AMD 6900, your thoughts.

[Nicko]

I am a little disappointed with the 6970, it is slower than the 570, but more expensive. Which really doesn't make sense seeing that AMDs graphics card are cheaper to make.

Anywaz, I was really pleased with the 6950, it performs well and is extremely well priced. I am/was hoping to get a pair of these babies in Crossfire. They retail in UK for £279.99 (R2 302), and was expecting a +- R300 rand increase in price here in SA. But as per usual, in the proudly rip off fashion, the recommended retail price is R3399.....

Who knows maybe I will be pleasantly surprised, and it doesn't retail for that price. If it does though, I will just join the many other disgruntled people and just import it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-027-HS (UK Price)
http://mygaming.co.za/news/hardware/9027-AMD-6900-cards-announced-local-pricing.html (SA Price)

 

[killadoob]

Actually the price difference is crazy good!!!

You are fogetting 10% plus 14% from customs. Does that price include delivery? By the time you have imported the vga card you are saving such a little bit, if you actually save anything.

 

[PostmanPot]

Actually the price difference is crazy good!!!

You are fogetting 10% plus 14% from customs. Does that price include delivery? By the time you have imported the vga card you are saving such a little bit, if you actually save anything.

Don't forget the shipping costs if the card breaks under warranty... :erm:

 

[killadoob]

Don't forget the shipping costs if the card breaks under warranty... :erm:

Yea and you can bet the one time you import a vga card is the one time your vga will break . Good old Murphy for you.

 

[Nicko]

Actually the price difference is crazy good!!!

You are fogetting 10% plus 14% from customs. Does that price include delivery? By the time you have imported the vga card you are saving such a little bit, if you actually save anything.

It is actually £187.22 excluding british tax so R2000*1.10*1.14 = R2 508.... So where is the extra R900 coming from? Also you gotta realize R2500 isn't on cost price it is on retail price.

 

[killadoob]

So do you get it excluding british tax or what? It's 2.9k excluding South africa tax. Also where is the delivery costs?

Is it delivered for free?

 

[HJF]

Yea and you can bet the one time you import a vga card is the one time your vga will break . Good old Murphy for you.

Been the other way around for me actually. Imported 4 cards so far and all of them are still going. 3 of the last 4 cards I bought in SA went pop within 18 months Might also have something to do with the brands I guess? All the cards I brought in from the US were EVGA while the local cards were XFX, Gainward and Gigabyte.

 

[Nicko]

So do you get it excluding british tax or what? It's 2.9k excluding South africa tax. Also where is the delivery costs?

Is it delivered for free?

Nah, I am trying to estimate how much the SA shops would pay for it. It is a slight overestimate also, seeing that it is based on a retail price not the price they would get it for.