£500 for a Vapor X 5870 on OCUK!

[purplefire]

Wow! Boy am i glad i pre-ordered, look at how much they've raised the price by! http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-218-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

That cost me 378 quid after VAT, it sold out very shortly after mine arrived at my door, and now they've jacked it right up there. So much for ATI cards being cost-effective, granted it is all non-reference though.

 

[TheViper]

What is the base price for the HD 5870 there?

Here in the US they started at $379 but were bumped to $399 due to supply and demand. That Vapor-X card is going for $409.99. A $10 bump. I guess that's not too bad for the first non-reference board card.

 

[purplefire]

The most you'd pay for a non-reference 5870 is £349.99, the cheapest is 239.99, both from the same site. I thought it was worthy of mentioning.

 

[TheViper]

Wow. Why is the Vapor-X listed for such a crazy price then? That's price gouging, right there.

 

[purplefire]

Sorry, i meant "the most you'd pay for a reference 5870 is:"

 

[TheViper]

Still going from £349.99 to £453.03 (exc vat) is nuts. Especially when over here it only went from $399 to $409.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Still going from £349.99 to £453.03 (exc vat) is nuts. Especially when over here it only went from $399 to $409.

If you take them both at pre VAT then it's £299 > £453 and with VAT £349 > £520 respectively. With the cheapest 295 at £250 pre VAT and £290 with VAT ATi is not quite the value choice.

 

[TheViper]

If you take them both at pre VAT then it's £299 > £453 and with VAT £349 > £520 respectively. With the cheapest 295 at £250 pre VAT and £290 with VAT ATi is not quite the value choice.

You mean the Sapphire Vapor-X is not the value choice. Can't really generalize the whole brand based on 1 non-reference price gouging. I highly doubt that is the RRP (MSRP) for the card.

 

[Mousemonkey]

You mean the Sapphire Vapor-X is not the value choice. Can't really generalize the whole brand based on 1 non-reference price gouging. I highly doubt that is the RRP (MSRP) for the card.

Yeah I know, I was just kidding. I have no idea what the RRP is by the way but you should have seen what that site (OCUK

) wanted for the G0 Q6600's when they were the only ones who had any.