will get mine.
I’m thinking, by the time I get this the card will be over three months old, and both ATI and Nvidia release a set of cards every six months or so.
Is it worth my cancelling my order and wait until the new batch of cards from ATI and Nvidia come out?

 

[eden]

I'd say yes mon ami. Why waste time waiting, for what could be a card from the early batches too, ya know, those that are more buggy and hotter?

I'm wondering though, if 6 months will have passed since the spring's big launches, shouldn't there be new high end cards?

I got the impression that the 6-month cycles applied to high end cards too.

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[RichPLS]

I had to wait over 6 weeks for mine from CDW.
They even told me that the card was cancelled by ATI.
Suggested an X800 Pro for substitute, I said no way.
But told them if they get the right one, send it.
A week and a half later, my X800 XTPE showed up at my door!!!
It is worth the wait. I paid us$469.


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[JeanLuc]

Screw em. I've just cancelled my whole order with Komplett which was worth over £500 (I had Corsair TwinX PC4000 1024MB of ram + the X800 XT PE on order). Thanks for advice Eden.

I didn't really have an option anyway; my currant card (GeForce FX5600) has all but given up the ghost on 3d games, so I really need a replacement card. I knew I needed to get it replaced when I originally put the order in over 2 months ago, but since then things have gotten worse.

Instead I’ve brought my Memory from Crucial (Ballistix PC4000 1024MB, which has better timings then the Corsair modules plus I get free delivery) and I’m going to buy a Radeon 9600 pro on E-bay. The 9600 is just a stop gap solution until ATI gets its finger out and ships a load over to the UK. But if I like the 9600 enough I might wait until Christmas when Ati and Nvidia launch there new range.

I wonder how many X800 XT PE Ati can produce a day?

 

[JeanLuc]

watch out for 271280 to make his move. God this a bargin if it holds up.<A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=27387&item=5123282551&rd=1" target="_new">Card I'm bidding for</A>

 

[JeanLuc]

Arghhhhhh I was waiting all night for that and I was out bidded for the 1st time ever!

 

[pauldh]

I had decided to never cancel my Gateway order because it was a BBA X800XTpe for under $400 shipped. I figured I could turn around a make a few bills on ebay if it came. But Gateway cancelled it for me stating it was a discontinued item also. If it was $500 I would have cancelled it for sure. I guess what i'm saying is, if you got a tremendouly cheap price keep it. If you can find it elsewhere for alsmost the same, cancel.



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[eden]

Daym, now the GFX card buying business has become gambling.

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[pauldh]

Always looking to make a few easy bucks when possible to help support this addiction...uh, I mean, Hobby.


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[eden]

Actually I was refering to how now you need to gamble on when to cancel an ORDER, to get the best deal. You take your chances in cancelling and possibly losing the deal.

Ay Caramba!

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