Gamers Nexus Confirms Vega 64 Price Increase

[Staas]

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Following the initial rumors stemming from an Overclockers.co.uk post about Vega price soon changing, multiple AIB partners reached out to GamersNexus – and vice versa – to discuss the truth of the content. The post by Gibbo of Overclockers suggested that launch rebates and MDF would be expiring from AMD for Vega, which would drive pricing upward as retailers scramble to make a profit on the new GPU. Launch pricing of Vega 64 was supposed to be $500, but quickly shot to $600 USD in the wake of immediate inventory selling out. This is also why the packs exist – it enables AMD to “lower” the pricing of Vega by making return on other components. In speaking with different sources from different companies that work with AMD, GamersNexus learned that “Gibbo is right” regarding the AMD rebate expiry and subsequent price jump.

Gamers Nexus has confirmed via AIB partners that the $500 launch price of Vega 64 was due to a $100 rebate offered to retailers, which is already expiring. New price will be $599, unclear if Vega 56 will be released the same way. 

 

http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/3023-aib-partners-to-gn-yes-vega-price-will-change

 

 

Edited August 18, 2017 by Staas
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[LAwLz]

Holy shit that's a dick move. You don't put out big slides with "new king under 500 dollars!", make all reviewers base their price:performance numbers on a 500 dollar cost, and say "oh the 500 dollar price was just a rebate which has now expired".

[Paparachipupopep]

I was figuring Nvidia would just cut prices if they were worried about Vega 64 being competitive. So much for that possibility. 

[flibberdipper]

Y'know I really wanna like AMD with this whole debacle on Vega pricing, but this bullshit actually being true it's making it hard to.

[Memories4K]

This is some bullshit AMD is pulling hahaha
Looks like i might go Volta on my next build

[AHaskin14]

Massive hype, over a year later than the competition, over priced. gg AMD

[AnonymousGuy]

In conclusion:zero point to buying Vega (64 at least) except for mining.

[TheRandomness]

6 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Y'know I really wanna like AMD with this whole debacle on Vega pricing, but this bullshit actually being true it's making it hard to.

I'm just hoping for a V56 Nano. That'll pull me towards AMD on this.

[Biggerboot]

That's unfortunate.  

[Staas]

17 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

In conclusion:zero point to buying Vega (64 at least) except for mining.

Which they really aren’t that good at, especially when looking at MH/watt

[Mooshi]

AMD should ditch their graphics division and use that R&D money exclusively for their CPUs tbh

[Demonking]

I told you corporations aren't your friends that includes AMD. Corporations only care about your wallet they don't care about you.

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

Vega Miners.

[MrTiC]

Well sheet, i was waiting for vega and have money to drop but with this price to performance ... Not gonna happen

Vega 64 water cooled 899 euro

MSI sea hawk 1080 TI 899 euro 

GG amd GG

 

 

[PCGuy_5960]

So Vega performs like a 1080, but it costs $100 more and draws 2x more power.

[MoonlightSylv]

5 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

So Vega performs like a 1080, but it costs $100 more and draws 2x more power.

What was AMD thinking when they put that ad out anyway? Like they obviously had to know how it performs, or were they just that overconfident?

[Delicieuxz]

With these prices, it looks like AMD has figured that most everyone who needs a high performance gaming GPU already has an Nvidia card, and so is not targeting gamers but is intentionally selling to crypto-currency miners.

[Demonking]

3 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

With these prices, it looks like AMD has figured that most everyone who needs a high performance gaming GPU already has an Nvidia card, and so is not targeting gamers but is intentionally selling to crypto-currency miners.

Hey but we should buy right tho ?  cause AMD will be put out of business if we don't our interest be damned to save a corporation that don't care about us.

[Coaxialgamer]

Wasn't planning on buying it anyway. I don't think anyone was thinking about purchasing vega 64 anyway, but AMD better not do this to vega 56, because they won't be able to salvage vega after something like that. 

[Morgan Everett]

If this turns out to be true, it's incredibly disingenuous, and makes Vega 64 almost untenable. And to think I had vague hopes of switching...

[RotoCoreOne]

1 hour ago, Paparachipupopep said:

I was figuring Nvidia would just cut prices if they were worried about Vega 64 being competitive. So much for that possibility. 

No need to cut prices let the "competition" increase theirs instead!

[Coaxialgamer]

23 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

So Vega performs like a 1080, but it costs $100 more and draws 2x more power.

While being 2x the size! 

Great tech right there AMD! 

Don't forget that fine wine because you'll be thirsty by the time vega 64 gets anywhere near a good buy. 

[Dietrichw]

Video up now

[Delicieuxz]

48 minutes ago, Demonking said:

Hey but we should buy right tho ?  cause AMD will be put out of business if we don't our interest be damned to save a corporation that don't care about us.

Applies to Nvidia, too.

 

Just don't boycott a company when it would be against the long-term consumer interest to do so, otherwise you'll be demonstrating that you also don't care about consumer interests.

[suits]

Just giving me more reason to like AMDs CPU division but loathe their GPU division...